The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - 800 Meters

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 26 Medals
KENYA - 18 Medals
GREAT BRITAIN - 13 Medals

Medal Table
800 Meters
 100 Meters
 200 Meters
400 Meters
 1500 Meters
 5000 Meters
10000 Meters
 100 Meter Hurdles
 110 Meter Hurdles
400 Meter Hurdles 3000 Meter Steeplechase 4X100 Relay
4X400 Relay Marathon 20 KM Walk
50 KM Walk High Jump Pole Vault
Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put
Discus Hammer Throw Javelin
Decathlon Heptathlon

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1896
 Edwin Flack - Australia
 Nandor Dahni - Hungary
 Dimitrios Golemis - Greece
1900
 Alfred Tysoe - Great Britain
 John Cregan - United States
 David Hall - United States
1904
 James Lightbody - United States
 Howard Valentine - United States
 Emil Breitkreutz - United States
1908
 Mel Sheppard - United States
 Emilio Lunghi - Italy
 Hanns Braun - Germany
1912
 Ted Meredith - United States
 Mel Sheppard - United States
 Ira Davenport - United States
1920
 Albert Hill - Great Britain
 Earl Eby - United States
 Bevil Rudd - South Africa
1924
 Douglas Lowe - Great Britain
 Paul Martin - Switzerland
 Schuyler Enck - United States
1928
 Douglas Lowe - Great Britain
 Erik Bylehn - Sweden
 Hermann Engelhard - Germany
1932
 Tommy Hampson - Great Britain
 Alex Wilson - Canada
 Phil Edwards - Canada
1936
 John Woodruff - United States
 Mario Lanzi -Italy
 Phil Edwards - Canada
1948
 Mal Whitfield - United States
 Arthur Wint - Jamaica
 Marcel Hansenne - France
1952
 Mal Whitfield - United States
 Arthur Wint - Jamaica
 Heinz Ulzheimer - Germany
1956
 Tom Courtney - United States
 Derek Johnson - Great Britain
 Audun Boysen - Norway
1960
 Peter Snell - New Zealand
 Roger Moens - Belgium
 George Kerr - British West Indies
1964
 Peter Snell - New Zealand
 Bill Crothers - Canada
 Wilson Kiprugut - Kenya
1968
 Ralph Doubell - Australia
 Wilson Kiprugut - Kenya
 Tom Farrell - United States
1972
 Dave Wottle - United States
 Yevgeni Arzhanov - Soviet Union
 Mike Boit - Kenya
1976
 Alberto Juantorena - Cuba
 Ivo van Damme - Belgium
 Rick Wohlhuter - United States
1980
 Steve Ovett - Great Britain
 Sebastian Coe - Great Britain
 Nikolay Kirov - Soviet Union
1984
 Joaquim Cruz - Brazil
 Sebastian Coe - Great Britain
 Earl Jones - United States
1988
 Paul Ereng - Kenya
 Joaquim Cruz - Brazil
 Said Aouita - Morocco
1992
 William Tanui - Kenya
 Nixon Kiprotich - Kenya
 Johnny Gray - United States
1996
 Vebjorn Rodal - Norway
 Hezekiel Sepeng - South Africa
 Freed Onyancha - Kenya
2000
 Nils Schumann - Germany
 Wilson Kipketer - Denmark
 Djabir Said-Guerni - Algeria
2004
 Yuriy Borzakovskiy - Russia
 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi - South Africa
 Wilson Kipketer - Denmark
2008
 Wilfred Bungei - Kenya
 Ismail Ahmed Ismail - Sudan
 Alfred Kirwa Yego - Kenya
2012
 David Lekuta Rudisha - Kenya
 Nigel Amos - Botswana
 Timothy Kitum - Kenya
2016
 David Lekuta Rudisha - Kenya
 Taoufik Makhloufi - Algeria
 Clayton Murphy - United States
2020
 Emmanuel Korir - Kenya Ferguson Rotich - Kenya Patryk Dobek - Poland

