List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)

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This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in athletics from 1896 to 2004.

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

[edit] 100 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928 Amsterdam	Betty Robinson (USA)	Fanny Rosenfeld (CAN)	Ethel Smith (CAN)
1932 Los Angeles	Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL)	Hilda Strike (CAN)	Wilhelmina von Bremen (USA)
1936 Berlin	Helen Stephens (USA)	Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL)	Käthe Krauss (GER)
1948 London	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	Dorothy Manley (GBR)	Shirley Strickland (AUS)
1952 Helsinki	Marjorie Jackson (AUS)	Daphne Hasenjager (RSA)	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS)
1956 Melbourne	Betty Cuthbert (AUS)	Christa Stubnick (EUA)	Marlene Matthews (AUS)
1960 Rome	Wilma Rudolph (USA)	Dorothy Hyman (GBR)	Giuseppina Leone (ITA)
1964 Tokyo	Wyomia Tyus (USA)	Edith McGuire (USA)	Ewa Kłobukowska (POL)
1968 Mexico City	Wyomia Tyus (USA)	Barbara Ferrell (USA)	Irena Szewińska (POL)
1972 Munich	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	Silvia Chibás (CUB)
1976 Montreal	Annegret Richter (FRG)	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Inge Helten (FRG)
1980 Moscow	Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)	Marlies Göhr (GDR)	Ingrid Auerswald (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	Alice Brown (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1988 Seoul	Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	Heike Drechsler (GDR)
1992 Barcelona	Gail Devers (USA)	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	Irina Privalova (EUN)
1996 Atlanta	Gail Devers (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Gwen Torrence (USA)
2000 Sydney	Marion Jones (USA)	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)	Tayna Lawrence (JAM)
2004 Athens	Yulia Nestsiarenka (BLR)	Lauryn Williams (USA)	Veronica Campbell (JAM)

[edit] 200 metres

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

[edit] 400 metres

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

[edit] 800 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928 Amsterdam	Lina Radke (GER)	Kinuye Hitomi (JPN)	Inga Gentzel (SWE)
1960 Rome	Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS)	Brenda Jones (AUS)	Ursula Donath (EUA)
1964 Tokyo	Ann Packer (GBR)	Maryvonne Dupureur (FRA)	Marise Chamberlain (NZL)
1968 Mexico City	Madeline Manning (USA)	Ilona Silai (ROM)	Mia Gommers (NED)
1972 Munich	Hildegard Falck (FRG)	Nijole Sabaite (URS)	Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)
1976 Montreal	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	Nikolina Shtereva (BUL)	Elfi Zinn (GDR)
1980 Moscow	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)	Olga Mineyeva (URS)	Tatyana Providokhina (URS)
1984 Los Angeles	Doina Melinte (ROM)	Kim Gallagher (USA)	Fita Lovin (ROM)
1988 Seoul	Sigrun Wodars (GDR)	Christine Wachtel (GDR)	Kim Gallagher (USA)
1992 Barcelona	Ellen van Langen (NED)	Lilia Nurutdinova (EUN)	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
1996 Atlanta	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	Maria Mutola (MOZ)
2000 Sydney	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	Kelly Holmes (GBR)
2004 Athens	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	Hasna Benhassi (MAR)	Jolanda Čeplak (SLO)

[edit] 1500 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972 Munich	Lyudmila Bragina (URS)	Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)	Paola Cacchi (ITA)
1976 Montreal	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)	Ulrike Klapezynski (GDR)
1980 Moscow	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	Christiane Wartenberg (GDR)	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)
1984 Los Angeles	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	Doina Melinte (ROM)	Maricica Puica (ROM)
1988 Seoul	Paula Ivan (ROM)	Laimute Baikauskaite (URS)	Tatyana Samolenko (URS)
1992 Barcelona	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)	Lyudmila Rogachova (EUN)	Qu Yunxia (CHN)
1996 Atlanta	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)	Theresia Kiesl (AUT)
2000 Sydney	Nouria Mérah-Benida (ALG)	Violeta Szekely (ROM)	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
2004 Athens	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	Tatyana Tomashova (RUS)	Maria Cioncan (ROM)

