Athletics at the Summer Olympics


















Athletics at the Summer Olympics
Athletics pictogram.svg
Governing body IAAF
Events 47 (men: 24; women: 23)
Games



  • 1896

  • 1900

  • 1904

  • 1908

  • 1912

  • 1920





  • 1924

  • 1928

  • 1932

  • 1936

  • 1948

  • 1952



  • 1956

  • 1960

  • 1964

  • 1968

  • 1972

  • 1976



  • 1980

  • 1984

  • 1988

  • 1992

  • 1996

  • 2000



  • 2004

  • 2008

  • 2012

  • 2016

  • 2020







  • Medalists

    • men

    • women



  • Records




Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The athletics program traces its earliest roots to events used in the ancient Greek Olympics. The modern program includes track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events. Cross country running was also on the program in earlier editions but it was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics.




Contents






  • 1 Events


    • 1.1 Men's events


    • 1.2 Women's events




  • 2 Nations


  • 3 Medal table


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Events


The events contested have varied widely. From 1900 to 1920, tug of war was considered to be part of the Olympic athletics programme, although the sports of tug of war and athletics are now considered distinct.[1]



Men's events


No new events have been added to the men's athletics programme since the 1952 addition of the short racewalk. The roster of events has not changed since then, with the exception of the omission of the long racewalk in 1976 (the IAAF held a 50 km walk World Championships that year instead and as a result the event was restored in 1980). The long racewalk is the only event currently held for men but not included on the women's programme, with the exception of women taking part in the heptathlon rather than the decathlon and the 100 metres hurdles rather than the 110 metres hurdles. The last women's event added to the roster was the 3000 metres steeplechase in 2008.


A total of 52 different events have been held in the men's competition. The current list comprises 24 events. Many of the discontinued events were similar to modern ones but at different lengths, especially in the steeplechasing, hurdling, and racewalking disciplines. Team racing events have been eliminated after appearing in six early editions of the Games. The athletic triathlon (an unusual event, held only once and featuring gymnasts competing in the long jump, shot put, and 100 metre dash) and pentathlon multi-discipline events were phased out in favor of the decathlon, and the medley relay replaced with even-leg relays. Standing jump competitions are no longer held, nor are the various modified throwing events which were experimented with in 1908 and 1912. Cross country running was on the program from 1912 to 1924 and is the most prominent form of athletics not to feature at the Olympics.
































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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Triple jump (details)
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Discus throw (details)
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Standing long jump (details)
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Women's events


Women's competition in athletics began at the 1928 Summer Olympics












































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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Javelin throw (details)
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Heptathlon (details)
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Past events
Event 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Games
80 metres hurdles (details)
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Pentathlon (details)
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3000 metres (details)
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10 kilometres race walk (details)
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Nations


Nearly every nation that has competed at the Olympics has entered the athletics competition. 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Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years

 Afghanistan (AFG)
 2 5 2 2 2 2 6

 Albania (ALB)
 1 2 2 2 2 1 6

 Algeria (ALG)
 4 9 9 12 9 8 21 20 12 6 10

 American Samoa (ASA)
 1 2 2 2 1 1 6

 Andorra (AND)
 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 7

 Angola (ANG)
 3 6 5 2 2 1 1 2 8

 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)
 8 10 10 5 8 2 3 4 3 9

 Argentina (ARG)
 10 7 11 8 24 16 2 4 6 6 9 2 7 2 4 8 11 8 11 9 20

 Armenia (ARM)
 2 3 2 2 4 5

 Aruba (ARU)
 2 2 1 2 1 5

 Australasia (ANZ)
 9 5 2

 Australia (AUS)
 1 1 2 4 9 7 4 5 18 17 76 28 35 24 22 27 21 30 28 35 60 82 42 40 50 25

