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Olympic medalists in athletics (women)

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These are the female Olympic Games|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.

100 m

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1928 Betty Robinson (USA) Bobbie Rosenfeld Fanny Rosenfeld (CAN) Ethel Smith (CAN)
1932 Stanislawa Walasiewicz|Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) Hilda Strike (CAN) Wilhelmina Von Bremen (USA)
1936 Helen Stephens (USA) Stanislawa Walasiewicz|Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) K??the Krauss (GER)
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) Dorothy Manley (GBR) Shirley Strickland (AUS)
1952 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) Daphne Hasenjager (RSA) Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS)
1956 Betty Cuthbert (AUS) Christa Stubnick (GER) Marlene Matthews (AUS)
1960 Wilma Rudolph (USA) Dorothy Hyman (GBR) Giuseppina Leone (ITA)
1964 Wyomia Tyus (USA) Edith McGuire (USA) Ewa Klobukowska|Ewa Kłobukowska (POL)
1968 Wyomia Tyus (USA) Barbara Ferrell (USA) Irena Szewinska|Irena Szewińska (POL)
1972 Renate Stecher (GDR) Raelene Boyle (AUS) Silvia Chibas|Silvia Chib??s (CUB)
1976 Annegret Richter (FRG) Renate Stecher (GDR) Inge Helten (FRG)
1980 Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS) Marlies G??hr (GDR) Ingrid Auerswald (GDR)
1984 Evelyn Ashford (USA) Alice Brown (USA) Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) Evelyn Ashford (USA) Heike Drechsler (GER)
1992 Gail Devers (USA) Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) Irina Privalova (EUN)
1996 Gail Devers (USA) Merlene Ottey (JAM) Gwen Torrence (USA)
2000 Marion Jones (USA) Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) Tayna Lawrence (JAM)
2004 Yuliya Nesterenko (BLR) Lauryn Williams (USA) Veronica Campbell (JAM)




200 m

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) Audrey Williamson (GBR) Audrey Patterson (USA)
1952 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) Puck Brouwer (NED) Nadezhda Khnykina (URS)
1956 Betty Cuthbert (AUS) Christa Stubnick (GER) Marlene Mathews (AUS)
1960 Wilma Rudolph (USA) Jutta Heine (GER) Dorothy Hyman (GBR)
1964 Edith McGuire (USA) Irena Szewinska|Irena Kirszenstein (POL) Marilyn Black (AUS)
1968 Irena Szewi??ska (POL) Raelene Boyle (AUS) Jenny Lamy (AUS)
1972 Renate Stecher (GDR) Raelene Boyle (AUS) Irena Szewinska|Irena Szewińska (POL)
1976 B??rbel W??ckel|B??rbel Eckert (GDR) Annegret Richter (FRG) Renate Stecher (GDR)
1980 B??rbel W??ckel (GDR) Natalya Bochina (URS) Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA) Florence Griffith (USA) Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) Grace Jackson (JAM) Heike Drechsler (GDR)
1992 Gwen Torrence (USA) Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1996 Marie-Jos?? Perec (FRA) Merlene Ottey (JAM) Mary Onyali (NGR)
2000 Marion Jones (USA) Pauline Davis (BAH) Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)
2004 Veronica Campbell (JAM) Allyson Felix (USA) Debbie Ferguson (BAH)




400 m

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
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 Szewi??ska (POL) Christina Brehmer (GDR) Ellen Streidt (GDR)
1980 Marita Koch (GDR) Jarmila Kratochv??lov?? (TCH) Christina Lathan (GDR)
1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA) Chandra Cheeseborough (USA) Kathy Cook (GBR)
1988 Olga Bryzgina (URS) Petra M??ller (GDR) Olga Nazarova (URS)
1992 Marie-Jos?? Perec (FRA) Olga Bryzgina (EUN) Ximena Restrepo (COL)
1996 Marie-Jos?? 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

!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 ??eplak (SLO)




1500 m

!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 M??rah-Benida (ALG) Violeta Szekely (ROM) Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
2004 Kelly Holmes (GBR) Tatyana Tomashova (RUS) Maria Cioncan (ROM)




3000 m

!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

!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

!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 (sports)|Marathon

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1984 Joan Benoit (USA) Grete Waitz (NOR) Rosa Mota (POR)
1988 Rosa Mota (POR) Lisa Martin (AUS) Katrin D??rre (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 hurdling|hurdles

