List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)

This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in athletics from 1928 to 2008. (There were no women's competitions at Olympic Games from 1896 to 1924.)

See also: List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men), Athletics at the Summer Olympics, and Lists of Olympic medalists

Current program

100 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928 Amsterdam details	Betty Robinson (USA)	Fanny Rosenfeld (CAN)	Ethel Smith (CAN)
1932 Los Angeles details	Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL)	Hilda Strike (CAN)	Wilhelmina von Bremen (USA)
1936 Berlin details	Helen Stephens (USA)	Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL)	Käthe Krauß (GER)
1948 London details	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	Dorothy Manley (GBR)	Shirley Strickland (AUS)
1952 Helsinki details	Marjorie Jackson (AUS)	Daphne Hasenjager (RSA)	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS)
1956 Melbourne details	Betty Cuthbert (AUS)	Christa Stubnick (EUA)	Marlene Matthews (AUS)
1960 Rome details	Wilma Rudolph (USA)	Dorothy Hyman (GBR)	Giuseppina Leone (ITA)
1964 Tokyo details	Wyomia Tyus (USA)	Edith McGuire (USA)	Ewa Kłobukowska (POL)
1968 Mexico City details	Wyomia Tyus (USA)	Barbara Ferrell (USA)	Irena Szewińska (POL)
1972 Munich details	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	Silvia Chibás (CUB)
1976 Montreal details	Annegret Richter (FRG)	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Inge Helten (FRG)
1980 Moscow details	Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)	Marlies Göhr (GDR)	Ingrid Auerswald (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles details	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	Alice Brown (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1988 Seoul details	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	Heike Drechsler (GDR)
1992 Barcelona details	Gail Devers (USA)	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	Irina Privalova (EUN)
1996 Atlanta details	Gail Devers (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Gwen Torrence (USA)
2000 Sydney details	none awarded[1]	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
		Tanya Lawrence (JAM)
2004 Athens details	Yulia Nestsiarenka (BLR)	Lauryn Williams (USA)	Veronica Campbell (JAM)
2008 Beijing details	Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)	Sherone Simpson (JAM)	none awarded
		Kerron Stewart (JAM)

200 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London details	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	Audrey Williamson (GBR)	Audrey Patterson (USA)
1952 Helsinki details	Marjorie Jackson (AUS)	Bertha Brouwer (NED)	Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (URS)
1956 Melbourne details	Betty Cuthbert (AUS)	Christa Stubnick (EUA)	Marlene Mathews (AUS)
1960 Rome details	Wilma Rudolph (USA)	Jutta Heine (EUA)	Dorothy Hyman (GBR)
1964 Tokyo details	Edith McGuire (USA)	Irena Kirszenstein (POL)	Marilyn Black (AUS)
1968 Mexico City details	Irena Szewińska (POL)	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	Jenny Lamy (AUS)
1972 Munich details	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	Irena Szewińska (POL)
1976 Montreal details	Bärbel Eckert (GDR)	Annegret Richter (FRG)	Renate Stecher (GDR)
1980 Moscow details	Bärbel Wöckel (GDR)	Natalya Bochina (URS)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1984 Los Angeles details	Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA)	Florence Griffith (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1988 Seoul details	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	Grace Jackson (JAM)	Heike Drechsler (GDR)
1992 Barcelona details	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1996 Atlanta details	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Mary Onyali (NGR)
2000 Sydney details	Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	Beverly McDonald (JAM)
2004 Athens details	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	Allyson Felix (USA)	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)
2008 Beijing details	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Allyson Felix (USA)	Kerron Stewart (JAM)

400 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964 Tokyo details	Betty Cuthbert (AUS)	Ann Packer (GBR)	Judy Amoore (AUS)
1968 Mexico City details	Colette Besson (FRA)	Lillian Board (GBR)	Natalya Pechonkina (URS)
1972 Munich details	Monika Zehrt (GDR)	Rita Wilden (FRG)	Kathy Hammond (USA)
1976 Montreal details	Irena Szewińska (POL)	Christina Brehmer (GDR)	Ellen Streidt (GDR)
1980 Moscow details	Marita Koch (GDR)	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	Christina Lathan (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles details	Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA)	Chandra Cheeseborough (USA)	Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)
1988 Seoul details	Olga Bryzgina (URS)	Petra Müller (GDR)	Olga Nazarova (URS)
1992 Barcelona details	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	Olga Bryzgina (EUN)	Ximena Restrepo (COL)
1996 Atlanta details	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)
2000 Sydney details	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	Lorraine Graham (JAM)	Katharine Merry (GBR)
2004 Athens details	Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH)	Ana Guevara (MEX)	Natalya Antyukh (RUS)
2008 Beijing details	Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)	Shericka Williams (JAM)	Sanya Richards (USA)