 Austria (AUT)
 1 2 12 7 4 2 29 15 15 3 9 8 12 15 6 11 6 10 16 11 12 6 3 7 24

 Azerbaijan (AZE)
 4 4 4 2 3 5

 Bahamas (BAH)
 1 2 3 8 8 8 14 11 8 20 19 16 18 20 14

 Bahrain (BRN)
 1 3 6 1 2 6 11 9 8

 Bangladesh (BAN)
 1 4 4 2 2 1 2 1 8

 Barbados (BAR)
 2 7 9 9 6 8 4 11 3 3 4 11

 Belarus (BLR)
 34 31 41 47 44 5

 Belgium (BEL)
 6 2 42 17 32 13 18 21 6 12 10 15 15 25 19 15 13 7 12 9 9 17 14 23

 Belize (BIZ)
 2 2 4 5 5 4 2 2 3 2 10

 Benin (BEN)
 1 9 6 4 5 2 2 2 2 9

 Bermuda (BER)
 6 2 2 8 4 5 4 3 1 1 2 2 12

 Bohemia (BOH)
 4 3 11 3

 Bolivia (BOL)
 4 1 3 2 6 3 2 2 2 2 10

 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
 4 2 4 2 2 2 6

 Botswana (BOT)
 7 6 6 5 6 6 9 7 3 9

 Brazil (BRA)
 8 19 10 12 10 6 5 1 3 2 8 11 20 20 24 40 18 34 41 30 67 21

 British Virgin Islands (IVB)
 4 2 1 6 1 1 2 2 8

 British West Indies (BWI)
 7 1

 Brunei (BRU)
 1 1 2 3

 Bulgaria (BUL)
 4 2 4 8 9 9 18 19 47 22 21 17 22 19 15 8 16

 Burkina Faso (BUR)
 1 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 8

 Burundi (BDI)
 7 6 5 2 3 5

 Cameroon (CMR)
 1 1 4 4 9 5 7 8 11 7 5 2 12

 Cambodia (CAM)
 4 2 2 2 2 2 6

 Canada (CAN)
 4 6 27 18 14 27 32 29 28 27 22 18 16 16 27 32 55 61 63 48 39 36 21 29 42 25

 Cape Verde (CPV)
 3 2 1 1 2 5

 Cayman Islands (CAY)
 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 7

 Central African Republic (CAF)
 1 1 1 8 5 2 2 2 2 9

 Chad (CHA)
 2 3 3 3 6 4 4 2 1 2 1 11

 Chile (CHI)
 6 2 3 8 10 15 15 6 4 3 8 2 1 6 5 3 4 7 3 6 8 21

 China (CHN)
 1 22 3 22 44 33 31 26 52 66 51 11

 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 4 6 5 11 7 10 12 2 7 2 2 3 6 13

 Colombia (COL)
 1 5 2 4 4 4 7 7 4 5 8 5 13 11 11 14 29 17

 Comoros (COM)
 4 2 2 2 2 5

 Republic of the Congo (CGO)
 2 6 6 6 7 6 2 2 1 2 2 11

 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)
 2 6 7 2 2 2 2 2 8

 Cook Islands (COK)
 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 7

 Costa Rica (CRC)
 2 1 3 4 8 2 1 3 4 9

 Croatia (CRO)
 2 3 15 12 10 9 6

 Cuba (CUB)
 1 1 3 5 2 3 3 18 19 26 17 34 46 33 33 43 46 17

 Cyprus (CYP)
 3 4 5 8 10 7 6 4 8

 Czech Republic (CZE)
 23 24 36 29 31 5

 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
 16 18 11 3 31 11 20 16 22 12 13 27 14 22 23 18 16

