Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
*Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats. Tyson Gay was stripped of his silver medal due to a doping violation.

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Section Title: Men
Table Section Text: *Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats. Tyson Gay was stripped of his silver medal due to a doping violation.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze

100 metres details	Usain Bolt Jamaica	9.63 (OR)	Yohan Blake Jamaica	9.75	Justin Gatlin United States	9.79

200 metres details	Usain Bolt Jamaica	19.32	Yohan Blake Jamaica	19.44	Warren Weir Jamaica	19.84

400 metres details	Kirani James Grenada	43.94	Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic	44.46	Lalonde Gordon Trinidad and Tobago	44.52

800 metres details	David Rudisha Kenya	1:40.91 (WR)	Nijel Amos Botswana	1:41.73	Timothy Kitum Kenya	1:42.53

1500 metres details	Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria	3:34.08	Leonel Manzano United States	3:34.79	Abdalaati Iguider Morocco	3:35.13

5000 metres details	Mo Farah Great Britain	13:41.66	Dejen Gebremeskel Ethiopia	13:41.98	Thomas Longosiwa Kenya	13:42.36

10,000 metres details	Mo Farah Great Britain	27:30.42	Galen Rupp United States	27:30.90	Tariku Bekele Ethiopia	27:31.43

110 metres hurdles details	Aries Merritt United States	12.92	Jason Richardson United States	13.04	Hansle Parchment Jamaica	13.12

400 metres hurdles details	Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic	47.63	Michael Tinsley United States	47.91	Javier Culson Puerto Rico	48.10

3000 metres steeplechase details	Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya	8:18.56	Mahiedine Benabbad France	8:19.08	Abel Mutai Kenya	8:19.73

4×100 metres relay details	Jamaica (JAM) Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Kemar Bailey-Cole*	36.84 (WR)	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richard Thompson	38.12	France (FRA) Jimmy Vicaut Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ronald Pognon	38.16

4×400 metres relay details	Bahamas (BAH) Chris Brown Demetrius Pinder Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller	2:56.72	United States (USA) Bryshon Nellum Joshua Mance Tony McQuay Angelo Taylor Manteo Mitchell*	2:57.05	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Lalonde Gordon Jarrin Solomon Ade Alleyne-Forte Deon Lendore	2:59.40

Marathon details	Stephen Kiprotich Uganda	2:08:01	Abel Kirui Kenya	2:08:27	Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich Kenya	2:09:37

20 kilometres walk details	Chen Ding China	1:18:46 (OR)	Erick Barrondo Guatemala	1:18:57	Wang Zhen China	1:19:25

50 kilometres walk details	Jared Tallent Australia	3:36:53 (OR)	Si Tianfeng China	3:37:16	Robert Heffernan Ireland	3:37:54

High jump details	Vacant	Erik Kynard United States	2.33	Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar Derek Drouin Canada Robert Grabarz Great Britain	2.29

Pole vault details	Renaud Lavillenie France	5.97 (OR)	Björn Otto Germany	5.91	Raphael Holzdeppe Germany	5.91

Long jump details	Greg Rutherford Great Britain	8.31	Mitchell Watt Australia	8.16	Will Claye United States	8.12

Triple jump details	Christian Taylor United States	17.81	Will Claye United States	17.62	Fabrizio Donato Italy	17.48

Shot put details	Tomasz Majewski Poland	21.89	David Storl Germany	21.86	Reese Hoffa United States	21.23

Discus throw details	Robert Harting Germany	68.27	Ehsan Haddadi Iran	68.18	Gerd Kanter Estonia	68.03

Hammer throw details	Krisztián Pars Hungary	80.59	Primož Kozmus Slovenia	79.36	Koji Murofushi Japan	78.71

Javelin throw details	Keshorn Walcott Trinidad and Tobago	84.58	Antti Ruuskanen Finland	84.12	Vítězslav Veselý Czech Republic	83.34

Decathlon details	Ashton Eaton United States	8869	Trey Hardee United States	8671	Leonel Suárez Cuba	8523

Sentence(s)

Renaud Lavillenie made an Olympic record of 5.97 m to win the pole vault competition.

final_sentence: Renaud Lavillenie made an Olympic record of 5.97 m to win the pole vault competition.