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Host City: London, Great Britain |
Participants: 2,079 (1,088 men and 991 women) from 201 countries |
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Date Started: August 3, 2012 |
Youngest Participant: AND Cristina Llovera (15 years, 307 days) |
Date Finished: August 11, 2012 |
Oldest Participant: UKR Oleksandr Dryhol (46 years, 101 days) |
Events: 47 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 5 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (28 medals) |
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Venue |
Olympic Stadium |
400 m Capacity 80,000
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Year |
Dates |
City |
Venue |
Countries |
Athletes |
Men |
Women |
Events |
(Men/Women) |
2012 |
Aug 3-12 |
London, GBR
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Olympic Stadium |
201 |
2079 |
1088 |
991 |
47 |
24/23 |
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Olympics 2012: Oscar Pistorius enjoys 'amazing' experience
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Overview
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With the exception of the marathons and the road walks, track & field athletics took place at the Olympic Stadium within the Olympic Park. There were no changes to the program since the 2008 Olympic Games, with men and women competing in almost an identical program, the only differences being that men contest two walks and women only one, the high hurdles are different distances – 100 metres for women and 110 metres for men, and women compete in the multi-event heptathlon while men compete in the decathlon. |
The highlight occurred on the first Saturday night of athletics competition when British fans rocked as their athletes won three gold medals within 45 minutes. [Jessica Ennis] first won the heptathlon, completing the event with her 800 metre run, followed by an upset victory by [Greg Rutherford] in the men’s long jump. The evening finished with [Mo Farah] winning the 10,000 metres followed by the deafening roar of the British crowd. |
There were three world records set on what was considered a very fast track. [David Rudisha] won the 800 metres, becoming the first runner to complete the distance under 1:41. Both 4x100 relay world records were ripped asunder, by the Jamaican men and the American women. [Usain Bolt] again starred, repeating his 3-gold medals from Beijing in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4x100 relay. The only other individual double gold medalist was Farah, who on the final night of athletics competition, won the 5,000 metres, again before an adoring crowd. |
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The athletics competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held during the last 10 days of the Games, on 3–12 August. Track and field events took place at the Olympic Stadium in east London. The road events, however, started and finished on The Mall in central London.
Over 2,000 athletes from 201 nations competed in 47 events in total, with both men and women having a very similar schedule of events. Men competed in 24 events and women in 23, of which 21 were the same for both. The women's schedule lacked the 50 km race walk and included 100 m hurdles and heptathlon as opposed to the men's 110 m hurdles and decathlon. The youngest participant in the athletics competition was Andorran 15-year-old Cristina Llovera while the oldest was 46-year-old Ukrainian Oleksandr Dryhol. |
Medal summary
(WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record)
Men
- *Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats.
- a Tyson Gay was stripped of his silver medal due to doping violations. Following consideration by the IOC, the United States team were disqualified, and their results expunged. The decision was referred back to the IAAF for other results to be adjusted in the wake of the disqualification, promoting Trinidad and Tobago to silver, and France to bronze. The French team received their bronze medals at the IAAF Diamond League in Paris in July 2015.
- b On 24 March 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued decision that all competitive results obtained by Sergey Kirdyapkin from 20 August 2009 to 15 October 2012 are disqualified. IOC has not yet confirmed the Sergey Kirdyapkin's deprivation of his gold medal in men's 50km walk and redistribution of the medals in this event.
Women
- *Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats.
- c On 17 August 2015, the Court of Arbitration for Sport says it approved a settlement agreed to by Turkish athlete Aslı Çakır Alptekin and the IAAF. Alptekin has agreed to forfeit her 1500 metres Olympic title and serve an eight-year ban for blood doping. IOC has not yet confirmed the redistribution of the medals in this event.
- d On 30 January 2015, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency confirmed that runner Yuliya Zaripova will be stripped of her gold medal in the 3,000 metres steeplechase after testing positive for anabolic steroids. IOC has not yet decided on the case and has not yet stripped the medal.