800 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928 Amsterdam details	Lina Radke (GER)	Kinuye Hitomi (JPN)	Inga Gentzel (SWE)
1932–1956	not included in the Olympic program
1960 Rome details	Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS)	Brenda Jones (AUS)	Ursula Donath (EUA)
1964 Tokyo details	Ann Packer (GBR)	Maryvonne Dupureur (FRA)	Marise Chamberlain (NZL)
1968 Mexico City details	Madeline Manning (USA)	Ilona Silai (ROU)	Mia Gommers (NED)
1972 Munich details	Hildegard Falck (FRG)	Nijolė Sabaitė (URS)	Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)
1976 Montreal details	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	Nikolina Shtereva (BUL)	Elfi Zinn (GDR)
1980 Moscow details	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)	Olga Mineyeva (URS)	Tatyana Providokhina (URS)
1984 Los Angeles details	Doina Melinte (ROU)	Kim Gallagher (USA)	Fiţa Lovin (ROU)
1988 Seoul details	Sigrun Wodars (GDR)	Christine Wachtel (GDR)	Kim Gallagher (USA)
1992 Barcelona details	Ellen van Langen (NED)	Liliya Nurutdinova (EUN)	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
1996 Atlanta details	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	Maria Mutola (MOZ)
2000 Sydney details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	Kelly Holmes (GBR)
2004 Athens details	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	Hasna Benhassi (MAR)	Jolanda Čeplak (SLO)
2008 Beijing details	Pamela Jelimo (KEN)	Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)	Hasna Benhassi (MAR)

1500 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972 Munich details	Lyudmila Bragina (URS)	Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)	Paola Pigni (ITA)
1976 Montreal details	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)	Ulrike Klapezynski (GDR)
1980 Moscow details	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	Christiane Wartenberg (GDR)	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)
1984 Los Angeles details	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	Doina Melinte (ROU)	Maricica Puică (ROU)
1988 Seoul details	Paula Ivan (ROU)	Laimutė Baikauskaitė (URS)	Tetyana Samolenko (URS)
1992 Barcelona details	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)	Lyudmila Rogachova (EUN)	Qu Yunxia (CHN)
1996 Atlanta details	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)	Gabriela Szabó (ROU)	Theresia Kiesl (AUT)
2000 Sydney details	Nouria Mérah-Benida (ALG)	Violeta Székely (ROU)	Gabriela Szabó (ROU)
2004 Athens details	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	Tatyana Tomashova (RUS)	Maria Cioncan (ROU)
2008 Beijing details	Nancy Lagat (KEN)	Iryna Lishchynska (UKR)	Nataliya Tobias (UKR)

5000 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta details	Wang Junxia (CHN)	Pauline Konga (KEN)	Roberta Brunet (ITA)
2000 Sydney details	Gabriela Szabó (ROU)	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	Gete Wami (ETH)
2004 Athens details	Meseret Defar (ETH)	Isabella Ochichi (KEN)	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
2008 Beijing details	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)	Meseret Defar (ETH)

10,000 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988 Seoul details	Olga Bondarenko (URS)	Liz McColgan (GBR)	Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova (URS)
1992 Barcelona details	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	Elana Meyer (RSA)	Lynn Jennings (USA)
1996 Atlanta details	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	Wang Junxia (CHN)	Gete Wami (ETH)
2000 Sydney details	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	Gete Wami (ETH)	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
2004 Athens details	Xing Huina (CHN)	Ejagayehu Dibaba (ETH)	Derartu Tulu (ETH)
2008 Beijing details	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)	Shalane Flanagan (USA)

