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Athletics

Facts

Disciplines	Athletics
Participants	23084
NOCs	226
Competitions held	1025
Distinct events	208
IF	World Athletics

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	USA	344	270	214	828
Soviet Union	URS	64	55	74	193
Great Britain	GBR	56	83	72	211
Finland	FIN	48	36	30	114
East Germany	GDR	38	36	35	109
Kenya	KEN	34	41	31	106
Poland	POL	29	20	17	66
Jamaica	JAM	26	36	25	87
Italy	ITA	24	15	26	65
Germany	GER	23	46	44	113
Ethiopia	ETH	23	12	23	58
Australia	AUS	21	27	28	76
Sweden	SWE	20	23	41	84
Russian Federation	RUS	18	21	19	58
Canada	CAN	15	18	31	64
France	FRA	14	26	30	70
West Germany	FRG	12	14	17	43
Cuba	CUB	11	14	20	45
Romania	ROU	11	14	10	35
People's Republic of China	CHN	11	12	16	39
Czechoslovakia	TCH	11	8	5	24
Hungary	HUN	10	12	18	40
New Zealand	NZL	10	3	13	26
South Africa	RSA	9	13	6	28
Greece	GRE	8	12	10	30
Netherlands	NED	8	7	9	24
Norway	NOR	8	7	8	23
Unified Team	EUN	7	11	3	21
Japan	JPN	7	10	10	27
Morocco	MAR	7	5	8	20
The Bahamas	BAH	7	2	5	14
Belgium	BEL	6	5	3	14
Bulgaria	BUL	5	8	6	19
Brazil	BRA	5	3	11	19
Czechia	CZE	5	3	7	15
Portugal	POR	5	3	4	12
Algeria	ALG	4	3	2	9
Ireland	IRL	4	2	1	7
Uganda	UGA	4	1	2	7
Mexico	MEX	3	6	2	11
Spain	ESP	3	5	8	16
Belarus	BLR	3	5	7	15
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	3	4	8	15
Lithuania	LTU	3	1	2	6
Croatia	CRO	3	1	1	5
Nigeria	NGR	2	5	7	14
Ukraine	UKR	2	3	13	18
Argentina	ARG	2	3	0	5
Dominican Republic	DOM	2	3	0	5
Tunisia	TUN	2	2	1	5
Bahrain	BRN	2	2	0	4
Estonia	EST	2	1	3	6
Kazakhstan	KAZ	2	1	2	5
Cameroon	CMR	2	0	0	2
Colombia	COL	1	3	1	5
Austria	AUT	1	2	5	8
Qatar	QAT	1	2	1	4
Slovenia	SLO	1	2	1	4
India	IND	1	2	0	3
Grenada	GRN	1	1	1	3
Venezuela	VEN	1	1	1	3
Burundi	BDI	1	1	0	2
Ecuador	ECU	1	1	0	2
ROC	ROC	1	1	0	2
Republic of Korea	KOR	1	1	0	2
Panama	PAN	1	0	2	3
Mozambique	MOZ	1	0	1	2
Puerto Rico	PUR	1	0	1	2
Luxembourg	LUX	1	0	0	1
Slovakia	SVK	1	0	0	1
Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	1	0	0	1
Tajikistan	TJK	1	0	0	1
Switzerland	SUI	0	6	2	8
Namibia	NAM	0	5	0	5
Denmark	DEN	0	4	3	7
Latvia	LAT	0	4	1	5
Chile	CHI	0	2	0	2
Sri Lanka	SRI	0	2	0	2
United Republic of Tanzania	TAN	0	2	0	2
Yugoslavia	YUG	0	2	0	2
Botswana	BOT	0	1	1	2
Chinese Taipei	TPE	0	1	1	2
Iceland	ISL	0	1	1	2
Bohemia	BOH	0	1	0	1
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	0	1	0	1
Guatemala	GUA	0	1	0	1
Haiti	HAI	0	1	0	1
Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI	0	1	0	1
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA	0	1	0	1
Senegal	SEN	0	1	0	1
Sudan	SUD	0	1	0	1
Zambia	ZAM	0	1	0	1
Philippines	PHI	0	0	2	2
Türkiye	TUR	0	0	2	2
West Indies Federation	WIF	0	0	2	2
Australasia	ANZ	0	0	1	1
Barbados	BAR	0	0	1	1
Burkina Faso	BUR	0	0	1	1
Djibouti	DJI	0	0	1	1
Eritrea	ERI	0	0	1	1
Serbia	SRB	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Paavo Nurmi	FIN	9	3	0	12
Carl Lewis	USA	9	1	0	10
Ray Ewry	USA	8	0	0	8
Usain Bolt	JAM	8	0	0	8
Allyson Felix	USA	7	3	1	11
Ville Ritola	FIN	5	3	0	8
Elaine Thompson-Herah	JAM	5	1	0	6
Hannes Kolehmainen	FIN	4	1	0	5
Emil Zátopek	CZE TCH	4	1	0	5
Evelyn Ashford	USA	4	1	0	5
Mel Sheppard	USA	4	1	0	5