 Denmark (DEN)
 3 4 8 14 18 9 10 2 10 16 11 2 9 4 6 13 3 2 3 5 3 7 4 5 3 6 26

 Djibouti (DJI)
 3 5 5 3 2 2 2 7

 Dominica (DMA)
 5 2 2 2 2 5

 Dominican Republic (DOM)
 1 9 2 2 4 3 3 2 5 6 9 11

 East Germany (GDR)
 47 62 58 82 58 5

 East Timor (TLS)
 2 1 2 3

 Ecuador (ECU)
 3 1 1 3 5 7 4 3 8 11 13 11

 Egypt (EGY)
 2 1 4 2 7 1 7 4 2 2 4 6 12

 Eritrea (ERI)
 3 4 10 11 4

 Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)
 4 6 7 5 2 2 2 2 8

 El Salvador (ESA)
 10 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9

 Estonia (EST)
 7 11 4 1 7 5 13 5 15 14 10 18 12

 Ethiopia (ETH)
 8 5 5 9 20 25 15 16 24 24 27 31 12

 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
 2 2 2 2 4

 Fiji (FIJ)
 1 2 1 2 2 4 8 7 7 1 2 2 2 13

 Finland (FIN)
 15 23 26 52 35 22 37 36 69 19 26 17 10 32 31 26 22 18 26 26 23 23 19 17 24

 France (FRA)
 5 21 (1) 19 25 59 70 50 12 40 65 54 29 36 38 40 49 44 31 43 55 57 49 53 55 48 47 26

 Gabon (GAB)
 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 2 8

 The Gambia (GAM)
 10 3 5 9 2 2 2 2 8

 Georgia (GEO)
 2 2 3 2 4 5

 Germany (GER)
 5 6 2 20 24 62 27 77 39 79 85 64 71 53 71 15

 Ghana (GHA)
 7 7 12 8 13 15 11 8 15 18 10 3 2 13

 Great Britain (GBR)
 5 9 3 126 61 41 65 55 24 52 79 66 55 61 62 68 70 52 61 85 102 91 77 72 54 58 69 27

 Greece (GRE)
 30 2 10 12 5 9 12 13 7 14 15 11 6 19 5 7 12 12 8 10 6 11 25 43 56 32 23 27

 Grenada (GRN)
 2 2 4 5 2 3 8 6 8

 Guam (GUM)
 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 7

 Guatemala (GUA)
 6 5 3 7 1 6 7 5 4 6 10

 Guinea (GUI)
 3 2 5 4 2 1 2 2 8

 Guinea-Bissau (GBS)
 2 2 2 2 2 5

 Guyana (GUY)
 1 2 4 1 2 4 3 3 6 4 2 3 3 13

 Haiti (HAI)
 3 2 2 7 10 1 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 13

 Honduras (HON)
 6 3 3 3 4 1 1 1 2 2 10

 Hong Kong (HKG)
 4 3 3 3 1 5 1 2 5 9

 Hungary (HUN)
 3 9 2 19 27 16 26 5 25 12 35 19 26 31 31 33 16 27 15 24 22 37 35 20 18 25

 Iceland (ISL)
 1 4 11 9 2 7 2 3 4 7 4 7 7 4 3 6 2 3 3 19

 India (IND)
 1 3 7 7 4 4 8 8 8 11 13 2 8 4 11 8 5 2 6 24 17 14 14 23

 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)
 9 2 2 3

 Indonesia (INA)
 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 5 2 2 2 12

 Iran (IRI)
 1 2 1 8 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 6 10 14

 Iraq (IRQ)
 2 11 4 6 2 1 2 2 2 2 10

 Ireland (IRL)
 10 10 4 10 2 3 9 7 5 13 7 7 17 18 19 24 32 11 16 21 20

 Israel (ISR)
 7 1 8 5 2 2 6 4 4 8 5 4 3 13

 Italy (ITA)
 2 12 12 24 36 24 21 32 25 33 21 47 22 26 40 32 26 51 38 39 50 47 35 45 33 25

