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Tokyo 2020 All-time By event Individual

STATISTICS WOMEN

The Women´s Olympic Program has been adding new events since it started in Amsterdam 1928 (where only 4 events were held); but none has disappeared. Thus, all of them are counted in the table below. The latest additions were the walk event (1992); jump (1996); hammer throw (2000); pole vault (2000); and the steeplechase (2008). Mixed relays (introduced at Tokyo 2020) are not included.

Paris 2024 (Top Five) top

Ps CNT GD SV BZ Tot
1. USA 7 4 4 15
2. KEN 3 1 3 7
3. GBR 1 2 2 5
. AUS 1 2 2 5
5. NED 1 1 3 5
...
(27) TOT 23 23 24 70

All-Time Medal Table: WOMEN (1928-2024) top

* All events included.
* Countries no longer existing are in small letters.
* Former Soviet republics already considered on their own in 1992 (except relay events).

Ps Country CNT GD SV BZ TOT
1. United States USA 71 49 41 161
2. Soviet Union urs 31 21 34 86
3. East Germany gdr 24 22 21 67
4. Russia RUS 17 20 11 48
5. Australia AUS 14 15 16 45
6. Germany GER 12 21 18 51
. Jamaica JAM 12 21 18 51
8. Great Britain GBR 11 26 28 65
9. Romania ROU 11 13 9 33
10. Kenya KEN 10 15 9 34
11. Poland POL 10 10 10 30
12. Ethiopia ETH 10 6 12 28
13. China CHN 9 10 14 33
14. Netherlands NED 9 5 7 21
15. West Germany frg 8 6 5 19
16. France FRA 6 3 6 15
17. Cuba CUB 5 5 10 20
18. Bahamas BAH 5 1 1 7
19. Belgium BEL 5 0 1 6
20. Bulgaria BUL 4 8 5 17
21. Italy ITA 4 8 4 16
22. Greece GRE 4 6 1 11
23. Ukraine UKR 3 6 10 19
24. South Africa RSA 3 6 1 10
25. Canada CAN 3 5 10 18
26. Bahrein BRN 3 3 0 6
27. New Zealand NZL 3 2 4 9
28. Belarus BLR 3 2 3 8
29. Czechoslovakia tch 3 2 2 7
30. Japan JPN 3 2 1 6
31. Hungary HUN 3 1 3 7
32. Croatia CRO 3 1 2 6
33. Czech Republic CZE 2 1 3 6
34. Portugal POR 2 1 2 5
35. Kazakhstan KAZ 2 1 1 4
36. Sweden SWE 2 0 4 6
37. Algeria ALG 2 0 0 2
. Cameroon CMR 2 0 0 2
39. Nigeria NGR 1 4 4 9
40. Norway NOR 1 3 1 5
41. Austria AUT 1 2 4 7
42. Colombia COL 1 2 1 4
43. Finland FIN 1 2 0 3
44. Spain ESP 1 1 3 5
45. Morocco MAR 1 1 2 4
46. Venezuela VEN 1 1 0 2
. Russian OC ROC 1 1 0 2
. Dominican Republic DOM 1 1 0 2
. Uganda UGA 1 1 0 2
. Saint Lucia LCA 1 1 0 2
51. Mozambique MOZ 1 0 1 2
. Brazil BRA 1 0 1 2
. Puerto Rico PUR 1 0 1 2
54. Syria SYR 1 0 0 1
. Tunisia TUN 1 0 0 1
. Dominica DMA 1 0 0 1
57. Mexico MEX 0 2 0 2
. Turkey TUR 0 2 0 2
59. Slovenia SLO 0 1 1 2
. Denmark DEN 0 1 1 2
. Lithuania LTU 0 1 1 2
62. Argentina ARG 0 1 0 1
. Chile CHI 0 1 0 1
. Ireland IRL 0 1 0 1
. Sri Lanka SRI 0 1 0 1
. Burundi BDI 0 1 0 1
. Namibia NAM 0 1 0 1
68. Iceland ISL 0 0 1 1
. China Taipei TPE 0 0 1 1
. Serbia SRB 0 0 1 1
 
70     352 357 351 1060

Most Gold Medals by Event: WOMEN (1928-2024) top

* The 2nd column indicates how many times the event has been held.

Event Ed 1st Medals 2nd Medals
100 23 United States 9 Jamaica 4
200 20 United States 7 Jamaica 4
400 16 France / Bahamas 3 GDR / AUS / USA 2
800 18 Soviet Union / Great Britain 3 RSA / USA 2
1.500 14 Kenya 4 Soviet Union 3
5.000 11 Ethiopia 3 Romania / Kenya 2
10.000 10 Ethiopia 5 URS / POR / CHN / NED / KEN 1
Mar 11 Japan / Ethiopia / Kenya 2 USA / POR / RUS / ROU / NED 1
100 h 22 United States 6 Australia 4
400 h 11 United States 4 Jamaica 2
3000 st 5 Bahrain 2 RUS / TUN / UGA 1
4×100 23 United States 12 East Germany / Jamaica 2
4×400 14 United States 9 Soviet Union 3
HJ 23 United States 4 Russia 3
PV 7 United States 3 Russia 2
LJ 20 United States 4 Germany 3
TJ 8 Cameroon 2 UKR / BUL / KAZ / COL / VEN / DMA 1
SP 20 Soviet Union (+UNT) 7 GDR / NZL / GER 2
DT 23 Soviet Union / United States 4 East Germany 3
HT 7 Poland 4 RUS / CUB / CAN 1
JT 22 East Germany (GDR) 3 URS / GER / CUB / CZE 2
Walk 9 China 5 Russia 2
Hep 16 Great Britain / Belgium 3 URS / USA 2

