United Kingdom Track and Field All-Time Lists

OLYMPIC GAMES MEDALLISTS - ATHLETICS (WOMEN)

Women's events were first held in the Olympic Games in 1928. Nationalities given are those of the countries the athletes were representing at the time of the event, with their nationality under today's political boundaries given in brackets where otherwise unclear. Automatic times (or unofficial times based on photo-finish evidence) are given in preference to official hand times. Men's Medallists are listed on a separate page. A complete list of medallists in other sports is available in the Olympic section on this site.

Venues: 1928 Amsterdam (NED), 1932 Los Angeles (USA), 1936 Berlin (GER), 1948 London (GBR), 1952 Helsinki (FIN), 1956 Melbourne (AUS), 1960 Rome (ITA), 1964 Tokyo (JPN), 1968 Mexico City (MEX), 1972 Munich (FRG), 1976 Montréal (CAN), 1980 Moscow (URS), 1984 Los Angeles (USA), 1988 Seoul (KOR), 1992 Barcelona (ESP), 1996 Atlanta (USA), 2000 Sydney (AUS), 2004 Athens (GRE) {Shot: Olympia (GRE)}

100 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE   wind
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Betty Robinson USA
Stella Walasiewicz POL
Helen Stephens USA
Fanny Blankers-Koen NED
Marjorie Jackson AUS
Betty Cuthbert AUS
Wilma Rudolph USA
Wyomia Tyus USA
Wyomia Tyus USA
Renate Stecher GDR
Annegret Richter FRG
Lyudmila Kondratyeva URS(RUS)
Evelyn Ashford USA
Florence Griffith Joyner USA
Gail Devers USA
Gail Devers USA
Marion Jones USA
Yuliya Nesterenko BLR		 12.2
11.9
11.5w
11.9
11.65
11.82
11.18w
11.49
11.08A
11.07
11.08
11.06
10.97
10.54w
10.82
10.94
10.75
10.93		 Fanny Rosenfeld CAN
Hilda Stike CAN
Stella Walasiewicz POL
Dorothy Manley GBR
Daphne Hasenjäger SAF
Christa Stubnick GER(GDR)
Dorothy Hyman GBR
Edith McGuire USA
Barbara Ferrell USA
Raelene Boyle AUS
Renate Stecher GDR
Marlies Göhr GDR
Alice Brown USA
Evelyn Ashford USA
Juliet Cuthbert JAM
Merlene Ottey JAM
Ekaterini Thanou GRE
Lauryn Williams USA		 12.2e
11.9
11.7w
12.2
12.05
11.92
11.43w
11.62
11.15A
11.23
11.13
11.07
11.13
10.83w
10.83
10.94
11.12
10.96		 Ethel Smith CAN
Bille Von Bremen USA
Käthe Krauss GER
Shirley Strickland AUS
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty AUS
Marlene Mathews AUS
Giuseppina Leone ITA
Ewa Klobukowska POL
Irena Szewinska POL
Silvia Chivás CUB
Inge Helten FRG
Ingrid Auerswald GDR
Merlene Ottey JAM
Heike Drechsler GDR
Irina Privalova EUN(RUS)
Gwen Torrence USA
Tayna Lawrence JAM
Veronica Campbell JAM		 12.3e
12.0
11.9w
12.2
12.12
11.94
11.48w
11.64
11.19A
11.24
11.17
11.14
11.16
10.85w
10.84
10.96
11.18
10.97		  

