Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 12 August 2012 at the London Olympic Stadium.
Medal Table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 11 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
2 | Jamaica | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
3 | Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
4 | Ethiopia | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Kenya | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
6 | China | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
7 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Germany | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
10 | Russia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
14 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Grenada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
26 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
27 | Botswana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
35 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
36 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
Event | |||
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100 m | Usain Bolt |
Yohan Blake |
Justin Gatlin |
200 m | Usain Bolt |
Yohan Blake |
Warren Weir |
400 m | Kirani James |
Luguelin Santos |
Lalonde Gordon |
800 m | David Lekuta Rudisha |
Nijel Amos |
Timothy Kitum |
1500 m | Taoufik Makhloufi |
Leonel Manzano |
Abdalaati Iguider |
5000 m | Mohamed Farah |
Dejen Gebremeskel |
Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa |
10000 m | Mohamed Farah |
Galen Rupp |
Tariku Bekele |
Marathon | Stephen Kiprotich |
Abel Kirui |
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich |
110 m hurdles | Aries Merritt |
Jason Richardson |
Hansle Parchment |
400 m hurdles | Felix Sanchez |
Michael Tinsley |
Javier Culson |
3000 m steeplechase | Ezekiel Kemboi |
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad |
Abel Kiprop Mutai |
4x100 m | Jamaica Kemar Bailey-Cole Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Nesta Carter Michael Frater |
Trinidad and Tobago Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richard Thompson |
France Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ronald Pognon Jimmy Vicaut |
4x400 m | Bahamas Chris Brown Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller Demetrius Pinder |
United States Joshua Mance Tony McQuay Manteo Mitchell Bryshon Nellum Angelo Taylor |
Trinidad and Tobago Ade Alleyne-Forte Lalonde Gordon Deon Lendore Jarrin Solomon |
20 km walk | Chen Ding |
Erick Barrondo |
Wang Zhen |
50 km walk | Jared Tallent |
Si Tianfeng |
Robert Heffernan |
High jump | Erik Kynard |
Mutaz Essa Barshim Derek Drouin Robert Grabarz |
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Pole vault | Renaud Lavillenie |
Bjorn Otto |
Raphael Holzdeppe |
Long jump | Greg Rutherford |
Mitchell Watt |
Will Claye |
Triple jump | Christian Taylor |
Will Claye |
Fabrizio Donato |
Shot put | Tomasz Majewski |
David Storl |
Reese Hoffa |
Discus throw | Robert Harting |
Ehsan Hadadi |
Gerd Kanter |
Hammer throw | Krisztian Pars |
Primoz Kozmus |
Koji Murofushi |
Javelin throw | Keshorn Walcott |
Antti Ruuskanen |
Vitezslav Vesely |
Decathlon | Ashton Eaton |
Trey Hardee |
Leonel Suarez |
Women[]
Event | |||
---|---|---|---|
100 m | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |
Carmelita Jeter |
Veronica Campbell-Brown |
200 m | Allyson Felix |
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |
Carmelita Jeter |
400 m | Sanya Richards-Ross |
Christine Ohuruogu |
DeeDee Trotter |
800 m | Caster Semenya |
Ekaterina Poistogova |
Pamela Jelimo |
1500 m | Maryam Yusuf Jamal |
Tatyana Tomashova |
Abeba Aregawi |
5000 m | Meseret Defar |
Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot |
Tirunesh Dibaba |
10000 m | Tirunesh Dibaba |
Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego |
Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot |
Marathon | Tiki Gelana |
Priscah Jeptoo |
Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova |
100 m hurdles | Sally Pearson |
Dawn Harper |
Kellie Wells |
400 m hurdles | Lashinda Demus |
Zuzana Hejnova |
Kaliese Spencer |
3000 m steeplechase | Habiba Ghribi |
Sofia Assefa |
Milcah Chemos Cheywa |
4x100 m | United States Allyson Felix Carmelita Jeter Bianca Knight Tianna Madison Jeneba Tarmoh Lauryn Williams |
Jamaica Schillonie Calvert Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Samantha Henry-Robinson Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart |
Ukraine Elyzaveta Bryzgina Olesya Povh Mariya Ryemyen Hrystyna Stuy |
4x400 m | United States Keshia Baker Diamond Dixon Allyson Felix Francena McCorory Sanya Richards-Ross DeeDee Trotter |
Jamaica Christine Day Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Shericka Williams Novlene Williams-Mills |
Ukraine Alina Lohvynenko Nataliya Pyhyda Hanna Yaroshchuk Olha Zemlyak |
20 km walk | Qieyang Shenjie |
Liu Hong |
Lu Xiuzhi |
High jump | Anna Chicherova |
Brigetta Barrett |
Ruth Beitia |
Pole vault | Jennifer Suhr |
Yarisley Silva |
Elena Isinbaeva |
Long jump | Brittney Reese |
Elena Sokolova |
Janay DeLoach |
Triple jump | Olga Rypakova |
Caterine Ibarguen |
Olha Saladuha |
Shot put | Valerie Adams |
Gong Lijiao |
Li Ling |
Discus throw | Sandra Perkovic |
Li Yanfeng |
Yarelys Barrios |
Hammer throw | Anita Wlodarczyk |
Betty Heidler |
Zhang Wenxiu |
Javelin throw | Barbora Spotakova |
Christina Obergfoll |
Linda Stahl |
Heptathlon | Jessica Ennis |
Lilli Schwarzkopf |
Austra Skujyte |
Statistics[]
- There were 2079 total athletes from 201 countries.
- Cristina Llovera was the youngest participant with 15 years and 306 days.
- Oleksandr Dryhol was the oldest participant with 46 years and 100 days.
- 61 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony, the highest number out of all sports.
- 42 nations won a medal in athletics, more than any other sport.
- Kenya won its only 13 medals of London 2012.
- Jamaica won its only 12 medals of London 2012.
- Ethiopia won its only 8 medals of London 2012.
- Trinidad and Tobago won its only 4 medals London 2012.
- Dominican Republic won its only 2 medals London 2012.
- Czech Republic won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Algeria, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Botswana, Grenada, Guatemala, Morocco, and Uganda won their only medal of London 2012.
- Qatar won its first medal in the sport since Barcelona 1992.
- Uganda won its first gold medal in the sport since Munich 1972.
- Algeria won its first gold medal in the sport since Atlanta 1996.
- Kazakhstan won its first gold medal in the sport since Sydney 2000.
- Bahamas and Dominican Republic won their first gold medal in the sport since Athens 2004.
- Croatia won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
- Bahrain, Botswana, Grenada, and Guatemala won their first-ever Olympic medal.