Allyson Felix is a track and field athlete who has competed for the United States. She competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
Felix was widely regarded as the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history. She won a total of eleven medals across five consecutive Olympiads. She also played a key role on the U.S. women's relay teams, adding six Olympic golds to her haul. Four of them were attributed to her role in the 4x400 metres relay with two more in the 4x100 metres relay. With six relay titles and another from an individual event, she also became the first female track and field athlete to ever win seven Olympic gold medals.
Felix started her Olympic career in 2004 when she finished behind Veronica Campbell-Brown in the 200 metres. Four years later in Beijing, she ran a personal best of 21.74 to repeat a silver from Athens in the same race but she lost the title again to Campbell. She avenged her loss to restore a lead for the U.S. women's 4x400 metres relay team during her 48.55-second leg, allowing the Americans to win her first Olympic gold.
London 2012 witnessed a historic moment for Felix as she became the first American woman to win three track and field golds in a single edition since Florence Griffith Joyner in Seoul 1988. In the 200 metres final, Felix pushed out of the blocks with a strong start to defeat the Jamaicans towards the closing stretch for her long-awaited individual gold. She helped the American women establish a 37-year-old world record to capture the 4x100 metres relay title. She also ran a 48.20-second leg on the U.S. women's 4x400 metres relay team that included DeeDee Trotter, Francena McCorory, and Sanya Richards-Ross to produce the third-fastest time in Olympic history (3:16.87).
At her fourth Games in 2016, Felix was favored to win a gold in the 400 metres but she lost the race to the winner Shaunae Miller by 0.07 of a second. She rebounded from her title defeat to add two more golds to her haul in the women's relay races. The 4x100 metres relay victory drew a much controversy when the Americans were disqualified from the heat after Felix dropped the baton during the exchange attempt with English Gardner. Video replays showed that the Brazilian sprinter in the neighboring lane swung her arm and barred Felix before the handoff, causing her to lose her balance. After an appeal, the American women were awarded a solo run the next day. Felix and her teammates cruised to their gold-medal triumph with the second-fastest time in the event's Olympic history (41.01). Felix extended her haul to nine, tying the record with Merlene Ottey-Page for the most Olympic medals set by a female athlete.
Tokyo 2020 marked the fifth and final Games for Felix. Though many runners doubted that she would ascend the podium for a final individual race because of her age, Felix defied such odds to claim her tenth overall medal with a bronze in the 400 metres. This feat tied her with Carl Lewis as the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history and surpassed the record from Ottey for the most Olympic medals set by the female athlete. Felix closed her Olympic career by winning the gold with Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, and Athing Mu in the women's 4x400 metres relay. Felix's eleventh overall medal set her as the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history.
Olympic Results[]
| Year | Event | Result |
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| 2004 | Women's 200m | 
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| 2008 | Women's 200m |
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| Women's 4x400m relay | 
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| 2012 | Women's 100m | 5th |
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| Women's 4x100m relay |
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| Women's 4x400m relay |
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| 2016 | Women's 400m |
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| Women's 4x100m relay |
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| Women's 4x400m relay |
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| 2020 | Women's 400m | 
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| Women's 4x400m relay |
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2004[]
| Discipline | Stage | Time |
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| 200 metres | Heats | 22.39 |
| Quarterfinal | 22.69 | |
| Semifinal | 22.36 | |
| Final | 22.18 |
2008[]
| Discipline | Stage | Time |
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| 200 metres | Heats | 23.02 |
| Quarterfinal | 22.74 | |
| Semifinal | 22.33 | |
| Final | 21.93 | |
| 4x400 metres relay | Heats | 3:22.45 (Reserve) |
| Final | 3:18.54 (48.55 split) |
2012[]
| Discipline | Stage | Time | |
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| 100 metres | Heats | 11.01 | |
| Semifinal | 10.94 | ||
| Final | 10.89 | PR | |
| 200 metres | Heats | 22.71 | |
| Semifinal | 22.31 | ||
| Final | 21.88 | ||
| 4x100 metres relay | Heats | 41.64 | |
| Final | 40.82 | WR | |
| 4x400 metres relay | Heats | 3:22.09 (Reserve) |
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| Final | 3:16.87 (47.80 split) |
2016[]
| Discipline | Stage | Time |
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| 400 metres | Heats | 51.24 |
| Semifinal | 49.67 | |
| Final | 49.51 | |
| 4x100 metres relay | Heats | 1:06.71 |
| Rerun | 41.77 | |
| Final | 41.01 | |
| 4x400 metres relay | Heats | 3:21.42 (Reserve) |
| Final | 3:19.06 (49.66 split) |
2020[]
| Discipline | Stage | Time |
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| 400 metres | Heats | 50.84 |
| Semifinal | 49.89 | |
| Final | 49.46 | |
| 4x400 metres relay | Heats | 3:20.86 (Reserve) |
| Final | 3:16.85 (49.30 split) |
 Athletics 2020 • Women's 4x400 metre relay
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| Kendall Ellis |
| Allyson Felix |
| Lynna Irby |
| Wadeline Jonathas |
| Sydney McLaughlin |
| Athing Mu |
| Dalilah Muhammad |
| Kaylin Whitney |