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1932 Babe Didrikson (USA) Evelyne Hall (USA) Marjorie Clark (RSA)
1936 Trebisonda Valla (ITA) Anni Steuer (GER) Elizabeth Taylor (athlete)|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 K??hler (GER) Norma Thrower (AUS)
1960 Irina Press (URS) Carole Quinton (GBR) Gisela Birkemeyer (GER)
1964 Karin Balzer (GER) Teresa Cieply|Teresa Ciepły (POL) Pam Kilborn (AUS)
1968 Maureen Caird (AUS) Pam Kilborn (AUS) Chi Cheng (athlete)|Chi Cheng (TPE)




100 m hurdling|hurdles

!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) Mich??le Chardonnet (FRA)<br>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-L??no (FRA)
2000 Olga Shishigina (KAZ) Glory Alozie (NGR) Melissa Morrison (USA)
2004 Joanna Hayes (USA) Olena Krasovska (UKR) Melissa Morrison (USA)




400 m hurdling|hurdles

!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 &times; 100 m relay race|relay

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
Canada<BR><BR>Bobbie Rosenfeld >Fanny Rosenfeld<BR>Ethel Smith<BR>Florence Bell<BR>Myrtle Cook United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Mary Washburn<BR>Jessie Cross<BR>Loretta McNeil<BR>Betty Robinson Germany<BR><BR>Rosa Kellner<BR>Helene Schmidt<BR>Anni Holdmann<BR>Helene Junker
1932 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Mary Carew<BR>Evelyn Furtsch<BR>Annette Rogers<BR>Wilhelmina von Bremen Canada<BR><BR>Mildred Frizzel<BR>Lilian Palmer<BR>Mary Frizzel<BR>Hilda Strike Great Britain<BR><BR>Eileen Hiscock<BR>Gwendoline Porter<BR>Violet Webb<BR>Nellie Halstead
1936 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Harriet Bland<BR>Annette Rogers<BR>Betty Robinson<BR>Helen Stephens Great Britain<BR><BR>Eileen Hiscock<BR>Violet Olney<BR>Audrey Brown<BR>Barbara Burke Canada<BR><BR>Dorothy Brookshaw<BR>Mildred Dolson<BR>Hilda Cameron<BR>Aileen Meagher
1948 Netherlands<BR><BR>Xenia Stad-de Jong<BR>Netty Witziers-Timmer<BR>Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs<BR>Fanny Blankers-Koen Australia<BR><BR>Shirley Strickland<BR>June Maston<BR>Elizabeth McKinnon<BR>Joyce King Canada<BR><BR>Viola Myers<BR>Nancy MacKay<BR>Diane Foster<BR>Patricia Jones
1952 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Mae Faggs<BR>Barbara Jones<BR>Janet Moreau<BR>Catherine Hardy Germany<BR><BR>Ursula Knab<BR>Maria Sander<BR>Helga Klein<BR>Marga Petersen Great Britain<BR><BR>Sylvia Cheeseman<BR>June Foulds<BR>Jean Desforges<BR>Heather Armitage
1956 Australia<BR><BR>Shirley Strickland<BR>Norma Croker<BR>Fleur Mellor<BR>Betty Cuthbert Great Britain<BR><BR>Anne Pashley<BR>Jean Scrivens<BR>June Foulds<BR>Heather Armitage United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Mae Faggs<BR>Margaret Matthews<BR>Wilma Rudolph<BR>Isabelle Daniels
1960 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Martha Hudson<BR>Lucinda Williams (athlete)|Lucinda Williams<BR>Barbara Jones<BR>Wilma Rudolph Germany<BR><BR>Martha Langbein<BR>Annie Biechl<BR>Brunhilde Hendrix<BR>Jutta Heine Poland<BR><BR>Teresa Cieply|Teresa Wieczorek<BR>Barbara Janiszewska<BR>Celina Jesionowska<BR>Halina Richter
