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Track and Field Athletics at the Summer Olympics
Debut: 1896 Summer Olympics - Athens
Olympiads: 25 (25 medal editions)
Federation: International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF

Medals Table - Track and Field Athletics at the Summer Olympics
Rank - Nation - Gold - Silver - Bronze - Total
1 - United States (USA) - 305 - 229 - 182 - 716
2 - Soviet Union (URS) - 64 - 55 - 74 - 193
3 - Great Britain (GBR) - 48 - 76 - 60 - 184
4 - Finland (FIN) - 48 - 35 - 29 - 112
5 - East Germany (GDR) - 38 - 36 - 35 - 109
6 - Poland (POL) - 21 - 16 - 13 - 50
7 - Sweden (SWE) - 19 - 21 - 41 - 81
8 - Australia (AUS) - 18 - 22 - 24 - 64
9 - Italy (ITA) - 18 - 15 - 24 - 57
10 - Kenya (KEN) - 16 - 23 - 15 - 54
11 - Germany (GER) - 15 - 20 - 33 - 68
12 - Ethiopia (ETH) - 14 - 5 - 12 - 31
13 - France (FRA) - 13 - 20 - 24 - 57
14 - Canada (CAN) - 13 - 14 - 24 - 51
15 - Russia (RUS) - 12 - 17 - 13 - 42
16 - West Germany (FRG) - 12 - 14 - 17 - 43
17 - Czechoslovakia (TCH) - 11 - 8 - 5 - 24
18 - Romania (ROU) - 10 - 14 - 9 - 33
19 - Hungary (HUN) - 9 - 12 - 17 - 38
20 - Cuba (CUB) - 9 - 11 - 12 - 32
21 - New Zealand (NZL) - 8 - 1 - 8 - 17
22 - Jamaica (JAM) - 7 - 21 - 13 - 41
23 - Unified Team (EUN) - 7 - 11 - 3 - 21
24 - Japan (JPN) - 7 - 7 - 7 - 21
25 - Greece (GRE) - 6 - 12 - 10 - 28
26 - South Africa (RSA) - 6 - 10 - 6 - 22
27 - Norway (NOR) - 6 - 4 - 8 - 18
28 - Morocco (MAR) - 6 - 4 - 6 - 16
29 - Netherlands (NED) - 6 - 3 - 6 - 15
30 - Bulgaria (BUL) - 5 - 7 - 6 - 18
31 - China (CHN) - 5 - 3 - 5 - 13
32 - Germany (EUA) - 4 - 18 - 8 - 30
33 - Ireland (IRL) - 4 - 2 - 0 - 6
34 - Mexico (MEX) - 3 - 5 - 2 - 10
35 - Brazil (BRA) - 3 - 3 - 7 - 13
36 - Belarus (BLR) - 3 - 3 - 6 - 12
37 - Portugal (POR) - 3 - 2 - 4 - 9
38 - Czech Republic (CZE) - 3 - 1 - 3 - 7
39 - Algeria (ALG) - 3 - 1 - 2 - 6
40 - Lithuania (LTU) - 3 - 1 - 0 - 4
41 - Belgium (BEL) - 2 - 5 - 2 - 9
42 - Spain (ESP) - 2 - 4 - 5 - 11
43 - Argentina (ARG) - 2 - 3 - 0 - 5
44 - Bahamas (BAH) - 2 - 2 - 2 - 6
45 - Ukraine (UKR) - 2 - 1 - 7 - 10
46 - Nigeria (NGR) - 1 - 4 - 6 - 11
47 - Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) - 1 - 2 - 5 - 8
48 - Austria (AUT) - 1 - 2 - 4 - 7
49 - Tunisia (TUN) - 1 - 2 - 1 - 4
50 - Estonia (EST) - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4
51 - South Korea (KOR) - 1 - 1 - 0 - 2
51 - Mixed team (ZZX) - 1 - 1 - 0 - 2
53 - Kazakhstan (KAZ) - 1 - 0 - 1 - 2
53 - Mozambique (MOZ) - 1 - 0 - 1 - 2
53 - Uganda (UGA) - 1 - 0 - 1 - 2
56 - Burundi (BDI) - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
56 - Cameroon (CMR) - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
56 - Dominican Republic (DOM) - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
56 - Ecuador (ECU) - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
56 - Luxembourg (LUX) - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
56 - Syria (SYR) - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
62 - Switzerland (SUI) - 0 - 6 - 2 - 8
63 - Namibia (NAM) - 0 - 4 - 0 - 4
64 - Latvia (LAT) - 0 - 3 - 1 - 4
65 - Denmark (DEN) - 0 - 2 - 4 - 6
66 - Chile (CHI) - 0 - 2 - 0 - 2
66 - India (IND) - 0 - 2 - 0 - 2
66 - Tanzania (TAN) - 0 - 2 - 0 - 2
66 - Yugoslavia (YUG) - 0 - 2 - 0 - 2
70 - Iceland (ISL) - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
70 - Slovenia (SLO) - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
72 - Bohemia (BOH) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
72 - Cτte d'Ivoire (CIV) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
72 - Haiti (HAI) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
72 - Saudi Arabia (KSA) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
72 - Senegal (SEN) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
72 - Zambia (ZAM) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
78 - British West Indies (BWI) - 0 - 0 - 2 - 2
78 - Panama (PAN) - 0 - 0 - 2 - 2
78 - Philippines (PHI) - 0 - 0 - 2 - 2
78 - Turkey (TUR) - 0 - 0 - 2 - 2
82 - Australasia (ANZ) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
82 - Barbados (BAR) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
82 - Colombia (COL) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
82 - Djibouti (DJI) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
82 - Eritrea (ERI) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
82 - Qatar (QAT) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
82 - Sri Lanka (SRI) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
82 - Venezuela (VEN) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Events - Track and Field Athletics at the Summer Olympics
Men's events
• 100 metres
• 200 metres
• 400 metres
• 800 metres
• 1500 metres
• 5000 metres
• 10000 metres
• 110 metre hurdles
• 400 metre hurdles
• 3000 metre steeplechase
• 4Χ100 metre relay
• 4Χ400 metre relay
• Marathon
• 20 km walk
• 50 km walk
• High jump
• Pole vault
• Long jump
• Triple jump
• Shot put
• Discus throw
• Hammer throw
• Javelin throw
• Decathlon