Marathon

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Los Angeles details	Joan Benoit (USA)	Grete Waitz (NOR)	Rosa Mota (POR)
1988 Seoul details	Rosa Mota (POR)	Lisa Martin (AUS)	Katrin Dörre (GDR)
1992 Barcelona details	Valentina Yegorova (EUN)	Yuko Arimori (JPN)	Lorraine Moller (NZL)
1996 Atlanta details	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	Valentina Yegorova (RUS)	Yuko Arimori (JPN)
2000 Sydney details	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	Lidia Simon (ROU)	Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)
2004 Athens details	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	Deena Kastor (USA)
2008 Beijing details	Constantina Tomescu (ROU)	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)

100 metres hurdles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972 Munich details	Annelie Ehrhardt (GDR)	Valeria Bufanu (ROU)	Karin Balzer (GDR)
1976 Montreal details	Johanna Schaller-Klier (GDR)	Tatyana Anisimova (URS)	Natalya Lebedeva (URS)
1980 Moscow details	Vera Komisova (URS)	Johanna Schaller-Klier (GDR)	Lucyna Langer (POL)
1984 Los Angeles details	Benita Fitzgerald (USA)	Shirley Strong (GBR)	Michèle Chardonnet (FRA)
			Kim Turner (USA)
1988 Seoul details	Yordanka Donkova (BUL)	Gloria Siebert (GDR)	Claudia Zackiewicz (FRG)
1992 Barcelona details	Voula Patoulidou (GRE)	LaVonna Martin (USA)	Yordanka Donkova (BUL)
1996 Atlanta details	Ludmila Engquist (SWE)	Brigita Bukovec (SLO)	Patricia Girard (FRA)
2000 Sydney details	Olga Shishigina (KAZ)	Glory Alozie (NGR)	Melissa Morrison (USA)
2004 Athens details	Joanna Hayes (USA)	Olena Krasovska (UKR)	Melissa Morrison (USA)
2008 Beijing details	Dawn Harper (USA)	Sally McLellan (AUS)	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN)

400 metres hurdles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Los Angeles details	Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)	Judi Brown (USA)	Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU)
1988 Seoul details	Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)	Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS)	Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
1992 Barcelona details	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA)	Janeene Vickers (USA)
1996 Atlanta details	Deon Hemmings (JAM)	Kim Batten (USA)	Tonja Buford-Bailey (USA)
2000 Sydney details	Irina Privalova (RUS)	Deon Hemmings (JAM)	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)
2004 Athens details	Fani Halkia (GRE)	Ionela Târlea-Manolache (ROU)	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova (UKR)
2008 Beijing details	Melaine Walker (JAM)	Sheena Tosta (USA)	Tasha Danvers (GBR)

3000 metres steeplechase

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008 Beijing details	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS)	Eunice Jepkorir (KEN)	Yekaterina Volkova (RUS)

