Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Women
*Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats. On 10 February 2017, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a four-year ban that effectively stripped of the gold medal of Mariya Savinova of Russia, based upon her biological passport.

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Section Title: Women
Table Section Text: *Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats. On 10 February 2017, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a four-year ban that effectively stripped of the gold medal of Mariya Savinova of Russia, based upon her biological passport.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze

100 metres details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica	10.75	Carmelita Jeter United States	10.78	Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica	10.81

200 metres details	Allyson Felix United States	21.88	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica	22.09	Carmelita Jeter United States	22.14

400 metres details	Sanya Richards-Ross United States	49.55	Christine Ohuruogu Great Britain	49.70	DeeDee Trotter United States	49.72

800 metres details	Caster Semenya South Africa	1:57.23	Ekaterina Poistogova Russia	1:57.53	Pamela Jelimo Kenya	1:57.59

1500 metres details	Maryam Yusuf Jamal Bahrain	4:10.74	Tatyana Tomashova Russia	4:10.90	Abeba Aregawi Ethiopia	4:11.03

5000 metres details	Meseret Defar Ethiopia	15:04.25	Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya	15:04.73	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia	15:05.15

10,000 metres details	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia	30:20.75	Sally Kipyego Kenya	30:26.37	Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya	30:30.44

100 metres hurdles details	Sally Pearson Australia	12.35 (OR)	Dawn Harper United States	12.37	Kellie Wells United States	12.48

400 metres hurdles details	Natalya Antyukh Russia	52.70	Lashinda Demus United States	52.77	Zuzana Hejnová Czech Republic	53.38

3000 metres steeplechase details	Habiba Ghribi Tunisia	9:08.37	Sofia Assefa Ethiopia	9:09.84	Milcah Chemos Cheywa Kenya	9:09.88

4 × 100 m relay details	United States (USA) Tianna Madison Allyson Felix Bianca Knight Carmelita Jeter Jeneba Tarmoh* Lauryn Williams*	40.82 (WR)	Jamaica (JAM) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell-Brown Kerron Stewart Samantha Henry-Robinson* Schillonie Calvert*	41.41	Ukraine (UKR) Olesya Povh Hrystyna Stuy Mariya Ryemyen Elyzaveta Bryzgina	42.04

4 × 400 m relay details	United States (USA) DeeDee Trotter Allyson Felix Francena McCorory Sanya Richards-Ross Keshia Baker* Diamond Dixon*	3:16.87	Jamaica (JAM) Christine Day Rosemarie Whyte Shericka Williams Novlene Williams-Mills Shereefa Lloyd*	3:20.95	Ukraine (UKR) Alina Lohvynenko Olha Zemlyak Hanna Yaroshchuk Nataliya Pyhyda	3:23.57

Marathon details	Tiki Gelana Ethiopia	2:23:07 (OR)	Priscah Jeptoo Kenya	2:23:12	Tatyana Arkhipova Russia	2:23:29

20 kilometres walk details	Elena Lashmanova Russia	1:25:02 (WR)	Qieyang Shenjie China	1:25:16	Liu Hong China	1:26:00

High jump details	Anna Chicherova Russia	2.05	Brigetta Barrett United States	2.03	Vacant

Pole vault details	Jenn Suhr United States	4.75	Yarisley Silva Cuba	4.75	Yelena Isinbayeva Russia	4.70

Long jump details	Brittney Reese United States	7.12	Yelena Sokolova Russia	7.07	Janay DeLoach United States	6.89

Triple jump details	Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan	14.98	Caterine Ibargüen Colombia	14.80	Olha Saladukha Ukraine	14.79

Shot put details	Valerie Adams New Zealand	20.70	Gong Lijiao China	20.22	Li Ling China	19.63

Discus throw details	Sandra Perković Croatia	69.11	Li Yanfeng China	67.22	Yarelys Barrios Cuba	66.38

Hammer throw details	Anita Włodarczyk Poland	77.60	Betty Heidler Germany	77.13	Zhang Wenxiu China	76.34

Javelin throw details	Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic	69.55	Christina Obergföll Germany	65.16	Linda Stahl Germany	64.91

Heptathlon details	Jessica Ennis Great Britain	6955	Lilli Schwarzkopf Germany	6649	Austra Skujytė Lithuania	6599

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The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event saw a world record: an American team of Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter ran 40.82.

final_sentence: The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event saw a world record: an American team of Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter ran 40.82.