List of Olympic champions in athletics / national rankings

Olympic champion in athletics

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This list is part of the list of Olympic champions in athletics . It contains the national rankings or medal table and is divided into three separate lists for men's and women's competitions as well as an overall list. All individual lists are sorted according to the number of medals won.

• Place: order of countries again. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
• Country: Name of the country. In individual cases, the respective predecessor states are also included.
• Gold: Number of gold medals won
• Silver: Number of silver medals won
• Bronze: Number of bronze medals won
• Total: Number of all medals won

Status: up to and including 2016

total

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	335	258	207	800
02	Soviet Union	64	55	74	193
03	United Kingdom	55	81	69	205
04th	Finland	48	35	31	114
05	GDR	38	36	35	109
06th	Kenya	30th	27	26th	93
07th	Poland	25th	19th	13	57
08th	Jamaica	23	33	22nd	78
09	Russia	23	26th	25th	74
10	Germany	22nd	42	46	110
11	Ethiopia	22nd	10	21st	53
12	Australia	21st	26th	23	70
13	Sweden	19th	21st	42	82
14th	Italy	19th	15th	26th	60
15th	France	14th	25th	26th	60
16	Canada	14th	15th	31	60
17th	BR Germany	12	14th	17th	43
18th	Romania	11	14th	10	35
19th	Czechoslovakia	11	8th	5	24
20th	Cuba	10	14th	17th	41
21st	Hungary	10	12	18th	40
22nd	New Zealand	10	3	11	24
23	People's Republic of China	8th	7th	12	27
24	South Africa	7th	13	6th	26th
25th	Greece	7th	12	11	30th
26th	United team	7th	11	3	21st
27	Japan	7th	8th	10	25th
28	Norway	7th	5	8th	20th
29	Morocco	6th	5	8th	19th
30th	Netherlands	6th	4th	6th	16
31	Bulgaria	5	8th	6th	19th
32	Belgium	5	5	2	12
33	Brazil	5	3	8th	16
34	Bahamas	5	2	5	12
35	Czech Republic	5	1	6th	12
36	Belarus	4th	6th	7th	17th
37	Algeria	4th	3	2	9
38	Portugal	4th	2	4th	10
39	Ireland	4th	1	1	6th
40	Mexico	3	6th	2	11
41	Spain	3	5	6th	14th
42	Lithuania	3	1	1	5
43	Croatia	3	1	1	5
44	Trinidad and Tobago	2	5	8th	15th
45	Nigeria	2	4th	7th	13
46	Argentina	2	3	-	5
47	Ukraine	2	2	13	17th
48	Tunisia	2	2	1	5
49	Estonia	2	1	3	6th
50	Dominican Republic	2	1	-	3
51	Kazakhstan	2	-	2	4th
52	Uganda	2	-	1	3
53	Cameroon	2	-	-	2
54	Austria	1	2	4th	7th
55	Slovenia	1	2	1	4th
56	Colombia	1	1	1	3
57	Bahrain	1	1	1	3
58	Burundi	1	1	-	2
58	Ecuador	1	1	-	2
58	Mixed team	1	1	-	2
58	Grenada	1	1	-	2
58	South Korea	1	1	-	2
63	Panama	1	-	2	3
64	Mozambique	1	-	1	2
65	Luxembourg	1	-	-	1
65	Slovakia	1	-	-	1
65	Syria	1	-	-	1
65	Tajikistan	1	-	-	1
69	Switzerland	-	6th	2	8th
70	Denmark	-	4th	3	7th
71	Latvia	-	4th	1	5
72	Namibia	-	4th	-	4th
73	Turkey	-	3	3	6th
74	Chile	-	2	-	2
74	India	-	2	-	2
74	Yugoslavia	-	2	-	2
74	Sri Lanka	-	2	-	2
74	Tanzania	-	2	-	2
79	Qatar	-	1	2	3
80	Iceland	-	1	1	2
80	Chinese Taipei	-	1	1	2
80	Venezuela	-	1	1	2
83	Bohemia	-	1	-	1
83	Botswana	-	1	-	1
83	Ivory Coast	-	1	-	1
83	Guatemala	-	1	-	1
83	Haiti	-	1	-	1
83	Iran	-	1	-	1
83	Zambia	-	1	-	1
83	Saudi Arabia	-	1	-	1
83	Senegal	-	1	-	1
83	Sudan	-	1	-	1
93	Philippines	-	-	2	2
93	West Indian Federation	-	-	2	2
95	Australasia	-	-	1	1
95	Barbados	-	-	1	1
95	Djibouti	-	-	1	1
95	Eritrea	-	-	1	1
95	Puerto Rico	-	-	1	1
95	Serbia	-	-	1	1