4 x 100 metres relay

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928 Amsterdam details	Canada (CAN) Fanny Rosenfeld Ethel Smith Jane Bell Myrtle Cook	United States (USA) Mary Washburn Jessie Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson	Germany (GER) Rosa Kellner Leni Schmidt Anni Holdmann Leni Junker
1932 Los Angeles details	United States (USA) Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen	Canada (CAN) Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Mary Frizzel Hilda Strike	Great Britain (GBR) Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb Nellie Halstead
1936 Berlin details	United States (USA) Harriet Bland Annette Rogers Betty Robinson Helen Stephens	Great Britain (GBR) Eileen Hiscock Violet Olney Audrey Brown Barbara Burke	Canada (CAN) Dorothy Brookshaw Mildred Dolson Hilda Cameron Aileen Meagher
1948 London details	Netherlands (NED) Xenia Stad-de Jong Netty Witziers-Timmer Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Fanny Blankers-Koen	Australia (AUS) Shirley Strickland June Maston Elizabeth McKinnon Joyce King	Canada (CAN) Viola Myers Nancy MacKay Diane Foster Patricia Jones
1952 Helsinki details	United States (USA) Mae Faggs Barbara Jones Janet Moreau Catherine Hardy	Germany (GER) Ursula Knab Maria Sander Helga Klein Marga Petersen	Great Britain (GBR) Sylvia Cheeseman June Foulds Jean Desforges Heather Armitage
1956 Melbourne details	Australia (AUS) Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Norma Croker Fleur Mellor Betty Cuthbert	Great Britain (GBR) Anne Pashley Jean Scrivens June Foulds Heather Armitage	United States (USA) Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph Isabelle Daniels
1960 Rome details	United States (USA) Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph	Germany (EUA) Martha Langbein Annie Biechl Brunhilde Hendrix Jutta Heine	Poland (POL) Teresa Wieczorek Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Halina Richter
1964 Tokyo details	Poland (POL) Teresa Ciepły Irena Kirszenstein Halina Górecka Ewa Kłobukowska	United States (USA) Willye White Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Edith McGuire	Great Britain (GBR) Janet Simpson Mary Rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman
1968 Mexico City details	United States (USA) Barbara Ferrell Margaret Bailes Mildrette Netter Wyomia Tyus	Cuba (CUB) Marlene Elejarde Fulgencia Romay Violetta Quesada Miguelina Cobián	Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Zharkova Galina Bukharina Vera Popkova Lyudmila Samotyosova
1972 Munich details	West Germany (FRG) Christiane Krause Ingrid Mickler-Becker Annegret Richter Heide Rosendahl	East Germany (GDR) Evelyn Kaufer Christina Heinich Bärbel Struppert Renate Stecher	Cuba (CUB) Marlene Elejarde Carmen Valdés Fulgencia Romay Silvia Chibás
1976 Montreal details	East Germany (GDR) Marlies Oelsner Renate Stecher Carla Bodendorf Bärbel Eckert	West Germany (FRG) Elvira Possekel Inge Helten Annegret Richter Annegret Kroniger	Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Prorochenko Lyudmila Maslakova Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Vera Anisimova
1980 Moscow details	East Germany (GDR) Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	Soviet Union (URS) Vera Komisova Lyudmila Maslakova Vera Anisimova Natalya Bochina	Great Britain (GBR) Heather Hunte Kathy Smallwood-Cook Beverley Goddard Sonia Lannaman
1984 Los Angeles details	United States (USA) Alice Brown Jeanette Bolden Chandra Cheeseborough Evelyn Ashford	Canada (CAN) Angela Bailey Marita Payne Angella Taylor-Issajenko France Gareau	Great Britain (GBR) Simone Jacobs Kathy Smallwood-Cook Beverley Callander Heather Oakes
1988 Seoul details	United States (USA) Alice Brown Sheila Echols Florence Griffith Joyner Evelyn Ashford	East Germany (GDR) Silke Möller Kerstin Behrendt Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Kondratyeva Galina Malchugina Marina Zhirova Natalya Pomoschnikova
1992 Barcelona details	United States (USA) Evelyn Ashford Esther Jones Carlette Guidry Gwen Torrence Michelle Finn	Unified Team (EUN) Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Irina Privalova	Nigeria (NGR) Beatrice Utondu Faith Idehen Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali
1996 Atlanta details	United States (USA) Gail Devers Inger Miller Chryste Gaines Gwen Torrence Carlette Guidry	Bahamas (BAH) Eldece Clarke Chandra Sturrup Savatheda Fynes Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson	Jamaica (JAM) Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Gillian Russell Andrea Lloyd
2000 Sydney details	Bahamas Sevatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson Eldece Clarke-Lewis	Jamaica Tanya Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Merlene Frazer	United States Chryste Gaines Torri Edwards Nanceen Perry Passion Richardson
2004 Athens details	Jamaica (JAM) Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald	Russia (RUS) Olga Fyodorova Yuliya Tabakova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova	France (FRA) Véronique Mang Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Christine Arron
2008 Beijing details	Russia (RUS) Yuliya Chermoshanskaya Yuliya Gushchina Aleksandra Fedoriva Yevgeniya Polyakova	Belgium (BEL) Kim Gevaert Élodie Ouédraogo Hanna Mariën Olivia Borlée	Nigeria (NGR) Halimat Ismaila Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa Gloria Kemasuode Franca Idoko