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1928
 Linda Radke - Germany
 Kinue Hitomi - Japan
 Inga Gentzel - Sweden
1960
 Lyudmila Lisenko - Soviet Union
 Brenda Jones - Australia
 Ursuala Donath - United Team of Germany
1964
 Ann Packer - Great Britain
 Maryvonne Dupureur - France
 Marise Chamberlain - New Zealand
1968
 Madeline Manning - United States
 Ilona Silai - Romania
 Maria Gommers - Netherlands
1972
 Hildegard Falck - West Germany
 Nijole Sabaite - Soviet Union
 Gunhild Hoffmeister - East Germany
1976
 Tatyana Kazankina - Soviet Union
 Nikolina Shtereva - Bulgaria
 Elfi Zinn - East Germany
1980
 Nadezhda Olizarenko - Soviet Union
 Olga Mineeva - Soviet Union
 Tatyana Providokhina - Soviet Union
1984
 Doina Melinte - Romania
 Kim Gallagher - United States
 Fita Lovin - Romania
1988
 Sigrun Ludvigs-Wodars - East Germany
 Christine Wachtel - East Germany
 Kim Gallagher - United States
1992
 Ellen van Langen - Netherlands
 Liliya Nurutdinova - Unified Team
 Ana Fidelia Quirot - Cuba
1996
 Svetlana Masterkova - Russia
 Ana Fidelia Quirot - Cuba
 Maria de Lurdes Mutola - Mozambique
2000
 Maria de Lurdes Mutola - Mozambique
 Stephanie Graf - Austria
 Kelly Homes - Great Britain
2004
 Kelly Homes - Great Britain
 Hasna Benhassi - Morocco
 Jolanda Ceplak - Slovenia
2008
 Pamela Jelimo - Kenya
 Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei - Kenya
 Hasna Benhassi - Morocco
2012
 Caster Semenya - South Africa Ekaterina Poistogova - Russia Pamela Jelimo - Kenya
2016
 Caster Semenya - South Africa
 Francine Niyonsaba - Burundi
 Margaret Wambui - Kenya
2020
 Athing Mu - United States Keely Hodgkinson - Great Britain Raevyn Rogers - United States

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 10
 5
 11
 26
2
 Kenya
 7
 4
 7
 18
3
 Great Britain
 8
 4
 1
 13
4
 Soviet Union
 3
 3
 2
 8
5
 South Africa 2
 2
 1
 5
6
 Germany
 2
 0
 3
 5
7
 East Germany
 1
 1
 2
 4
8
 Canada
 0
 2
 2
 4
9
 Australia
 2
 1
 0
 3
10
 Russia
 2
 1
 0
 3
11
 New Zealand
 2
 0
 1
 3
12
 Romania
 1
 1
 1
 3
13
 Cuba
 1
 1
 1
 3
14
 Morocco
 0
 1
 2
 3
15
 Brazil
 1
 1
 0
 2
16
 Norway
 1
 0
 1
 2
17
 Netherlands
 1
 0
 1
 2
18
 Mozambique
 1
 0
 1
 2
19
 Italy
 0
 2
 0
 2
20
 Jamaica
 0
 2
 0
 2
21
 Belgium
 0
 2
 0
 2
22
 Sweden
 0
 1
 1
 2
23
 France
 0
 1
 1
 2
24
 Denmark
 0
 1
 1
 2
25
 Algeria
 0
 1
 1
 2
26
 West Germany
 1
 0
 0
 1
27
 Hungary
 0
 1
 0
 1
28
 Switzerland
 0
 1
 0
 1
29
 Japan
 0
 1
 0
 1
30
 Bulgaria
 0
 1
 0
 1
31
 Austria
 0
 1
 0
 1
32
 Sudan
 0
 1
 0
 1
33
 Botswana
 0
 1
 0
 1
34
 Burundi
 0
 1
 0
 1
35
 Unified Team
 0
 1
 0
 1
36
 Greece
 0
 0
 1
 1
37
 Slovenia
 0
 0
 1
 1
38
 British West Indies
 0
 0
 1
 1
39
 Poland
 0
 0
 1
 1
40
 United Team of Germany
 0
 0
 1
 1