3.5
<0.0
1.7
-2.3
2.8
-1.2
1.2
-0.2
0.0
1.0
-1.2
3.0
-1.0
-0.7
-0.4
-0.1
200 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE   wind
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED
Marjorie Jackson AUS
Betty Cuthbert AUS
Wilma Rudolph USA
Edith McGuire USA
Irena Szewinska (Kirszenstein) POL
Renate Stecher GDR
Bärbel Eckert GDR
Bärbel Wöckel (Eckert) GDR
Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA
Florence Griffith Joyner USA
Gwen Torrence USA
Marie-José Pérec FRA
Marion Jones USA
Veronica Campbell JAM		 24.4
23.89
23.55
24.13
23.05
22.58A
22.40
22.37
22.03
21.81
21.34
21.81
22.12
21.84
22.05		 Audrey Williamson GBR
Bertha Brouwer NED
Christa Stubnick GER(GDR)
Jutta Heine GER(FRG)
Irena Kirszenstein POL
Raelene Boyle AUS
Raelene Boyle AUS
Annegret Richter FRG
Natalya Bochina URS(RUS)
Florence Griffith USA
Grace Jackson JAM
Juliet Cuthbert JAM
Merlene Ottey JAM
Pauline Davis-Thompson BAH
Allyson Felix USA		 25.1
24.25
23.89
24.58
23.13
22.74A
22.45
22.39
22.19
22.04
21.72
22.02
22.24
22.27
22.18		 Audrey Patterson USA
Nadezhda Khnykina URS(GEO)
Marlene Mathews AUS
Dorothy Hyman GBR
Marilyn Black AUS
Jenny Lamy AUS
Irena Szewinska POL
Renate Stecher GDR
Merlene Ottey JAM
Merlene Ottey JAM
Heike Drechsler GDR
Merlene Ottey JAM
Mary Onyali NGR
Susanthika Jayasinghe SRI
Debbie Ferguson BAH		 25.2
24.37
24.10
24.82
23.18
22.88A
22.74
22.47
22.20
22.09
21.95
22.09
22.38
22.28
22.30		 0.0


<0.0
0.8
2.0
1.1
0.0
1.5
-0.1
1.3
-0.6
0.3
0.7
0.8
400 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Betty Cuthbert AUS
Colette Besson FRA
Monika Zehrt GDR
Irena Szewinska POL
Marita Koch GDR
Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA
Olga Bryzgina URS(UKR)
Marie-José Pérec FRA
Marie-José Pérec FRA
Cathy Freeman AUS
Tonique Williams-Darling BAH		 52.01
52.03A
51.08
49.28
48.88
48.83
48.65
48.83
48.25
49.11
49.41		 Ann Packer GBR
Lillian Board GBR
Rita Wilden FRG
Christina Brehmer GDR
Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH(CZE)
Chandra Cheeseborough USA
Petra Müller GDR
Olga Bryzgina EUN(UKR)
Cathy Freeman AUS
Lorraine Graham JAM
Ana Guevara MEX		 52.20
52.12A
51.21
50.51
49.46
49.05
49.45
49.05
48.63
49.58
49.56		 Judy Amoore AUS
Natalya Pechonkina URS(RUS)
Kathy Hammond USA
Ellen Streidt GDR
Christina Lathan (Brehmer) GDR
Kathy Cook GBR
Olga Nazarova URS(RUS)
Ximena Restrepo COL
Falilat Ogunkoya NGR
Katharine Merry GBR
Natalya Antyukh RUS		 53.4a
52.25A
51.64
50.55
49.66
49.43
49.90
49.64
49.10
49.72
49.89
800 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1928
1932-56
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Lina Radke GER
not held
Lyudmila Shevtsova URS(UKR)
Ann Packer GBR
Madeline Manning USA
Hildegard Falck FRG
Tatyana Kazankina URS(RUS)
Nadezhda Olizarenko URS(UKR)
Doina Melinte ROM
Sigrun Wodars GDR
Ellen van Langen NED
Svetlana Masterkova RUS
Maria Mutola MOZ
Kelly Holmes GBR		 2:16.8

2:04.50
2:01.1a
2:00.92A
1:58.55
1:54.94
1:53.43
1:57.60
1:56.10
1:55.54
1:57.73
1:56.15
1:56.38		 Kinue Hitomi JPN

Brenda Jones AUS
Maryvonne Dupureur FRA
Ileana Silai ROM
Nijolé Sabaité URS(LTU)
Nikolina Shtereva BUL
Olga Mineyeva URS(RUS)
Kim Gallagher USA
Christine Wachtel GDR
Liliya Nurutdinova EUN(RUS)
Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB
Stephanie Graf AUT
Hasna Benhassi MAR		 2:17.6e

2:04.58
2:01.9a
2:02.58A
1:58.65
1:55.42
1:54.81
1:58.63
1:56.64
1:55.99
1:58.11
1:56.64
1:56.43		 Inga Gentzel SWE

