Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Dem dey contest athletics for every Summer Olympics since de birth of de modern Olympic movement for de 1896 Summer Olympics. De athletics program dey trace ein earliest roots to events dem use insyd de ancient Greek Olympics. De modern program dey include track den field events, road running events, den race walking events. Na cross country running sanso dey for de program top insyd earlier editions buh na dem drop am after de 1924 Summer Olympics.

 Summary 
GamesYearEventsBest Nation1189612United States (1)2190023United States (2)3190425United States (3)4190826United States (4)5191230United States (5)67192029United States (6)8192427United States (7)9192827United States (8)10193229United States (9)11193629United States (10)121314194833United States (11)15195233United States (12)16195633United States (13)17196034United States (14)GamesYearEventsBest nation18196436United States (15)19196836United States (16)20197238Soviet Union (1)21197637East Germany (1)22198038Soviet Union (2)23198441United States (17)24198842United States (18)25199243United States (19)26199644United States (20)27200046United States (21)28200446United States (22)29200847United States (23)30201247United States (24)31201647United States (25)32202048United States (26)33202448United States (27)

GamesYear EventsBest Nation1 1896  12  United States(1)2 1900  23  United States (2)3 1904  25  United States(3) 4 1908  26  United States(4)5 1912  30  United States(5)67 1920  29  United States (6) 8 1924  27  United States (7)9 1928  27  United States (8)10 1932  29  United States (9)11 1936  29  United States (10)121314 1948  33  United States (11)15 1952  33  United States (12)16 1956  33  United States (13)17 1960  34  United States (14)GamesYear EventsBest nation18 1964  36  United States (15)19 1968  36  United States (16)20 1972  38  Soviet Union (1)21 1976  37  East Germany (1)22 1980  38  Soviet Union (2)23 1984  41  United States (17)24 1988  42  United States (18)25 1992  43  United States (19)26 1996  44  United States (20)27 2000  46  United States (21)28 2004  46  United States (22)29 2008  47  United States (23)30 2012  47  United States (24)31 2016  47  United States (25)32 2020  48  United States (26)33 2024  48  United States (27)
 Events 

De events dem contest get varied widely. From 1900 to 1920, na dem consider tug of war e be part of de Olympic athletics programme, although dem now consider de sports of tug of war den athletics distinct.Past Olympic Sports. Olympics/IOC. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.

 Men's events 
Dem no add fresh events to de men's athletics programme since de 1956 addition of de short racewalk.  De roster of events no change since then, plus de exception of de omission of de long racewalk insyd 1976 (de IAAF hold 50 km walk World Championships dat year instead den as result na dem restore de event insyd 1980). De long racewalk be de event per currently dem hold give men buh dem no include am for de women's programme, plus de exception of women dey take part insyd de heptathlon rather dan de decathlon den de 100 metres hurdles rather dan de 110 metres hurdles. Na de last women's event dem add to de roster be de 3000 metres steeplechase insyd 2008.

Na dem hold total of 52 different events insyd de men's competition. De current list dey comprise 23 events. Chaw of de discontinued events na ebe similar to modern ones buh for different lengths, especially insyd de steeplechasing, hurdling, den racewalking disciplines. Na dem eliminate team racing events after dem appear insyd six early editions of de Games. De athletic triathlon (unusual event, dem hold once per wey dey feature gymnasts wey dey compete insyd de long jump, shot put, den 100 metre dash) den pentathlon multi-discipline events wey dem phase out for favor of de decathlon, den de medley relay dem replace plus even-leg relays. Dem no longer dey hold standing jump competitions, nor de various modified throwing events wich na dem experiment insyd 1908 den 1912. Na cross country running dey de program top from 1912 to 1924 wey ebe de most prominent form of athletics wey dem no feature for de Olympics.
+Current programEvent960004081220242832364852566064687276808488929600040812162024Years100 metres XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX30200 metres –XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX29400 metres XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX30800 metres XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX301500 metres XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX305000 metres ––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX2610,000 metres ––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX26Marathon XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX30110 metres hurdles XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX30400 metres hurdles –XXX–XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX283000 metres steeplechase –––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX254 × 100 metres relay ––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX264 × 400 metres relay ––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX2620 kilometres race walk ––––––––––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX18High jump XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX30Pole vault XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX30Long jump XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX30Triple jump XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX30Shot put XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX30Discus throw XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX30Hammer throw –XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX29Javelin throw –––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX27Decathlon ––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX26Total121515162022222222222222232323232323232323232323232323232323
Past events wey occur once per