Event types

Discipline	Name	Gender	Still contested?	Times held?
Athletics	100 metres	Men		30
Athletics	200 metres	Men		28
Athletics	400 metres	Men		30
Athletics	800 metres	Men		30
Athletics	1,500 metres	Men		30
Athletics	5,000 metres	Men		25
Athletics	10,000 metres	Men		25
Athletics	Marathon	Men		30
Athletics	110 metres Hurdles	Men		30
Athletics	400 metres Hurdles	Men		27
Athletics	3,000 metres Steeplechase	Men		24
Athletics	4 × 100 metres Relay	Men		25
Athletics	4 × 400 metres Relay	Men		25
Athletics	20 kilometres Race Walk	Men		17
Athletics	50 kilometres Race Walk	Men		20
Athletics	High Jump	Men		36
Athletics	Pole Vault	Men		37
Athletics	Long Jump	Men		41
Athletics	Triple Jump	Men		32
Athletics	Shot Put	Men		42
Athletics	Discus Throw	Men		38
Athletics	Hammer Throw	Men		33
Athletics	Javelin Throw	Men		27
Athletics	Decathlon	Men		25
Athletics	100 metres	Women		22
Athletics	200 metres	Women		19
Athletics	400 metres	Women		15
Athletics	800 metres	Women		17
Athletics	1,500 metres	Women		13
Athletics	5,000 metres	Women		7
Athletics	10,000 metres	Women		9
Athletics	Marathon	Women		10
Athletics	100 metres Hurdles	Women		13
Athletics	400 metres Hurdles	Women		10
Athletics	3,000 metres Steeplechase	Women		4
Athletics	4 × 100 metres Relay	Women		22
Athletics	4 × 400 metres Relay	Women		13
Athletics	20 kilometres Race Walk	Women		6
Athletics	High Jump	Women		22
Athletics	Pole Vault	Women		6
Athletics	Long Jump	Women		19
Athletics	Triple Jump	Women		7
Athletics	Shot Put	Women		19
Athletics	Discus Throw	Women		22
Athletics	Hammer Throw	Women		6
Athletics	Javelin Throw	Women		21
Athletics	Heptathlon	Women		10
Athletics	4 × 400 metres Relay	Mixed		1
Athletics	100 metres	Boys		3
Athletics	200 metres	Boys		3
Athletics	400 metres	Boys		3
Athletics	800 metres	Boys		2
Athletics	1,000 metres	Boys		1
Athletics	1,500 metres	Boys		2
Athletics	3,000 metres	Boys		3
Athletics	110 metres Hurdles	Boys		3
Athletics	400 metres Hurdles	Boys		3
Athletics	2,000 metres Steeplechase	Boys		3
Athletics	Medley Relay	Boys		2
Athletics	10,000 metres Race Walk	Boys		2
Athletics	High Jump	Boys		12
Athletics	Pole Vault	Boys		8
Athletics	Long Jump	Boys		11
Athletics	Triple Jump	Boys		3
Athletics	Shot Put	Boys		11
Athletics	Discus Throw	Boys		6
Athletics	Hammer Throw	Boys		7
Athletics	Javelin Throw	Boys		3
Athletics	5,000 metres Race Walk	Boys		1
Athletics	100 metres	Girls		3
Athletics	200 metres	Girls		3
Athletics	400 metres	Girls		3
Athletics	800 metres	Girls		2
Athletics	1,000 metres	Girls		1
Athletics	1,500 metres	Girls		2
Athletics	3,000 metres	Girls		3
Athletics	100 metres Hurdles	Girls		3
Athletics	400 metres Hurdles	Girls		3
Athletics	2,000 metres Steeplechase	Girls		3
Athletics	Medley Relay	Girls		1
Athletics	5,000 metres Race Walk	Girls		2
Athletics	High Jump	Girls		3
Athletics	Pole Vault	Girls		3
Athletics	Long Jump	Girls		3
Athletics	Triple Jump	Girls		3
Athletics	Shot Put	Girls		3
Athletics	Discus Throw	Girls		3
Athletics	Hammer Throw	Girls		3
Athletics	Javelin Throw	Girls		3
Athletics	5,000 metres Walk	Girls		1
Athletics	8 × 100 metres Relay	Mixed Youth		1
Athletics	60 metres	Men		2
Athletics	100 yards	Men		13
Athletics	220 yards	Men		5
Athletics	Stade Race	Men		1
Athletics	440 yards	Men		10
Athletics	Diaulos	Men		3
Athletics	880 yards	Men		6
Athletics	1 mile	Men		7
Athletics	2 miles	Men		4
Athletics	Long Race (Dolikhos)	Men		1
Athletics	5 miles	Men		3
Athletics	120 yards Hurdles	Men		9
Athletics	200 metres Hurdles	Men		2
Athletics	220 yards Hurdles	Men		5
Athletics	2,500 metres Steeplechase	Men		1
Athletics	2,590 metres Steeplechase	Men		1
Athletics	3,200 metres Steeplechase	Men		1
Athletics	4,000 metres Steeplechase	Men		1
Athletics	4 × 440 yards Relay	Men		1
Athletics	1,600 metres Medley Relay	Men		1
Athletics	3,000 metres, Team	Men		3
Athletics	3 miles, Team	Men		1
Athletics	5,000 metres, Team	Men		1
Athletics	4 miles, Team	Men		1
Athletics	1,500 metres Race Walk	Men		1