Men

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	277	218	175	670
02	Finland	47	33	31	111
03	United Kingdom	45	59	48	152
04th	Soviet Union	34	35	40	109
05	Kenya	25th	25th	22nd	72
06th	Sweden	17th	21st	38	76
07th	Poland	17th	10	5	32
08th	Italy	16	8th	22nd	46
09	Jamaica	14th	16	6th	36
10	GDR	14th	14th	14th	42
11	Germany	12	25th	27	64
12	Canada	12	10	22nd	44
13	Ethiopia	12	6th	12	30th
14th	France	8th	23	24	55
15th	Australia	8th	14th	10	32
16	Czechoslovakia	8th	6th	3	17th
17th	Hungary	7th	11	15th	33
18th	New Zealand	7th	2	8th	17th
19th	Cuba	6th	8th	9	23
20th	Norway	6th	2	7th	15th
21st	South Africa	5	7th	5	17th
22nd	Japan	5	6th	9	20th
23	Russia	5	5	10	20th
24	Morocco	5	4th	6th	15th
25th	BR Germany	4th	8th	12	24
26th	Brazil	4th	3	7th	14th
27	Ireland	4th	-	1	5
28	Greece	3	6th	9	18th
29	Mexico	3	4th	2	9
30th	People's Republic of China	3	2	3	8th
31	United team	3	2	2	7th
32	Czech Republic	3	1	2	6th
33	Lithuania	3	-	1	4th
34	Trinidad and Tobago	2	5	8th	15th
35	Spain	2	5	5	12
36	Belgium	2	5	2	9
37	Algeria	2	3	2	7th
38	Portugal	2	2	2	6th
39	Argentina	2	2	-	4th
40	Estonia	2	1	3	6th
41	Dominican Republic	2	1	-	3
42	Uganda	2	-	1	3
43	Tunisia	1	2	1	4th
44	Bahamas	1	1	4th	6th
45	Nigeria	1	1	3	5
46	Ecuador	1	1	-	2
46	Mixed team	1	1	-	2
46	Grenada	1	1	-	2
46	South Korea	1	1	-	2
46	Slovenia	1	1	-	2
51	Panama	1	-	2	3
52	Bulgaria	1	-	1	2
53	Burundi	1	-	-	1
53	Luxembourg	1	-	-	1
53	Slovakia	1	-	-	1
53	Tajikistan	1	-	-	1
57	Switzerland	-	6th	2	8th
58	Belarus	-	4th	3	7th
59	Latvia	-	4th	1	5
60	Namibia	-	4th	-	4th
61	Denmark	-	3	2	5
62	India	-	2	-	2
62	Yugoslavia	-	2	-	2
62	Tanzania	-	2	-	2
65	Netherlands	-	1	5	6th
66	Qatar	-	1	2	3
67	Romania	-	1	1	2
68	Bohemia	-	1	-	1
68	Botswana	-	1	-	1
68	Chile	-	1	-	1
68	Ivory Coast	-	1	-	1
68	Guatemala	-	1	-	1
68	Haiti	-	1	-	1
68	Iran	-	1	-	1
68	Iceland	-	1	-	1
68	Zambia	-	1	-	1
68	Saudi Arabia	-	1	-	1
68	Senegal	-	1	-	1
68	Sri Lanka	-	1	-	1
68	Sudan	-	1	-	1
68	Chinese Taipei	-	1	-	1
82	Ukraine	-	-	5	5
83	Turkey	-	-	3	3
84	Philippines	-	-	2	2
84	West Indian Federation	-	-	2	2
86	Australasia	-	-	1	1
86	Barbados	-	-	1	1
86	Djibouti	-	-	1	1
86	Eritrea	-	-	1	1
86	Kazakhstan	-	-	1	1
86	Puerto Rico	-	-	1	1
86	Venezuela	-	-	1	1

Women

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	58	40	32	130
02	Soviet Union	30th	20th	34	84
03	German Democratic Republic	34	22nd	21st	67
04th	Russia	18th	21st	15th	54
05	Australia	13	12	13	38
06th	Romania	11	13	9	33
07th	United Kingdom	10	22nd	21st	53
08th	Germany	10	17th	19th	46
09	Ethiopia	10	4th	9	23
10	Jamaica	9	17th	16	42
11	Poland	8th	9	8th	25th
12	BR Germany	8th	6th	5	19th
13	Netherlands	6th	3	1	10
14th	France	6th	2	4th	12
15th	Kenya	5	12	4th	21st
16	People's Republic of China	5	5	9	19th
17th	United team	4th	9	1	14th
18th	Bulgaria	4th	8th	5	17th
19th	Cuba	4th	6th	8th	18th
20th	Greece	4th	6th	2	12
21st	Belarus	4th	2	4th	10
22nd	Bahamas	4th	1	1	6th
23	Italy	3	7th	4th	14th
24	Czechoslovakia	3	2	2	7th
25th	New Zealand	3	1	3	7th
25th	Hungary	3	1	3	7th
27	Croatia	3	1	1	5
28	Belgium	3	-	-	3
29	South Africa	2	6th	1	9
30th	Canada	2	5	9	16
31	Ukraine	2	2	8th	12
32	Japan	2	2	1	5
33	Sweden	2	-	4th	6th
33	Czech Republic	2	-	4th	6th
35	Portugal	2	-	2	4th
36	Kazakhstan	2	-	1	3
37	Algeria	2	-	-	2
37	Cameroon	2	-	-	2
39	Nigeria	1	3	4th	8th
40	Norway	1	3	1	5
41	Austria	1	2	4th	7th
42	Finland	1	2	-	3
43	Morocco	1	1	2	4th
44	Colombia	1	1	1	3
45	Bahrain	1	1	1	3
46	Brazil	1	-	1	2
46	Mozambique	1	-	1	2
46	Spain	1	-	1	2
49	Syria	1	-	-	1
49	Tunisia	1	-	-	1
51	Turkey	-	3	-	3
52	Mexico	-	2	-	2
53	Denmark	-	1	1	2
53	Slovenia	-	1	1	2
55	Argentina	-	1	-	1
55	Burundi	-	1	-	1
55	Chile	-	1	-	1
55	Ireland	-	1	-	1
55	Lithuania	-	1	-	1
55	Sri Lanka	-	1	-	1
55	Venezuela	-	1	-	1
62	Chinese Taipei	-	-	1	1
62	Iceland	-	-	1	1
62	Serbia	-	-	1	1