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