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TRACK & FIELD (47 medal events)
Full details, including all medal winners from Beijing are on the CD
Country abbreviations are explained on the medals table
Distances shown are metric.

DATE

EVENT

Gold

Result

Record

Silver

Result

Bronze

Result

MEN

               
16 Aug 2008

100m

Usain Bolt (JAM)

9.69

WR

Richard Thompson (TRI)

9.89

Walter Dix (USA)

9.91

20 Aug 2008

200m

Usain Bolt (JAM)

19.30

WR

Shawn Crawford (USA)

19.96

Walter Dix (USA)

19.98

21 Aug 2008

400m

LaShawn Merritt (USA)

43.75

 

Jeremy Wariner (USA)

44.74

David Neville (USA)

44.80

23 Aug 2008

800m

Wilfred Bungei (KEN)

1:44.65

 

Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD)
first ever Olympic medal for Sudan

1:44.70

Alfred Yego (KEN)

1:44.82

19 Aug 2008

1500m

Rashid Ramzi (BRN)
Moroccan born, he wins first ever Olympic medal for Bahrain

3:32.94

 

Asbel Kiprop (KEN)

3:33.11

Nicholas Willis (NZL)

3:34.16

23 Aug 2008

5000m

Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)

12:57.82

OR

Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)

13:02.80

Edwin Soi (KEN)

13:06.22

17 Aug 2008

10000m

Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)

27:01.17

OR

Sileshi Sihine (ETH)

27:02.77

Micah Kogo (KEN)

27:04.11

24 Aug 2008

Marathon

Samuel Wansiru (KEN)

2:06:32

OR

Jaouad Gharib (MAR)

2:07:16

Tsegay Kebede (ETH)

2:10:00

21 Aug 2008

110m Hurdles

Dayron Robles (CUB)

12.93

 

David Payne (USA)

13.17

David Oliver (USA)

13.18

18 Aug 2008

400m Hurdles

Angelo Taylor (USA)

47.25

 

Kerron Clement (USA)

47.98

Bershawn Jackson (USA)

48.06

18 Aug 2008

3000m Steeplechase

Brimin Kipruto (KEN)

8:10.34

 

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)

8:10.49

Richard Kipkemboi (KEN)

8:11.01

22 Aug 2008

4x100m Relay

Jamaica

37.10

WR

Trinidad & Tobago

38.06

Japan

38.15

23 Aug 2008

4x400m Relay

United States

2:55.39

OR

Bahamas

2:58.03

Russia

2:58.06

16 Aug 2008

20km Walk

Valeriy Borchin (RUS)

1:19:01

 

Jefferson Pérez (ECU)

1:19:15

Jared Tallent (AUS)

1:19:42

22 Aug 2008

50km Walk

Alex Schwazer (ITA) 3:37:09

OR

Jared Tallent (AUS) 3:39:27 Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 3:40:14
19 Aug 2008

High Jump

Andrey Silnov (RUS)

2.36m

 

Germaine Mason (GBR)

2.34m

Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)

2.34m

22 Aug 2008

Pole Vault

Steve Hooker (AUS)

5.96m

OR

Evgeny Lukyanenko (RUS)

5.85m

Denys Yurchenko (UKR)

5.70m

18 Aug 2008

Long Jump

Irving Saladino (PAN)
Panama's first Olympic champion

8.34m

 

Khotso Mokoena (RSA)

8.24m

Ibrahim Camejo (CUB)

8.20m

21 Aug 2008

Triple Jump

Nelson Evora (POR) 17.67m   Phillips Idowu (GBR) 17.62m Leevan Sands (BAH) 17.59m

15 Aug 2008

Shot Put

Tomasz Majewski (POL)

21.51m

 

Christian Cantwell (USA)

21.09m

Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR)

21.05m

19 Aug 2008

Discus Throw

Gerd Kanter (EST)

68.82m

 

Piotr Malachowski (POL)

67.82m

Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)

67.79m

17 Aug 2008

Hammer Throw

Primoz Kozmus (SLO)

82.02m

 

Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)

81.61m

Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)

81.51m

23 Aug 2008

Javelin Throw

Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

90.57m

OR

Ainars Kovals (LAT)