- e On 24 March 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued decision that all competitive results obtained by Olga Kaniskina from 15 August 2009 to 15 October 2012 are disqualified. IOC has not yet confirmed the Olga Kaniskina's deprivation of her silver medal in women's 20km walk and redistribution of the medals in this event.
- f The original winner, Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus, was stripped of her gold medal after failing drugs tests. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.
- g The original silver medalist, Darya Pishchalnikova of Russia, was stripped of her silver medal after failing drugs tests. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.
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Medal table
1 |
United States |
9 |
12 |
7 |
28 |
2 |
Russia |
7 |
4 |
5 |
16 |
3 |
Jamaica |
4 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
4 |
Great Britain |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
Ethiopia |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
Kenya |
2 |
4 |
5 |
11 |
7 |
Australia |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
Germany |
1 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
China |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
10 |
Dominican Republic |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
France |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Poland |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
Czech Republic |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
15 |
Algeria |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Bahamas |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Croatia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Grenada |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Hungary |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Kazakhstan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
New Zealand |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Uganda |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
Cuba |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Ukraine |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
25 |
Botswana |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Colombia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Guatemala |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Iran |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
South Africa |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Slovenia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Tunisia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Turkey |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
33 |
Bahrain |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Canada |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Estonia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Finland |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Ireland |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Italy |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Japan |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Morocco |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Puerto Rico |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Qatar |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Total | 46 | 46 | 49 | 141 |
Note: Three competitors tied for bronze in the men's high jump event.
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Records
World and Olympic records
A total of four world records in athletics and eleven Olympic records were broken during the competition. This was fewer than were set at the Beijing Olympics (5 world, 17 Olympic records) but greater than the number set at the 2004 Games in Athens (2 world, 10 Olympic records).
China's Chen Ding was the first Olympic record breaker, improving the men's 20 km walk record. All three Olympic walk records were broken in London as Sergey Kirdyapkin bettered the Olympic 50 km walk time and Elena Lashmanova set a new world record in the women's 20 km walk.
Usain Bolt was the first track athlete to improve an Olympic record as he defended his 100 m title with a run of 9.63 s. He later joined the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay team (featuring Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Yohan Blake) to set a world record time of 36.84 s. The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event also saw a world record: an American team of Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter ran 40.82 seconds to take half a second off a record which had stood for nearly 27 years. Further women's Olympic records were set by Ethiopia's Tiki Gelana in the marathon, Sally Pearson in the 100 metres hurdles and Tatyana Lysenko in the hammer throw.
David Rudisha improved his own 800 metres world record to 1:40.91 minutes, becoming the first man to break that record at the Olympics since Ralph Doubell did so at the 1968 Games. Renaud Lavillenie was the only man to break a field event record, as he cleared an Olympic best of 5.97 m to win the pole vault competition.
Event | Date | Name | Nationality | Result | Type |
Men's 100 metres |
5 August |
Usain Bolt |
Jamaica |
9.63 |
OR |
Men's 800 metres |
9 August |
David Rudisha |
Kenya |
1:40.91 |
WR OR |
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay |
11 August |
Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt |
Jamaica |
36.84 |
WR OR |
Men's 20 kilometres walk |
4 August |
Chen Ding |
China |
1:18:46 |
OR |
Men's 50 kilometres walk |
11 August |
Jared Tallent |
Australia |
3:36:53 |
OR |
Men's pole vault |
10 August |
Renaud Lavillenie |
France |
5.97 m |
OR |
Women's 100 metres hurdles |
7 August |
Sally Pearson |
Australia |
12.35 |
OR |
Women's marathon |
5 August |
Tiki Gelana |
Ethiopia |
2:23:07 |
OR |
Women's 20 kilometres walk |
11 August |
Elena Lashmanova |
Russia |
1:25:02 |
WR OR |
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay |
10 August |
Tianna Madison Allyson Felix Bianca Knight Carmelita Jeter |
United States |
40.82 |
WR OR |
Women's hammer throw |
10 August |
Tatyana Lysenko |
Russia |
78.18 m |
OR |
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