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The athletics program traces its earliest roots to events used in the ancient Greek Olympics. The modern program includes track and field events, road running events, and race walking events. Cross country running was also on the program in earlier editions but it was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics .
nb1 Marion Jones was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2000. nb2 Crystal Cox was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2004. nb3 Dominique Blake was accidentally given her Olympic medal and she returned it in 2017. [8] a Original silver medalists, Russia, and 4th place finishers, Belarus, were stripped of their results for doping offenses. Following ...
2 2 1 5 13 Fritz Hofmann: M 1896 Gymnastics • Athletics: 2 1 1 4 14 Heikki Hasu: M 1948–1952 Cross-country skiing • Nordic combined: 2 1 0 3 Morris Kirksey: M 1920 Athletics • Rugby union: 2 1 0 3 Walter Winans: M 1908–1912 Art competitions • Shooting: 2 1 0 3 / Alfréd Hajós: M 1896–1924 Art competitions • Swimming: 2 1 0 3 18 ...
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 ...
2 0 2 2 1 5 see list: see list: Modern pentathlon: Since 1912 26 2 44 44 44 132 Pavel Lednyov (2–2–3) András Balczó (3–2–0) Rowing (men, women) Since 1900 29 14 282 282 286 850 Elisabeta Lipă (5–2–1) Elisabeta Lipă (5–2–1) Georgeta Damian (5–0–1) Steve Redgrave (5–0–1) Rugby
The United States is the nation that has won the most medals in athletics at the Olympic Games, around 855, of which 353 are gold. [2] The United States men's and women's teams have participated in all editions of the games except for the Moscow 1980 games due to boycott.
2:10:47 Ahmed Salah Djibouti: 2:10:59 1992 Barcelona details: Hwang Young-cho South Korea: 2:13:23 Kōichi Morishita Japan: 2:13:45 Stephan Freigang Germany: 2:14:00 1996 Atlanta details: Josia Thugwane South Africa: 2:12:36 Lee Bong-ju South Korea: 2:12:39 Erick Wainaina Kenya: 2:12:44 2000 Sydney details: Gezahegne Abera Ethiopia: 2:10:11 ...
Of the athletes who participated in two or more Summer Olympics in two different sports, 49 are Swedish and 23 of them participated in the home Olympics in Stockholm 1912. Gwynne Evans , [ 2 ] Leo Goodwin , Frank Kugler [ 1 ] and Joe Lydon [ 2 ] are the only athletes to win medals in three different sports.