Ursula Donath GER(GDR)
Marise Chamberlain NZL
Maria Gommers NED
Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR
Elfi Zinn GDR
Tatyana Providokhina URS(RUS)
Fita Lovin ROM
Kim Gallagher USA
Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB
Maria Mutola MOZ
Kelly Holmes GBR
Jolanda Ceplak SLO		 2:18.8e

2:05.73
2:02.8a
2:02.63A
1:59.19
1:55.60
1:55.46
1:58.83
1:56.91
1:56.80
1:58.71
1:56.80
1:56.43
1500 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Lyudmila Bragina URS(RUS)
Tatyana Kazankina URS(RUS)
Tatyana Kazankina URS(RUS)
Gabriella Dorio ITA
Paula Ivan ROM
Hassiba Boulmerka ALG
Svetlana Masterkova RUS
Nouria Mérah-Benida ALG
Kelly Holmes GBR		 4:01.38
4:05.48
3:56.56
4:03.25
3:53.96
3:55.30
4:00.83
4:05.10
3:57.90		 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR
Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR
Christiane Wartenberg GDR
Doina Melinte ROM
Laimuté Baikauskaité URS(LTU)
Lyudmila Rogachova EUN(RUS)
Gabriela Szabo ROM
Violeta Szekely ROM
Tatyana Tomashova RUS		 4:02.83
4:06.02
3:57.71
4:03.76
4:00.24
3:56.91
4:01.54
4:05.15
3:58.12		 Paola Cacchi ITA
Ulrike Klapezynski GDR
Nadezhda Olizarenko URS(UKR)
Maricica Puica ROM
Tatyana Samolenko URS(UKR)
Qu Yunxia CHN
Theresia Kiesl AUT
Gabriela Szabo ROM
Maria Cioncan ROM		 4:02.85
4:06.09
3:59.52
4:04.15
4:00.30
3:57.08
4:03.02
4:05.27
3:58.39
3000 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1984
1988
1992
 		 Maricica Puica ROM
Tatyana Samolenko URS(UKR)
Yelena Romanova EUN(RUS)
 		 8:35.96
8:26.53
8:46.04
 		 Wendy Sly GBR
Paula Ivan ROM
Tatyana Dorovskikh (Samolenko)
EUN(UKR)		 8:39.47
8:27.15
8:46.85
 		 Lynn Williams CAN
Yvonne Murray GBR
Angela Chalmers CAN
 		 8:42.14
8:29.02
8:47.22
 
5000 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1996
2000
2004		 Wang Junxia CHN
Gabriela Szabo ROM
Meseret Defar ETH		 14:59.88
14:40.79
14:45.65		 Pauline Konga KEN
Sonia O'Sullivan IRL
Isabella Ochichi KEN		 15:03.49
14:41.02
14:48.19		 Roberta Brunet ITA
Gete Wami ETH
Tirunesh Dibaba ETH		 15:07.52
14:42.23
14:51.83
10000 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Olga Bondarenko URS(RUS)
Derartu Tulu ETH
Fernanda Ribeiro POR
Derartu Tulu ETH
Xing Huina CHN		 31:05.21
31:06.02
31:01.63
30:17.49
30:24.36		 Liz McColgan GBR
Elana Meyer RSA
Wang Junxia CHN
Gete Wami ETH
Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH		 31:08.44
31:11.75
31:02.58
30:22.48
30:24.98		 Yelena Zhupiyova URS(UKR)
Lynn Jennings USA
Gete Wami ETH
Fernanda Ribeiro POR
Derartu Tulu ETH		 31:19.82
31:19.89
31:06.65
30:22.88
30:26.42
Marathon
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Joan Benoit USA
Rosa Mota POR
Valentina Yegorova EUN(RUS)
Fatuma Roba ETH
Naoko Takahashi JPN
Mizuki Noguchi JPN		 2:24:52
2:25:40
2:32:41
2:26:05
2:23:14
2:26:20		 Grete Waitz NOR
Lisa Martin AUS
Yuko Arimori JPN
Valentina Yegorova RUS
Lidia Simon ROM
Catherine Ndereba KEN		 2:26:18
2:25:53
2:32:49
2:28:05
2:23:22
2:26:32		 Rosa Mota POR
Katrin Dörre GDR
Lorraine Moller NZL
Yuko Arimori JPN
Joyce Chepchumba KEN
Deena Kastor USA		 2:26:57
2:26:21
2:33:59
2:28:39
2:24:45
2:27:20
80 Metres Hurdles
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE   wind
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960