Women's events
•100 metres
• 200 metres
• 400 metres
• 800 metres
• 1500 metres
• 5000 metres
• 10000 metres
• 100 metre hurdles
• 400 metre hurdles
• 3000 metre steeplechase
• 4Χ100 metre relay
• 4Χ400 metre relay
• Marathon
• 20 km walk
• High jump
• Pole vault
• Long jump
• Triple jump
• Shot put
• Discus throw
• Hammer throw
• Javelin throw
• Heptathlon

Past events
• 60 meters
• 200 metre hurdles
• 2500 metre steeplechase
• 3200 metre steeplechase
• 4000 metre steeplechase
• Medley relay
• 3000 metre team race
• 5000 metre team race
• 3 mile team race
• 4 mile team race
• 5 miles
• 3000 metre walk
• 3500 metre walk
• 10 kilometre walk
• 10 mile walk
• Triathlon
• Pentathlon
• Standing long jump
• Standing triple jump
• Standing high jump
• 56 pound weight throw
• Two handed shot put
• Greek discus
• Two handed discus throw
• Freestyle javelin
• Two handed javelin throw
• Individual cross county
• Team cross country
• Women's 80 metre hurdles
• Women's Pentathlon
• Women's 3,000 metres
• Women's 10 kilometre walk

Participating nations - Track and Field Athletics at the Summer Olympics
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Track and Field Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Dates: August 15-24, 2008
Venue: Beijing National Stadium - Beijing - China
• Track and Field Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Olympic records - Track and Field Athletics at the Summer Olympics
Men's records
• Men's 100 metres
Donovan Bailey - Canada
Result: 9.84 1996 Atlanta

