List of medal sweeps in Olympic athletics
Women
Table:
Olympiad
Event
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze

1952
Helsinki

Discus throw
details

Soviet Union (URS)

Nina Romashkova 51.42 m

Elizaveta Bagryantseva 47.08 m

Nina Dumbadze 46.29 m

1976
Montreal

Pentathlon
details

East Germany (GDR)

Siegrun Siegl 4745

Christine Laser 4745

Burglinde Pollak 4740

1980
Moscow

800 metres
details

Soviet Union (URS)

Nadezhda Olizarenko 1:53.43 WR

Olga Mineeva 1:54.81

Tatyana Providokhina 1:55.46

Pentathlon
details

Soviet Union (URS)

Nadezhda Tkachenko 5083 WR

Olga Rukavishnikova 4937

Olga Kuragina 4875

2004
Athens

Long jump
details

Russia (RUS)

Tatyana Lebedeva 7.07 m

Irina Simagina 7.05 m

Tatyana Kotova 7.05 m

2008
Beijing

100 metres
details

Jamaica (JAM)

Shelly-Ann Fraser 10.78

Sherone Simpson 10.90
Kerron Stewart 10.90

none awarded

2016
Rio de Janeiro

100 metre hurdles
details

United States (USA)

Brianna Rollins 12.48

Nia Ali 12.59

Kristi Castlin 12.61

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