 Ivory Coast (CIV)
 6 7 6 8 6 9 9 5 8 2 1 3 12

 Jamaica (JAM)
 10 7 6 15 15 21 14 16 32 26 28 38 43 41 45 42 16

 Japan (JPN)
 2 11 8 16 34 46 19 20 20 64 19 19 15 22 29 31 32 40 38 37 44 21

 Jordan (JOR)
 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 7

 Kazakhstan (KAZ)
 18 25 21 19 24 5

 Kenya (KEN)
 8 5 11 18 22 32 33 38 43 36 31 37 42 13

 Kiribati (KIR)
 2 1 2 3

 Kuwait (KUW)
 2 2 6 8 2 6 4 1 4 5 2 3 12

 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
 6 8 7 5 2 5

 Laos (LAO)
 7 1 5 5 2 2 2 2 8

 Latvia (LAT)
 10 6 2 7 7 16 17 15 16 22 10

 Lebanon (LIB)
 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 11

 Lesotho (LES)
 1 5 2 3 6 9 2 2 4 3 10

 Liberia (LBR)
 4 4 1 5 7 4 5 8 2 3 3 11

 Libya (LBA)
 1 7 2 1 4 1 2 2 2 9

 Liechtenstein (LIE)
 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 12

 Lithuania (LTU)
 5 8 14 18 12 18 20 17 8

 Luxembourg (LUX)
 2 6 3 4 6 6 7 3 6 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 18

 Macedonia (MKD)
 2 2 2 2 4

 Madagascar (MAD)
 3 3 7 3 2 5 6 7 3 2 2 11

 Malawi (MAW)
 11 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 9

 Malaya (MAL)
 7 3 2

 Malaysia (MAS)
 12 10 8 3 2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 12

 Maldives (MDV)
 7 5 5 2 2 2 2 7

 Mali (MLI)
 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 12

 Malta (MLT)
 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 9

 Marshall Islands (MHL)
 2 2 2

 Mauritius (MRI)
 4 3 3 12 6 4 3 2 8

 Mauritania (MTN)
 2 6 4 2 2 2 2 7

 Mexico (MEX)
 11 11 25 3 5 2 1 5 5 26 11 7 7 16 21 24 15 22 27 23 18 21

 Moldova (MDA)
 7 11 12 14 8 5

 Monaco (MON)
 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 7

 Montenegro (MNE)
 2 2 2

 Mongolia (MGL)
 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 9

 Morocco (MAR)
 8 4 4 8 3 11 13 17 24 22 26 21 12

 Mozambique (MOZ)
 9 7 3 3 1 2 2 1 2 9

 Myanmar (MYA)
 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 13

 Namibia (NAM)
 3 3 6 3 4 3 6

 Nepal (NEP)
 2 2 1 5 5 7 1 2 2 2 2 2 12

 Netherlands (NED)
 19 1 11 20 50 7 18 22 10 10 8 12 7 5 9 13 18 15 10 9 20 14 18 23

 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)
 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 7

 New Zealand (NZL)
 2 1 3 6 3 3 4 9 14 14 9 16 10 14 6 13 18 8 13 10 8 21

 Nicaragua (NCA)
 7 5 5 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 10

 Niger (NIG)
 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 8

 Nigeria (NGR)
 9 10 8 14 15 19 16 17 23 14 32 28 17 22 21 15

 North Borneo (NBO)
 2 1

 North Korea (PRK)
 2 3 3 3 4 6 4 6 5 9

 North Yemen (YAR)
 2 4 2

 Norway (NOR)
 2 11 21 16 10 13 3 11 20 19 5 11 6 5 13 10 13 12 9 13 12 9 9 11 24

 Oman (OMA)
 7 5 4 1 4 1 2 2 8

 Pakistan (PAK)
 5 16 17 12 6 5 2 3 7 4 2 2 2 2 2 15

 Palau (PLW)
 2 2 2 2 4

 Palestine (PLE)
 1 1 2 2 2 5

 Panama (PAN)
 1 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 12

 Papua New Guinea (PNG)
 3 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 9