[edit] 3000 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Los Angeles	Maricica Puica (ROM)	Wendy Sly (GBR)	Lynn Williams (CAN)
1988 Seoul	Tatyana Samolenko (URS)	Paula Ivan (ROM)	Yvonne Murray (GBR)
1992 Barcelona	Yelena Romanova (EUN)	Tatyana Dorovskikh (EUN)	Angela Chalmers (CAN)

[edit] 5000 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta	Wang Junxia (CHN)	Pauline Konga (KEN)	Roberta Brunet (ITA)
2000 Sydney	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	Gete Wami (ETH)
2004 Athens	Meseret Defar (ETH)	Isabella Ochichi (KEN)	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)

[edit] 10,000 metres

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988 Seoul	Olga Bondarenko (URS)	Liz McColgan (GBR)	Yelena Zhupiyova (URS)
1992 Barcelona	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	Elana Meyer (RSA)	Lynn Jennings (USA)
1996 Atlanta	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	Wang Junxia (CHN)	Gete Wami (ETH)
2000 Sydney	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	Gete Wami (ETH)	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
2004 Athens	Xing Huina (CHN)	Ejagayehu Dibaba (ETH)	Derartu Tulu (ETH)

[edit] Marathon

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

[edit] 80 m hurdles

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

[edit] 100 m hurdles

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

[edit] 400 m hurdles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Los Angeles	Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)	Judi Brown (USA)	Cristeana Cojocaru (ROM)
1988 Seoul	Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)	Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS)	Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
1992 Barcelona	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA)	Janeene Vickers (USA)
1996 Atlanta	Deon Hemmings (JAM)	Kim Batten (USA)	Tonja Buford-Bailey (USA)
2000 Sydney	Irina Privalova (RUS)	Deon Hemmings (JAM)	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)
2004 Athens	Faní Halkiá (GRE)	Ionela Tirlea-Manolache (ROM)	Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antipova (UKR)

[edit] 4 × 100 m relay

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928 Amsterdam	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 Helene Schmidt Anni Holdmann Helene Junker
1932 Los Angeles	United States (USA) Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen	Canada (CAN) Mildred Frizzel Lilian Palmer Mary Frizzel Hilda Strike	Great Britain (GBR) Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb Nellie Halstead
1936 Berlin	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	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	United States (USA) Mae Faggs Barbara Jones Janet Moreau Catherine Hardy	West Germany (FRG) Ursula Knab Maria Sander Helga Klein Marga Petersen	Great Britain (GBR) Sylvia Cheeseman June Foulds Jean Desforges Heather Armitage
1956 Melbourne	Australia (AUS) Shirley Strickland 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	United States (USA) Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph	United Team of Germany (EUA) Martha Langbein Annie Biechl Brunhilde Hendrix Jutta Heine	Poland (POL) Teresa Wieczorek Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Halina Richter
1964 Tokyo	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	United States (USA) Barbara Ferrell Margaret Bailes Mildrette Netter Wyomia Tyus	Cuba (CUB) Marlene Elejarde Fulgencia Romay Violetta Quesada Miguelina Cobián	Soviet Union (URS) Liudmila Zharkova-Maslakova Galina Bukharina Vera Popkova Lyudmila Samotysova
1972 Munich	West Germany (FRG) Christiane Krause Ingrid Mickler-Becker Annegret Richter Heide Rosendahl	East Germany (GDR) Evelyn Kaufer Christina Heinich Barbel Struppert Renate Stecher	Cuba (CUB) Marlene Elejarde Carmen Valdes Fulgencia Romay Silvia Chibás
1976 Montreal	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 Liudmila Zharkova-Maslakova Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Vera Anisimova
1980 Moscow	East Germany (GDR) Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	Soviet Union (URS) Vera Komisova Liudmila Zharkova-Maslakova Vera Anisimova Natalya Bochina	Great Britain (GBR) Heather Hunte Kathy Cook Beverley Goddard Sonia Lannaman
1984 Los Angeles	United States (USA) Alice Brown Jeanette Bolden Chandra Cheeseborough Evelyn Ashford	Canada (CAN) Angela Bailey Marita Payne Angella Taylor France Gareau	Great Britain (GBR) Simone Jacobs Kathy Cook Beverley Callander Heather Oakes
1988 Seoul	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	United States (USA) Evelyn Ashford Esther Jones Carlette Guidry Gwen Torrence	Unified Team (EUN) Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Irina Privalova	Nigeria (NGR) Beatrice Utondu Faith Idehen Christy Opara Thompson Mary Onyali
1996 Atlanta	United States (USA) Gail Devers Inger Miller Chryste Gaines Gwen Torrence	Bahamas (BAH) Eldece Clarke Chandra Sturrup Sevatheda Fynes Pauline Davis	Jamaica (JAM) Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey
2000 Sydney	Bahamas (BAH) Sevatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis Debbie Ferguson	Jamaica (JAM) Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey	United States (USA) Chryste Gaines Torri Edwards Nanceen Perry Marion Jones
2004 Athens	Jamaica (JAM) Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell	Russia (RUS) Olga Fyodorova Yuliya Tabakova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova	France (FRA) Veronique Mang Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Felix Christine Arron

