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This is a list of the men's athletics champions at the Olympics and World Championships in the sprint events since the introduction of the World Championships in 1983. Combining the lists of global champions into a single timeline allows patterns of success and dominance to be demonstrated, as well as highlighting the occasional shock results.
Women's participation began in 1928, with 31 women from 13 nations competing, and reached an all-time high at the 2008 Beijing Games, which had 85 women representing 69 nations. The 2008 and 2012 editions reversed the historical gender bias towards male participation, as women outnumbered men at the Olympic 100 m for the first time. [5] [6]
The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics. In other years, the distances have been: 1896: 40,000 m (approximately) 1900: 40,260 m (25.02 mi) 1904: 40,000 m (24.85 mi) 1912: 40,200 m (24.98 mi) 1920: 40,750 m (25.32 mi)
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 ...
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 ...
Olympic female sprinters (1,798 P) M. Olympic male sprinters (174 P) This page was last edited on 12 December 2018, at 20:02 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Women's 4 × 100 meter medley relay: July 30 Gold: Mike Stulce: Athletics: Men's shot put: July 31 Gold: David Berkoff * Matt Biondi* Hans Dersch* Nelson Diebel Pablo Morales Jon Olsen Jeff Rouse Melvin Stewart* Swimming: Men's 4 × 100 meter medley relay: July 31 Gold: Summer Sanders: Swimming: Women's 200 meter butterfly: July 31 Gold: Gail ...
Pages in category "Olympic male sprinters" The following 174 pages are in this category, out of 174 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Iziaq Adeyanju;