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 |