Athletics	3,000 metres Race Walk	Men		2
Athletics	3,500 metres Race Walk	Men		1
Athletics	10 kilometres Race Walk	Men		5
Athletics	10 miles Race Walk	Men		1
Athletics	Cross-Country, Individual	Men		3
Athletics	Cross-Country, Team	Men		3
Athletics	Standing High Jump	Men		5
Athletics	Standing Long Jump	Men		5
Athletics	Standing Triple Jump	Men		3
Athletics	Plain Jump	Men		1
Athletics	Over the Ditch Jump	Men		2
Athletics	Shot Put, Both Hands	Men		1
Athletics	56-pound Weight Throw	Men		9
Athletics	Stone Throw	Men		4
Athletics	Discus Throw, Greek Style	Men		2
Athletics	Discus Throw, Both Hands	Men		1
Athletics	Javelin Throw, Both Hands	Men		1
Athletics	Javelin Throw, Freestyle	Men		2
Athletics	Javelin Throw for Accuracy	Men		4
Athletics	Bolo Throw	Men		1
Athletics	Baseball Throw	Men		6
Athletics	Ball Throw for Accuracy	Men		1
Athletics	Pentathlon	Men		3
Athletics	Pentathlon (Ancient)	Men		1
Athletics	Pentathlon, Team	Men		1
Athletics	All-Around Championship	Men		1
Athletics	Team	Men		3
Athletics	Special Scratch Pole Vault #1	Men		1
Athletics	Special Scratch Pole Vault #2	Men		1
Athletics	Pole Vault Over a Ditch	Men		1
Athletics	60 yards, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	100 yards, Handicap	Men		5
Athletics	100 metres, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	220 yards, Handicap	Men		5
Athletics	400 metres, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	440 yards, Handicap	Men		4
Athletics	800 metres, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	880 yards, Handicap	Men		5
Athletics	1,500 metres, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	1 mile, Handicap	Men		4
Athletics	2 miles, Handicap	Men		4
Athletics	120 yards Hurdles, Handicap	Men		3
Athletics	110 metres Hurdles, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	220 yards Hurdles, Handicap	Men		3
Athletics	400 metres Hurdles, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	2,500 metres Steeplechase, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	1 mile, Team, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	High Jump, Handicap	Men		6
Athletics	Long Jump, Handicap	Men		6
Athletics	Pole Vault, Handicap	Men		6
Athletics	Shot Put, Handicap	Men		6
Athletics	Discus Throw, Handicap	Men		6
Athletics	Hammer Throw, Handicap	Men		5
Athletics	56-pound Weight Throw, Handicap	Men		3
Athletics	Team, Handicap	Men		3
Athletics	100 metres, Professionals	Men		1
Athletics	400 metres, Professionals	Men		1
Athletics	1,500 metres, Professionals	Men		1
Athletics	5,000 metres, Professionals	Men		1
Athletics	6-hour race, Professionals	Men		1
Athletics	110 metres Hurdles, Professionals	Men		1
Athletics	2,500 metres Steeplechase, Professionals	Men		1
Athletics	High Jump, Professionals	Men		1
Athletics	Long Jump, Professionals	Men		1
Athletics	Shot Put, Professionals	Men		1
Athletics	100 metres, Professionals, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	400 metres, Professionals, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	1,500 metres, Professionals, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	High Jump, Professionals, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	Long Jump, Professionals, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	Shot Put, Professionals, Handicap	Men		1
Athletics	1,500 metres Wheelchair	Men		6
Athletics	Bladdering	Men		1
Athletics	3,000 metres	Women		3
Athletics	80 metres Hurdles	Women		8
Athletics	10 kilometres Race Walk	Women		2
Athletics	Pentathlon	Women		5
Athletics	800 metres Wheelchair	Women		6
Athletics	50 yards	Boys		3
Athletics	100 yards	Boys		9
Athletics	220 yards	Boys		9
Athletics	440 yards	Boys		7
Athletics	880 yards	Boys		6
Athletics	1 mile	Boys		6
Athletics	2 miles	Boys		1
Athletics	5 miles	Boys		1
Athletics	120 yards Hurdles	Boys		5
Athletics	220 yards Hurdles	Boys		5
Athletics	4 × 220 yards Relay	Boys		1
Athletics	4 × 440 yards Relay	Boys		3
Athletics	56-pound Weight Throw	Boys		1
Athletics	Team	Boys		6