1964 Poland<BR><BR>Teresa Cieply|Teresa Wieczorek<BR>Irena Szewinska|Irena Kirszenstein<BR>Halina Richter<BR>Ewa Klobukowska|Ewa Kłobukowska United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Willye White<BR>Wyomia Tyus<BR>Marilyn White<BR>Edith McGuire Great Britain<BR><BR>Janet Simpson<BR>Mary Rand<BR>Daphne Arden<BR>Dorothy Hyman
1968 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Barbara Ferrell<BR>Margaret Bailes<BR>Mildrette Netter<BR>Wyomia Tyus Cuba<BR><BR>Marlene Elejarde<BR>Fulgencia Romay<BR>Violetta Quesada<BR>Miguelina Cobian|Miguelina Cobi??n Soviet Union<BR><BR>Lyudmila Zharkova<BR>Galina Bukharina<BR>Vera Popkova<BR>Lyudmila Samotysova
1972 West Germany<BR><BR>Christiane Krause<BR>Ingrid Becker|Ingrid Mickler-Becker<BR>Annegret Richter<BR>Heidemarie Rosendahl East Germany<BR><BR>Evelyn Kaufer<BR>Christina Heinich<BR>Barbel Struppert<BR>Renate Stecher Cuba<BR><BR>Marlene Elejarde<BR>Carmen Valdes<BR>Fulgencia Romay<BR>Silvia Chibas|Silvia Chib??s
1976 East Germany<BR><BR>Marlies Oelsner<BR>Renate Stecher<BR>Carla Bodendorf<BR>B??rbel W??ckel|B??rbel Eckert West Germany<BR><BR>Elvira Possekel<BR>Inge Helten<BR>Annegret Richter<BR>Annegret Kroniger Soviet Union<BR><BR>Tatyana Prorochenko<BR>Lyudmila Zharkova<BR>Nadezhda Besfamilnaya<BR>Vera Anisimova
1980 East Germany<BR><BR>Romy M??ller<BR>B??rbel W??ckel<BR>Ingrid Auerswald<BR>Marlies G??hr Soviet Union<BR><BR>Vera Komisova<BR>Lyudmila Zharkova<BR>Vera Anisimova<BR>Natalya Bochina Great Britain<BR><BR>Heather Hunte<BR>Kathy Cook<BR>Beverly Goddard<BR>Sonia Lannaman
1984 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Alice Brown<BR>Jeanette Bolden<BR>Chandra Cheeseborough<BR>Evelyn Ashford Canada<BR><BR>Angela Bailey<BR>Marita Payne<BR>Angella Taylor<BR>France Gareau Great Britain<BR><BR>Simone Jacobs<BR>Kathy Cook<BR>Beverley Callender<BR>Heather Oakes
1988 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Alice Brown<BR>Sheila Echols<BR>Florence Griffith Joyner<BR>Evelyn Ashford East Germany<BR><BR>Silke M??ller<BR>Kerstin Behrendt<BR>Ingrid Auerswald<BR>Marlies G??hr Soviet Union<BR><BR>Lyudmila Konratyeva<BR>Galina Malchugina<BR>Marina Zhirova<BR>Natalya Pomoschnikova
1992 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Evelyn Ashford<BR>Esther Jones<BR>Carlette Guidry<BR>Gwen Torrence Unified Team<BR><BR>Olga Bogoslovskaya<BR>Galina Malchugina<BR>Marina Trandenkova<BR>Irina Privalova Nigeria<BR><BR>Beatrice Utondu<BR>Faith Idehen<BR>Christy Opara Thompson<BR>Mary Onyali
1996 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Gail Devers<BR>Inger Miller<BR>Chryste Gaines<BR>Gwen Torrence Bahamas<BR><BR>Eldece Clarke<BR>Chandra Sturrup<BR>Sevatheda Fynes<BR>Pauline Davis Jamaica<BR><BR>Michelle Freeman<BR>Juliet Cuthbert<BR>Nikole Mitchell<BR>Merlene Ottey
2000 Bahamas<BR><BR>Sevatheda Fynes<BR>Chandra Sturrup<BR>Pauline Davis<BR>Debbie Ferguson Jamaica<BR><BR>Tayna Lawrence<BR>Veronica Campbell<BR>Beverly McDonald<BR>Merlene Ottey United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Chryste Gaines<BR>Torri Edwards<BR>Nanceen Perry<BR>Marion Jones
2004 Jamaica<br><br>Tayna Lawrence<br>Sherone Simpson<br>Aleen Bailey<br>Veronica Campbell Russia<br><br>Olga Fyodorova<br>Yuliya Tabakova<br>Irina Khabarova<br>Larisa Kruglova France<br><br>Veronique Mang<br>Muriel Hurtis<br>Sylviane Felix<br>Christine Arron