For de 1900 Summer Olympics per

 2500 metres steeplechase
 4000 metres steeplechase
 5000 metres team race

For de 1904 Summer Olympics per

 2590 metres steeplechase
 4-mile team race
 All-around
 Triathlon

For de 1908 Summer Olympics per

 3200 metres steeplechase
 Medley relay
 3-mile team race
 5 miles
 3500 metres race walk
 10 miles race walk
 Discus throw, Greek style
 Javelin throw, freestyle

For de 1912 Summer Olympics per

 Shot put, two hands
 Discus throw, two hands
 Javelin throw, two hands

For de 1920 Summer Olympics per

 3000 metres race walk

Past events wey occur twice to five times

 60 metres: 1900, 1904
 200 metres hurdles: 1900, 1904
 3000 metres team race: 1912, 1920, 1924
 10 kilometres race walk: 1912, 1920, 1924, 1948, 1952
 Pentathlon: 1912, 1920, 1924
 Standing long jump: 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912
 Standing triple jump: 1900, 1904
 Standing high jump: 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912
 56 pound weight throw: 1904, 1920
 Cross country
 Individual: 1912, 1920, 1924
 Team: 1912, 1920, 1924 
+Past events wey occur twenty anaa more timesEvent960004081220242832364852566064687276808488929600040812162024Years50 kilometres race walk ––––––––XXXXXXXXX–XXXXXXXXXXX -20

 Women's events 
Women's competition insyd athletics begin for de 1928 Summer Olympics
+Current programEvent2832364852566064687276808488929600040812162024Games100 metres XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX23200 metres –––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX20400 metres –––––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX15800 metres X–––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX181500 metres –––––––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXX145000 metres –––––––––––––––XXXXXXXX810,000 metres –––––––––––––XXXXXXXXXX10Marathon ––––––––––––XXXXXXXXXXX11100 metres hurdles –––––––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXX14400 metres hurdles ––––––––––––XXXXXXXXXXX113000 metres steeplechase ––––––––––––––––––XXXXX54 × 100 metres relay XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX234 × 400 metres relay –––––––––XXXXXXXXXXXXXX1420 kilometres race walk ––––––––––––––––XXXXXXX7High jump XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX23Pole vault ––––––––––––––––XXXXXXX7Long jump –––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX20Triple jump –––––––––––––––XXXXXXXX8Shot put –––XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX20Discus throw XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX23Hammer throw ––––––––––––––––XXXXXXX7Javelin throw –XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX22Heptathlon ––––––––––––XXXXXXXXXXX11
+Past eventsEvent2832364852566064687276808488929600040812162024Games80 metres hurdles –XXXXXXXX––––––––––––− -8Pentathlon –––––––XXXXX–––––––––−−53000 metres ––––––––––––XXX––––––−−310 kilometres race walk ––––––––––––––XX–––––−−2Total5669991012121414141718192022222323232323

 Mixed events 
De mixed event, 4 x 400 meters relay, first make appearance for de 2020 Summer Olympics."Olympic News - Sports News, Events & Athletes". Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-08-03. De event dey include teams of four athletes, two men den two women wey dem dey allow make dem run for any order decide by de team. Paris 2024 go feature one more mixed team event."Mixed team race walking to debut at Paris 2024 Olympics". www.insidethegames.biz. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
+Current programEvent2024Games4 × 400 metres relay XX2Marathon Race Walking Mixed Relay –X1Total12

 Nations 

Every nation wey compete for de Olympics enter de athletics competition. De numbers below dey represent how many athletes each nation send dat year, dey start plus 1896."Olympics Site Closed | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.

