The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - Discontinued Events

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 64 Medals

GREAT BRITAIN - 29 Medals

FINLAND - 19 Medals
MEDAL TABLE

Men's Discontinued Events
Women's Discontinued Events

Men's Discontinued Events  Women's Discontinued Events  Medal Table
60 Meters
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1900
Alvin Kraenzlein - United States
Walter Tewksbury - United States
Stan Rowley - Australia
1904
Archie Hahn - United States
William Hogenson - United States
Fay Moulton - United States

200 Meters Hurdles
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1900
Alvin Krawnzlein - United States
Norman Pritchard - India
Walter Tewksbury - United States
1904
Harry Hillman - United States
Frank Castleman - United States
George Poage - United States

2500 Meters Steeplechase
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1900
George Oroton - Canada
Sidney Robinson - Great Britain
Jacques Chastainé - France

2590 Meters Steeplechase
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1904
James Lightbody - United States
John Daly - Great Britain
Arthur Newton - United States

3200 Meters Steeplechase
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1908
Arthur Russell - Great Britain
Archie Robertson - Great Britain
John  Eisele - United States

4000 Meters Steeplechase
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1900
John Rimmer - Great Britain
Charles Bennett - Great Britain
Sidney Robinson - Great Britain

Medley Relay
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1908
United States - (William Hamilton, Nate Cartmell, John Taylor, Mel Sheppard) Germany - (Arthur Hoffmann, Hans Eicke, Otto Trieloff
Hanns Braun)
Hungary - (Pal Simon, Frigyes Wiesner, Jozsef Nagy, Odon Bodor)

3000 Meters Team Race
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1912
United States
Sweden
Great Britain
1920
United States
Great Britain
Sweden
1924
Finland
Great Britain
United States

5000 Meters Team
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1900
Mixed Team
France
NONE

3 Mile Team
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1908
Great Britain
United States
France

4 Mile Team
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1904
United States
Mixed Team
NONE

5 Miles
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1908
Emil Voigt - Great Britain
Edward Owen - Great Britain
John Svanberg - Sweden

3000 Meters Walk
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1920
Ugo Frigerio - Italy
George Parker - Australia
Richard Remer - United States

3500 Meters Walk
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1908
Goerge Larner - Great Britain
Ernest Webb - Great Britain
Harry Kerr - Australasia

10 KM Walk
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1912
George Goudling - Canada
Ernest Webb - Great Britain
Fernando Altimani - Italy
1920
Ugo Frigerio - Italy
Joseph Pearman - United States
Charles Gunn - Great Britain
1924
Ugo Frigerio - Italy
Gordon Goodwin - Great Britain
Cecil McAster - South Africa
1948
John Mikaelsson - Sweden
Ingemar Johansson - Sweden
Fritz Schwab - Switzerland
1952
John Mikaelsson - Sweden
Fritz Schwab - Switzerland
Bruno Junk - Soviet Union

10 Miles Walk
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1908
George Larner - Great Britain
Ernest Webb - Great Britain
Edward Spencer - Great Britain

Triathlon
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1904
Max Emmerich - United States
John Grieb - United States
William Merz - United States

Pentathlon
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1912
Jim Thorpe - United States
Ferdinand Bie - Norway
James Donahue - United States
Frank Lukeman - Canada
1920
Eero Lehtonen -Finland
Everett Bradley - United States
Hugo Lahtinen - Finland
1924
Eero Lehtonen - Finland
Elemer Somfay - Hungary
Robert LeGendre - United States

Standing Long Jump
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1900
Ray Ewry - United States
Irving Baxter - United States
Émile Torcheboeuf - France
1904
Ray Ewry - United States
Charles King - United States
John Biller - United States
1908
Ray Ewry - United States
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras - Greece
Martin Sheridan - United States
1912
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras - Greece
Platt Adams - United States
Benjamin Adams - United States

Standing Triple Jump
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1900
Ray Ewry - United States
Irving Baxter - United States
Robert Garrett - United States
1908
Ray Ewry - United States
Charles King - United States
Joseph Stadler - United States

Standing High Jump
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1900
Ray Ewry - United States
Irving Baxter - United States
Lewis Sheldon - United States
1904
Ray Ewry - United States
Joseph Stadler - United States
Lawson Robertson - United States
1908
Ray Ewry - United States
John Biller - United States
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras - Greece
NONE
1912
Platt Adams - United States
Benjamin Adams - United States
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras - Greece

56 Pound Weight Throw
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1904
Etienne Desmarteau - Canada
John Flanagan - United States
James Mitchell - United States
1920
Pat McDonald - United States
Patrick Ryan - United States
Carl Johan Lind - Sweden

Two Handed Shotput
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1912
Ralph Rose - United States
Pat McDonald - United States
Elmer Niklander - Finland

Greek Discus
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1908
Martin Sheridan - United States
Marquis Horr - United States
Verner Jarvinen - Finland