4 x 400 metres relay

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972 Munich details	East Germany (GDR) Dagmar Käsling Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt	United States (USA) Mable Fergerson Madeline Manning Cheryl Toussaint Kathy Hammond	West Germany (FRG) Anette Rückes Inge Bödding Hildegard Falck Rita Wilden
1976 Montreal details	East Germany (GDR) Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Brehmer	United States (USA) Debra Sapenter Sheila Ingram Pamela Jiles Rosalyn Bryant	Soviet Union (URS) Inta Kļimoviča Lyudmila Aksyonova Natalya Sokolova Nadezhda Ilyina
1980 Moscow details	Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Prorochenko Tatyana Goistchik Nina Zyuskova Irina Nazarova	East Germany (GDR) Gabriele Löwe Barbara Krug Christina Lathan Marita Koch	Great Britain (GBR) Linsey MacDonald Michelle Probert Joslyn Hoyte-Smith Donna Hartley
1984 Los Angeles details	United States (USA) Lillie Leatherwood Sherri Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough	Canada (CAN) Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne	West Germany (FRG) Heike Schulte-Mattler Ute Thimm Heidi-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bußmann
1988 Seoul details	Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina	United States (USA) Denean Howard Diane Dixon Valerie Brisco-Hooks Florence Griffith Joyner	East Germany (GDR) Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Petra Müller
1992 Barcelona details	Unified Team (EUN) Yelena Ruzina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Olga Nazarova Olga Bryzgina Marina Shmonina Liliya Nurutdinova	United States (USA) Natasha Kaiser Gwen Torrence Jearl Miles Rochelle Stevens Denean Hill Dannette Young	Great Britain (GBR) Phylis Smith Sandra Douglas Jennifer Stoute Sally Gunnell
1996 Atlanta details	United States (USA) Rochelle Stevens Maicel Malone Kim Graham Jearl Miles Linetta Wilson	Nigeria (NGR) Bisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya	Germany (GER) Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker Grit Breuer
2000 Sydney details	United States (USA) Jearl Miles-Clark Monique Hennagan LaTasha Colander Andrea Anderson	Jamaica (JAM) Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham Charmaine Howell Michelle Burgher	Russia (RUS) Yuliya Sotnikova Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Irina Privalova Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina
2004 Athens details	United States (USA) DeeDee Trotter Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Monique Hennagan Crystal Cox Moushaumi Robinson	Russia (RUS) Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Natalya Antyukh Tatyana Firova Natalya Ivanova	Jamaica (JAM) Novlene Williams Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards Ronetta Smith
2008 Beijing details	United States (USA) Mary Wineberg Allyson Felix Monique Henderson Sanya Richards	Russia (RUS) Yuliya Gushchina Lyudmila Litvinova Tatyana Firova Anastasiya Kapachinskaya	Jamaica (JAM) Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams

20 kilometres walk

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Wang Liping (CHN)	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	María Vasco (ESP)
2004 Athens details	Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE)	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	Jane Saville (AUS)
2008 Beijing details	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)

High jump

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928 Amsterdam details	Ethel Catherwood (CAN)	Lien Gisolf (NED)	Mildred Wiley (USA)
1932 Los Angeles details	Jean Shiley (USA)	Babe Didrikson (USA)	Eva Dawes (CAN)
1936 Berlin details	Ibolya Csák (HUN)	Dorothy Odam (GBR)	Elfriede Kaun (GER)
1948 London details	Alice Coachman (USA)	Dorothy Tyler (GBR)	Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)
1952 Helsinki details	Esther Brand (RSA)	Sheile Lerwill (GBR)	Aleksandra Chudina (URS)
1956 Melbourne details	Mildred McDaniel (USA)	Thelma Hopkins (GBR)	none awarded
		Mariya Pisareva (URS)
1960 Rome details	Iolanda Balaş (ROU)	Jarosława Jóźwiakowska (POL)	none awarded
		Dorothy Shirley (GBR)
1964 Tokyo details	Iolanda Balaş (ROU)	Michele Brown (AUS)	Taisia Chenchik (URS)
1968 Mexico City details	Miloslava Rezková (TCH)	Antonina Okorokova (URS)	Valentina Kozyr (URS)
1972 Munich details	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)	Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT)
1976 Montreal details	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)
1980 Moscow details	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	Urszula Kielan (POL)	Jutta Kirst (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles details	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	Joni Huntley (USA)
1988 Seoul details	Louise Ritter (USA)	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	Tamara Bykova (URS)
1992 Barcelona details	Heike Henkel (GER)	Alina Astafei (ROU)	Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)
1996 Atlanta details	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	Niki Bakogianni (GRE)	Inha Babakova (UKR)
2000 Sydney details	Yelena Yelesina (RUS)	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
			Oana Pantelimon (ROU)
2004 Athens details	Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	Vita Styopina (UKR)
2008 Beijing details	Tia Hellebaut (BEL)	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Anna Chicherova (RUS)

