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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.

Tokyo 2020 (Top Five) top

Ps CNT GD SV BZ Tot
1. USA 4 6 4 14
2. JAM 3 1 3 7
3. KEN 2 2 1 5
4. NED 2 1 3 6
5. CHN 2 1 1 4
...
(28) TOT 23 23 23 69

All-Time Medal Table: WOMEN (1928-2021) 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 62 46 36 144
2. Soviet Union urs 31 21 34 86
3. East Germany gdr 24 22 21 67
4. Russia RUS 22 26 17 65
5. Australia AUS 13 13 14 40
6. Jamaica JAM 12 18 18 48
7. Germany GER 11 19 18 48
8. Romania ROU 11 13 9 33
9. Great Britain GBR 10 24 23 57
10. Poland POL 10 10 9 29
11. Ethiopia ETH 10 3 12 25
12. West Germany frg 8 6 5 19
13. Netherlands NED 8 4 4 16
14. Kenya KEN 7 14 4 25
15. China CHN 7 5 12 24
16. France FRA 6 2 5 13
17. Greece GRE 5 6 2 13
18. Bahamas BAH 5 1 1 7
19. Bulgaria BUL 4 8 5 17
20. Italy ITA 4 7 4 15
21. Cuba CUB 4 6 8 18
22. Belarus BLR 4 3 5 12
23. Czechoslovakia tch 3 2 2 7
24. New Zealand NZL 3 1 4 8
25. Hungary HUN 3 1 3 7
26. Croatia CRO 3 1 1 5
27. Belgium BEL 3 1 0 4
28. South Africa RSA 2 6 1 9
29. Canada CAN 2 5 9 16
. Ukraine UKR 2 5 9 16
31. Japan JPN 2 2 1 5
32. Portugal POR 2 1 2 5
33. Sweden SWE 2 0 4 6
34. Czech Republic CZE 2 0 2 4
35. Kazakhstan KAZ 2 0 1 3
36. Algeria ALG 2 0 0 2
. Cameroon CMR 2 0 0 2
38. Norway NOR 1 3 1 5
39. Turkey TUR 1 3 0 4
40. Nigeria NGR 1 2 6 9
41. Austria AUT 1 2 4 7
42. Bahrein BRN 1 2 1 4
. Colombia COL 1 2 1 4
44. Finland FIN 1 2 0 3
45. Morocco MAR 1 1 2 4
. Venezuela VEN 1 1 0 2
. Russian OC ROC 1 1 0 2
48. Spain ESP 1 0 2 3
49. Mozambique MOZ 1 0 1 2
50. Syria SYR 1 0 0 1
. Brazil BRA 1 0 0 1
. Puerto Rico PUR 1 0 0 1
. Uganda UGA 1 0 0 1
54. Mexico MEX 0 2 0 2
55. Slovenia SLO 0 1 1 2
. Denmark DEN 0 1 1 2
57. Argentina ARG 0 1 0 1
. Chile CHI 0 1 0 1
. Ireland IRL 0 1 0 1
. Lithuania LTU 0 1 0 1
. Sri Lanka SRI 0 1 0 1
. Tunisia TUN 0 1 0 1
. Burundi BDI 0 1 0 1
. Dominican Republic DOM 0 1 0 1
. Namibia NAM 0 1 0 1
66. Iceland ISL 0 0 1 1
. China Taipei TPE 0 0 1 1
. Serbia SRB 0 0 1 1
 
68     329 334 329 992

Most Gold Medals by Event: WOMEN (1928-2021) top

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

Event Ed 1st Medals 2nd Medals
100 22 United States 9 Jamaica 4
200 19 United States 6 Jamaica 4
400 15 France / Bahamas 3 GDR / AUS / USA 2
800 17 Soviet Union 3 GBR / RUS / USA 2
1.500 13 Soviet Union / Kenya 3 Algeria 2
5.000 10 Ethiopia 3 Romania 2
10.000 9 Ethiopia 5 URS / POR / CHN / NED 1
Mar 10 Japan / Ethiopia / Kenya 2 4 countries 1
100 h 21 United States 5 Australia 4
400 h 10 Jamaica / Russia / USA 2 4 countries 1
3000 st 4 Russia 2 Bahrein / Uganda 1
4×100 22 United States 11 East Germany / Jamaica 2
4×400 13 United States 8 Soviet Union 3
HJ 22 United States 4 Russia 3
PV 6 RUS / USA / GRE 2 - -
LJ 19 United States / Germany 3 URS / ROM 2
TJ 7 Cameroon 2 UKR / BUL / KAZ / COL / VEN 1
SP 19 Soviet Union (+UNT) 7 GDR / NZL 2
DT 22 Soviet Union 4 East Germany / United States 3
HT 6 Poland 3 Russia 2
JT 21 East Germany (GDR) 3 URS / GER / CUB / CZE 2
Walk 8 Russia / China 3 Greece / Italy 1
Hep 15 Great Britain 3 URS / USA / BEL 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
8. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, JAM 3 4 1 100: 08-12; 4x100: 20 // 100: 20; 200: 12; 4x100: 12-16 // 100: 16
9. Veronica Campbell, JAM 3 3 2 200: 04-08; 4x100: 04 // 4x100: 00-12-16 // 100: 04-12
10. Renate Stecher, GDR 3 2 1 72: 100-200; 76: 4x100 // 72: 4x100; 76: 100 // 76: 200
11. Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA 3 2 - 88: 100-200-4x100 // 84: 200; 88: 4x400 // None
12. Shirley de la Hunty-Strickland, AUS 3 1 3 52: 80h; 56: 80h-4x100 // 48: 4x100 // 48: 80h-100; 52: 100
13. *Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA 3 1 2 88: LJ-Hep; 92: Hep // 84: Hep // 92: LJ; 96: LJ
14. Gwen Torrence, USA 3 1 1 92: 200-4x100; 96: 4x100 // 92: 4x400 // 96: 100
15. *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
19. *Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH 3 - 3 08: 5000-10000; 12: 10000 // None // 04: 5000; 12: 5000; 16: 10000
20. Wilma Rudolph, USA 3 - 1 60: 100-200-4x100 // None // 56: 4x100
21. *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
(25) *Anita Wlodarczyk, POL 3 - - HT: 12-16-20 // None // None

* 19 out of the 25 athletes on the list 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 nine athletes (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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