Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
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These are the female Olympic medalists in athletics. See Olympic medalists in athletics (men) for male medalists, category:athletes for other track and field athletes and Olympic medalists for medalists in other sports.
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100 m
200 m
400 m
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1964 | Betty Cuthbert (AUS) | Ann Packer (GBR) | Judy Amoore (AUS) |
| 1968 | Colette Besson (FRA) | Lillian Board (GBR) | Natalya Pechonkina (URS) |
| 1972 | Monika Zehrt (GDR) | Rita Wilden (FRG) | Kathy Hammond (USA) |
| 1976 | Irena Szewińska (POL) | Christina Brehmer (GDR) | Ellen Streidt (GDR) |
| 1980 | Marita Koch (GDR) | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | Christina Lathan (GDR) |
| 1984 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA) | Chandra Cheeseborough (USA) | Kathy Cook (GBR) |
| 1988 | Olga Bryzgina (URS) | Petra Müller (GDR) | Olga Nazarova (URS) |
| 1992 | Marie-José Perec (FRA) | Olga Bryzgina (EUN) | Ximena Restrepo (COL) |
| 1996 | Marie-José Perec (FRA) | Cathy Freeman (AUS) | Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) |
| 2000 | Cathy Freeman (AUS) | Lorraine Graham (JAM) | Katharine Merry (GBR) |
| 2004 | Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH) | Ana Guevara (MEX) | Natalya Antyukh (RUS) |
800 m
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Lina Radke (GER) | Kinuye Hitomi (JPN) | Inga Gentzel (SWE) |
| 1960 | Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS) | Brenda Jones (AUS) | Ursula Donath (GER) |
| 1964 | Ann Packer (GBR) | Maryvonne Dupureur (FRA) | Marise Chamberlain (NZL) |
| 1968 | Madeline Manning (USA) | Ilona Silai (ROM) | Mia Gommers (NED) |
| 1972 | Hildegard Falck (FRG) | Niole Sabaite (URS) | Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) |
| 1976 | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) | Nikolina Shtereva (URS) | Elfi Zinn (GDR) |
| 1980 | Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) | Olga Mineyeva (URS) | Tatyana Providokhina (URS) |
| 1984 | Doina Melinte (ROM) | Kim Gallagher (USA) | Fita Lovin (ROM) |
| 1988 | Sigrun Wodars (GDR) | Christine Wachtel (GDR) | Kim Gallagher (USA) |
| 1992 | Ellen van Langen (NED) | Lilia Nurutdinova (EUN) | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) |
| 1996 | Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | Maria Mutola (MOZ) |
| 2000 | Maria Mutola (MOZ) | Stephanie Graf (AUT) | Kelly Holmes (GBR) |
| 2004 | Kelly Holmes (GBR) | Hasna Benhassi (MAR) | Jolanda Ceplak (SLO) |
1500 m
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Lyudmila Bragina (URS) | Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) | Paola Cacchi (ITA) |
| 1976 | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) | Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) | Ulrike Klapezynski (GDR) |
| 1980 | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) | Christiane Wartenberg (GDR) | Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) |
| 1984 | Gabriella Dorio (ITA) | Doina Melinte (ROM) | Maricica Puica (ROM) |
| 1988 | Paula Ivan (ROM) | Laimute Baikauskaite (URS) | Tatyana Samolenko (URS) |
| 1992 | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | Lyudmila Rogachova (EUN) | Qu Yunxia (CHN) |
| 1996 | Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) | Gabriela Szabo (ROM) | Theresia Kiesl (AUT) |
| 2000 | Nouria Mérah-Benida (ALG) | Violeta Szekely (ROM) | Gabriela Szabo (ROM) |
| 2004 | Kelly Holmes (GBR) | Tatyana Tomashova (RUS) | Maria Cioncan (ROM) |
3000 m
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Maricica Puica (ROM) | Wendy Sly (GBR) | Lynn Williams (CAN) |
| 1988 | Tatyana Samolenko (URS) | Paula Ivan (ROM) | Yvonne Murray (GBR) |
| 1992 | Yelena Romanova (EUN) | Tatyana Dorovskikh (EUN) | Angela Chalmers (CAN) |
5000 m
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Wang Junxia (CHN) | Pauline Konga (KEN) | Roberta Brunet (ITA) |
| 2000 | Gabriela Szabo (ROM) | Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) | Gete Wami (ETH) |
| 2004 | Meseret Defar (ETH) | Isabella Ochichi (KEN) | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) |
10000 m
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Olga Bondarenko (URS) | Liz McColgan (GBR) | Yelena Zhupiyova (URS) |
| 1992 | Derartu Tulu (ETH) | Elana Meyer (RSA) | Lynn Jennings (USA) |
| 1996 | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | Wang Junxia (CHN) | Gete Wami (ETH) |
| 2000 | Derartu Tulu (ETH) | Gete Wami (ETH) | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) |
| 2004 | Huina Xing (CHN) | Ejagayehu Dibaba (ETH) | Derartu Tulu (ETH) |
Marathon
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1984 | Joan Benoit (USA) | Grete Waitz (NOR) | Rosa Mota (POR) |
| 1988 | Rosa Mota (POR) | Lisa Martin (AUS) | Katrin Dörre (GDR) |
| 1992 | Valentina Yegorova (EUN) | Yuko Arimori (JPN) | Lorraine Moller (NZL) |
| 1996 | Fatuma Roba (ETH) | Valentina Yegorova (RUS) | Yuko Arimori (JPN) |
