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WOMEN STATISTICS

Latest Edition All-Time Table Individual Table
Athletes by Event Countries by Event Cleansweeps

Eugene 2022 (Top Five) top

Ps CNT GD SV BZ Tot
1. USA 7 2 5 14
2. ETH 3 2 2 7
3. JAM 2 6 1 9
4. AUS 2 - 1 3
5. PER 2 - - 2
...
26 TOT 24 24 24 72

All-Time Medal Table (1983 - 2022) top

Mixed relays NOT included.

Ps Country CNT GD SV BZ TOT
1. United States USA 67 53 42 162
2. Russia (93- ) RUS 44 41 38 123
3. Jamaica JAM 22 35 30 87
4. Germany (91- ) GER 21 24 24 69
5. Kenya KEN 20 18 20 58
6. Ethiopia ETH 17 13 17 47
7. China CHN 16 18 19 53
8. East Germany (83-87) GDR 14 13 11 38
9. Cuba CUB 14 11 6 31
10. Soviet Union (83-91) URS 13 15 15 43
11. Great Britain GBR 10 18 15 43
12. Australia AUS 10 6 5 21
13. Belarus (93- ) BLR 7 8 7 22
14. Ukraine (93- ) UKR 6 13 7 26
15. Sweden SWE 6 1 5 12
16. Romania ROU 5 9 9 23
17. Poland POL 5 7 6 18
18. France FRA 5 5 10 20
19. Portugal POR 5 4 3 12
20. Czech Republic (93- ) CZE 5 3 2 10
21. Norway NOR 5 - 1 6
. New Zealand NZL 5 - 1 6
23. Greece GRE 4 5 8 17
24. Bahamas BAH 4 4 5 13
25. Croatia (93- ) CRO 4 4 1 9
26. Netherlands NED 4 3 6 13
27. Bulgaria BUL 4 2 7 13
28. Bahrain BRN 4 2 1 7
29. Czechoslovakia (83-87) TCH 4 2 - 6
30. South Africa RSA 4 1 3 8
31. Italy ITA 3 6 8 17
32. Mozambique MOZ 3 1 1 5
33. Venezuela VEN 3 - 1 4
34. Japan JPN 2 5 6 13
35. Morocco MAR 2 4 1 7
36. Spain ESP 2 2 7 11
37. Colombia COL 2 1 2 5
38. Belgium BEL 2 1 1 4
39. Finland FIN 2 - 2 4
40. Algeria ALG 2 - 1 3
41. Uganda UGA 2 - - 2
. Peru PER 2 - - 2
43. Canada CAN 1 6 - 7
44. Nigeria NGR 1 3 2 6
45. Ireland IRL 1 3 - 4
46. Kazakhstan (93- ) KAZ 1 2 3 6
47. Mexico MEX 1 1 2 4
. Brazil BRA 1 1 1 2
49. Botswana BOT 1 1 - 2
50. Syria SYR 1 - 1 2
. Senegal SEN 1 - 1 2
52. North Korea PRK 1 - - 1
53. Côte d'Ivoire CIV - 4 1 5
54. West Germany (83-87) FRG - 2 1 3
. Turkey TUR - 2 1 3
56. Cameroon CMR - 2 - 2
. Tunisia TUN - 2 - 2
58. Austria AUT - 1 2 3
59. Surinam SUR - 1 1 2
. Sri Lanka SRI - 1 1 2
. Hungary HUN - 1 1 2
. Israel ISR - 1 1 2
63. Burundi BDI - 1 - 1
. Dominican Republic DOM - 1 - 1
65. Trinidad & Tobago TRI - - 3 3
66. Latvia LAT - - 2 2
. Serbia SRB - - 2 2
. Switzerland SUI - - 2 2
69. American Samoa AMS - - 1 1
. Denmark DEN - - 1 1
. Lithuania LTU - - 1 1
. Cayman Islands CAY - - 1 1
. India IND - - 1 1
. Ghana GHA - - 1 1
. Slovakia SVK - - 1 1
. Namibia NAM - - 1 1
. Barbados BAR - - 1 1
. Puerto Rico PUR - - 1 1
 
78 TOTALS   391 394 391 1176

Individual Medal Table top

*Between brackets are individual medals of those who have relay medals.

