Olympic Games - Athletics Women's Sprints
The women's sprints comprise the disciplines which take place on the track under 400 metres, plus the two relays. The 100m and the 4 x 100m Relay are the only female athletics events which have been staged at each Olympic Games since 1928. The 80m Hurdles was brought on to the schedule in 1932 but was discontinued after 1968 in favour of the 100m version.
The 200m was introduced in 1948, the 400m in 1964, the 4 x 400m Relay came along in 1972 and, finally, the 400m Hurdles made its debut in 1984.
The venues for these events since 1972 have been as follows:
1972: Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
1976: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada
1980: Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union
1984: Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States
1988: Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
1992: Montjuic Olympic Stadium, Barcelona, Spain
1996: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, United States
2000: Olympic Stadium, Sydney, Australia
2004: Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece
2008: National Stadium, Beijing, China
Medallists: Since 1972
| 1972 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 100m | RENATE STECHER (Gdr) | Raelene Boyle (Aus) | Silvia Chibas (Cub) |
| 200m | RENATE STECHER (Gdr) | Raelene Boyle (Aus) | I'na Szewinska (Pol) |
| 400m | MONIKA ZEHRT (Gdr) | Rita Wilden (Frg) | K'y Hammond (Usa) |
| 4x100m | WEST GERMANY | East Germany | Cuba |
| 4x400m | EAST GERMANY | United States | West Germany |
| 100m H | ANNELIE EHRHARDT (Gdr) | Valeria Bufanu (Rom) | Karin Balzer (Gdr) |
| 1976 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 100m | ANNEGRET RICHTER (Frg) | Renate Stecher (Gdr) | Inge Helten (Frg) |
| 200m | BARBEL ECKERT (Gdr) | Annegret Richter (Frg) | R'nate Stecher (Gdr) |
| 400m | IRENA SZEWINSKA (Pol) | C'tina Brehmer (Gdr) | Ellen Streidt (Gdr) |
| 4x100m | EAST GERMANY | West Germany | Soviet Union |
| 4x400m | EAST GERMANY | United States | Soviet Union |
| 100m H | JOHANNA SCHALLER (Gdr) | T'ana Anisimova (Urs) | N'lia Lebedeva (Urs) |
| 1980 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 100m | LYUDMILA KONDRATYEVA (Urs) | Marlies Gohr (Gdr) | I'rid Auerswald (Gdr) |
| 200m | BARBEL WOCKEL (Gdr)^ | N'lia Bochina (Urs) | Merlene Ottey (Jam) |
| 400m | MARITA KOCH (Gdr) | J Kratochvilova (Csv) | C'stina Lathan (Gdr) |
| 4x100m | EAST GERMANY | Soviet Union | Great Britain |
| 4x400m | SOVIET UNION | East Germany | Great Britain |
| 100m H | VERA KOMISOVA (Urs) | Johanna Klier (Gdr)' | Lucyna Langer (Pol) |
| 1984 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 100m | EVELYN ASHFORD (Usa) | Alice Brown (Usa) | Merlene Ottey (Jam) |
| 200m | VALERIE BRISCO-HOOKS (Usa) | F'ence Griffith (Usa) | Merlene Ottey (Jam) |
| 400m | VALERIE BRISCO-HOOKS (Usa) | C Cheeseb'gh (Usa) | Kathy Cook (Gbr) |
| 4x100m | UNITED STATES | Canada | Great Britain |
| 4x400m | UNITED STATES | Canada | West Germany |
| 100m H | BENITA FITZGERALD (Usa) | Shirley Strong (Gbr) | M Chardonnet (Fra)/ K Turner (Usa) |
| 400m H | NAWAL EL MOUTAWAKEL (Mor) | Judi Brown (Usa) | C'na Cojocaru (Rom) |
| 1988 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 100m | FLORENCE GRIFFITH (Usa) | Evelyn Ashford (Usa) | Heike Daute (Gdr) |
