Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.

Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists. Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (100 m) Year Name Country Winning time 1928 Elizabeth Robinson United States 12.20 1932 Stanislawa Walasiewicz Poland 11.90 1936 Helen Stephens United States 11.50 1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen The Netherlands 11.90 1952 Marjorie Jackson Australia 11.50 1956 Betty Cuthbert Australia 11.50 1960 Wilma Rudolph United States 11.00 1964 Wyomia Tyus United States 11.40 1968 Wyomia Tyus United States 11.08 1972 Renate Stecher East Germany 11.07 1976 Annegret Richter West Germany 11.08 1980 Lyudmila Kondratyeva USSR 11.06 1984 Evelyn Ashford United States 10.97 1988 Florence Griffith-Joyner United States 10.54 1992 Gail Devers United States 10.82 1996 Gail Devers United States 10.94 2000 Marion Jones* United States 10.75 2004 Yuliya Nesterenko Belarus 10.93 *The International Olympic Committee stripped Jones of her gold medal in this event in December 2007 after finding that she used performance-enhancing drugs. A new gold medal winner has not yet been named. . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (100 m Hurdles) Year Name Country Winning time 1932 Mildred Didrikson United States 11.70 1936 Trebisonda Valla Italy 11.70 1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen The Netherlands 11.20 1952 Shirley Strickland Australia 10.80 1956 Shirley Strickland Australia 10.70 1960 Irina Press USSR 10.80 1964 Karin Balzer Germany 10.50 1968 Maureen Caird Australia 10.30 1972 Annelie Ehrhardt East Germany 12.59 1976 Johanna Schaller East Germany 12.77 1980 Vera Komisova USSR 12.56 1984 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown United States 12.84 1988 Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria 12.38 1992 Paraskevi Patoulidou Greece 12.64 1996 Lyudmila Engquist Sweden 12.58 2000 Olga Shishgina Kazakhstan 12.65 2004 Joanna Hayes United States 12.37 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (200 m) Year Name Country Winning time 1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen The Netherlands 24.40 1952 Marjorie Jackson Australia 23.70 1956 Betty Cuthbert Australia 23.40 1960 Wilma Rudolph United States 24.00 1964 Edith Maguire United States 23.00 1968 Irena Szewinska Poland 22.58 1972 Renate Stecher East Germany 22.40 1976 Bärbel Eckert East Germany 22.37 1980 Bärbel Wöckel East Germany 22.03 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 21.81 1988 Florence Griffith-Joyner United States 21.34 1992 Gwen Torrence United States 21.81 1996 Marie-José Pérec France 22.12 2000 Marion Jones* United States 21.84 2004 Veronica Campbell Jamaica 22.05 *The International Olympic Committee stripped Jones of her gold medal in this event in December 2007 after finding that she used performance-enhancing drugs. A new gold medal winner has not yet been named. . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (400 m) Year Name Country Winning time 1 964 Betty Cuthbert Australia 52.00 1968 Colette Besson France 52.03 1972 Monika Zehrt East Germany 51.08 1976 Irena Szewinska Poland 49.29 1980 Marita Koch East Germany 48.88 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 48.83 1988 Olga Bryzgina USSR 48.65 1992 Marie-José Pérec France 48.83 1996 Marie-José Pérec France 48.25 2000 Cathy Freeman Australia 49.11 2004 Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas 49.41 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (400 m Hurdles) Year Name Country Winning time (in seconds) 1984 Nawal El Moutawakel Morocco 54.61 1988 Debra Flintoff-King Australia 53.17 1992 Sally Gunnell Great Britain 53.23 1996 Deon Hemmings Jamaica 52.82 2000 Irina Privalova Russia 53.02 2004 Fani Halkia Greece 52.82 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (800 m) Year Name Country Winning time 1928 Lina Radke Germany 2:16.80 1960 Lyudmila Shevtsova USSR 2:04.30 1964 Ann Packer United Kingdom 2:01.10 1968 Madeline Manning