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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. nb Note: Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medals. In 2008 the Russian team of Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya were initially awarded the gold medals. However, the medals were rescinded in 2016 ...
With a combined Olympic and World Championship total of 31 medals, she is also the overall most decorated athlete in track and field history, with 12 medals from individual events and 19 from relays. Felix was the first athlete in track and field history to medal in 3 different relays, 4 × 100 m, 4 × 400 m and mixed 4 × 400 m.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
She was voted the Greatest Female Athlete of the first half of the 20th century by the Associated Press. ... While gymnastics has become a more popular sport over time, Nadia Comaneci is credited ...
This category is for competitors within the sport of athletics, comprising track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking. It is not to be used for competitors in other sports or to categorize anyone who is physically fit , two other definitions of the word athlete .
This is a list of female athletes by sport. Each section is ordered alphabetical by the last name (originally or most commonly known). For specific groupings, see Category:Sportswomen. Sasha Cohen Ellen van Dijk Hagar Finer Sarah Hughes Giselle Kañevsky Morgan Pressel Irina Slutskaya Dara Torres, 4x Olympic champion swimmer
The venue of the championships is decided on an annual basis and sometimes indoor combined track and field events championships were held separately. The Amateur Athletic Union held a women's championship for the first time in 1927, which has since been held annually with exceptions. The men's and women's championships have been held jointly ...
At the time, her medal haul was the second most for female track and field athlete in history, behind only Fanny Blankers-Koen who won four gold medals in 1948. [38] In February 1989, Griffith Joyner announced her retirement from racing. [36] [39] She cited her new business opportunities outside of sprinting.