Pole vault

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Stacy Dragila (USA)	Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS)	Vala Flosadóttir (ISL)
2004 Athens details	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)	Anna Rogowska (POL)
2008 Beijing[2] details	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	Jennifer Stuczynski (USA)	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)

Long jump

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London details	Olga Gyarmati (HUN)	Noemí Simonetto (ARG)	Ann-Britt Leyman (SWE)
1952 Helsinki details	Yvette Williams (NZL)	Aleksandra Chudina (URS)	Shirley Cawley (GBR)
1956 Melbourne details	Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL)	Willye White (USA)	Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (URS)
1960 Rome details	Vera Krepkina (URS)	Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL)	Hildrun Claus (EUA)
1964 Tokyo details	Mary Rand (GBR)	Irena Kirszenstein (POL)	Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS)
1968 Mexico City details	Viorica Viscopoleanu (ROU)	Sheila Sherwood (GBR)	Tatyana Talysheva (URS)
1972 Munich details	Heide Rosendahl (FRG)	Diana Yorgova (BUL)	Eva Šuranová (TCH)
1976 Montreal details	Angela Voigt (GDR)	Kathy McMillan (USA)	Lidiya Alfeyeva (URS)
1980 Moscow details	Tatyana Kolpakova (URS)	Brigitte Wujak (GDR)	Tatyana Skachko (URS)
1984 Los Angeles details	Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu (ROU)	Valy Ionescu (ROU)	Sue Hearnshaw (GBR)
1988 Seoul details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Heike Drechsler (GDR)	Galina Chistyakova (URS)
1992 Barcelona details	Heike Drechsler (GER)	Inessa Kravets (EUN)	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
1996 Atlanta details	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)	Fiona May (ITA)	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
2000 Sydney details	Heike Drechsler (GER)	Fiona May (ITA)	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)
2004 Athens details	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Irina Meleshina (RUS)	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)
2008 Beijing details	Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA)	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)

Triple jump

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta details	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	Inna Lasovskaya (RUS)	Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)
2000 Sydney details	Tereza Marinova (BUL)	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Olena Hovorova (UKR)
2004 Athens details	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	Hrysopiyí Devetzí (GRE)	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)
2008 Beijing details	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	Hrysopiyí Devetzí (GRE)

Shot put

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London details	Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)	Amelia Piccinini (ITA)	Ina Schäffer (AUT)
1952 Helsinki details	Galina Zybina (URS)	Marianne Werner (GER)	Klavdiya Tochenova (URS)
1956 Melbourne details	Tamara Tyshkevich (URS)	Galina Zybina (URS)	Marianne Werner (EUA)
1960 Rome details	Tamara Press (URS)	Johanna Lüttge (EUA)	Earlene Brown (USA)
1964 Tokyo details	Tamara Press (URS)	Renate Culmberger (EUA)	Galina Zybina (URS)
1968 Mexico City details	Margitta Gummel (GDR)	Marita Lange (GDR)	Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
1972 Munich details	Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)	Margitta Gummel (GDR)	Ivanka Khristova (BUL)
1976 Montreal details	Ivanka Hristova (BUL)	Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1980 Moscow details	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	Svetlana Krachevskaya (URS)	Margitta Pufe (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles details	Claudia Losch (FRG)	Mihaela Loghin (ROU)	Gael Martin (AUS)
1988 Seoul details	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	Kathrin Neimke (GDR)	Li Meisu (CHN)
1992 Barcelona details	Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN)	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	Kathrin Neimke (GER)
1996 Atlanta details	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	Sui Xinmei (CHN)	Irina Khudoroshkina (RUS)
2000 Sydney details	Yanina Karolchik (BLR)	Larisa Peleshenko (RUS)	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
2004 Athens details	Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)
2008 Beijing details	Valerie Vili (NZL)	Natallia Mikhnevich (BLR)	Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)