United States 2:00.90 1972 Hildegard Falck West Germany 1:58.55 1976 Tatyana Kazankina USSR 1:54.94 1980 Nadezhda Olizarenko USSR 1:53.42 1984 Doina Melinte Romania 1:57.60 1988 Sigrun Wodars East Germany 1:56.10 1992 Ellen van Langen The Netherlands 1:55.54 1996 Svetlana Masterkova Russia 1:57.73 2000 Maria Mutola Mozambique 1:56.15 2004 Kelly Holmes United Kingdom 1:56.38 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (1,500 m) Year Name Country Winning time 1972 Lyudmila Bragina USSR 4:01.40 1976 Tatyana Kazankina USSR 4:05.48 1980 Tatyana Kazankina USSR 3:56.60 1984 Gabriella Dorio Italy 4:03.25 1988 Paula Ivan Romania 3:53.96 1992 Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria 3:55.30 1996 Svetlana Masterkova Russia 4:00.83 2000 Nouria Merah-Benida Algeria 4:05.10 2004 Kelly Holmes United Kingdom 3:57.90 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (3,000 m) Year Name Country Winning time 1984 Maricica Puica Romania 8:35.96 1988 Tatyana Samolenko USSR 8:26.53 1992 Yelena Romanova CIS 8:46.04 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (5,000 m) Year Name Country Winning time 1996 Wang Junxia China 14:59.88 2000 Gabriela Szabo Romania 14:40.79 2004 Meseret Defar Ethiopia 14:45.65 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (10,000 m) Year Name Country Winning time 1988 Olga Bondarenko USSR 31:05.21 1992 Derartu Tulu Ethiopia 31:06.02 1996 Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal 31:01.63 2000 Derartu Tulu Ethiopia 30:17.49 2004 Huina Xing China 30:24.36 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (20 km Walk) Year Name Country Winning time 2 000 1 Wang Liping China 1h 29:05 Athanasia Tsoumeleka 2004 Greece 1h 29:12 1) Event first held in 2000. . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (Discus) Year Name Country Winning distance 1928 Helena Konopacka Poland 39.62 m/129 ft 113/4 in. 1932 Lillian Copeland United States 40.58 m/133 ft 2 in. 1936 Gisela Mauermayer Germany 47.63 m/156 ft 3 in. 1948 Micheline Ostermeyer France 41.92 m/137 ft 61/2 in. 1952 Nina Romashkova USSR 51.42 m/168 ft 8 in. 1956 Olga Fikotová Czechoslovakia 53.69 m/176 ft 1 in. 1960 Nina Ponomaryeva (Romashkova) USSR 55.10 m/180 ft 81/4 in. 1964 Tamara Press USSR 57.25 m/187 ft 10 in. 1968 Lia Manoliu Romania 58.28 m/191 ft 2 in. 1972 Faina Melnik USSR 66.62 m/218 ft 7 in. 1976 Evelin Schlaak East Germany 69.00 m/226 ft 4 in. 1980 Evelin Jahl East Germany 69.96 m/229 ft 6 in. 1984 Ria Stalman The Netherlands 65.36 m/214 ft 5 in. 1988 Martina Hellmann East Germany 72.30 m/237 ft 21/4 in. 1992 Martiza Marten Cuba 70.06 m/222 ft 10 in. 1996 Ilke Wyludda Germany 69.66 m/228 ft 6 in. 2000 Ellina Zvereva Belarus 68.40 m/224 ft 5 in. 2004 Natalya Sadova Russia 67.02 m/219 ft 10 1/2 in. . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (Heptathlon) Year Name Country Winning points 1984 Glynis Nunn Australia 6,390 points 1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 7,291 points 1992 Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 7,044 points 1996 Ghada Shouaa Syria 6,780 points 2000 Denise Lewis United Kingdom 6,584 points 2004 Carolina Kluft Sweden 6,952 points . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (High Jump) Year Name Country Result 1928 Ethel Catherwood Canada 1.59 m/5 ft 2 1/2 in. 1932 Jean Shiley United States 1.657 m/5 ft 51/4 in. 1936 Ibolya Csák Hungary 1.60 m/5 ft 3 in. 1948 Alice Coachman United States 1.68 m/5 ft 6& in. 1952 Esther Brand South Africa 1.67 m/5 ft 53/4 in. 1956 Mildred McDaniel United States 1.76 m/5 ft 91/4 in. 1960 Iolanda Balas Romania 1.85 m/6 ft 3/4 in. 1964 Iolanda Balas Romania 1.90 m/6 ft 23/4 in. 1968 Miloslava Reÿková Czechoslovakia 1.82 m/5 ft 111/2 in. 1972 Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany 1.92 m/6 ft 4 in. 1976 Rosemarie Ackermann East Germany 1.93 m/6 ft 33/4 in. 1980 Sara Simeoni Italy 1.97 m/6 ft 5 1/2 in. 1984 Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany 2.02 m/6 ft 7 1/2 in. 1988 Louise Ritter United States 2.03 m/6 ft 8 in. 1992 Heike Henkel Germany 2.02 m/6 ft 71/2 in. 1996 Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria 2.05 m/6 ft 83/4 in. 2000 Yelena Yelesina Russia 2.01 m/6 ft 7 in. 2004 Yelena Slesarenko Russia 2.06 m/6 ft 9 in. . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (Javelin) Year Name Country Winning distance 1 932 Mildred Didrikson United States 43.68 m/143 ft 4 in. 1936 Tilly Fleischer Germany 45.18 m/148 ft 23/4 in. 1948 Herma Bauma Austria 45.57 m/149 ft 6 in. 1952 Dana Zátopková Czechoslovakia 50.47 m/165 ft 7 in. 1956 Inessa Jaunzeme USSR 53.86 m/176 ft 8 in. 1960 Elvira Ozolina USSR 55.98 m/183 ft 8 in. 1964 Mihaela Penes Romania 60.54 m/198 ft 71/2 in. 1968 Angéla Németh Hungary 60.36 m/198 ft 1/2 in. 1972 Ruth Fuchs East Germany 63.88 m/209 ft 7 in. 1976 Ruth Fuchs East Germany 65.94 m/216 ft 4 in. 1980 María Colón Cuba 68.40 m/224 ft 5 in. 1984 Tessa Sanderson Great Britain 69.56 m/228 ft 2 in. 1988 Petra Felke East Germany 74.68 m/245 ft 0 in. 1992 Silke Renk Germany 68.34 m/224 ft 21/2 in. 1996 Heli Rantanen Finland 67.94 m/222 ft 11 in. 2000 Trine Hattestad Norway 68.90 m/226 ft 01/2 in. 2004 Osleidys Menendez Cuba 71.53 m/234 ft 8 in. . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (Long Jump) Year Name Country Winning distance 1948 Olga Gyarmati Hungary 5.695 m/18 ft 81/4 in. 1952 Yvette Williams New Zealand 6.24 m/20 ft 53/4 in. 1956 Elzbieta KrzesiNska Poland 6.35 m/20 ft 93/4 in. 1960 Vera Krepkina USSR 6.37 m/20 ft 103/4 in. 1964 Mary Rand Great Britain 6.76 m/22 ft 21/4 in. 1968 Viorica Viscopoleanu Romania 6.82 m/22 ft 41/2 in. 1972 Heidemarie Rosendahl West Germany 6.78 m/22 ft 3 in. 1976 Angela Voigt East Germany 6.72 m/22 ft 3/4 in. 1980 Tatyana Kolpakova USSR 7.06 m/23 ft 2 in. 1984 Anisoara Stanciu Romania 6.96 m/22 ft 10 in. 1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 7.40 m/24 ft 31/2 in. 1992 Heike Dreschler Germany 7.14 m/23 ft 51/4 in. 1996 Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria 7.12 m/23 ft 41/2 in. 2000 Heike Drechsler Germany 6.99 m/22 ft 111/4 in. 2004 Tatyana Lebedeva Russia 7.07 m/23 ft 21/4 in. . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (Marathon) Year Name Country Winning time 1984 Joan Benoit United States 2h 24:52 1988 Rosa Mota Portugal 2h 25:40 1992 Valentina Yegorova CIS 2h 32:41 1996 Fatuma Roba Ethiopia 2h 26:05 2000 Naoko Takahashi Japan 2h 23:14 2004 Mizuki Noguchi Japan 2h 26:20 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (Shot Put) Year Name Country Winning distance 1948 Micheline Ostermeyer France 13.75 m/45 ft 11/2 in. 1952 Galina Sybina USSR 15.28 m/50 ft 13/4 in. 1956 Tamara Tyshkevich USSR 16.59 m/54 ft 5 in. 1960 Tamara Press USSR 17.32 m/56 ft 10 in. 1964 Tamara Press USSR 18.14 m/59 ft 61/4 in. 1968 Margitta Gummel East Germany 19.61 m/64 ft 4 in. 1972 Nadyezda Chizhova USSR 21.03 m/69 ft 0 in. 1976 Ivanka Christova Bulgaria 21.16 m/69 ft 51/4 in. 1980 Ilona Slupianek East Germany 22.41 m/73 ft 61/4 in. 1984 Claudia Losch West Germany 20.48 m/67 ft 21/4 in. 1988 Natalya Lisovskaya USSR 22.24 m/72 ft 111/2 in. 1992 Svetlana Krivelyova Commonwealth of Independent 21.06 m/69 ft 11/2 in. States 1996 Astrid Kumbernuss Germany 20.56 m/67 ft 51/2 in. 2000 Yanina Korolchik Belarus 20.56 m/67 ft 51/2 in. 2004 Yumileidi Cumba Cuba 19.59 m/64 ft 31/4 in. . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (Triple Jump) Year Name Country Winning distance 1996 Inessa Kravets Ukraine 15.33 m/50 ft 31/2 in 2000 Tereza Marinova Bulgaria 15.20 m/49 ft 101/2 in 2004 Francoise Mbango Etone Cameroon 15.30 m/50 ft 21/4 in . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (Pentathlon) Year Name Country Result 1964 Irina Press USSR 5,246 points 1968 Ingrid Becker West Germany 5,098 points 1972 Mary Peters Great Britain 4,801 points 1976 Siegrun Siegl East Germany 4,745 points 1980 Nadyezda Tkachenko USSR 5,083 points This competition was replaced by the heptathlon in 1984. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.