Track And Field Olympic Medals

Welsh athletes have only ever won four track and field olympic gold medals and half came 100 years ago.

Track and field olympic medals.

To see a list of the individual medalists go here. Jamaican usain bolt also won 9 golds but a relay gold was taken off him later when a team mate was found guilty of doping. Athletics has been contested at every summer olympics since the birth of the modern olympic movement at the 1896 summer olympics the athletics program traces its earliest roots to events used in the ancient greek olympics the modern program includes track and field events road running events and racewalking events. He was only slightly ahead of us sprinter carl lewis who also won 9 gold medals.

Cross country running was also on the program in earlier editions but it was. Media caption olympic gold medal win a marvellous achievement. Become a usatf member today. American track and field athlete jesse owens won four gold medals at the 1936 berlin olympic games.

9 medals 6 g 3 s felix is the only female track and field athlete to ever win six olympic gold medals and her nine medals are tied for the most ever won by a. Allyson felix track and field. Cecil griffiths from. His long jump world record stood for 25 years.

The best all time performing track and field athlete at the olympic games is finnish distance runner paavo nurmi who competed between 1920 and 1928 and won 12 medals including 9 gold medals. Develop our nation s best.