Discus throw

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928 Amsterdam details	Halina Konopacka (POL)	Lillian Copeland (USA)	Ruth Svedberg (SWE)
1932 Los Angeles details	Lillian Copeland (USA)	Ruth Osburn (USA)	Jadwiga Wajs (POL)
1936 Berlin details	Gisela Mauermayer (GER)	Jadwiga Wajs (POL)	Paula Mollenhauer (GER)
1948 London details	Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)	Edera Gentile (ITA)	Jacqueline Mazéas (FRA)
1952 Helsinki details	Nina Romashkova (URS)	Yelisaveta Bagriantseva (URS)	Nina Dumbadze (URS)
1956 Melbourne details	Olga Fikotová (TCH)	Irina Beglyakova (URS)	Nina Romashkova (URS)
1960 Rome details	Nina Romashkova (URS)	Tamara Press (URS)	Lia Manoliu (ROU)
1964 Tokyo details	Tamara Press (URS)	Ingrid Lotz (EUA)	Lia Manoliu (ROU)
1968 Mexico City details	Lia Manoliu (ROU)	Liesel Westermann (FRG)	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (HUN)
1972 Munich details	Faina Melnyk (URS)	Argentina Menis (ROU)	Vasilka Stoeva (BUL)
1976 Montreal details	Evelin Schlaak (GDR)	Maria Vergova (BUL)	Gabriele Hinzmann (GDR)
1980 Moscow details	Evelin Jahl (GDR)	Maria Vergova-Petkova (BUL)	Tatyana Lesovaya (URS)
1984 Los Angeles details	Ria Stalman (NED)	Leslie Deniz (USA)	Florenţa Crăciunescu (ROU)
1988 Seoul details	Martina Hellmann (GDR)	Diana Gansky (GDR)	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)
1992 Barcelona details	Maritza Martén (CUB)	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)	Daniela Costian (AUS)
1996 Atlanta details	Ilke Wyludda (GER)	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)
2000 Sydney details	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)	Iryna Yatchenko (BLR)
2004 Athens details	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)	Iryna Yatchenko (BLR)
2008 Beijing details	Stephanie Brown-Trafton (USA)	Yarelis Barrios (CUB)	Olena Antonova (UKR)

Hammer throw

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Kirsten Münchow (GER)
2004 Athens details	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	Yunaika Crawford (CUB)
2008 Beijing details	Aksana Miankova (BLR)	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)

Javelin throw

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1932 Los Angeles details	Babe Didrikson (USA)	Ellen Braumüller (GER)	Tilly Fleischer (GER)
1936 Berlin details	Tilly Fleischer (GER)	Luise Krüger (GER)	Maria Kwaśniewska (POL)
1948 London details	Herma Bauma (AUT)	Kaisa Parviainen (FIN)	Lily Carlstedt (DEN)
1952 Helsinki details	Dana Zátopková (TCH)	Aleksandra Chudina (URS)	Yelena Gorchakova (URS)
1956 Melbourne details	Inese Jaunzeme (URS)	Marlene Ahrens (CHI)	Nadezhda Konyayeva (URS)
1960 Rome details	Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS)	Dana Zátopková (TCH)	Birutė Kalėdienė (URS)
1964 Tokyo details	Mihaela Peneş (ROU)	Márta Rudas (HUN)	Yelena Gorchakova (URS)
1968 Mexico City details	Angéla Németh (HUN)	Mihaela Peneş (ROU)	Eva Janko (AUT)
1972 Munich details	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	Jacqueline Todten (GDR)	Kate Schmidt (USA)
1976 Montreal details	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	Marion Becker (FRG)	Kate Schmidt (USA)
1980 Moscow details	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	Saida Gunba (URS)	Ute Hommola (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles details	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)
1988 Seoul details	Petra Felke (GDR)	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	Beate Koch (GDR)
1992 Barcelona details	Silke Renk (GER)	Natalya Shikolenko (EUN)	Karen Forkel (GER)
1996 Atlanta details	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	Louise McPaul (AUS)	Trine Hattestad (NOR)
2000 Sydney details	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE)	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
2004 Athens details	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	Steffi Nerius (GER)	Mirela Manjani (GRE)
2008 Beijing details	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	Mariya Abakumova (RUS)	Christina Obergföll (GER)