1964
1968		 Mildred "Babe" Didriksen USA
Trebisonda Valla ITA
Fanny Blankers-Koen NED
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty AUS
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty AUS
Irina Press URS(UKR)

Karin Balzer GER(GDR)
Maureen Caird AUS		 11.7
11.75
11.2
11.01
10.96
10.93

10.54w
10.39A		 Evelyne Hall USA
Anni Steuer GER
Maureen Gardner GBR
Mariya Golubnichaya URS(RUS)
Gisela Köhler GER(GDR)
Carole Quinton GBR

Teresa Ciepla POL
Pam Kilborn AUS		 11.7
11.81
11.2
11.24
11.12
10.99

10.55w
10.46A		 Marjorie Clark SAF
Betty Taylor CAN
Shirley Strickland AUS
Maria Sander GER(FRG)
Norma Thrower AUS
Gisela Birkemeyer (Köhler)
GER(GDR)
Pam Kilborn AUS
Chi Cheng TPE		 11.8
11.82
11.4
11.38
11.25
11.13

10.56w
10.51A		  
1.4
1.9

-1.3
0.0

2.3
0.0
100 Metres Hurdles
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE   wind
1972
1976
1980
1984
 
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Annelie Ehrhardt GDR
Johanna Schaller GDR
Vera Komisova URS(RUS)
Benita Fitzgerald-Brown USA
 
Yordanka Donkova BUL
Paraskevi "Voula" Patoulidou GRE
Ludmila Engquist SWE
Olga Shishigina KAZ
Joanna Hayes USA		 12.59
12.77
12.56
12.84
 
12.38
12.64
12.58
12.65
12.37		 Valeria Bufanu ROM
Tatyana Anisimova URS(RUS)
Johanna Klier (Schaller) GDR
Shirley Strong GBR
 
Gloria Siebert GDR
LaVonna Martin USA
Brigita Bukovec SLO
Glory Alozie NGR
Yelena Krasovska UKR		 12.84
12.78
12.63
12.88
 
12.61
12.69
12.59
12.68
12.45		 Karin Balzer GDR
Natalya Lebedeva URS(RUS)
Lucyna Langer POL
Michčle Chardonnet FRA &
Kim Turner USA
Claudia Zaczkiewicz FRG
Yordanka Donkova BUL
Patricia Girard-Léno FRA
Melissa Morrison USA
Melissa Morrison USA		 12.90
12.80
12.65
13.06
 
12.75
12.70
12.65
12.76
12.56		 -0.6
0.0
1.0
-0.7
 
0.2
0.4
0.2
0.0
1.5
400 Metres Hurdles
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Nawal El Moutawakil MAR
Debbie Flintoff-King AUS
Sally Gunnell GBR
Deon Hemmings JAM
Irina Privalova RUS
Fani Halkia GRE		 54.61
53.17
53.23
52.82
53.02
52.82		 Judi Brown USA
Tatyana Ledovskaya URS(BLR)
Sandra Farmer-Patrick USA
Kim Batten USA
Deon Hemmings JAM
Ionela Tîrlea ROM		 55.20
53.18
53.69
53.08
53.45
53.38		 Cristeana Cojocaru ROM
Ellen Fiedler GDR
Janeene Vickers USA
Tonja Buford-Bailey USA
Nezha Bidouane MAR
Tatyana Tereshchuk UKR		 55.41
53.63
54.31
53.22
53.57
53.44
High Jump
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
 