• Men's 200 metres
Michael Johnson - United States
Result: 19.32 1996 Atlanta

• Men's 400 metres
Michael Johnson - United States
Result: 43.49 1996 Atlanta

• Men's 800 metres
Vebjψrn Rodal - Norway
Result: 1:42.58 1996 Atlanta

• Men's 1500 metres
Noah Ngeny - Kenya
Result: 3:32.07 2000 Sydney

• Men's 5000 metres
Saοd Aouita - Morocco
Result: 13:05.59 1984 Los Angeles

• Men's 10000 metres
Kenenisa Bekele - Ethiopia
Result: 27:05.10 2004 Athens

• Men's Marathon
Carlos Lopes - Portugal
Result: 02:09:21 1984 Los Angeles

• Men's 110 metre hurdles
Liu Xiang - China
Result: 12.91 2004 Athens

• Men's 400 metre hurdles
Kevin Young - United States
Result: 46.78 1992 Barcelona

• Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Julius Kariuki - Kenya
Result: 8:05.51 1988 Seoul

• Men's 4Χ100 m relay
Mike Marsh | Leroy Burrell | Dennis Mitchell | Carl Lewis - United States
Result: 37.40 1992 Barcelona

• Men's 4Χ400 m relay
Andrew Valmon | Quincy Watts | Michael Johnson | Steve Lewis - United States
Result: 2:55.74 1992 Barcelona

• Men's 20 km walk
Robert Korzeniowski - Poland
Result: 01:18:59 2000 Sydney

• Men's 50 km walk
Vyacheslav Ivanenko - Soviet Union
Result: 03:38:29 1988 Seoul

• Men's High jump
Charles Austin - United States
Result: 2.39 m 1996 Atlanta

• Men's Long jump
Bob Beamon - United States
Result: 8.90 m 1968 Mexico City

• Men's Pole vault
Tim Mack - United States
Result: 5.95 m 2004 Athens

• Men's Triple jump
Kenny Harrison - United States
Result: 18.09 m 1996 Atlanta

• Men's Shot put
Ulf Timmermann - East Germany
Result: 22.47 m 1988 Seoul

• Men's Discus throw
Virgilijus Alekna - Lithuania
Result: 69.89 m 2004 Athens

• Men's Hammer throw
Sergey Litvinov - Soviet Union
Result: 84.80 m 1988 Seoul

• Men's Javelin throw
Jan Železnύ - Czech Republic
Result: 90.17 m 2000 Sydney

• Men's Decathlon
Roman Šebrle - Czech Republic
Result: 8893 pts 2004 Athens

     

Women's records
• Women's 100 metres
Florence Griffith-Joyner - United States
Result: 10.62 1988 Seoul

• Women's 200 metres
Florence Griffith-Joyner - United States
Result: 21.34 1988 Seoul

• Women's 400 metres
Marie-Josι Pιrec - France
Result: 48.25 1996 Atlanta

• Women's 800 metres
Nadezhda Olizarenko - Soviet Union
Result: 1:53.43 1980 Moscow

• Women's 1500 metres
Paula Ivan - Romania
Result: 3:53.96 1988 Seoul

• Women's 5000 metres
Gabriela Szabo - Romania
Result: 14:40.79 2000 Sydney

• Women's 10000 metres
Derartu Tulu - Ethiopia
Result: 30:17.49 2000 Sydney

• Women's Marathon
Naoko Takahashi - Japan
Result: 02:23:14 2000 Sydney

• Women's 100 metre hurdles
Joanna Hayes - United States
Result: 12.37 2004 Athens

• Women's 400 metre hurdles
Fanν Halkiα - Greece
Result: 52.77 2004 Athens

• Women's 4Χ100 m relay
Romy Mόller | Bδrbel Wφckel | Ingrid Auerswald | Marlies Gφhr - East Germany
Result: 41.60 1980 Moscow