4 &times; 400 m relay race|relay

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1972 East Germany<BR><BR>Dagmar K??sling<BR>Rita K??hne<BR>Helga Seidler<BR>Monika Zehrt United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Mable Fergerson<BR>Madeline Manning<BR>Cheryl Toussaint<BR>Kathy Hammond West Germany<BR><BR>Anette R??ckes<BR>Inge B??dding<BR>Hildegard Falck<BR>Rita Wilden
1976 East Germany<BR><BR>Doris Maletzki<BR>Brigitte Rohde<BR>Ellen Streidt<BR>Christina Brehmer United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Debra Sapenter<BR>Sheila Ingram<BR>Pamela Giles<BR>Rosalyn Bryant Soviet Union<BR><BR>Inta Klimovica<BR>Lyudmila Aksenova<BR>Natalya Sokolova<BR>Nadezhda Ilyina
1980 Soviet Union<BR><BR>Tatyana Prorochenko<BR>Tatyana Goistchik<BR>Nina Zyuskova<BR>Irina Nazarova East Germany<BR><BR>Gabriele L??we<BR>Barbara Krug<BR>Christina Brehmer<BR>Marita Koch Great Britain<BR><BR>Linsey MacDonald<BR>Michelle Probert<BR>Joslyn Hoyte-Smith<BR>Janine Macgregor
1984 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Lillie Leatherwood<BR>Sherri Howard<BR>Valerie Brisco-Hooks<BR>Chandra Cheeseborough Canada<BR><BR>Charmaine Crooks<BR>Jillian Richardson<BR>Molly Killingbeck<BR>Marita Payne West Germany<BR><BR>Heike Schulte-Mattler<BR>Ute Thimm<BR>Heide-Elke Gaugel<BR>Gaby Bussmann
1988 Soviet Union<BR><BR>Tatyana Ledovskaya<BR>Olga Nazarova<BR>Marina Pinigina<BR>Olga Bryzgina United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Denean Howard<BR>Diane Dixon<BR>Valerie Brisco-Hooks<BR>Florence Griffith Joyner East Germany<BR><BR>Dagmar Neubauer<BR>Kirsten Emmelmann<BR>Sabine Busch<BR>Petra M??ller
1992 Unified Team<BR><BR>Yelena Ruzina<BR>Lyudmila Dzhigalova<BR>Olga Nazarova<BR>Olga Bryzgina United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Natasha Kaiser<BR>Gwen Torrence<BR>Jearl Miles<BR>Rochelle Stevens Great Britain<BR><BR>Phylis Smith<BR>Sandra Douglas<BR>Jennifer Stoute<BR>Sally Gunnell
1996 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Rochelle Stevens<BR>Maicel Malone<BR>Kim Graham<BR>Jearl Miles Nigeria<BR><BR>Bisi Afolabi<BR>Fatima Yusuf<BR>Charity Opara<BR>Falilat Ogunkoya Germany<BR><BR>Uta Rohl??nder<BR>Linda Kisabaka<BR>Anja R??cker<BR>Grit Breuer
2000 United States|United States of America<BR><BR>Jearl Miles<BR>Monique Hennagan<BR>Marion Jones<BR>La Tasha Colander-Richardson Jamaica<BR><BR>Sandie Richards<BR>Catherine Scott-Polmales<BR>Deon Hemmings<BR>Lorraine Graham Russia<BR><BR>Yulia Sotnikova<BR>Svetlana Gontcharenko<BR>Olga Kotlyarova<BR>Irina Privalova
2004 United States of America<br><br>DeeDee Trotter<br>Monique Henderson<br>Sanya Richards<br>Monique Hennagan Russia<br><br>Olesya Krasnomovets<br>Natalya Nazarova<br>Olesya Zykina<br>Natalya Antyukh Jamaica<br><br>Novlene Williams<br>Michelle Burgher<br>Nadia Davy<br>Sandie Richards




10 km racewalking|walk

!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 racewalking|walk

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
2000 Wang Liping (CHN) Kjersti Tysse Pl??tzer (NOR) Mar??a Vasco (ESP)
2004 Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE) Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) Jane Saville (AUS)




