Olympic Track & Field
28 entries in the Olympic Track & Field compendium.
Olympic Track & Field — Era Chart
Abebe BikilaEthiopian marathoner who won two Olympic golds, first barefoot.Allyson FelixMost decorated athlete in Olympic and World Championships track and field history.Almaz AyanaEthiopian distance runner; Olympic gold and world record holder.Anita WłodarczykPolish hammer thrower, three-time Olympic champion and world record holder.Armand DuplantisSwedish-American pole vaulter, world record holder, two-time Olympic champion.Armin HaryGerman sprinter, first to run 100 m in 10.0 seconds.Ashton EatonTwo-time Olympic decathlon champion and former world record holder.Betty RobinsonFirst Olympic women's 100 m champion; survived plane crash to win again.Bob BeamonAmerican long jumper who set a historic Olympic world record.Bob MathiasOlympic decathlon champion, U.S. congressman, and actor.Carl LewisAmerican sprinter and long jumper with nine Olympic gold medals.Cathy FreemanAustralian sprinter, Olympic champion, and Indigenous trailblazer.Chioma AjunwaFirst Nigerian Olympic gold medalist and dual-sport athlete.Daley ThompsonEnglish former decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, four-time world record holder, David RudishaKenyan middle-distance runner; world and Olympic 800 m record holder.Dick FosburyAmerican high jumper who invented the Fosbury flop.Edwin MosesAmerican former hurdler, Olympic gold medalist, and sports reformer.Elaine Thompson-HerahFive-time Olympic champion and fastest woman alive in the 100 m.Eliud KipchogeKenyan long-distance runner; Olympic marathon champion and former world record holder.Fanny Blankers-KoenDutch athlete who won four Olympic golds as a mother of two.Florence Griffith JoynerAmerican sprinter who set world records in 1988.Galina ZybinaSoviet shot putter who set eight consecutive world records and won Olympic gold, silver, aGert FredrikssonSwedish sprint canoeist with six Olympic gold medals.Grete WaitzNorwegian marathon pioneer and nine-time New York City Marathon winner.Haile GebrselassieEthiopian long-distance runner and businessman, called the Emperor of Distance Running.Heike DrechslerGerman long jumper and sprinter, two-time Olympic gold medalist.Hicham El GuerroujMoroccan middle-distance runner, current world record holder in 1500 m.Jackie Joyner-KerseeAmerican former track and field athlete; world record holder in heptathlon since 1988.
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