 Paraguay (PAR)
 2 1 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 10

 Peru (PER)
 9 9 3 4 3 1 5 2 1 2 5 2 2 3 5 15

 Philippines (PHI)
 1 2 1 6 1 1 4 7 11 4 6 1 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 20

 Poland (POL)
 14 15 7 17 7 29 23 49 35 31 45 32 48 21 24 23 35 45 60 52 20

 Portugal (POR)
 3 3 3 1 2 4 7 5 3 1 6 6 3 14 28 36 30 21 26 27 24 21

 Puerto Rico (PUR)
 4 10 7 7 6 6 9 10 14 5 7 5 8 3 5 10 16

 Qatar (QAT)
 6 8 11 9 12 10 14 6 8

 Rhodesia (RHO)
 2 3 2

 Russia (RUS)
 1 32 85 109 115 104 97 7

 Romania (ROU)
 13 5 12 5 9 12 11 18 16 21 9 5 25 25 23 26 17 17 18

 Rwanda (RWA)
 3 6 7 4 3 3 2 3 8

 Saar (SAA)
 6 1

 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)
 10 2 2 4 4 5

 Saint Lucia (LCA)
 5 3 1 3 2 5

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)
 6 6 8 2 2 2 2 7

 Samoa (SAM)
 2 1 2 2 2 1 6

 San Marino (SMR)
 2 1 2 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 10

 São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)
 2 2 2 2 2 5

 Saudi Arabia (KSA)
 10 14 6 2 9 11 7 8 10 9

 Senegal (SEN)
 12 9 12 10 10 11 12 9 7 9 9 2 6 13

 Serbia (SRB)
 2 10 14 3

 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
 8 24 7 3

 Seychelles (SEY)
 9 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 9

 Sierra Leone (SLE)
 2 12 5 8 11 12 2 2 2 2 10

 Singapore (SIN)
 1 1 4 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 10

 Slovakia (SVK)
 14 16 12 18 11 5

 Slovenia (SLO)
 4 10 19 19 17 12 8

 Solomon Islands (SOL)
 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 7

 Somalia (SOM)
 3 7 5 4 2 2 2 2 8

 South Africa (RSA)
 3 6 7 13 12 9 4 14 6 13 9 7 16 22 23 32 23 20 18

 South Korea (KOR)
 9 6 7 6 17 4 2 11 47 11 17 13 18 17 17 15

 South Vietnam (VNM)
 1 2 1 3

 South Yemen (YMD)
 3 1

 Soviet Union (URS)
 77 75 81 84 70 74 70 99 83 9

 Spain (ESP)
 14 13 10 7 13 6 10 11 17 21 26 34 59 56 58 56 54 46 18

 Sri Lanka (SRI)
 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 7 6 13 4 2 2 15

 Suriname (SUR)
 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 11

 Sudan (SUD)
 2 2 6 3 3 3 3 2 4 8 4 11

 Swaziland (SWZ)
 1 3 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 9

 Sweden (SWE)
 1 8 31 106 64 33 29 9 37 50 45 17 26 16 18 26 19 16 24 11 19 17 14 12 12 9 26

 Switzerland (SUI)
 1 1 13 17 9 3 19 20 28 21 12 22 28 7 15 17 19 15 23 13 9 7 11 23

 Syria (SYR)
 1 12 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 9

 Tajikistan (TJK)
 1 2 2 2 2 5

 Tanzania (TAN)
 4 3 7 16 12 6 4 5 4 8 7 3 12

 Thailand (THA)
 8 8 8 18 4 4 10 4 18 8 12 3 11 2 14

 Togo (TOG)
 2 3 3 4 5 2 2 1 2 9

 Tonga (TGA)
 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 7

 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
 3 3 6 8 10 10 9 11 3 5 6 15 14 23 20 15

