Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
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Venue | Olympic Stadium |
Dates | 3–12 August 2012 |
Competitors | 2,231 (1,160 men, 1,071 women)[1][2] |
The
Over 2,000 athletes from 201 nations competed in 47 events in total, with both men and women having a very similar schedule of events. Men competed in 24 events and women in 23, of which 21 were the same for both. The women's schedule lacked the 50 km race walk and included 100 m hurdles and
Competition schedule
The venue for the track and field events was the
In the tables below, M stands for morning and A for afternoon.P | Preliminary round | Q | Qualification | H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
Date → | 3 Aug | 4 Aug | 5 Aug | 6 Aug | 7 Aug | 8 Aug | 9 Aug | 10 Aug | 11 Aug | 12 Aug | |||||||||||||
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Event ↓ | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | |||
100 m | Q | H | 1⁄2 | F | |||||||||||||||||||
200 m | H | 1⁄2 | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
400 m | H | 1⁄2 | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
800 m | H | 1⁄2 | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
1500 m | H | 1⁄2 | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
5000 m | H | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
10,000 m | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
110 m hurdles | H | 1⁄2 | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
400 m hurdles | H | 1⁄2 | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
3000 m steeplechase | H | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 × 100 m relay |
H | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 × 400 m relay |
H | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
Marathon | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
20 km walk | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
50 km walk | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Long jump | Q | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
Triple jump | Q | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
High jump | Q | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pole vault | Q | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
Shot put | Q | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
Discus throw | Q | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
Javelin throw | Q | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hammer throw | Q | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
Decathlon | F |
Date → | 3 Aug | 4 Aug | 5 Aug | 6 Aug | 7 Aug | 8 Aug | 9 Aug | 10 Aug | 11 Aug | 12 Aug | ||||||||||||
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Event ↓ | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | ||
100 m | H | 1⁄2 | F | |||||||||||||||||||
200 m | H | 1⁄2 | F | |||||||||||||||||||
400 m | H | 1⁄2 | F | |||||||||||||||||||
800 m | H | 1⁄2 | F | |||||||||||||||||||
1500 m | H | 1⁄2 | F | |||||||||||||||||||
5000 m | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
10,000 m | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
100 m hurdles | H | 1⁄2 | F | |||||||||||||||||||
400 m hurdles | H | 1⁄2 | F | |||||||||||||||||||
3000 m steeplechase | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 × 100 m relay |
H | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 × 400 m relay |
H | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
Marathon | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 km walk | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
Long jump | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
Triple jump | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
High jump | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pole vault | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shot put | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discus throw | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
Javelin throw | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hammer throw | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||||
Heptathlon | F |
Medal summary
(WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 11 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
2 | Jamaica | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
3 | Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
4 | Ethiopia | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Kenya | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
6 | China | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
7 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Germany | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
10 | Russia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
14 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Grenada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
26 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
27 | Botswana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
35 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
36 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (43 entries) | 47 | 49 | 46 | 142 |
Note: Three competitors tied for silver in the men's high jump event.
Men
- *Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats.
- 4 × 100 metres relay Tyson Gay was stripped of his silver medal due to a doping violation.[8] The United States team was disqualified.[9][10]
- 50 kilometres walk On 24 March 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued decision that all competitive results obtained by Sergey Kirdyapkin of Russia from 20 August 2009 to 15 October 2012 are disqualified for doping use.[11] Redistribution of the medals in this event occurred on 17 June 2016, with Tallent awarded the gold medal by the IOC at a ceremony in Melbourne, Australia,[12] with Si claiming silver and Heffernan bronze.
- high jump Gold medalist Ivan Ukhov of Russia was disqualified for doping in 2019. Medals were reallocated in 2021.[13]
- javelin throw Original silver medalist Oleksandr Pyatnytsya of Ukraine was stripped of his silver medal and result following a positive finding in a retest of his 2012 anti-doping sample.[14][15] On 24 February 2017 Antti Ruuskanen received the silver medal in Finland.[16] On 28 June 2017 Vítězslav Veselý received the bronze medal in Czech Republic.[17]
Women
- *Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats.
- Ekaterina Poistogova of Russia to silver, and Pamela Jelimoof Kenya to bronze. Poistogova herself was later found guilty of doping, but her Olympic results were unaffected, and the IOC decided to upgrade her medal.