NOTE: Dis table be work in progress. De empty boxes insyd de 2016, 2020, den 2024 columns no dey necessarily mean dat de country no send athletes dat year.
Nation960004081220242832364852566064687276808488929600040812162024YearsAfghanistan (AFG)2522222229Albania (ALB)1222212229Algeria (ALG)49912982120126155813American Samoa (ASA)1222112119Andorra (AND)111222211110Angola (ANG)3652211221111Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)8101058234372212Argentina (ARG)1071182416246692724811811920Armenia (ARM)232245Aruba (ARU)221215Australasia (ANZ)952Australia (AUS)11249745181776283524222721302835608242405025Austria (AUT)1212742291515398121561161016111263724Azerbaijan (AZE)444235Bahamas (BAH)12388814118201916182014Bahrain (BRN)1361261198Bangladesh (BAN)144221218Barbados (BAR)27996841133411Belarus (BLR)34314147445Belgium (BEL)624217321318216121015152519151371299171423Belize (BIZ)224554223210Benin (BEN)1964522229Bermuda (BER)62284543112212Bohemia (BOH)43113Bolivia (BOL)413263222210Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)424222528Botswana (BOT)7665669739Brazil (BRA)819101210651328112020244018344130675322British Virgin Islands (IVB)421611228British West Indies (BWI)71Brunei (BRU)1123Bulgaria (BUL)424899181947222117221915816Burkina Faso (BUR)143423228Burundi (BDI)765235Cameroon (CMR)114495781175212Cambodia (CAM)4222226Canada (CAN)46271814273229282722181616273255616348393621294225Cape Verde (CPV)321125Cayman Islands (CAY)21122227Central African Republic (CAF)1118522229Chad (CHA)2333644212111Chile (CHI)62381015156438216534736821China (CHN)1223224433312652665111Chinese Taipei (TPE)465117101227223613Colombia (COL)152444774585131111142917Comoros (COM)422225Republic of the Congo (CGO)2666762212211Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)267222228Cook Islands (COK)21112227Costa Rica (CRC)2134821349Croatia (CRO)2315121096Cuba (CUB)11352331819261734463333434617Cyprus (CYP)3458107648Czech Republic (CZE)23243629315Czechoslovakia (TCH)161811331112016221213271422231816Denmark (DEN)34814189102101611294613323537453626Djibouti (DJI)35532227Dominica (DMA)522225Dominican Republic (DOM)1922433256911East Germany (GDR)47625882585East Timor (TLS)21225Ecuador (ECU)311357438111311Egypt (EGY)21427174224612Eritrea (ERI)3410114Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)467522228El Salvador (ESA)10422222229Estonia (EST)7114175135151410187514Ethiopia (ETH)8559202515162424273112Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)22224Fiji (FIJ)121224877122213Finland (FIN)15232652352237366919261710323126221826262323191724France (FRA)521(1)1925597050124065542936384049443143555749535548475428Gabon (GAB)212422228The Gambia (GAM)1035922228Georgia (GEO)223245Germany (GER)56220246227773979856471537115Ghana (GHA)7712813151181518103213Great Britain (GBR)5931266141655524527966556162687052618510291777254586927Greece (GRE)30210125912137141511619571212810611254356322327Grenada (GRN)224523868Guam (GUM)62222227Guatemala (GUA)653716754610Guinea (GUI)325421228Guinea-Bissau (GBS)222225Guyana (GUY)124124336423313Haiti (HAI)3227101323344413Honduras (HON)633341112210Hong Kong (HKG)4333151259Hungary (HUN)392192716265251235192631313316271524223735201825Iceland (ISL)1411927234747743623319India (IND)137744888111328411852624171414342625Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)9223Indonesia (INA)13111551522212Iran (IRI)12181341211261014Iraq (IRQ)2114621222210Ireland (IRL)1010410239751377171819243211162120Israel (ISR)718522644854313Italy (ITA)212122436242132253321472226403226513839504735453325Ivory Coast (CIV)67686995821312Jamaica (JAM)10761515211416322628384341454216Japan (JPN)211816344619202064191915222931324038374421Jordan (JOR)52222227Kazakhstan (KAZ)18252119245Kenya (KEN)85111822323338433631374213Kiribati (KIR)2123Kuwait (KUW)22682641452312Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)687525Laos (LAO)715522228Latvia (LAT)106277161715162210Lebanon (LIB)1212331222211Lesotho (LES)152369224310Liberia (LBR)4415745823311Libya (LBA)1721412229Liechtenstein (LIE)22222333211112Lithuania (LTU)58141812182017111110Luxembourg (LUX)26346673631131131118North Macedonia (MKD)22224Madagascar (MAD)3373256732211Malawi (MAW)11554222229Malaysia (MAL)732Malaysia (MAS)1210832213223212Maldives (MDV)75522227Mali (MLI)21132333222212Malta (MLT)2112222229Marshall Islands (MHL)222Mauritius (MRI)4331264328Mauritania (MTN)26422227Mexico (MEX)111125352155261177162124152227231821Moldova (MDA)711121485Monaco (MON)21111117Montenegro (MNE)222Mongolia (MGL)3111222229Morocco (MAR)844831113172422262112Mozambique (MOZ)9733122129Myanmar (MYA)111222123222213Namibia (NAM)3363436Nepal (NEP)22155712222212Netherlands (NED)19111205071822101081275913181510920141823Netherlands Antilles (AHO)23112217New Zealand (NZL)21363349141491610146131881310821Nicaragua (NCA)755212122210Niger (NIG)233322228Nigeria (NGR)910814151916172314322817222115North Borneo (NBO)21North Korea (PRK)2333464659North Yemen (YAR)242Norway (NOR)211211610133112019511651310131291312991124Oman (OMA)754141228Pakistan (PAK)5161912652374222222217Palau (PLW)22224Palestine (PLE)112225Panama (PAN)14411211122312Papua New Guinea (PNG)3566622229Paraguay (PAR)215332222210Peru (PER)99343152125223515Philippines (PHI)12161147114616432222220Poland (POL)1415717729234935314532482124233545605220Portugal (POR)3331247531663142836302126272421Puerto Rico (PUR)4107766910145758351016Qatar (QAT)6811912101468Rhodesia (RHO)232Russia (RUS)13285109115104977Romania (ROU)135125912111816219525252326171718Rwanda (RWA)367433238Saar (SAA)61Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)1022445Saint Lucia (LCA)531325Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)66822227Samoa (SAM)2122216San Marino (SMR)212251111110São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)222225Saudi Arabia (KSA)10146291178109Senegal (SEN)129121010111297992613Serbia (SRB)210143Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)82473Seychelles (SEY)954222229Sierra Leone (SLE)212581112222210Singapore (SIN)114131222210Slovakia (SVK)14161218115Slovenia (SLO)410191917128Solomon Islands (SOL)21322227Somalia (SOM)375422228South Africa (RSA)367131294146139716222332232018South Korea (KOR)96761742114711171318171715South Vietnam (VNM)1213South Yemen (YMD)31Soviet Union (URS)7775818470747099839Spain (ESP)141310713610111721263459565856544618Sri Lanka (SRI)311111342761342215Suriname (SUR)1122322222211Sudan (SUD)2263333248411Swaziland (SWZ)1355422229Sweden (SWE)183110664332993750451726161826191624111917141212926Switzerland (SUI)11131793192028211222287151719152313971123Syria (SYR)11213132229Tajikistan (TJK)122225Tanzania (TAN)4371612645487312Thailand (THA)888184410418812311214Togo (TOG)2334522129Tonga (TGA)24222227Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)336810109113561514232015Tunisia (TUN)116342216934512Turkey (TUR)24513131344325423513153118Turkmenistan (TKM)122225Tuvalu (TUV)222Uganda (UGA)3483861013445471114Ukraine (UKR)43545066735Unified Team (EUN)991United Team of Germany (EUA)4390973United Arab Emirates (UAE)74111127United Arab Republic (UAR)21United States (USA)104186841099096988277767181818691959211011411712111611612112512812828Uruguay (URU)5211321122433214Uzbekistan (UZB)12221012135Vanuatu (VAN)36422227Venezuela (VEN)747661011346541214Vietnam (VIE)724222228Virgin Islands (ISV)21347107322411West Germany (FRG)67875458475Yemen (YEM)3321226Yugoslavia (YUG)5412115197229816131461015Zambia (ZAM)53794444422312Zimbabwe (ZIM)346776867310No. of nations101510202725404034435357597280921047970124148156190193196200201Year960004081220242832364852566064687276808488929600040812162024