 Tunisia (TUN)
 11 6 3 4 2 2 1 6 9 3 4 5 12

 Turkey (TUR)
 2 4 5 13 13 13 4 4 3 2 5 4 2 3 5 13 15 31 18

 Turkmenistan (TKM)
 1 2 2 2 2 5

 Tuvalu (TUV)
 2 2 2

 Uganda (UGA)
 3 4 8 3 8 6 10 13 4 4 5 4 7 11 14

 Ukraine (UKR)
 43 54 50 66 73 5

 Unified Team (EUN)
 99 1

 United Team of Germany (EUA)
 43 90 97 3

 United Arab Emirates (UAE)
 7 4 1 1 1 1 2 7

 United Arab Republic (UAR)
 2 1

 United States (USA)
 10 41 86 84 109 90 96 98 82 77 76 71 81 81 86 91 95 92 110 114 117 121 116 116 121 123 26

 Uruguay (URU)
 5 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 2 14

 Uzbekistan (UZB)
 12 22 10 12 13 5

 Vanuatu (VAN)
 3 6 4 2 2 2 2 7

 Venezuela (VEN)
 7 4 7 6 6 10 1 1 3 4 6 5 4 12 14

 Vietnam (VIE)
 7 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 8

 Virgin Islands (ISV)
 2 1 3 4 7 10 7 3 2 2 4 11

 West Germany (FRG)
 67 87 54 58 47 5

 Yemen (YEM)
 3 3 2 1 2 2 6

 Yugoslavia (YUG)
 5 4 1 21 15 19 7 22 9 8 16 13 14 6 10 15

 Zambia (ZAM)
 5 3 7 9 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 12

 Zimbabwe (ZIM)
 3 4 6 7 7 6 8 6 7 3 10

No. of nations 10 15 10 20 27 25 40 40 34 43 53 57 59 72 80 92 104 79 70 124 148 156 190 193 196 200 201
Year 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20


Medal table


Updated after the 2016 Summer Olympics, considering stripped medals as of June 21, 2017


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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1
 United States (USA)
 332 259 204 795
2  Soviet Union (URS) 64 55 74 193
3
 Great Britain (GBR)
 55 80 70 205
4
 Finland (FIN)
 48 36 30 114
5  East Germany (GDR) 38 36 35 109
6
 Kenya (KEN)
 30 37 26 93
7
 Poland (POL)
 25 18 14 57
8
 Jamaica (JAM)
 22 35 20 77
9
 Ethiopia (ETH)
 22 10 21 53
10
 Australia (AUS)
 21 26 26 73
11
 Russia (RUS)
 21 19 20 60
12
 Sweden (SWE)
 19 21 41 81
13
 Italy (ITA)
 19 15 26 60
14
 Germany (GER)
 18 24 38 80
15
 France (FRA)
 14 26 29 69
16
 Canada (CAN)
 14 15 31 60
17  West Germany (FRG) 12 14 17 43
18
 Romania (ROU)
 11 14 10 35
19  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 11 8 5 24
20
 Cuba (CUB)
 10 14 17 41
21
 Hungary (HUN)
 10 12 18 40
22
 New Zealand (NZL)
 10 3 11 24
23
 South Africa (RSA)
 8 14 6 28
24
 China (CHN)
 8 7 12 27
25
 Greece (GRE)
 7 12 11 30
26  Unified Team (EUN) 7 11 3 21
27
 Japan (JPN)
 7 9 9 25
28
 Norway (NOR)
 7 5 8 20
29
 Morocco (MAR)
 6 5 8 19
30
 Netherlands (NED)
 6 4 6 16
31
 Bulgaria (BUL)
 5 8 6 19
32
 Belgium (BEL)
 5 5 2 12
33
 Brazil (BRA)
 5 3 9 17
34
 Bahamas (BAH)
 5 2 5 12
35
 Czech Republic (CZE)
 5 1 7 13
36  United Team of Germany (EUA) 4 18 8 30
37
 Algeria (ALG)
 4 3 2 9
38
 Portugal (POR)
 4 2 4 10
39
 Ireland (IRL)
 4 2 1 7
40
 Mexico (MEX)
 3 6 2 11
41
 Belarus (BLR)
 3 5 6 14