1960
 
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
 
2004		 Ethel Catherwood CAN
Jean Shiley USA
Ibolya Csák HUN
Alice Coachman USA
Esther Brand SAF
Mildred McDaniel USA
 
Iolanda Balas ROM
 
Iolanda Balas ROM
Milena Rezková TCH(CZE)
Ulrike Meyfarth FRG
Rosemarie Ackermann GDR
Sara Simeoni ITA
Ulrike Meyfarth FRG
Louise Ritter USA
Heike Henkel GER
Stefka Kostadinova BUL
Yelena Yelesina RUS
 
Yelena Slesarenko RUS		 1.595
1.657
1.60
1.68
1.67
1.76
 
1.85
 
1.90
1.82A
1.92
1.93
1.97
2.02
2.03
2.02
2.05
2.01
 
2.06		 Carolina Gisolf NED
Mildred "Babe" Didriksen USA
Dorothy Odam GBR
Dorothy Tyler (Odam) GBR
Sheila Lerwill GBR
Thelma Hopkins GBR &
Mariya Pisareva URS(RUS)
Jaroslawa Józwiakowska POL &
Dorothy Shirley GBR
Michele Brown AUS
Antonina Okorokova URS(RUS)
Yordanka Blagoeva BUL
Sara Simeoni ITA
Urszula Kielan POL
Sara Simeoni ITA
Stefka Kostadinova BUL
Alina Astafei ROM
Niki Bakogianni GRE
Hestrie Cloete RSA
 
Hestrie Cloete RSA		 1.56
1.657
1.60
1.68
1.65
1.67
 
1.71
 
1.80
1.80A
1.88
1.91
1.94
2.00
2.01
2.00
2.03
2.01
 
2.02		 Mildred Wiley USA
Eva Dawes CAN
Elfriede Kaun GER
Micheline Ostermeyer FRA
Aleksandra Chudina URS(RUS)

 

 
Taisiya Chenchik URS(UKR)
Valentina Kozyr URS(UKR)
Ilona Gusenbauer AUT
Yordanka Blagoeva BUL
Jutta Kirst GDR
Joni Huntley USA
Tamara Bykova URS(RUS)
Ioamnet Quintero CUB
Inga Babakova UKR
Kajsa Bergqvist SWE &
Oana Pantelimon ROM
Vita Styopina UKR		 1.56
1.60
1.60
1.61
1.63

 