High jump

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1928 Ethel Catherwood (CAN) Lien Gisolf (NED) Mildred Wiley (USA)
1932 Jean Shiley (USA) Babe Didrikson (USA) Eva Dawes (CAN)
1936 Ibolya Cs??k (HUN) Dorothy Tyler-Odam|Dorothy Odam (GBR) Elfriede Kaun (GER)
1948 Alice Coachman (USA) Dorothy Tyler-Odam|Dorothy Tyler (GBR) Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)
1952 Esther Brand (RSA) Sheile Lerwill (GBR) Aleksandra Chudina (URS)
1956 Mildred McDaniel (USA) Thelma Hopkins (athlete)|Thelma Hopkins (GBR)<BR>Maria Pisareva (AUS) &nbsp;
1960 Iolanda Balas (ROM) Jaroslawa Jozwiakowska|Jarosława J??źwiakowska (POL)<BR>Dorothy Shirley (GBR) &nbsp;
1964 Iolanda Balas (ROM) Michele Brown (AUS) Taisia Chenchik (URS)
1968 Miloslava Rezkov?? (TCH) Antonina Okorokova (URS) Valentina Kozyr (URS)
1972 Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL) Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT)
1976 Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) Sara Simeoni (ITA) Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)
1980 Sara Simeoni (ITA) Urszula Kielan (POL) Jutta Kirst (GDR)
1984 Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) Sara Simeoni (ITA) Joni Huntley (USA)
1988 Louise Ritter (USA) Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Tamara Bykova (URS)
1992 Heike Henkel (GER) Alina Astafei (ROM) Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)
1996 Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Niki Bakogianni (GRE) Inga Babakova (UKR)
2000 Yelena Yelesina (RUS) Hestrie Cloete (RSA) Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) <BR> Oana Pantelimon (ROM)
2004 Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) Hestrie Cloete (RSA) Viktoriya Styopina (UKR)




Pole vault

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
2000 Stacy Dragila (USA) Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS) Vala Flosad??ttir (ISL)
2004 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) Anna Rogowska (POL)




Long jump

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1948 Olga Gyarmati (HUN) No??mi de Portela (ARG) Ann-Britt Leyman (SWE)
1952 Yvette Williams (NZL) Aleksandra Chudina (URS) Shirley Cawley (GBR)
1956 Elzbieta Krzesinska|Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) Willye White (USA) Nadezhda Dvalishvili (URS)
1960 Vera Krepkina (URS) Elzbieta Krzesinska|Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) Hildrun Claus (GER)
1964 Mary Rand (GBR) Irena Szewinska|Irena Kirszenstein (POL) Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS)
1968 Viorica Viscopoleanu (ROM) Sheila Sherwood (GBR) Tatyana Talysheva (URS)
1972 Heide Rosendahl (GER) Diana Yorgova (BUL) Eva Šuranov?? (TCH)
1976 Angela Voigt (GDR) Kathy McMillan (USA) Lidia Alfeyeva (URS)
1980 Tatyana Kolpakova (URS) Brigitte Wujak (GDR) Tatyana Skatchko (URS)
1984 Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu (ROM) Valy Ionescu (ROM) Sue Hearnshaw (GBR)
1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) Heike Drechsler (GDR) Galina Chistyakova (URS)
1992 Heike Drechsler (GER) Inessa Kravets (EUN) Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
1996 Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) Fiona May (ITA) Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
2000 Heike Drechsler (GER) Fiona May (ITA) Marion Jones (USA)
2004 Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) Irina Simagina (RUS) Tatyana Kotova (RUS)




Triple jump

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1996 Inessa Kravets (UKR) Inna Lasovskaya (RUS) S??rka Kasp??rkov??|Š??rka Kašp??rkov?? (CZE)
2000 Tereza Marinova (BUL) Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) Olena Govorova (UKR)
2004 Francoise Mbango Etone (CMR) Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE) Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)




Shot put

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1948 Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) Amelia Piccinini (ITA) Ina Sch??ffer (AUT)
1952 Falina Zybina (URS) Marianne Werner (GER) Klavdia Tochonova (URS)
1956 Tamara Tyshkevich (URS) Galina Zybina (URS) Marianne Werner (GER)
1960 Tamara Press (URS) Johanna L??ttge (GER) Earlene Brown (USA)
1964 Tamara Press (URS) Renate Culmberger (GER) Galina Zybina (URS)
1968 Margitta Gummel (GDR) Marita Lange (GDR) Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
1972 Nadezha Chizhova (URS) Margitta Gummel (GDR) Ivanka Khristova (BUL)
1976 Ivanka Hristova (BUL) Nadezha Chizhova (URS) Helena Fibingerov?? (TCH)
1980 Ilona Slupianek (GDR) Svetlana Krachevskaya (URS) Margitta Pufe (GDR)
1984 Claudia Losch (FRG) Mihaela Loghin (ROM) Gael Martin (AUS)
1988 Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) Kathrin Neimke (GDR) Li Meisu (CHN)
1992 Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) Huang Zhihong (CHN) Kathrin Neimke (GER)
1996 Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) Sui Xinmei (CHN) Irina Khudoroshkina (RUS)
2000 Yanina Korolchik (BLR) Larisa Peleshenko (RUS) Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
2004 Yumileidi Cumba (CUB) Nadine Kleinert (GER) Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)




