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  1. Official Site: International Association of Athletics Federations
  2. International Olympic Committee: Athletics
  3. Wikipedia: Athletics at the Summer Olympics
  4. United States Olympic Committee: USA Track and Field
  5. NBC Olympics: Track & Field Basics
  6. SportingLife.com: Olympics Beginner's Guides - Athletics
  7. YouTube Video: Olympic Track & Field 1996 (Time: 4:51)


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2008 Olympic Athletics

2008 Olympic Athletics Medal Winners

Men's Athletics
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
10,000 m Kenenisa Bekele - Ethiopia Sileshi Sihine - Ethiopia Micah Kogo - Kenya
100 m Usain Bolt - Jamaica (World Record) Richard Thompson - Trinidad & Tobago Walter Dix - United States
110 m hurdles Dayron Robles - Cuba David Payne - United States David Oliver - United States
1500 m Rashid Ramzi - Bahrain Asbel Kipruto Kiprop - Kenya Nicholas Willis - New Zealand
200 m Usain Bolt - Jamaica (World Record) Shawn Crawford - United States Walter Dix - United States
20 m walk Valeriy Borchin - Russia Jefferson Perez - Ecuador Jared Tallent - Australia
3000 m steeplechase Brimin Kiprop Kipruto - Kenya Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad - France Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong - Kenya
400 m LaShawn Merritt - United States Jeremy Wariner - United States David Neville - United States
400 m hurdles Angelo Taylor - United States Kerron Clement - United States Bershawn Jackson - United States
4x100 m relay Jamaica (World Record) Trinidad and Tobago Japan
4x400 m relay United States Bahamas Russia
5000 m Kenenisa Bekele - Ethiopia Eliud Kipchoge - Kenya Edwin Cheruiyot Soi - Kenya
50 km walk Alex Schwazer - Italy Jared Tallent - Australia Denis Nizhegorodov - Russia
800 m Wilfred Bungei - Kenya Ismail Ahmed Ismail - Sudan Alfred Kirwa Yego - Kenya
Decathlon Bryan Clay - United States Andrei Krauchanka - Belarus Leonel Suarez - Cuba
Discus throw Gerd Kanter - Estonia Piotr Malachowski - Poland Virgilijus Alekna - Lithuania
Hammer Throw Primoz Kozmus - Slovenia Vadim Devyatovskiy - Belarus Ivan Tsikhan - Belarus
High jump Andrey Silnov - Russia Germaine Mason - Great Britain Yaroslav Rybakov - Russia
Javelin throw Andreas Thorkildsen - Norway Ainars Kovals - Latvia Tero Pitkamaki - Finland
Long jump Irving Saladino - Panama Khotso Mokoena - South Africa Ibrahim Camejo - Cuba
Marathon Samuel Wanjiru - Kenya Jaouad Gharib - Morocco Tsegay Kebede - Ethiopia
Pole vault Steve Hooker - Australia Evgeny Lukyanenko - Russia Denys Yurchenko - Ukraine
Shot put Tomasz Majewski - Poland Christian Cantwell - United States Andrei Mikhnevich - Belarus
Triple jump Nelson Evora - Portugal Phillips Idowu - Great Britain Leevan Sands - Bahamas


Women's Athletics
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
10,000 m Tirunesh Dibaba - Ethiopia Elvan Abeylegesse - Turkey Shalane Flanagan - United States
100 m Shelly-Ann Fraser - Jamaica Sherone Simpson - Jamaica and Kerron Stewart - Jamaica *
100 m hurdles Dawn Harper - United States Sally McLellan - Australia Priscilla Lopes-Schliep - Canada
1500 m Nancy Jebet Lagat - Kenya Iryna Lishchynska - Ukraine Nataliya Tobias - Ukraine
200 m Veronica Campbell-Brown - Jamaica Allyson Felix - United States Kerron Stewart - Jamaica
20 m walk Olga Kaniskina - Russia Kjersti Tysse Platzer - Norway Elisa Rigaudo - Italy
3000 m steeplechase Gulnara Galkina-Samitova - Russia (World Record) Eunice Jepkorir - Kenya Yekaterina Volkova - Russia
400 m Christine Ohuruogu - Great Britain Shericka Williams - Jamaica Sanya Richards - United States
400 m hurdles Melaine Walker - Jamaica Sheena Tosta - United States Tasha Danvers - Great Britain
4x100 m relay Russia Belgium Nigeria
4x400 m relay United States Russia Jamaica
5000 m Tirunesh Dibaba - Ethiopia Elvan Abeylegesse - Turkey Meseret Defar - Ethiopia
800 m Pamela Jelimo - Kenya Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei - Kenya Hasna Benhassi - Morocco
Discus throw Stephanie Brown Trafton - United States Yarelys Barrios - Cuba Olena Antonova - Ukraine
Hammer Throw Aksana Miankova - Belarus Yipsi Moreno - Cuba Wenxiu Zhang - China
Heptathlon Natalya Dobrynska - Ukraine Lyudmila Blonska - Ukraine Hyleas Fountain - United States
High jump Tia Hellebaut - Belgium Blanka Vlasic - Croatia Anna Chicherova - Russia
Javelin throw Barbora Spotakova - Czech Republic Mariya Abakumova - Russia Christina Obergfoll - Germany
Long jump Maurren Higa Maggi - Brazil Tatyana Lebedeva - Russia Blessing Okagbare - Nigeria
Marathon Constantina Tomescu - Romania Catherine Ndereba - Kenya Zhou Chunxiu - China
Pole vault Yelena Isinbayeva - Russia (World Record) Jenn Stuczynski - United States Svetlana Feofanova - Russia
Shot put Valerie Vili - New Zealand Natallia Mikhnevich - Belarus Nadzeya Ostapchuk - Belarus
Triple jump Francoise Mbango Etone - Cameroon Tatyana Lebedeva - Russia Hrysopiyi Devetzi - Greece

  • *Jamaican sprinters Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart finished the 100 meter event tied for second place with a time of 10.98 seconds. Both women were given silver medals and no bronze medal was awarded.


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