Olympic Games medallists, women’s distances

800 Metres

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1928
1932-56
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
Lina Radke GER
not held
Lyudmila Shevtsova URS(UKR)
Ann Packer GBR
Madeline Manning USA
Hildegard Falck FRG
Tatyana Kazankina URS(RUS)
Nadezhda Olizarenko URS(UKR)
Doina Melinte ROM
Sigrun Wodars GDR
Ellen van Langen NED
Svetlana Masterkova RUS
Maria Mutola MOZ
Kelly Holmes GBR
Pamela Jelimo KEN
2:16.8
-
2:04.50
2:01.1a
2:00.92A
1:58.55
1:54.94
1:53.43
1:57.60
1:56.10
1:55.54
1:57.73
1:56.15
1:56.38
1:54.87
Kinue Hitomi JPN
-
Brenda Jones AUS
Maryvonne Dupureur FRA
Ileana Silai ROM
Nijolé Sabaité URS(LTU)
Nikolina Shtereva BUL
Olga Mineyeva URS(RUS)
Kim Gallagher USA
Christine Wachtel GDR
Liliya Nurutdinova EUN(RUS)
Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB
Stephanie Graf AUT
Hasna Benhassi MAR
Janeth Jepkosgei KEN
2:17.6e
-
2:04.58
2:01.9a
2:02.58A
1:58.65
1:55.42
1:54.81
1:58.63
1:56.64
1:55.99
1:58.11
1:56.64
1:56.43
1:56.07
Inga Gentzel SWE
-
Ursula Donath GER(GDR)
Marise Chamberlain NZL
Maria Gommers NED
Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR
Elfi Zinn GDR
Tatyana Providokhina URS(RUS)
Fita Lovin ROM
Kim Gallagher USA
Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB
Maria Mutola MOZ
Kelly Holmes GBR
Jolanda Ceplak SLO
Hasna Benhassi MAR 1:56.73
2:18.8e
-
2:05.73
2:02.8a
2:02.63A
1:59.19
1:55.60
1:55.46
1:58.83
1:56.91
1:56.80
1:58.71
1:56.80
1:56.43
1:56.73

1500 Metres

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
Lyudmila Bragina URS(RUS)
Tatyana Kazankina URS(RUS)
Tatyana Kazankina URS(RUS)
Gabriella Dorio ITA
Paula Ivan ROM
Hassiba Boulmerka ALG
Svetlana Masterkova RUS
Nouria Mérah-Benida ALG
Kelly Holmes GBR
Nancy Langat KEN
4:01.38
4:05.48
3:56.56
4:03.25
3:53.96
3:55.30
4:00.83
4:05.10
3:57.90
4:00.23
Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR
Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR
Christiane Wartenberg GDR
Doina Melinte ROM
Laimuté Baikauskaité URS(LTU)
Lyudmila Rogachova EUN(RUS)
Gabriela Szabo ROM
Violeta Szekely ROM
Tatyana Tomashova RUS
Iryna Lishchynska UKR
4:02.83
4:06.02
3:57.71
4:03.76
4:00.24
3:56.91
4:01.54
4:05.15
3:58.12
4:01.63
Paola Cacchi ITA
Ulrike Klapezynski GDR
Nadezhda Olizarenko URS(UKR)
Maricica Puica ROM
Tatyana Samolenko URS(UKR)
Qu Yunxia CHN
Theresia Kiesl AUT
Gabriela Szabo ROM
Maria Cioncan ROM
Nataliya Tobias UKR
4:02.85
4:06.09
3:59.52
4:04.15
4:00.30
3:57.08
4:03.02
4:05.27
3:58.39
4:01.78

3000 Metres

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1984
1988
1992
-
Maricica Puica ROM
Tatyana Samolenko URS(UKR)
Yelena Romanova EUN(RUS)
-
8:35.96
8:26.53
8:46.04
-
Wendy Sly GBR
Paula Ivan ROM
Tatyana Dorovskikh (Samolenko)
EUN(UKR)
8:39.47
8:27.15
8:46.85
-
Lynn Williams CAN
Yvonne Murray GBR
Angela Chalmers CAN
-
8:42.14
8:29.02
8:47.22
-

5000 Metres

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1996
2000
2004
2008
Wang Junxia CHN
Gabriela Szabo ROM
Meseret Defar ETH
Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
14:59.88
14:40.79
14:45.65
15:41.40
Pauline Konga KEN
Sonia O’Sullivan IRL
Isabella Ochichi KEN
Elvan Abeylegesse TUR
15:03.49
14:41.02
14:48.19
15:42.74
Roberta Brunet ITA
Gete Wami ETH
Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
Meseret Defar ETH
15:07.52
14:42.23
14:51.83
15:44.12

10000 Metres

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
Olga Bondarenko URS(RUS)
Derartu Tulu ETH
Fernanda Ribeiro POR
Derartu Tulu ETH
Xing Huina CHN
Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
31:05.21
31:06.02
31:01.63
30:17.49
30:24.36
29:54.66
Liz McColgan GBR
Elana Meyer RSA
Wang Junxia CHN
Gete Wami ETH
Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH
Elvan Abeylegesse TUR
31:08.44
31:11.75
31:02.58
30:22.48
30:24.98
29:56.34
Yelena Zhupiyova URS(UKR)
Lynn Jennings USA
Gete Wami ETH
Fernanda Ribeiro POR
Derartu Tulu ETH
Shalane Flanagan USA
31:19.82
31:19.89
31:06.65
30:22.88
30:26.42
30:22.22

Marathon

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
Joan Benoit USA
Rosa Mota POR
Valentina Yegorova EUN(RUS)
Fatuma Roba ETH
Naoko Takahashi JPN
Mizuki Noguchi JPN
Constantina Dita ROU
2:24:52
2:25:40
2:32:41
2:26:05
2:23:14
2:26:20
2:26:44
Grete Waitz NOR
Lisa Martin AUS
Yuko Arimori JPN
Valentina Yegorova RUS
Lidia Simon ROM
Catherine Ndereba KEN
Catherine Ndereba KEN
2:26:18
2:25:53
2:32:49
2:28:05
2:23:22
2:26:32
2:27:06
Rosa Mota POR
Katrin Dörre GDR
Lorraine Moller NZL
Yuko Arimori JPN
Joyce Chepchumba KEN
Deena Kastor USA
Zhou Chunxiu CHN
2:26:57
2:26:21
2:33:59
2:28:39
2:24:45
2:27:20
2:27:07

3000 Metres Steeplechase

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
2008 Gulnara Galkina RUS 8:58:81 Eunice Jepkorir KEN 9:07.41 Yekaterina Volkova RUS 9:07.64