[edit] 4 × 400 m relay

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972 Munich	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	East Germany (GDR) Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Brehmer	United States (USA) Debra Sapenter Sheila Ingram Pamela Giles Rosalyn Bryant	Soviet Union (URS) Inta Klimovica Lyudmila Aksenova Natalya Sokolova Nadezhda Ilyina
1980 Moscow	Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Prorochenko Tatyana Goistchik Nina Zyuskova Irina Nazarova	East Germany (GDR) Gabriele Löwe Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch	Great Britain (GBR) Linsey MacDonald Michelle Probert Joslyn Hoyte-Smith Janine Macgregor
1984 Los Angeles	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 Heide-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bussmann
1988 Seoul	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	Unified Team (EUN) Yelena Ruzina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Olga Nazarova Olga Bryzgina	United States (USA) Natasha Kaiser Gwen Torrence Jearl Miles Rochelle Stevens	Great Britain (GBR) Phylis Smith Sandra Douglas Jennifer Stoute Sally Gunnell
1996 Atlanta	United States (USA) Rochelle Stevens Maicel Malone Kim Graham Jearl Miles	Nigeria (NGR) Bisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya	Germany (GER) Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker Grit Breuer
2000 Sydney	United States (USA) Jearl Miles Monique Hennagan Marion Jones La Tasha Colander-Richardson	Jamaica (JAM) Sandie Richards Catherine Scott-Polmales Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham	Russia (RUS) Yulia Sotnikova Svetlana Gontcharenko Olga Kotlyarova Irina Privalova
2004 Athens	United States (USA) DeeDee Trotter Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Monique Hennagan	Russia (RUS) Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Natalya Antyukh	Jamaica (JAM) Novlene Williams Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards

[edit] 10 km walk

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

[edit] 20 km walk

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Wang Liping (CHN)	Kjersti Tysse Plätzer (NOR)	María Vasco (ESP)
2004 Athens	Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE)	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	Jane Saville (AUS)

[edit] High jump

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

[edit] Pole vault

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Stacy Dragila (USA)	Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS)	Vala Flosadóttir (ISL)
2004 Athens	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)	Anna Rogowska (POL)

[edit] Long jump

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

[edit] Triple jump

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

[edit] Shot put

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

[edit] Discus throw

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

[edit] Hammer throw

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Kirsten Münchow (GER)
2004 Athens	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	Yunaika Crawford (CUB)

[edit] Javelin throw

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

[edit] Pentathlon

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

Note: After 1980, the women's multi-discpline event became the heptathlon.

[edit] Heptathlon

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

[edit] Reference

International Olympic Committee results database

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