Heptathlon

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Los Angeles details	Glynis Nunn (AUS)	Jackie Joyner (USA)	Sabine Everts (FRG)
1988 Seoul details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Sabine John (GDR)	Anke Behmer (GDR)
1992 Barcelona details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Irina Belova (EUN)	Sabine Braun (GER)
1996 Atlanta details	Ghada Shouaa (SYR)	Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)	Denise Lewis (GBR)
2000 Sydney details	Denise Lewis (GBR)	Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)	Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)
2004 Athens details	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	Austra Skujytė (LTU)	Kelly Sotherton (GBR)
2008 Beijing details	Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR)	Hyleas Fountain (USA)	Tatyana Chernova (RUS)

Discontinued events

3000 metres

The 3000 meter run was replaced by the 5000 meter run in 1996 and henceforth.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Los Angeles details	Maricica Puică (ROU)	Wendy Smith-Sly (GBR)	Lynn Williams (CAN)
1988 Seoul details	Tetyana Samolenko (URS)	Paula Ivan (ROU)	Yvonne Murray (GBR)
1992 Barcelona details	Yelena Romanova (EUN)	Tetyana Dorovskikh (EUN)	Angela Chalmers (CAN)

80 meter hurdles

This event was replaced by the 100 meter hurdles from 1972 onwards.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1932 Los Angeles details	Babe Didrikson (USA)	Evelyne Hall (USA)	Marjorie Clark (RSA)
1936 Berlin details	Trebisonda Valla (ITA)	Anni Steuer (GER)	Elizabeth Taylor (CAN)
1948 London details	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	Maureen Gardner (GBR)	Shirley Strickland (AUS)
1952 Helsinki details	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS)	Maria Golubnichaya (URS)	Maria Sander (GER)
1956 Melbourne details	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS)	Gisela Köhler (EUA)	Norma Thrower (AUS)
1960 Rome details	Irina Press (URS)	Carole Quinton (GBR)	Gisela Birkemeyer (EUA)
1964 Tokyo details	Karin Balzer (EUA)	Teresa Ciepły (POL)	Pam Kilborn (AUS)
1968 Mexico City details	Maureen Caird (AUS)	Pam Kilborn (AUS)	Chi Cheng (ROC)

Women's Pentathlon

In 1984 and henceforth, the pentathlon (five events over two days) was replaced by the heptathlon (seven events over two days), so "discontinued" is not precisely correct. The heptathlon consists of the 200 meter and 800 meter runs, the 100 meter hurdles, the shot put, the javelin throw, the high jump, and the long jump in track and field: three track events and four field events.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964 Tokyo details	Irina Press (URS)	Mary Rand (GBR)	Galina Bystrova (URS)
1968 Mexico City details	Ingrid Becker (FRG)	Liese Prokop (AUT)	Annamária Tóth (HUN)
1972 Munich details	Mary Peters (GBR)	Heide Rosendahl (FRG)	Burglinde Pollak (GDR)
1976 Montreal details	Siegrun Siegl (GDR)	Christine Laser (GDR)	Burglinde Pollak (GDR)
1980 Moscow details	Nadezhda Tkachenko (URS)	Olga Rukavishnikova (URS)	Olga Kuragina (URS)

10 kilometers race walk

In the year 2000 and henceforth, the distance was doubled to 20 kilometers

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona details	Chen Yueling (CHN)	Yelena Nikolayeva (EUN)	Li Chunxiu (CHN)
1996 Atlanta details	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	Wang Yan (CHN)

Conversions of distances

meters	yards	kilo- meters	miles
80	87.5
100	109.4
110	120.3
200	219
400	437	0.4	0.25
800	875	0.8	0.50
1,500	1,640	1.5	0.93
3,000	3,281	3.0	1.86
5,000	5,468	5.0	3.11
10,000	10,936	10.0	6.21
20,000	21,872	20.0	12.43
42,750	46,752	42.75	26.56

References

1. ^ On October 5, 2007 Marion Jones of the United States admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics. On October 9 she relenquished her medals to the United States Olympic Committee, who returned them to the International Olympic Committee. The IOC have removed the medals from Jones and her relay teammates, leaving the positions vacant.
2. ^ "Athletics Women's Pole Vault Medallists". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 2008-08-18. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AT/C92A/ATW072000.shtml#ATW072101. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 

• International Olympic Committee results database

External links

• In Praise of Track & Field's Women – slideshow by Life magazine