List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in athletics.
Women's events
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
Marathon
100 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
3000 metres steeplechase
- nb Yekaterina Volkova of Russia was originally the 2008 women's steeplechase bronze medalist, but she was subsequently disqualified for doping and her teammate Arkhipova was allocated the medal.
- nb2 Yuliya Zaripova of Russia was originally the 2012 women's steeplechase champion, but she was subsequently disqualified for doping. Ghribi, Sofia Assefa and Chemos were all elevated one place as a result.
4 × 100 metres relay
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.
- nb Note: Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medal.
- In 2008 the Russian team of Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya were awarded the gold medals, however, these were rescinded in 2016 following disqualification of Chermoshanskaya for use of performance-enhancing drugs.
4 × 400 metres relay
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.
- nb1 Marion Jones was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2000.
- nb2 Crystal Cox was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2004.
- nb3 Dominique Blake was accidentally given her Olympic medal and she returned it in 2017.
- a Original silver medalists, Russia, and 4th place finishers, Belarus, were stripped of their results for doping offenses. Following reallocation, Jamaica were promoted to the silver medal, and Great Britain to the bronze.
- b Original silver medalists, Russia, were stripped of their medal for doping offenses. Following reallocation, Jamaica will be promoted to the silver medal, and Ukraine to the bronze.
20 kilometres race walk
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2 | United States (USA) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
4 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
6 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
9 | Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Heptathlon
Mixed Events
4 × 400 metres relay
Discontinued events
3000 metres
The 3000 metres run was replaced by the 5000 metres run in 1996 and henceforth.
80 metres hurdles
The 80 metres hurdles was replaced by the 100 metres hurdles in 1972.
10 kilometers race walk
In the year 2000 and henceforth, the distance was doubled to 20 kilometers.
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1992 Barcelona |
Chen Yueling China |
Yelena Nikolayeva Unified Team |
Li Chunxiu China |
1996 Atlanta |
Yelena Nikolayeva Russia |
Elisabetta Perrone Italy |
Wang Yan China |
Pentathlon
In 1984 and thenceforth, 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.
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 |