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Athletics

Facts

Disciplines	Athletics
Participants	24125
NOCs	228
Competitions held	1073
Distinct events	199
IF	World Athletics

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	USA	358	281	224	863
Soviet Union	URS	64	55	74	193
Great Britain	GBR	57	87	77	221
Finland	FIN	48	36	30	114
Kenya	KEN	38	43	36	117
East Germany	GDR	38	36	35	109
Poland	POL	29	20	18	67
Jamaica	JAM	27	39	27	93
Germany	GER	24	48	45	117
Italy	ITA	24	16	28	68
Ethiopia	ETH	24	16	22	62
Australia	AUS	22	29	32	83
Sweden	SWE	21	23	41	85
Canada	CAN	18	19	32	69
Russian Federation	RUS	18	19	19	56
France	FRA	14	27	30	71
West Germany	FRG	12	14	17	43
People's Republic of China	CHN	12	13	18	43
Cuba	CUB	11	14	20	45
Romania	ROU	11	14	10	35
Czechoslovakia	TCH	11	8	5	24
New Zealand	NZL	11	4	13	28
Hungary	HUN	10	13	18	41
Netherlands	NED	10	8	12	30
Norway	NOR	10	8	8	26
South Africa	RSA	9	15	6	30
Greece	GRE	9	12	11	32
Japan	JPN	8	10	10	28
Morocco	MAR	8	5	8	21
Unified Team	EUN	7	11	3	21
Belgium	BEL	7	6	4	17
The Bahamas	BAH	7	2	5	14
Bulgaria	BUL	5	8	6	19
Spain	ESP	5	6	9	20
Brazil	BRA	5	4	12	21
Portugal	POR	5	4	4	13
Czechia	CZE	5	3	8	16
Uganda	UGA	5	2	2	9
Algeria	ALG	4	3	3	10
Ireland	IRL	4	2	1	7
Mexico	MEX	3	6	2	11
Belarus	BLR	3	5	7	15
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	3	4	8	15
Ukraine	UKR	3	3	15	21
Bahrain	BRN	3	3	0	6
Dominican Republic	DOM	3	3	0	6
Lithuania	LTU	3	2	2	7
Croatia	CRO	3	1	2	6
Nigeria	NGR	2	5	7	14
Argentina	ARG	2	3	0	5
Tunisia	TUN	2	2	1	5
Ecuador	ECU	2	2	0	4
Estonia	EST	2	1	3	6
Kazakhstan	KAZ	2	1	2	5
Cameroon	CMR	2	0	0	2
Colombia	COL	1	3	1	5
India	IND	1	3	0	4
Austria	AUT	1	2	5	8
Qatar	QAT	1	2	2	5
Botswana	BOT	1	2	1	4
Slovenia	SLO	1	2	1	4
Grenada	GRN	1	1	3	5
Venezuela	VEN	1	1	1	3
Burundi	BDI	1	1	0	2
ROC	ROC	1	1	0	2
Republic of Korea	KOR	1	1	0	2
Saint Lucia	LCA	1	1	0	2
Panama	PAN	1	0	2	3
Puerto Rico	PUR	1	0	2	3
Mozambique	MOZ	1	0	1	2
Dominica	DMA	1	0	0	1
Luxembourg	LUX	1	0	0	1
Pakistan	PAK	1	0	0	1
Slovakia	SVK	1	0	0	1
Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	1	0	0	1
Tajikistan	TJK	1	0	0	1
Switzerland	SUI	0	6	2	8
Namibia	NAM	0	5	0	5
Denmark	DEN	0	4	3	7
Latvia	LAT	0	4	1	5
Chile	CHI	0	2	0	2
Sri Lanka	SRI	0	2	0	2
United Republic of Tanzania	TAN	0	2	0	2
Yugoslavia	YUG	0	2	0	2
Chinese Taipei	TPE	0	1	1	2
Iceland	ISL	0	1	1	2
Zambia	ZAM	0	1	1	2
Bohemia	BOH	0	1	0	1
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	0	1	0	1
Guatemala	GUA	0	1	0	1
Haiti	HAI	0	1	0	1
Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI	0	1	0	1
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA	0	1	0	1
Senegal	SEN	0	1	0	1
Sudan	SUD	0	1	0	1
Philippines	PHI	0	0	2	2
Türkiye	TUR	0	0	2	2
West Indies Federation	WIF	0	0	2	2
Australasia	ANZ	0	0	1	1
Barbados	BAR	0	0	1	1
Burkina Faso	BUR	0	0	1	1
Djibouti	DJI	0	0	1	1
Eritrea	ERI	0	0	1	1
Serbia	SRB	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Paavo Nurmi	FIN	9	3	0	12
Carl Lewis	USA	9	1	0	10
Ray Ewry	USA	8	0	0	8
Usain Bolt	JAM	8	0	0	8
Allyson Felix	USA	7	3	1	11
Ville Ritola	FIN	5	3	0	8
Elaine Thompson-Herah	JAM	5	1	0	6
Hannes Kolehmainen	FIN	4	1	0	5
Emil Zátopek	CZE TCH	4	1	0	5
Evelyn Ashford	USA	4	1	0	5
Mel Sheppard	USA	4	1	0	5