Discus throw

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1928 Halina Konpacka (POL) Lillian Copeland (USA) Ruth Svedberg (SWE)
1932 Lillian Copeland (USA) Ruth Osborn (USA) Jadwiga Wajs (POL)
1936 Gisela Mauermayer (GER) Jadwiga Wajs (POL) Paula Mollenhauer (GER)
1948 Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) Edera Gentile (ITA) Jacqueline Maz??as (FRA)
1952 Nina Romashkova (URS) Yelisaveta Bagriantseva (URS) Nina Dumbadze (URS)
1956 Olga Fikotov?? (TCH) Irina Beglyakova (URS) Nina Romashkova|Nina Ponomaryova(Romashkova) (URS)
1960 Nina Romashkova|Nina Ponomaryova(Romashkova) (URS) Tamara Press (URS) Lia Manoliu (ROM)
1964 Tamara Press (URS) Ingrid Lotz (GER) Lia Manoliu (ROM)
1968 Lia Manoliu (ROM) Liesel Westermann (FRG) Jol??n Kleiber (HUN)
1972 Faina Melnik (URS) Argentina Menis (ROM) Vasilka Stoeva (BUL)
1976 Evelin Schlaak (GDR) Maria Vergova (BUL) Gabriele Hinzmann (GDR)
1980 Evelin Jahl (GDR) Maria Petkova (BUL) Tatyana Lesovaya (URS)
1984 Ria Stalman (NED) Leslie Deniz (USA) Florenta Craciunescu (ROM)
1988 Marina Hellmann (GDR) Diana Gansky (GDR) Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)
1992 Maritza Mart??n (CUB) Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) Daniela Costian (ROM)
1996 Ilke Wyludda (GER) Natalya Sadova (RUS) Ellina Zvereva (BLR)
2000 Ellina Zvereva (BLR) Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) Irina Yatchenko (BLR)
2004 Natalya Sadova (RUS) Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) Irina Yatchenko (BLR)




Hammer throw

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
2000 Kamila Skolimowska (POL) Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) Kirsten M??nchow (GER)
2004 Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) Yipsi Moreno (CUB) Yunaika Crawford (CUB)




Javelin throw

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1932 Babe Didrikson (USA) Ellen Braum??ller (GER) Tilly Fleischer (GER)
1936 Tilly Fleischer (GER) Luise Kr??ger (GER) Maria Kwasniewska|Maria Kwaśniewska (POL)
1948 Herma Bauma (AUT) Kaisa Parviainen (FIN) Lily Carlstedt (DEN)
1952 Dana Z??topkov?? (TCH) Aleksandra Chudina (URS) Yelena Gorchakova (URS)
1956 Inese Jaunzeme (URS) Marlene Ahrens (CHI) Nadezhda Konyayeva (URS)
1960 Elvira Ozolina (URS) Dana Z??topkov?? (TCH) Birute Kalediene (URS)
1964 Mihaela Penes (ROM) M??rta Rudas (HUN) Yelena Gorchakova (URS)
1968 Ang??la N??meth (HUN) Mihaela Penes (ROM) Eva Janko (AUT)
1972 Ruth Fuchs (GDR) Jacqueline Todten (GDR) Kate Schmidt (USA)
1976 Ruth Fuchs (GDR) Marion Becker (FRG) Kate Schmidt (USA)
1980 Maria Col??n (CUB) Saida Gunba (URS) Ute Hommola (GDR)
1984 Tessa Sanderson (GBR) Tiina Lillak (FIN) Fatima Whitbread (GBR)
1988 Petra Felke (GDR) Fatima Whitbread (GBR) Beate Koch (GDR)
1992 Silke Renk (GER) Natalya Shikolenko (EUN) Karen Forkel (GER)
1996 Heli Rantanen (FIN) Louise McPaul (AUS) Trine Hattestad (NOR)
2000 Trine Hattestad (NOR) Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) Osleidys Men??ndez (CUB)
2004 Osleidys Men??ndez (CUB) Steffi Nerius (GER) Mirela Manjani (GRE)




Women's pentathlon|Pentathlon

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1964 Irina Press (URS) Mary Rand (GBR) Galina Bystrova (URS)
1968 Ingrid Becker (GER) Liese Prokop (AUT) Annam??ria T??th (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

!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze
1984 Glynis Nunn (AUS) Jackie Joyner-Kersee|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 Kl??ft (SWE) Austra Skujyte (LTU) Kelly Sotherton (GBR)


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