Medal Table by Athlete top

All events between 1928 and 2021.
An asterisk [*] before the name means that the athlete has won three individual [i.e. excluding relays] gold medals.

Ps Name GD SV BZ Medal Details
1. Allyson Felix, USA 7 3 1 200: 12; 4x100: 12-16; 4x400: 08-12-16-20 // 200: 04-08; 400: 16 // 400: 20
2. *Elaine Thompson, JAM 5 1 - 16: 100-200; 20: 100-200-4x100 // 16: 4x100 // None
3. Evelyn Ashford, USA 4 1 - 100: 84; 4x100: 84-88-92 // 100: 88 // None
4. Sanya Richards, USA 4 - 1 400: 12; 4x400: 04-08-12 // None // 400: 08
5. *Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED 4 - - 48: 100-200-80h-4x100 // None // None
. *Betty Cuthbert, AUS 4 - - 56: 100-200-4x100; 64: 400 // None // None
. Bärbel Wöckel-Eckert, GDR 4 - - 76: 200-4x100; 80: 200-4x100 // None // None
. Sydney McLaughlin, USA 4 - - 400h: 20-24; 4x400: 20-24 // None // None
9. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, JAM 3 4 1 100: 08-12; 4x100: 20 // 100: 20; 200: 12; 4x100: 12-16 // 100: 16
10. Veronica Campbell, JAM 3 3 2 200: 04-08; 4x100: 04 // 4x100: 00-12-16 // 100: 04-12
11. Renate Stecher, GDR 3 2 1 72: 100-200; 76: 4x100 // 72: 4x100; 76: 100 // 76: 200
12. Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA 3 2 - 88: 100-200-4x100 // 84: 200; 88: 4x400 // None
13. Shirley de la Hunty-Strickland, AUS 3 1 3 52: 80h; 56: 80h-4x100 // 48: 4x100 // 48: 80h-100; 52: 100
14. *Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA 3 1 2 88: LJ-Hep; 92: Hep // 84: Hep // 92: LJ; 96: LJ
15. Gwen Torrence, USA 3 1 1 92: 200-4x100; 96: 4x100 // 92: 4x400 // 96: 100
. Gabrielle Thomas, USA 3 1 1 24: 200-4x100-4x400 // 20: 4x100 // 20: 200
17. *Tamara Press, URS 3 1 - 60: SP; 64: SP-DT // 60: DT // None
. Wyomia Tyus, USA 3 1 - 64: 100; 68: 100-4x100 // 64: 4x100 // None
. Valerie Brisco-Hooks, USA 3 1 - 84: 200-400-4x400 // 88: 4x400 // None
. Olga Bryzgina, URS 3 1 - 88: 400-4x400; 92: 4x400 // 92: 400 // None
21. *Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH 3 - 3 08: 5000-10000; 12: 10000 // None // 04: 5000; 12: 5000; 16: 10000
. *Sifan Hassan, NED 3 - 3 20: 5000-10000; 24: Mar // None // 20: 1500; 24: 5000-10000
23. Wilma Rudolph, USA 3 - 1 60: 100-200-4x100 // None // 56: 4x100
. *Faith Kipyegon, KEN 3 - 1 1500: 16-20-24 // None // 5000: 24
25. *Tatyana Kazankina, URS 3 - - 76: 800-1500; 80: 1500 // None // None
. *Marie-Jose Perec, FRA 3 - - 92: 400; 96: 200-400 // None // None
. Gail Devers, USA 3 - - 92: 100; 96: 100-4x100 // None // None
. Tianna Bartoletta [Madison], USA 3 - - 12: 4x100; 16: LJ-4x100 // None // None
. *Anita Wlodarczyk, POL 3 - - HT: 12-16-20 // None // None
(30) *Nafissatou Thiam, BEL 3 - - Hep: 16-20-24 // None // None

* The top-13 athletes have won at least one gold medal in a relay event. If we only took into consideration individual medals, the first on the list would be Elaine Thompson [4/0/0], followed by Jackie Joyner-Kersee [3/1/2], and only 12 athletes out of 30 (the ones marked with *) would reach the three gold-medal mark.

Abbreviations top

ABR Event ABR Event ABR Event
Mar Marathon HJ High Jump SP Shot Put
h hurdles PV Pole Vault DT Discus Throw
KW Kilometres Walk LJ Long Jump HT Hammer Throw
Dec Decathlon TJ Triple Jump JT Javelin Throw
__ an underline result stands for World Record

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