 
1.78
1.80A
1.88
1.91
1.94
1.97
1.99
1.97
2.01
1.99
 
2.02
Pole Vault
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
2000
2004		 Stacy Dragila USA
Yelena Isinbayeva RUS		 4.60
4.91		 Tatiana Grigorieva AUS
Svetlana Feofanova RUS		 4.55
4.75		 Vala Flosadóttir ISL
Anna Rogowska POL		 4.50
4.70
Long Jump
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Olga Gyarmati HUN
Yvette Williams NZL
Elzbieta Krzesinska POL
Vera Krepkina URS(UKR)
Mary Rand GBR
Viorica Viscopoleanu ROM
Heide Rosendahl FRG
Angela Voigt GDR
Tatyana Kolpakova URS(KGZ)
Anisoara Stanciu ROM
Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA
Heike Drechsler GER
Chioma Ajunwa NGR
Heike Drechsler GER
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS		 5.695
6.24
6.35
6.37
6.76
6.82A
6.78
6.72
7.06
6.96
7.40
7.14
7.12
6.99
7.07		 Noemí Simonetto ARG
Aleksandra Chudina URS(RUS)
Willye White USA
Elzbieta Krzesinska POL
Irena Kirszenstein POL
Sheila Sherwood GBR
Diana Yorgova BUL
Kathy McMillan USA
Brigitte Wujak GDR
Valy Ionescu ROM
Heike Drechsler GDR
Inessa Kravets EUN(UKR)
Fiona May ITA
Fiona May ITA
Irina Simagina RUS		 5.60
6.14
6.09
6.27
6.60
6.68A
6.77
6.66
7.04
6.81
7.22
7.12
7.02
6.92
7.05		 Ann-Britt Leyman SWE
Shirley Cawley GBR
Nadezhda Dvalishvili URS(GEO)
Hildrun Claus GER(GDR)
Tatyana Shchelkanova URS(RUS)
Tatyana Talysheva URS(RUS)
Eva Šuranová TCH(SVK)
Lidiya Alfeyeva URS(UKR)
Tatyana Skachko URS(UKR)
Sue Hearnshaw GBR
Galina Chistyakova URS(RUS)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA
Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA
Marion Jones USA
Tatyana Kotova RUS		 5.575
5.92
6.07
6.21
6.42
6.66A
6.67
6.60
7.01
6.80w
7.11
7.07
7.00
6.92
7.05
Triple Jump
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1996
2000
2004		 Inessa Kravets UKR
Tereza Marinova BUL
Françoise Mbango Etone CMR		 15.33
15.20
15.30		 Inna Lasovskaya RUS
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS
Chrysopigi Devetzi GRE		 14.98
15.00
15.25		 Šárka Kašpárková CZE
Yelena Govorova UKR
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS		 14.98
14.96
15.14
Shot
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Micheline Ostermeyer FRA
Galina Zybina URS(RUS)
Tamara Tyshkevich URS(RUS)
Tamara Press URS(UKR)
Tamara Press URS(UKR)
Margitta Gummel GDR
Nadezhda Chizhova URS(RUS)
Ivanka Khristova BUL
Ilona Slupianek GDR
Claudia Losch FRG
Natalya Lisovskaya URS(RUS)
Svetlana Krivelyova EUN(RUS)
Astrid Kumbernuss GER
Yanina Korolchik BLR
Yumileidi Cumbá CUB		 13.75
15.28
16.59
17.32
18.14
19.61A
21.03
21.16
22.41
20.48
22.24
21.06
20.56
20.56
19.59		 Amelia Piccinini ITA
Marianne Werner GER(FRG)
Galina Zybina URS(RUS)
Johanna Lüttge GER(GDR)
Renate Culmberger GER(GDR)
Marita Lange GDR
Margitta Gummel GDR
Nadezhda Chizhova URS(RUS)
Svetlana Krachevskaya URS(RUS)
Mihaela Loghin ROM
Kathrin Neimke GDR
Huang Zhihong CHN
Sui Xinmei CHN
Larisa Peleshenko RUS
Nadine Kleinert GER		 13.095
14.57
16.53
16.61
17.61
18.78A
20.22
20.96
21.42
20.47
21.07
20.47
19.88
19.92
19.55		 Ina Schäffer AUT
Klavdiya Tochenova URS(RUS)
Marianne Werner GER(FRG)
Earlene Brown USA
Galina Zybina URS(RUS)
Nadezhda Chizhova URS(RUS)
Ivanka Khristova BUL
Helena Fibingerová TCH(CZE)
Margitta Pufe GDR
Gael Martin AUS
Li Meisu CHN
Kathrin Neimke GER
Irina Khudoroshkina RUS
Astrid Kumbernuss GER
Svetlana Krivelyova RUS		 13.08
14.50
15.61
16.42
17.45
18.19A
19.35
20.67
21.20
19.19
21.06
19.78
19.35
19.62
19.49
Discus
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956

1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Halina Konopacka POL
Lillian Copeland USA
Gisela Mauermayer GER
Micheline Ostermeyer FRA
Nina Romashkova URS(RUS)
Olga Fikotová TCH(CZE)

Nina Ponomaryova URS(RUS)
Tamara Press URS(UKR)
Lia Manoliu ROM
Faina Melnik URS(ARM)
Evelin Schlaak GDR
Evelin Jahl (Schlaak) GDR
Ria Stalman NED
Martina Hellmann GDR
Maritza Martén CUB
Ilke Wyludda GER
Ellina Zvereva BLR
Natalya Sadova RUS		 39.62
40.58
47.63
41.92
51.42
53.69

55.10
57.27
58.28A
66.62
69.00
69.96
65.36
72.30
70.06
69.66
68.40
67.02		 Lillian Copeland USA
Ruth Osborn USA
Jadwiga Wajs POL
Edera Gentile ITA
Yelizaveta Bagriantseva URS(RUS)
Irina Beglyakova URS(RUS)