86.64m

Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)

86.16m

22 Aug 2008

Decathlon

Bryan Clay (USA)

8791

 

Andrei Krauchanka (UKR)

8551

Leonel Suarez (CUB)

8527

WOMEN

 

             
17 Aug 2008

100m 

Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)

10.78

 

Kerron Stewart (JAM)
Sherone Simpson (JAM)

10.98

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21 Aug 2008

200m 

Veronica Campbell (JAM)

21.74

 

Allyson Felix (USA)

21.93

Kerron Stewart (JAM)

22.00

19 Aug 2008

400m 

Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)

49.62

 

Shericka Williams (JAM)

49.69

Sanya Richards (USA)

49.93

18 Aug 2008

800m 

Pamela Jelimo (KEN)

1:54.87

 

Janeth Busienei (KEN)

1:56.07

Hasna Benhassi (MAR)

1:56.73

23 Aug 2008

1500m 

Nancy Lagat (KEN)

4:00.23

 

Iryna Lishchynska (UKR)

4:01.63

Nataliya Tobias (UKR)

4:01.78

22 Aug 2008

5000m 

Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)

15:41.40

 

Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)

15:42.74

Meseret Defar (ETH)

15:44.12

15 Aug 2008

10000m 

Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)

29:54.66

OR

Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)

29:56.34

Shalane Flanagan (USA)

30:22.22

17 Aug 2008

Marathon 

Constantina Tomescu (ROM)

2:26:44

 

Catherine Ndereba (KEN)

 

Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)

2:27:07

19 Aug 2008

100m Hurdles 

Dawn Harper (USA)

12.54

 

Sally McLellan (AUS)

12.64

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN)

12.64

20 Aug 2008

400m Hurdles 

Melaine Walker (JAM)

52.64

OR

Sheena Tosta (USA)

53.70

Tasha Danvers (GBR)

53.84

17 Aug 2008

NEW 3000m Steeplechase  Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (RUS) 8:58.81

WR

Eunice Jepkorir (KEN) 9:07.41 Ekaterina Volkova (RUS) 9:07.64
22 Aug 2008

4x100m Relay 

Russia

42.31

 

Belgium

42.54

Nigeria

43.04

23 Aug 2008

4x400m Relay 

United States

3:18.54

 

Rusia

3:18.82

Jamaica

3:20.40

21 Aug 2008

20km Walk 

Olga Kaniskina (RUS)

1:26:31

OR

Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)

1:27:07

Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)

1:27:12

23 Aug 2008

High Jump 

Tia Hellebaut (BEL)

2.05m

 

Blanka Vlasic (CRO)

2.05m

Anna Chicherova (RUS)

2.03m

18 Aug 2008

Pole Vault 

Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)

5.05m

WR

Jennifer Stuczynski (USA)

4.80m

Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)

4.75m

22 Aug 2008

Long Jump 

Maurren Maggi (BRA)

7.04m

 

Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)

7.03m

Blessing Okagbare (NGR)

6.91m

17 Aug 2008

Triple Jump 

Francoise Mbango Etone (CMR)

15.39m

OR

Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)

15.32m

Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE)

15.23m

16 Aug 2008

Shot Put 

Valerie Vili (NZL)

20.56m

 

Natallia Mikhnevich (BLR)

20.28m

Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)

19.86m

18 Aug 2008

Discus Throw 

Stephanie Brown Trafton (USA)

64.74m

 

Yarelys Barrios (CUB)

63.64m

Olena Antonova (UKR)

62.59m

20 Aug 2008

Hammer Throw 

Aksana Miankova (BLR)

76.34m

OR

Yipsi Moreno (CUB)

75.20m

Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)

74.32m

21 Aug 2008

Javelin Throw 

Barbora Spotakova (CZR)

71.42m

 

Maria Abakumova (RUS)

70.78m

Christina Obergfoll (GER)

66.13m

16 Aug 2008

Heptathlon 

Nataliia Dobrynska (UKR)

6733

 

*Hyleas Fountain (USA)

6619

*Tatiana Chernova (RUS) 

6591

         

*promoted due to a posiive drugs test by Lyudmila Blonska (UKR).