 Spain (ESP)
 3 5 6 14
43
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
 3 4 8 15
44
 Croatia (CRO)
 3 1 1 5

 Lithuania (LTU)
 3 1 1 5
46
 Nigeria (NGR)
 2 4 7 13
47
 Argentina (ARG)
 2 3 0 5
48
 Ukraine (UKR)
 2 2 13 17
49
 Tunisia (TUN)
 2 2 1 5
50
 Estonia (EST)
 2 1 3 6
51
 Dominican Republic (DOM)
 2 1 0 3
52
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)
 2 0 2 4
53
 Uganda (UGA)
 2 0 1 3
54
 Cameroon (CMR)
 2 0 0 2
55
 Austria (AUT)
 1 2 4 7
56
 Slovenia (SLO)
 1 2 1 4
57
 Bahrain (BRN)
 1 1 1 3

 Colombia (COL)
 1 1 1 3
59
 Burundi (BDI)
 1 1 0 2

 Ecuador (ECU)
 1 1 0 2

 Grenada (GRN)
 1 1 0 2

 Mixed team (ZZX)
 1 1 0 2

 South Korea (KOR)
 1 1 0 2
64
 Panama (PAN)
 1 0 2 3
65
 Mozambique (MOZ)
 1 0 1 2
66
 Luxembourg (LUX)
 1 0 0 1

 Slovakia (SVK)
 1 0 0 1

 Syria (SYR)
 1 0 0 1

 Tajikistan (TJK)
 1 0 0 1
70
 Switzerland (SUI)
 0 6 2 8
71
 Denmark (DEN)
 0 4 3 7
72
 Latvia (LAT)
 0 4 1 5
73
 Namibia (NAM)
 0 4 0 4
74
 Chile (CHI)
 0 2 0 2

 India (IND)
 0 2 0 2

 Sri Lanka (SRI)
 0 2 0 2

 Tanzania (TAN)
 0 2 0 2
 Yugoslavia (YUG) 0 2 0 2
79
 Qatar (QAT)
 0 1 2 3
80
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 0 1 1 2

 Iceland (ISL)
 0 1 1 2

 Venezuela (VEN)
 0 1 1 2
83  Bohemia (BOH) 0 1 0 1

 Botswana (BOT)
 0 1 0 1

 Guatemala (GUA)
 0 1 0 1

 Haiti (HAI)
 0 1 0 1

 Iran (IRI)
 0 1 0 1

 Ivory Coast (CIV)
 0 1 0 1

 Saudi Arabia (KSA)
 0 1 0 1

 Senegal (SEN)
 0 1 0 1

 Sudan (SUD)
 0 1 0 1

 Zambia (ZAM)
 0 1 0 1
93
 Turkey (TUR)
 0 0 3 3
94  British West Indies (BWI) 0 0 2 2

 Philippines (PHI)
 0 0 2 2
96  Australasia (ANZ) 0 0 1 1

 Barbados (BAR)
 0 0 1 1

 Djibouti (DJI)
 0 0 1 1

 Eritrea (ERI)
 0 0 1 1

 Puerto Rico (PUR)
 0 0 1 1

 Serbia (SRB)
 0 0 1 1
Totals (101 nations) 974 976 975 2925


See also



  • Athletics at the Summer Paralympics

  • Athletics at the Youth Olympic Games



References





  1. ^ Past Olympic Sports. Olympics/IOC. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.


  2. ^ Statistics can be found at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2012-11-24.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}, for example, Finland Athletics participants for 1956 Olympics are at www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/summer/1956/ATH/ Archived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine.


  3. ^ Historical Medallists


  4. ^ "2016 medalists". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22.




External links






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