Tamara Press URS(UKR)
Ingrid Lotz GER(GDR)
Liesel Westermann FRG
Argentina Menis ROM
Maria Vergova BUL
Maria Petkova (Vergova) BUL
Leslie Deniz USA
Diana Gansky GDR
Tsvetanka Khristova BUL
Natalya Sadova RUS
Anastasia Kelesidou GRE
Anastasia Kelesidou GRE		 37.08
40.12
46.22
41.17
47.08
52.54

52.59
57.21
57.76A
65.06
67.30
67.90
64.86
71.88
67.78
66.48
65.71
66.68		 Ruth Svedberg SWE
Jadwiga Wajs POL
Paula Mollenhauer GER
Jacqueline Mazéas FRA
Nina Dumbadze URS(GEO)
Nina Ponomaryova (Romashkova)
URS(RUS)
Lia Manoliu ROM
Lia Manoliu ROM
Jolán Kleiber HUN
Vasilka Stoeva BUL
Gabriele Hinzmann GDR
Tatyana Lesovaya URS(KAZ)
Florenta Craciunescu ROM
Tsvetanka Khristova BUL
Daniela Costian AUS
Ellina Zvereva BLR
Irina Yatchenko BLR
Irina Yatchenko BLR		 35.92
38.74
39.80
40.47
46.29
52.02

52.36
56.97
54.90A
64.34
66.84
67.40
63.64
69.74
66.24
65.64
65.20
66.17
Hammer
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
2000
2004		 Kamila Skolimowska POL
Olga Kuzenkova RUS		 71.16
75.02		 Olga Kuzenkova RUS
Yipsi Moreno CUB		 69.77
73.36		 Kirsten Münchow GER
Yunaika Crawford CUB		 69.28
73.16
Javelin

(new model from 2000)

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Mildred "Babe" Didriksen USA
Tilly Fleischer GER
Herma Bauma AUT
Dana Zátopková TCH(CZE)
Inese Jaunzeme URS(LAT)
Elvîra Ozolina URS(LAT)
Mihaela Penes ROM
Angéla Németh HUN
Ruth Fuchs GDR
Ruth Fuchs GDR
María Caridad Colón CUB
Tessa Sanderson GBR
Petra Felke GDR
Silke Renk GER
Heli Rantanen FIN
Trine Hattestad NOR
Osleidys Menéndez CUB		 43.68
45.18
45.57
50.47
53.86
55.98
60.54
60.36A
63.88
65.94
68.40
69.56
74.68
68.34
67.94
68.91
71.53		 Ellen Braumüller GER
Luise Krüger GER
Kaisa Parviainen FIN
Aleksandra Chudina URS(RUS)
Marlene Ahrens CHI
Dana Zátopková TCH(CZE)
Márta Rudas HUN
Mihaela Penes ROM
Jacqueline Todten GDR
Marion Becker FRG
Saida Gunba URS(GEO)
Tiina Lillak FIN
Fatima Whitbread GBR
Natalya Shikolenko EUN(BLR)
Louise McPaul AUS
Mirela Tzelili GRE
Steffi Nerius GER		 43.50
43.29
43.79
50.01
50.38
53.78
58.27
59.92A
62.54
64.70
67.76
69.00
70.32
68.26
65.54
67.51
65.82		 Tilly Fleischer GER
Maria Kwasniewska POL
Lily Carlstedt DEN
Yelena Gorchakova URS(RUS)
Nadezhda Konyayeva URS(UKR)
Biruté Kalédiené URS(LTU)
Yelena Gorchakova URS(RUS)
Eva Janko AUT
Kate Schmidt USA
Kate Schmidt USA
Ute Hommola GDR
Fatima Whitbread GBR
Beate Koch GDR
Karen Forkel GER
Trine Hattestad NOR
Osleidys Menéndez CUB
Mirela Manjani (Tzelili) GRE		 43.15
41.80
42.08
49.76
50.28
53.45
57.06
58.04A
59.94
63.96
66.56
67.14
67.30
66.86
64.98
66.18
64.29
Pentathlon
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980		 Irina Press URS(UKR)
Ingrid Becker FRG
Mary Peters GBR
Siegrun Siegl GDR
Nadezhda Tkachenko URS(UKR)		 5246
5098A
4801
4745
5083		 Mary Rand GBR
Liese Prokop AUT
Heide Rosendahl FRG
Christine Laser GDR
Olga Rukavishnikova URS(RUS)		 5035
4966A
4791
4745
4937		 Galina Bystrova URS(RUS)
Annamária Tóth HUN
Burglinde Pollak GDR
Burglinde Pollak GDR
Olga Kuragina URS(RUS)		 4956
4959A
4768
4740
4875

Above scores given using tables in use at time of competition. Major changes to tables were made in 1971. 100 metres hurdles replaced 80 metres hurdles in 1972 & 800 metres replaced 200 metres in 1980.