• Women's 4Χ400 m relay
Tatyana Ledovskaya | Olga Nazarova | Mariya Pinigina | Olga Bryzgina - Soviet Union
Result: 3:15.27 1988 Seoul

• Women's 20 km walk
Wang Liping - China
Result: 01:29:05 2000 Sydney

• Women's High jump
Yelena Slesarenko - Russia
Result: 2.06 m 2004 Athens

• Women's Long jump
Jackie Joyner-Kersee - United States
Result: 7.40 m 1988 Seoul

• Women's Pole vault
Yelena Isinbayeva - Russia
Result: 4.91 m 2004 Athens

• Women's Triple jump
Inessa Kravets - Ukraine
Result: 15.33 m 1996 Atlanta

• Women's Shot put
Ilona Slupianek - East Germany
Result: 22.41 m 1980 Moscow

• Women's Discus throw
Martina Hellmann - East Germany
Result: 72.30 m 1988 Seoul

• Women's Hammer throw
Olga Kuzenkova - Russia
Result: 75.02 m 2004 Athens

• Women's Javelin throw
Osleidys Menιndez - Cuba
Result: 71.53 m 2004 Athens

• Women's Heptathlon
Jackie Joyner-Kersee - United States
Result: 7291 pts 1988 Seoul

Tournaments - Track and Field Athletics at the Summer Olympics
Men's events
• 100 metres
• 200 metres
• 400 metres
• 800 metres
• 1500 metres
• 5000 metres
• 10000 metres
• 110 metre hurdles
• 400 metre hurdles
• 3000 metre steeplechase
• 4Χ100 metre relay
• 4Χ400 metre relay
• Marathon
• 20 km walk
• 50 km walk
• High jump
• Pole vault
• Long jump
• Triple jump
• Shot put
• Discus throw
• Hammer throw
• Javelin throw
• Decathlon

Women's events
•100 metres
• 200 metres
• 400 metres
• 800 metres
• 1500 metres
• 5000 metres
• 10000 metres
• 100 metre hurdles
• 400 metre hurdles
• 3000 metre steeplechase
• 4Χ100 metre relay
• 4Χ400 metre relay
• Marathon
• 20 km walk
• High jump
• Pole vault
• Long jump
• Triple jump
• Shot put
• Discus throw
• Hammer throw
• Javelin throw
• Heptathlon

Past events
• 60 meters
• 200 metre hurdles
• 2500 metre steeplechase
• 3200 metre steeplechase
• 4000 metre steeplechase
• Medley relay
• 3000 metre team race
• 5000 metre team race
• 3 mile team race
• 4 mile team race
• 5 miles
• 3000 metre walk
• 3500 metre walk
• 10 kilometre walk
• 10 mile walk
• Triathlon
• Pentathlon
• Standing long jump
• Standing triple jump
• Standing high jump
• 56 pound weight throw
• Two handed shot put
• Greek discus
• Two handed discus throw
• Freestyle javelin
• Two handed javelin throw
• Individual cross county
• Team cross country
• Women's 80 metre hurdles
• Women's Pentathlon
• Women's 3,000 metres
• Women's 10 kilometre walk

List of Olympic medalists - Track and Field Athletics at the Summer Olympics
1896 Athens
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1900 Paris
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1904 St. Louis
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1908 London
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1912 Stockholm
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1920 Antwerp
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1924 Paris
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1928 Amsterdam
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1932 Los Angeles
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1936 Berlin
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1948 London
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1952 Helsinki
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1956 Melbourne
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1960 Rome
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1964 Tokyo
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1968 Mexico
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1972 Munich
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1976 Montreal
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1980 Moscow
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1984 Los Angeles
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1988 Seoul
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1992 Barcelona
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1996 Atlanta
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2000 Sydney
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Silver -
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2004 Athens
Gold -
Silver -
Bronze -

2008 Beijing
Gold - TBA
Silver - TBA
Bronze - TBA



 
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