Two Handed Discus Throw
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1912
Armas Taipale - Finland
Elmer Niklander - Finland
Emil Magnusson - Sweden

Freestyle Javelin
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1908
Eric Lemming - Sweden
Michalis Dorizas - Greece
Ame Halse - Norway

Two Handed Javelin Throw
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1912
Julius Saaristo - Finland
Vaino Siikaniemi - Finland
Urho Peltonen - Finland

Inidividual Cross Country
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1912
Hannes Kolehmained - Finland
Hjalmar Andersson - Sweden
John Eke - Sweden
1920
Paavo Nurmi - Finland
Eric Backman - Sweden
Heikki Liimatainen - Finland
1924
Paavo Nurmi - Finland
Ville Ritola - Finland
Earl Johnson - United States

Team Cross Country
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1912
Sweden - (Hjalmar Andersson, John Eke, Josef Ternstrom)
Finland - (Hannes Kolehmainen, Jalmari Eskola, Albin Stenroos)
Great Britain - (Frederick Hibbins, Ernest Glover, Thomas Humphreys)
1920
Finland - (Paavo Nurmi, Heikki Liimatainen, Teodor Koskenniemi)
Great Britain - (James Wilson, Frank Hegarty, Alfred Nichols)
Sweden - (Eric Backman, Gustaf Mattsson, Hilding Ekman)
1924
Finland - (Paavo Nurmi, Ville Ritola, Heikki Liimatainen)
United States - (Earl Johnson, Arthur Studenroth, August Fager)
France - (Henri Lauvaux, Gaston Heuet, Maurice Norland)

Women's Discontinued Events  Men's Discontinued Events  Medal Table
80 Meters Hurdles
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1932
Babe Didrikson - United States
Evelyn Hall - United States
Marjorie Clark - South Africa
1936
Trebisonda Valla - Italy
Anni Steuer - Germany
Betty Taylor - Canada
1948
Fanny Blanker-Koen - Netherlands
Maureen Gardner - Great Britain
Shirley Strickland - Australia
1952
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty - Australia
Mariya Golubnichaya - Soviet Union
Maria Sander - Germany
1956
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty - Australia
Gisela Kohler - United Team of Germany
Norma Thrower - Australia
1960
Irina Press - Soviet Union
Carole Quinton - Great Britain
Gisela Kohler-Birkemeyer - United Team of Germany
1964
Karin Blazer - United Team of Germany Teresa Cieply - Poland
Pam Kilborn - Australia
1968
Maureen Caird - Australia
Pam Kilborn -Australia
Chi Cheng - China

Pentathlon
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1964
Irinia Press - Soviet Union
Mary Rand - Great Britain
Galina Bystrova - Soviet Union
1968
Ingrid Becker - West Germany
Liese Prokop - Austria
Annamaria Toth - Hungary
1972
Mary Peters - Great Britain
Heide Rosendahl - West Germany
Burglinde Pollak - East Germany
1976
Siegrun Siegl - East Germany
Christine Laser - East Germany
Burglinde Pollak - East Germany
1980
Nadezhda Tkachenko - Soviet Union
Olga Rukavishnikova - Soviet Union
Olga Kurigina - Soviet Union

3000 Meters
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1984
Maricica Puica - Romania
Wendy Sly - Great Britain
Lynn Williams - Canada
1988
Tetyana Samolenko - Soviet Union
Paula Ivan - Romania
Yvonne Murray - Great Britain
1992
Yelene Romanova - Unifed Team
Tetyana Dorovskikh - Unified Team
Angela Chalmers - Canada

10 KM Walk
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1992
Chen Yueling - China
Yelena Nikolayeva - Unified Team
Li Chunxiu - China
1996
Yelena Nikolayeva - Russia
Elisabetta Perrone - Italy
Wang Yan - China


Medal Total  Men's Discontinued Events  Women's Discontinued Events
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States
24
23
18
65
2
Great Britain
7
16
6
28
3
Finland
10
4
5
19
4
Sweden
4
4
6
14
5
Soviet Union
4
2
3
9
6
Canada 3
0
4
7
7
Australia
2
1
4
7
8
Italy
4
1
1
6
9
Greece
1
3
1
5
10
France
0
0
5
5
11
East Germany
1
1
2
4
12
China
1
0
3
4
13
Unified Team
1
2
0
3
14
United Team of Germany 1
1
1
3
15
Germany
0
2
1
3
16
Hungary
0
1
2
3
17
Australia
1
1
0
2
18
Romania
1
1
0
2
19
West Germany
1
1
0
2
20
Mixed Team 1
1
0
2
21
Switzerland
0
1
1
2
22
Norway
0
1
1
2
23
South Africa
0
0
2
2
24
Netherlands
1
0
0
1
25
Russia
1
0
0
1
26
India
0
1
0
1
27
Poland
0
1
0
1
28
Austria
0
1
0
1
29
Australasia
0
0
1
1