Event types

Discipline	Name	Gender	Still contested?	Times held?
Athletics	100 metres	Men		31
Athletics	200 metres	Men		29
Athletics	400 metres	Men		31
Athletics	800 metres	Men		31
Athletics	1,500 metres	Men		31
Athletics	5,000 metres	Men		26
Athletics	10,000 metres	Men		26
Athletics	Marathon	Men		31
Athletics	110 metres Hurdles	Men		31
Athletics	400 metres Hurdles	Men		28
Athletics	4 × 100 metres Relay	Men		26
Athletics	4 × 400 metres Relay	Men		26
Athletics	20 kilometres Race Walk	Men		18
Athletics	High Jump	Men		38
Athletics	Long Jump	Men		42
Athletics	Pole Vault	Men		40
Athletics	Triple Jump	Men		33
Athletics	Shot Put	Men		43
Athletics	Discus Throw	Men		39
Athletics	Hammer Throw	Men		34
Athletics	Javelin Throw	Men		28
Athletics	Decathlon	Men		26
Athletics	100 metres	Women		23
Athletics	200 metres	Women		20
Athletics	400 metres	Women		16
Athletics	800 metres	Women		18
Athletics	1,500 metres	Women		14
Athletics	5,000 metres	Women		8
Athletics	10,000 metres	Women		10
Athletics	Marathon	Women		11
Athletics	100 / 80 metres Hurdles	Women		22
Athletics	400 metres Hurdles	Women		11
Athletics	Steeplechase (3,000 metres)	Women		5
Athletics	4 × 100 metres Relay	Women		23
Athletics	4 × 400 metres Relay	Women		14
Athletics	20 kilometres Race Walk	Women		7
Athletics	High Jump	Women		23
Athletics	Pole Vault	Women		7
Athletics	Long Jump	Women		20
Athletics	Triple Jump	Women		8
Athletics	Shot Put	Women		20
Athletics	Discus Throw	Women		23
Athletics	Hammer Throw	Women		7
Athletics	Javelin Throw	Women		22
Athletics	Heptathlon	Women		11
Athletics	4 × 400 metres Relay	Mixed		2
Athletics	Marathon Race Walk Relay	Mixed		1
Athletics	100 metres	Boys		3
Athletics	200 metres	Boys		3
Athletics	400 metres	Boys		3
Athletics	800 metres	Boys		2
Athletics	1,500 metres	Boys		2
Athletics	3,000 metres	Boys		3
Athletics	110 metres Hurdles	Boys		3
Athletics	400 metres Hurdles	Boys		3
Athletics	Steeplechase	Boys		3
Athletics	High Jump	Boys		12
Athletics	Pole Vault	Boys		8
Athletics	Long Jump	Boys		11
Athletics	Triple Jump	Boys		3
Athletics	Shot Put	Boys		11
Athletics	Discus Throw	Boys		6
Athletics	Hammer Throw	Boys		7
Athletics	Javelin Throw	Boys		3
Athletics	5,000 metres Race Walk	Boys		1
Athletics	100 metres	Girls		3
Athletics	200 metres	Girls		3
Athletics	400 metres	Girls		3
Athletics	800 metres	Girls		2
Athletics	3,000 metres	Girls		3
Athletics	1,500 metres	Girls		2
Athletics	100 metres Hurdles	Girls		3
Athletics	400 metres Hurdles	Girls		3
Athletics	Steeplechase	Girls		3
Athletics	5,000 metres Race Walk	Girls		3
Athletics	High Jump	Girls		3
Athletics	Pole Vault	Girls		3
Athletics	Long Jump	Girls		3
Athletics	Triple Jump	Girls		3
Athletics	Shot Put	Girls		3
Athletics	Discus Throw	Girls		3
Athletics	Hammer Throw	Girls		3
Athletics	Javelin Throw	Girls		3
Athletics	60 metres	Men		2
Athletics	100 yards	Men		13
Athletics	220 yards	Men		5
Athletics	Stade Race	Men		1
Athletics	440 yards	Men		10
Athletics	Diaulos	Men		3
Athletics	880 yards	Men		6
Athletics	1 mile	Men		7
Athletics	2 miles	Men		4
Athletics	Long Race (Dolikhos)	Men		1
Athletics	5 miles	Men		3
Athletics	120 yards Hurdles	Men		9
Athletics	200 metres Hurdles	Men		2
Athletics	220 yards Hurdles	Men		5
Athletics	Steeplechase	Men		29
Athletics	4 × 440 yards Relay	Men		1
Athletics	1,600 metres Medley Relay	Men		1
Athletics	Team Race	Men		6
Athletics	1,500 metres Race Walk	Men		1
Athletics	3,000 metres Race Walk	Men		2
Athletics	3,500 metres Race Walk	Men		1
Athletics	10 kilometres Race Walk	Men		5
Athletics	10 miles Race Walk	Men		1
Athletics	50 kilometres Race Walk	Men		20
Athletics	Cross-Country	Men		3
Athletics	Cross-Country, Team	Men		3
Athletics	Standing High Jump	Men		5
Athletics	Standing Long Jump	Men		5
Athletics	Standing Triple Jump	Men		3