Heptathlon
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Glynis Nunn AUS
Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA
Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA
Ghada Shouaa SYR
Denise Lewis GBR
Carolina Klüft SWE		 6390
7291
7044
6780
6584
6952		 Jackie Joyner USA
Sabine John GDR
Irina Belova EUN(RUS)
Natalya Sazanovich BLR
Yelena Prokhorova RUS
Austra Skujyté LTU		 6385
6897
6845
6563
6531
6435		 Sabine Everts FRG
Anke Behmer GDR
Sabine Braun GER
Denise Lewis GBR
Natalya Sazanovich BLR
Kelly Sotherton GBR		 6363
6858
6649
6489
6527
6424

Above scores given using tables in use at time of competition. Major changes to tables were made in 1985.

10 Kilometres Road Walk
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1992
1996		 Chen Yueling CHN
Yelena Nikolayeva RUS		 44:32
41:49		 Yelena Nikolayeva EUN(RUS)
Elisabetta Perrone ITA		 44:33
42:12		 Li Chunxiu CHN
Wang Yan CHN		 44:41
42:19
20 Kilometres Road Walk
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
2000
2004		 Wang Liping CHN
Athanasia Tsoumeleka GRE		 1:29:05
1:29:12		 Kjersti Tysse Plätzer NOR
Olimpiada Ivanova RUS		 1:29:33
1:29:16		 María Vasco ESP
Jane Saville AUS		 1:30:23
1:29:25
4 x 100 Metres Relay
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 Canada
United States
United States
Netherlands
United States
Australia
United States
Poland
United States
F.R. Germany
German D.R.
German D.R.
United States
United States
United States
United States
Bahamas
Jamaica		 48.4
46.86
46.9
47.5
46.14
44.65
44.72
43.69
42.88A
42.81
42.55
41.60
41.65
41.98
42.11
41.95
41.95
41.73		 United States
Canada
Great Britain & N.I.
Australia
Germany
Great Britain & N.I.
Germany
United States
Cuba
German D.R.
F.R. Germany
Soviet Union
Canada
German D.R.
Unified Team
Bahamas
Jamaica
Russia		 48.8e
47.0
47.6
47.6
46.18
44.70
45.00
43.92
43.36A
42.95
42.59
42.10
42.77
42.09
42.16
42.14
42.13
42.27		 Germany
Great Britain & N.I.
Canada
Canada
Great Britain & N.I.
United States
Poland
Great Britain & N.I.
Soviet Union
Cuba
Soviet Union
Great Britain & N.I.
Great Britain & N.I.
Soviet Union
Nigeria
Jamaica
United States
France		 49.0e
47.6
47.8
47.8
46.41
45.04
45.19
44.09
43.41A
43.36
43.09
42.43
43.11
42.75
42.81
42.24
42.20
42.54
4 x 400 Metres Relay
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004		 German D.R.
German D.R.
Soviet Union
United States
Soviet Union
Unified Team
United States
United States
United States		 3:22.95
3:19.23
3:20.12
3:18.29
3:15.17
3:20.20
3:20.91
3:22.62
3:19.01		 United States
United States
German D.R.
Canada
United States
United States
Nigeria
Jamaica
Russia		 3:25.15
3:22.81
3:20.35
3:21.21
3:15.51
3:20.92
3:21.04
3:23.25
3:20.16		 F.R. Germany
Soviet Union
Great Britain & N.I.
F.R. Germany
German D.R.
Great Britain & N.I.
Germany
Russia
Jamaica		 3:26.51
3:24.24
3:27.5a
3:22.98
3:18.29
3:24.23
3:21.14
3:23.46
3:22.00

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