Ps Name GD SV BZ Medal Details
1. Allyson Felix, USA [4/1/2] 14 3 3 200: 05-07-09; 400: 15; 4x100: 07-11-17; 4x400: 07-09-11-17-[19]-[22]; 4x400MX: 19 // 400: 11; 4x100: 15; 4x400: 15 // 200: 11; 400: 17; 4x400MX: 22
2. Shelly-Ann Fraser, JAM [6/0/0] 10 3 - 100: 09-13-15-19-22; 200: 13; 4x100: 09-13-15-19 // 4x100: [07]-11-22 // None
3. Gail Devers, USA [4/2/0] 5 3 - 100: 93; 100h: 93-95-99; 4x100: 97 // 100h: 91-01; 4x100: 93 // None
4. Sanya Richards, USA [1/1/0] 5 2 - 400: 09; 4x400: 03-07-09-11 // 400: 05; 4x400: 15 // None
5. Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH 5 1 - 5000: 03-05; 10000: 05-07-13 // 10000: 17 // None
6. Jearl Miles-Clark, USA [1/0/2] 4 3 2 400: 93; 4x400: 93-95-03 // 4x400: 91-97-99 // 400: 95-97
7. Valerie Adams (Vili), NZL 4 - 1 SP: 07-09-11-13 // None // SP: 05
8. Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA 4 - - LJ: 87-91; Hep: 87-93 // None // None
. Brittney Reese, USA 4 - - LJ: 09-11-13-17 // None // None
10. Veronica Campbell-Brown, JAM [2/4/1] 3 7 1 100: 07; 200: 11; 4x100: 15 // 100: 05-11; 200: 07-09; 4x100: 05-07-11 // 200: 15
11. Merlene Ottey, JAM [2/3/5] 3 4 7 200: 93-95; 4x100: 91 // 100: 93-95; 200: 83; 4x100: 95 // 100: 87-91; 200: 87-91-97; 4x100: 83-93
12. Gwen Torrence, USA [1/3/1] 3 4 1 100: 95; 4x100: 95; 4x400: 93 // 100: 91; 200: 91-93; 4x100: 93 // 100: 93
13. Shericka Jackson, JAM [1/1/2] 3 2 3 200: 22; 4x100: 19; 4x400: 15 // 100: 22; 4x100: 22 // 400: 15-19; 4x400: 19
14. Inger Miller, USA [1/1/0] 3 2 - 200: 99; 4x100: 97-01 // 100: 99; 4x100: 03 // None
. Tatyana Lebedeva, RUS 3 2 - LJ : 07; TJ: 01-03 // TJ: 07; LJ: 09 // None
16. Carmelita Jeter, USA [1/1/3] 3 1 3 100: 11; 4x100: 07-11 // 200: 11 // 100: 07-09-13
17. Maria Lourdes Mutola, MOZ 3 1 1 800: 93-01-03 // 800: 99 // 800: 97
18. Marita Koch, GDR [1/1/0] 3 1 - 83: 200-4x100-4x400 // 83: 100 // None
. Silke Gladisch-Moller, GDR [2/0/0] 3 1 - 83: 4x100; 87: 100-200 // 87: 4x100 // None
. Tatiana Samolenko Dorovskih, URS 3 1 - 87: 1500-3000; 91: 3000 // 91: 1500 // None
. Vivian Cheruiyot, KEN 3 1 - 5000: 09-11; 10000: 11 // 5000: 07 // None
. Anita Wlodarczyk, POL 3 1 - HT: 09-15-17 // HT: 13 // None
. Sydney McLaughlin, USA [1/1/0] 3 1 - 400h: 22; 4x400: 19-22 // 400h: 19 // None
24. Marion Jones, USA [2/0/1] 3 - 1 100: 97-99; 200: (01-DQ); 4x100: 97-(01-DQ) // 100: (01-DQ) // LJ: 99
. Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS 3 - 1 PV: 05-07-13 // None // PV: 03
26. Astrid Kumbernuss, GER 3 - - SP: 95-97-99 // None // None
. Gabriela Szabo, ROM 3 - - 1500: 01; 5000: 97-99 // None // None
. Carolina Kluft, SWE 3 - - Hep: 03-05-07 // None // None
. Franka Dietzsch, GER 3 - - DT: 99-05-07 // None // None
. Olga Kaniskina, RUS 3 - - 20KW: 07-09-11 // None // None
. Mariya Lasitskene, RUS 3 - - HJ: 15-17-19 // None // None
. Yulimar Rojas, VEN 3 - - TJ: 17-19-22 // None // None
33. Kerron Stewart, JAM [0/1/0] 2 3 - 4x100: 09-13 // 100: 09; 4x100: 07-11 // None