 Medal table 
Dem update after de 2024 Summer Olympics, dey consider stripped medals den reallocated medals as of August 2024.

Sources:"Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.Historical Medallists"2016 medalists". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22.
+RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1United States (USA)3582802238612 Soviet Union (URS)6455741933Great Britain (GBR)5687772204Finland (FIN)4836301145Kenya (KEN)3843361176 East Germany (GDR)3836351097Poland (POL)292018678Jamaica (JAM)273927939Italy (ITA)2416286810Ethiopia (ETH)2415236211Australia (AUS)2229328312Sweden (SWE)2123418513Germany (GER)2030378714Canada (CAN)1919337115Russia (RUS)1821195816France (FRA)1328307117 West Germany (FRG)1214174318China (CHN)1213184319Cuba (CUB)1114204520Romania (ROU)1114103521 Czechoslovakia (TCH)11852422New Zealand (NZL)114132823Hungary (HUN)1013184124Netherlands (NED)108123025Norway (NOR)10882626South Africa (RSA)91563027Greece (GRE)912113228Japan (JPN)810102829Morocco (MAR)8582130 Unified Team (EUN)71132131Belgium (BEL)7641732Bahamas (BAH)7251433Bulgaria (BUL)5861934Spain (ESP)5692035Brazil (BRA)54122136Portugal (POR)5441337Czech Republic (CZE)5381638Uganda (UGA)522939 United Team of Germany (EUA)41883040Algeria (ALG)4331041Ireland (IRL)421742Mexico (MEX)3621143Belarus (BLR)3571544Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)3481545Ukraine (UKR)33152146Bahrain (BRN)3306Dominican Republic (DOM)330648Lithuania (LTU)322749Croatia (CRO)312650Nigeria (NGR)2571451Argentina (ARG)230552Tunisia (TUN)221553Ecuador (ECU)220454Estonia (EST)213655Kazakhstan (KAZ)212556Cameroon (CMR)2002Luxembourg (LUX)200258Colombia (COL)131559India (IND)130460Austria (AUT)125861Qatar (QAT)122562Botswana (BOT)1214Slovenia (SLO)121464Grenada (GRN)113565Venezuela (VEN)111366Burundi (BDI)1102 Mixed team (ZZX)1102 ROC (ROC)1102Saint Lucia (LCA)1102South Korea (KOR)110271Panama (PAN)1023Puerto Rico (PUR)102373Mozambique (MOZ)101274Dominica (DMA)1001Pakistan (PAK)1001Slovakia (SVK)1001Syria (SYR)1001Tajikistan (TJK)100179Switzerland (SUI)062880Namibia (NAM)050581Denmark (DEN)043782Latvia (LAT)041583Chile (CHI)0202Sri Lanka (SRI)0202Tanzania (TAN)0202 Yugoslavia (YUG)020287Chinese Taipei (TPE)0112Iceland (ISL)0112Zambia (ZAM)011290 Bohemia (BOH)0101Guatemala (GUA)0101Haiti (HAI)0101Iran (IRI)0101Ivory Coast (CIV)0101Saudi Arabia (KSA)0101Senegal (SEN)0101Sudan (SUD)010198 British West Indies (BWI)0022Philippines (PHI)0022Turkey (TUR)0022101 Australasia (ANZ)0011Barbados (BAR)0011Burkina Faso (BUR)0011Djibouti (DJI)0011Eritrea (ERI)0011Serbia (SRB)0011Totals (106 entries)1,0751,0841,0733,232

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