| 200m | FLORENCE GRIFFITH (Usa) | Grace Jackson (Jam) | Heike Daute (Gdr) |
| 400m | OLGA BRYZGINA (Urs) | Petra Muller (Gdr) | Ol'a Nazarova (Urs) |
| 4x100m | UNITED STATES | East Germany | Soviet Union |
| 4x400m | SOVIET UNION | United States | East Germany |
| 100m H | YORDANKA DONKOVA (Bul) | Gloria Siebert (Gdr) | C Zazckiewicz (Frg) |
| 400m H | DEBBIE FLINTOFF (Aus) | N Ledovskaya (Urs) | E'n Neumann (Gdr) |
| 1992 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 100m | GAIL DEVERS (Usa) | Juliet Cuthbert (Jam) | Irina Privalova (Unf) |
| 200m | GWEN TORRENCE (Usa) | Juliet Cuthbert (Jam) | Merlene Ottey (Jam) |
| 400m | MARIE-JOSE PEREC (Fra) | Olga Bryzgina (Unf) | X'ena Restrepo (Col) |
| 4x100m | UNITED STATES | Unified Team | Nigeria |
| 4x400m | UNIFIED TEAM | United States | Great Britain |
| 100m H | VOULA PATOULIDOU (Grc) | L'onna Martin (Usa) | Y'nka Donkova (Bul) |
| 400m H | SALLY GUNNELL (Gbr) | S'dra F'mer-P (Usa) | J'eene Vickers (Usa) |
| 1996 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 100m | GAIL DEVERS (Usa) | Merlene Ottey (Jam) | Gwen Torrence (Usa) |
| 200m | MARIE-JOSE PEREC (Fra) | Merlene Ottey (Jam) | Mary Onyali (Nga) |
| 400m | MARIE-JOSE PEREC (Fra) | C'hy Freeman (Aus) | F't Ogunkoya (Nga) |
| 4x100m | UNITED STATES | Bahamas | Jamaica |
| 4x400m | UNITED STATES | Nigeria | Germany |
| 100m H | LUDMILA ENGQUIST (Swe) | Brigita Bukovec (Svn) | Patricia Girard (Fra) |
| 400m H | DEON HEMMINGS (Jam) | Kim Batten (Usa) | Tonja Bailey (Usa) |
| 2000 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 100m | -* | E Thanou (Grc)/ Tanya Lawrence (Jam) | Merlene Ottey (Jam) |
| 200m | PAULINE DAVIS (Bhs) | Susy Jayasinghe (Sla) | Bev McDonald (Jam) |
| 400m | CATHY FREEMAN (Aus) | Lorraine Graham (Jam) | K'harine Merry (Gbr) |
| 4x100m | BAHAMAS | Jamaica | United States |
| 4x400m | UNITED STATES | Jamaica | Russia |
| 100m H | OLGA SHISHIGINA (Kaz) | Gloria Alozie (Nga) | Mel Morrison (Usa) |
| 400m H | IRINA PRIVALOVA (Rus) | D'n Hemmings (Jam) | N'ha Bidouane (Mor) |
| 2004 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 100m | YULIA NESTERENKO (Blr) | Lauryn Williams (Usa) | V'ca Campbell (Jam) |
| 200m | VERONICA CAMPBELL (Jam) | Allyson Felix (Usa) | D'bie Ferguson (Bhs) |
| 400m | TONIQUE WILLIAMS (Bhs) | Ana Guevara (Mex) | N'lya Antyukh (Rus) |
| 4x100m | JAMAICA | Russia | France |
| 4x400m | UNITED STATES | Russia | Jamaica |
| 100m H | JOANNA HAYES (Usa) | O'na Krasovska (Ukr) | Mel Morrison (Usa) |
| 400m H | FANI CHALKIA (Grc) | Ionela Tarlea (Rom) | T Tereshchuk (Ukr) |
2008 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 100m | SHELLY-ANN FRASER (Jam) | S'rone Simpson (Jam)/ Kerron Stewart (Jam) | - |
| 200m | VERONICA CAMPBELL (Jam) | Allyson Felix (Usa) | K'ron Stewart (Jam) |
| 400m | CHRISTINE OHURUOGU (Gbr) | S'cka Williams (Jam) | S'ya Richards (Usa) |
| 4x100m | RUSSIA | Belgium | Nigeria |
| 4x400m | UNITED STATES | Russia | Jamaica |
| 110m H | DAWN HARPER (Usa) | Sally McLellan (Aus) | P L-Schliep (Can) |
| 400m H | MELAINE WALKER (Jam) | Sheena Tosta (Usa) | Tasha Danvers (Gbr) |
| H = Hurdles ^ nee Eckert ' nee Schaller * Gold medal not awarded due to winner admitting to drug use |
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