Medal table (by event, athletes) top

6-1-0 - Allison Felix (4x400)

 

5-0-0 - Shelly-Ann Fraser, JAM (100)

 

4-3-0 - Shelly-Ann Fraser, JAM (4x100)

4-1-0 - Sanya Richards (4x400)

4-0-1 - Valerie Adams (Vili) (shot put)

4-0-0 - Brittney Reese (long jump)

 

3-3-0 - Jearl Miles (4x400)

3-2-0 - Gail Devers (100h)
- Shelly-Ann Fraser (4x100)

3-1-1 - Maria Mutola (800)

3-1-0 - Tirunesh Dibaba (10000)
- Anita Wlodarczyk (hammer)
- Allison Felix (4x100)

3-0-1 - Allison Felix (200)
- Yelena Isinbayeva (pole vault)

3-0-0 - Astrid Kumbernus (shot put)
- Carolina Kluft (heptathlon)
- Franka Dietzsch (discus)
- Olga Kaniskina (20KW)
- Mariya Lasitskene (high jump)
- Yulimar Rojas (triple jump)

Medal table (by event, countries) top

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

 

Event Ed 1st Medals 2nd Medals
100 18 United States 8/3/6 Jamaica 6/6/3
200 18 Jamaica 5/6/5 United States 4/8/1
400 18 United States 4/3/3 Bahamas 2/3/0
800 18 Mozambique 3/1/1 Cuba 3/1/0
1500 18 Russia 3/1/1 Kenya 2/2/1
5000 18 Ethiopia 6/3/8 Kenya 4/6/3
10000 17 Ethiopia 8/8/4 Kenya 4/3/7
Mar 18 Kenya 5/5/1 Japan 2/5/3
100 h 18 United States 8/5/3 Jamaica 2/3/4
400 h 18 United States 5/8/6 URS / MAR / AUS 2/1/0
3000st 9 Kenya 3/1/5 Russia 2/3/0
4x100 18 United States 8/4/1 Jamaica 5/6/5
4x400 18 United States 9/5/1 Russia 3/3/3
HJ 18 Russia 5/5/3 Croatia 2/2/0
PV 12 Russia 5/1/3 United States 3/5/0
LJ 18 United States 8/0/3 Germany 3/1/0
TJ 15 Russia 3/3/3 Venezuela 3/0/0
SP 18 Germany 4/4/4 China 4/3/2
DT 18 Germany 4/2/1 Belarus 3/1/0
HT 12 Russia 3/3/1 Poland 3/2/1
JT 18 Germany 3/4/5 CZE / AUS 2/2/0
20km 17 Russia 8/2/2 China 4/4/5
50km 3 China 1/2/2 Portugal / Peru 1/0/0
Hep 18 Great Britain 3/3/1 Sweden 3/0/0

Cleansweeps top

A cleansweep happens when a country gets the first three positions in the same event and year. Since 1993, the world champion has the right to defend her title in the next edition, and her country is awarded a fourth contestant. Only in this case is it possible to achieve a *"foursweep" (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th from the same country).

 

Year Event Country Athletes (Gold, Silver, Bronze), [4th]
1983 Heptathlon East Germany Ramona Neubert, Sabine Paetz, Anke Vater.
1993 3000 China Yunxia Qu, Linli Zhang, Liron Zhang.
2001 10000 Ethiopia Derartu Tulu, Berhane Adere, Gete Wami.
2005 5000 *Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba, Meseret Defar, Ejegayehu Dibaba, [Meselech Melkamu].
2005 10000 Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba, Berhane Adere, Ejegayehu Dibaba.
2007 Long Jump Russia Tatyana Lebedeva, Lyudmila Kolchanova, Tatyana Kotova.
2011 10000 *Kenya Vivian Cheruiyot, Sally Kipyego, Linet Masai, [Priscah Cherono].
2011 Marathon Kenya Edna Kiplagat, Priscah Jeptoo, Sharon Cherop.
2015 5000 Ethiopia Almaz Ayana, Senbere Teferi, Genzebe Dibaba.
2019 20km walk China Liu Hong, Qieyang Shenjie, Yang Liujing
2022 100 Jamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Elaine Thompson-Herah

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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