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Women's Track & Field Gold Medalists (NOTE: W indicates tied or equalled world record; O indicates tied or equalled Olympic record; w indicates wind-aided.) 100-Meter Dash Year Winner Country Time 1968 Wyomia Tyus United States 11.08W 1972 Renate Stecher East Germany 11.07 1976 Annegret Richter West Germany 11.08 1980 Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union 11.06 1984 Evelyn Ashford United States 10.97O 1988 Florence Griffith Joyner United States 10.54w 1992 Gail Devers United States 10.82O 1996 Gail Devers United States 10.94

200-Meter Dash Year Winner Country Time 1968 Irena Szewinska Poland 22.5W 1972 Renate Stecher East Germany 22.40W 1976 Barbel Eckert East Germany 22.37O 1980 Barbel Eckert Woeckel East Germany 22.03O 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 21.81O 1988 Florence Griffith Joyner United States 21.34W 1992 Gwen Torrence United States 21.81 1996 Marie-Jose Perec France 22.12

400-Meter Dash Year Winner Country Time 1968 Colette Besson France 52.03O 1972 Monika Zehrt East Germany 51.08O 1976 Irena Szewinska Polland 49.29W 1980 MarItaly Koch East Germany 48.88O 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 48.83O 1988 Olga Bryzgina Soviet Union 48.65O 1992 Marie-Jose Perec France 48.83 1996 Marie-Jose Perec France 48.25O

800-Meter Run Year Winner Country Time 1968 Madeline Manning United States 2:00.9O 1972 Hildegard Falck West Germany 1:58.55O 1976 Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union 1:54.94W 1980 Nadezhda Olizarenko Soviet Union 1:53.42W 1984 Doina Melinte Romania 1:57.60 1988 Sigrun Wodars East Germany 1:56.10 1992 Ellen van Langen Netherlands 1:55.54 1996 Svetlana Masterkova Russia 1:57.73

1500-Meter Run Year Winner Country Time 1972 Lyudmila Bragina Soviet Union 4:01.4W 1976 Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union 4:05.48 1980 Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union 3:56.6O 1984 Gabriella Dorio Italy 4:03.25 1988 Paula Ivan Romania 3:53.96O 1992 Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria 3:55.30 1996 Svetlana Masterkova Russia 4:00.83

5000-Meter Run Year Winner Country Time 1996 Wang Junxia China 14:59.88

10,000-Meter Run Year Winner Country Time 1988 Olga Bondarenko Soviet Union 31:05.21O 1992 Derartu Tulu Ethiopia 31:06.02 1996 Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal 31:01.63O

Marathon Year Winner Country Time 1984 Joan Benoit United States 2:24:52 1988 Rosa Mota Portugal 2:25:40 1992 Valentina Yegorova Unified Team 2:32:41 1996 Fatuma Roba Ethiopia 2:26:05

100-Meter Hurdles Year Winner Country Time 1972 Annelie Ehrhardt East Germany 12.59W 1976 Johanna Schaller East Germany 12.77 1980 Vera Komisova Soviet Union 12.56O 1984 BenItaly Fitzgerald-Brown United States 12.84 1988 Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria 12.38O 1992 Paraskevi Patoulidou Greece 12.64 1996 Ludmila Enquist Sweden 12.58

400-Meter Hurdles Year Winner Country Time 1984 Nawal El Moutawakel Morocco 54.61O 1988 Debra Flintoff-King Australia 53.17O 1992 Sally Gunnell Great Britain 53.23 1996 Deon Hemmings Jamaica 52.82O

4x100-Meter Relay Year Winner Time 1968 United States 42.87W 1972 West Germany 42.81W 1976 East Germany 42.55O 1980 East Germany 41.60W 1984 United States 41.65 1988 United States 41.98 1992 United States 42.11 1996 United States 41.95

4x400-Meter Relay Year Winner Time 1972 East Germany 3:23.0W 1976 East Germany 3:19.23W 1980 Soviet Union 3:20.2 1984 United States 3:18.29O 1988 Soviet Union 3:15.18W 1992 Unified Team 3:20.20 1996 United States 3:20.91

10-Kilometer Walk Year Winner Country Time 1992 Chen Yueling China 44:32 1996 Yelena Ninikolayeva Russia 41:49

High Jump Year Winner Country Height 1968 Miloslava Rezkova Czech Republic 5-11 1/2 1972 Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany 6-3 1/2W 1976 Rosemarie Ackermann East Germany 6-4O 1980 Sara Simeoni Italy 6-5 1/2O 1984 Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany 6-7 1/2O 1988 Louise Ritter United States 6-8O 1992 Heike Henkel Germany 6-7 1/2 1996 Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria 6-8 3/4

Long Jump Year Winner Country Distance 1968 Viorica Viscopoleanu Romania 22-4 1/2W 1972 Heidemarie Rosendahl West Germany 22-3 1976 Angela Voigt East Germany 22-0 3/4 1980 Tatyana Kolpakova Soviet Union 23-2O 1984 Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu Romania 22-10 1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 24-3 1/4O 1992 Heike Drechsler Germany 23-5 1/4 1996 Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria 23-4 1/2

Triple Jump Year Winner Country Distance 1996 Inessa Kravets Ukraine 50-3 1/2

Shot Put Year Winner Country Distance 1968 Margitta Gummel East Germany 64-4W 1972 Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union 69-0W 1976 Ivanka Hristova Bulgaria 69-5 1/4O 1980 Ilona Slupianek East Germany 73-6 1/4O 1984 Claudia Losch West Germany 67-2 1/4 1988 Natalia Lisovskaya Soviet Union 72-11 3/4 1992 Svetlana Krivaleva Unified Team 69-1 1/4 1996 Astrid Kumbernuss Germany 67-5 1/2

Discus Throw Year Winner Country Distance 1968 Lia Manoliu Romania 191-2O 1972 Faina Melnik Soviet Union 218-7O 1976 Evelin Schlaak East Germany 226-4O 1980 Evelin Schlaak Jahl East Germany 229-6O 1984 Ria Stalman Netherlands 214-5 1988 Martina Hellmann East Germany 237-2 1/2O 1992 Maritza Marten Cuba 229-10 1996 Ilke Wyludda Germany 228-6

Javelin Throw Year Winner Country Distance 1968 Angela Nemeth Hungary 198-0 1972 Ruth Fuchs East Germany 209-7O 1976 Ruth Fuchs East Germany 216-4O 1980 Maria Colon Ruenes Cuba 224-5O 1984 Tessa Sanderson Great Britain 228-2O 1988 Petra Felke East Germany 245-0O 1992 Silke Renk Germany 224-2 1996 Heli Rantanen Finland 222-11

Heptathlon Year Winner Country Points 1984 Glynis Nunn Australia 6390O 1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 7291W 1992 Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 7044 1996 Ghada Shouaa Syria 6780 Check out other Medalists