Athletics	Plain Jump	Men		1
Athletics	Over the Ditch Jump	Men		2
Athletics	Shot Put (Both Hands)	Men		1
Athletics	56-pound Weight Throw	Men		9
Athletics	Stone Throw	Men		3
Athletics	Discus Throw (Greek Style)	Men		2
Athletics	Discus Throw (Both Hands)	Men		1
Athletics	Javelin Throw (Both Hands)	Men		1
Athletics	Javelin Throw (Freestyle)	Men		2
Athletics	Javelin Throw for Accuracy	Men		4
Athletics	Bolo Throw	Men		1
Athletics	Baseball Throw	Men		6
Athletics	Ball Throw for Accuracy	Men		1
Athletics	Pentathlon	Men		3
Athletics	Pentathlon (Ancient)	Men		1
Athletics	Pentathlon, Team	Men		1
Athletics	All-Around Championship	Men		1
Athletics	Team	Men		3
Athletics	60 yards (Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	Pole Vault Over a Ditch	Men		1
Athletics	100 yards (Handicap)	Men		5
Athletics	100 metres (Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	220 yards (Handicap)	Men		5
Athletics	400 metres (Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	440 yards (Handicap)	Men		4
Athletics	800 metres (Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	880 yards (Handicap)	Men		5
Athletics	1,500 metres (Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	1 mile (Handicap)	Men		4
Athletics	2 miles, Handicap	Men		4
Athletics	120 yards Hurdles (Handicap)	Men		3
Athletics	110 metres Hurdles (Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	220 yards Hurdles (Handicap)	Men		3
Athletics	400 metres Hurdles (Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	Steeplechase (2,500 metres, Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	1 mile, Handicap, Team	Men		1
Athletics	High Jump (Handicap)	Men		6
Athletics	Long Jump (Handicap)	Men		6
Athletics	Pole Vault (Handicap)	Men		6
Athletics	Shot Put (Handicap)	Men		6
Athletics	Discus Throw (Handicap)	Men		6
Athletics	Hammer Throw (Handicap)	Men		5
Athletics	56-pound Weight Throw (Handicap)	Men		3
Athletics	Team, Handicap	Men		3
Athletics	100 metres (Professionals)	Men		1
Athletics	400 metres (Professionals)	Men		1
Athletics	1,500 metres (Professionals)	Men		1
Athletics	5,000 metres (Professionals)	Men		1
Athletics	6-hour race (Professionals)	Men		1
Athletics	110 metres Hurdles (Professionals)	Men		1
Athletics	Steeplechase (2,500 metres, Professionals)	Men		1
Athletics	High Jump (Professionals)	Men		1
Athletics	Long Jump (Professionals)	Men		1
Athletics	Shot Put (Professionals)	Men		1
Athletics	100 metres (Professionals / Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	400 metres (Professionals / Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	1,500 metres (Professionals / Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	High Jump (Professionals / Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	Long Jump (Professionals / Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	Shot Put (Professionals / Handicap)	Men		1
Athletics	1,500 metres Wheelchair	Men		6
Athletics	Bladdering	Men		1
Athletics	High Jump - Anthropological Days	Men		0
Athletics	3,000 metres	Women		3
Athletics	10 kilometres Race Walk	Women		2
Athletics	Pentathlon	Women		5
Athletics	800 metres Wheelchair	Women		6
Athletics	50 yards	Boys		3
Athletics	100 yards	Boys		9
Athletics	220 yards	Boys		9
Athletics	440 yards	Boys		7
Athletics	880 yards	Boys		6
Athletics	1,000 metres	Boys		1
Athletics	1 mile	Boys		6
Athletics	2 miles	Boys		1
Athletics	5 miles	Boys		1
Athletics	120 yards Hurdles	Boys		5
Athletics	220 yards Hurdles	Boys		5
Athletics	4 × 220 yards Relay	Boys		1
Athletics	4 × 440 yards Relay	Boys		3
Athletics	Medley Relay	Boys		2
Athletics	10,000 metres Race Walk	Boys		2
Athletics	56-pound Weight Throw	Boys		1
Athletics	Team	Boys		6
Athletics	1,000 metres	Girls		1
Athletics	Medley Relay	Girls		1
Athletics	8 × 100 metres Relay	Mixed Youth		1