| 2000 | Naoko Takahashi (JPN) | Lidia Simon (ROM) | Joyce Chepchumba (KEN) |
| 2004 | Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) | Catherine Ndereba (KEN) | Deena Kastor (USA) |
80 m hurdles
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Babe Didrikson (USA) | Evelyne Hall (USA) | Marjorie Clark (RSA) |
| 1936 | Trebisonda Valla (ITA) | Anni Steuer (GER) | Elizabeth Taylor (CAN) |
| 1948 | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | Maureen Gardner (GBR) | Shirley Strickland (AUS) |
| 1952 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS) | Maria Golubnichaya (URS) | Maria Sander (GER) |
| 1956 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS) | Gisela Köhler (GER) | Norma Thrower (AUS) |
| 1960 | Irina Press (URS) | Carole Quinton (GBR) | Gisela Birkemeyer (GER) |
| 1964 | Karin Balzer (GER) | Teresa Ciepły (POL) | Pam Kilborn (AUS) |
| 1968 | Maureen Caird (AUS) | Pam Kilborn (AUS) | Chi Cheng (TPE) |
100 m hurdles
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Anneliese Ehrhardt (GDR) | Valeria Bufanu (ROM) | Karin Balzer (GDR) |
| 1976 | Johanna Schaller (GDR) | Tatyana Anisimova (URS) | Natalya Lebedyeva (URS) |
| 1980 | Vera Komisova (URS) | Johanna Klier (GDR) | Lucyna Langer (POL) |
| 1984 | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA) | Shirley Strong (GBR) | Michčle Chardonnet (FRA) Kim Turner (USA) |
| 1988 | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | Gloria Siebert (GDR) | Claudia Zackiewicz (FRG) |
| 1992 | Voula Patoulidou (GRE) | LaVonna Martin (USA) | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) |
| 1996 | Ludmila Engquist (SWE) | Brigita Bukovec (SLO) | Patricia Girard-Léno (FRA) |
| 2000 | Olga Shishigina (KAZ) | Glory Alozie (NGR) | Melissa Morrison (USA) |
| 2004 | Joanna Hayes (USA) | Olena Krasovska (UKR) | Melissa Morrison (USA) |
400 m hurdles
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | Judi Brown (USA) | Cristeana Cojocaru (ROM) |
| 1988 | Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) | Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) | Ellen Fiedler (GDR) |
| 1992 | Sally Gunnell (GBR) | Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) | Janeene Vickers (USA) |
| 1996 | Deon Hemmings (JAM) | Kim Batten (USA) | Tonja Buford-Bailey (USA) |
| 2000 | Irina Privalova (RUS) | Deon Hemmings (JAM) | Nezha Bidouane (MAR) |
| 2004 | Fani Halkia (GRE) | Ionela Tirlea-Manolache (ROM) | Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antipova (UKR) |
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 400 m relay
10 km walk
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Chen Yueling (CHN) | Yelena Nikolayeva (EUN) | Li Chunxiu (CHN) |
| 1996 | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | Wang Yan (CHN) |
20 km walk
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Wang Liping (CHN) | Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) | María Vasco (ESP) |
| 2004 | Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE) | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | Jane Saville (AUS) |
High jump
Pole vault
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Stacy Dragila (USA) | Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS) | Vala Flosadóttir (ISL) |
| 2004 | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) | Anna Rogowska (POL) |
Long jump
Triple jump
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | Inna Lasovskaya (RUS) | Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) |
| 2000 | Tereza Marinova (BUL) | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | Yelena Govorova (UKR) |
| 2004 | Francoise Mbango Etone (CMR) | Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE) | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) |
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Kirsten Münchow (GER) |
| 2004 | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | Yunaika Crawford (CUB) |
Javelin throw
Pentathlon
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Irina Press (URS) | Mary Rand (GBR) | Galina Bystrova (URS) |
| 1968 | Ingrid Becker (GER) | Liese Prokop (AUT) | Annamária Tóth (HUN) |
| 1972 | Mary Peters (GBR) | Heide Rosendahl (FRG) | Burglinde Pollak (GDR) |
| 1976 | Siegrun Siegl (GDR) | Christine Laser (GDR) | Burglinde Pollak (GDR) |
| 1980 | Nadezhda Tkachenko (URS) | Olga Rukavishnikova (URS) | Olga Kuragina (URS) |
Note: After 1980, the women's multi-discpline event became the heptathlon.
Heptathlon
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Glynis Nunn (AUS) | Jackie Joyner (USA) | Sabine Everts (FRG) |
| 1988 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | Sabine John (GDR) | Anke Behmer (GDR) |
| 1992 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | Irina Belova (EUN) | Sabine Braun (GER) |
| 1996 | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | Natalya Sazanovich (BLR) | Denise Lewis (GBR) |
| 2000 | Denise Lewis (GBR) | Yelena Prokhorova (RUS) | Natalya Sazanovich (BLR) |
| 2004 | Carolina Klüft (SWE) | Austra Skujyte (LTU) | Kelly Sotherton (GBR) |