- IAAF. Alptekin has agreed to forfeit her 1500 metres Olympic title and serve an eight-year ban for blood doping.[19][20] On 29 March 2017, Turkish athlete Gamze Bulut was banned for doping and lost her Olympic silver medal.[21] Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain was advanced to gold, the silver medal was awarded to Tatyana Tomashova of Russia, and the bronze medal was awarded to Abeba Aregawiof Ethiopia. Tomashova was earlier found guilty of doping and missed the 2008 Olympics because of that, and was banned after the Olympics for failing another drug test.
- 400 metres hurdles In October 2022, more than 10 years and 2 months after the race, Natalya Antyukh's results from July 2012 to June 2013 were disqualified for doping after a retest of her samples, stripping her of the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[22] Medals were reallocated.
- IOC[24]and IAAF updated the results.
- 4 x 400 relay On 1 February 2017, the International Olympic Committee stripped the silver medal of the Russian team due to doping of Antonina Krivoshapka[25] Medals were reallocated.
- 20 kilometres walk On 24 March 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued decision that all competitive results obtained by Olga Kaniskina from 15 August 2009 to 15 October 2012 are disqualified for doping.[11][26] Qieyang Shenjie of China was advanced to silver, and Liu Hong of China to bronze.
- high jump Bronze medalist Svetlana Shkolina of Russia was disqualified for doping in 2019. The bronze medal was then reallocated to Ruth Beitia of Spain in 2021.[13]
- Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus, was stripped of her gold medal shortly after the event after failing a doping test. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly. On 20 August 2016, Yevgeniya Kolodko of Russia was also stripped of her silver medal after retested samples from the competition returned a positive doping result.[27]Gong Lijiao of China was advanced to silver, and Li Ling of China to bronze.
- discus throw The original silver medalist, Darya Pishchalnikova of Russia, was stripped of her silver medal after failing drugs tests. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.[28]
- hammer throw The original gold medalist, Tatyana Lysenko of Russia, was stripped of her gold medal after failing drugs tests.[29] Medals were reallocated.
- heptathlon On 29 November 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued decision that all competitive results of original bronze medalist Tatyana Chernova of Russia between 15 August 2011 and 22 July 2013 are annulled due to failed drug tests.[30][31] The bronze medal was awarded to Austra Skujytė of Lithuania.
Records
World and Olympic records
A total of four
China's Chen Ding was the first Olympic record breaker, improving the men's 20 km walk record.[32] All three Olympic walk records were broken in London as Sergey Kirdyapkin bettered the Olympic 50 km walk time and Elena Lashmanova set a new world record in the women's 20 km walk.[33][34] However, both records from Russian racewalkers were later rescinded due to doping.
Usain Bolt was the first track athlete to improve an Olympic record as he defended his 100 m title with a run of 9.63 s.
David Rudisha improved his own 800 metres world record to 1:40.91 minutes, becoming the first man to break that record at the Olympics since Ralph Doubell did so at the 1968 Games.[39] Renaud Lavillenie was the only man to break a field event record, as he cleared an Olympic best of 5.97 m to win the pole vault competition.[40]
Event | Date | Name | Nationality | Result | Type |
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Men's 100 metres | 5 August | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 9.63 | OR |
Men's 800 metres | 9 August | David Rudisha | Kenya | 1:40.91 | WR OR |
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 11 August | Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt |
Jamaica | 36.84 | WR OR |
Men's 20 kilometres walk | 4 August | Chen Ding | China | 1:18:46 | OR |
Men's 50 kilometres walk | 11 August | Jared Tallent | Australia | 3:36:53 | OR |
Men's 50 kilometres walk | 11 August | Russia | |||
Men's pole vault | 10 August | Renaud Lavillenie | France | 5.97 m | OR |
Women's 100 metres hurdles | 7 August | Sally Pearson | Australia | 12.35 | OR |
Women's marathon | 5 August | Tiki Gelana | Ethiopia | 2:23:07 | OR |
Women's 20 kilometres walk | 11 August | Qieyang Shenjie |
China | 1:25:16 | OR |
Women's 20 kilometres walk | 11 August | Russia | |||
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | 10 August | United States | 40.82 | WR OR | |
Women's hammer throw | 10 August | Russia |
Doping
Prior to the Olympic competition, several prominent athletes were ruled out of the competition due to failed tests. World indoor medallists
Syrian hurdler
Multiple medalists were found guilty of doping after the Olympics. Russia has the most (9) medals stripped.
See also
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External links
Media related to Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
- Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
- Official athlete biographies. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 4 March 2013)
- Official results book – Athletics. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 April 2013)
- Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- IAAF Olympics webpage
- BBC Sport Olympic athletics website