Olympic Games (Athletics)
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| Host City: Athina, Greece |
Participants: 63 (63 men and 0 women) from 9 countries |
| Date Started: April 6, 1896 |
Youngest Participant: FRA Georges de la Nézière (17 years, 250 days) |
| Date Finished: April 10, 1896 |
Oldest Participant: DEN Eugen Schmidt (34 years, 49 days) |
| Events: 12 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Bob Garrett (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (17 medals) |
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| Host City: Paris, France |
Participants: 119 (119 men and 0 women) from 17 countries |
| Date Started: July 14, 1900 |
Youngest Participant: USA Arthur Newton (17 years, 165 days) |
| Date Finished: July 16, 1900 |
Oldest Participant: GBR Ion Pool (42 years, 239 days) |
| Events: 23 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Irv Baxter and USA Walter Tewksbury (5 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (39 medals) |
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| Host City: St. Louis, United States |
Participants: 116 (116 men and 0 women) from 11 countries |
| Date Started: July 4, 1904 |
Youngest Participant: USA Walter Dray (18 years, 166 days) |
| Date Finished: July 4, 1904 |
Oldest Participant: USA Jim Mitchel (40 years, 217 days) |
| Events: 24 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Jim Lightbody (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (64 medals) |
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| Host City: Athina, Greece |
Participants: 233 (233 men and 0 women) from 20 countries |
| Date Started: April 25, 1906 |
Youngest Participant: TUR Vahram Papazyan (13 years, 224 days) |
| Date Finished: May 1, 1906 |
Oldest Participant: USA James B. Connolly (37 years, 183 days) |
| Events: 21 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Martin Sheridan (5 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (23 medals) |
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| Host City: London, Great Britain |
Participants: 431 (431 men and 0 women) from 20 countries |
| Date Started: July 13, 1908 |
Youngest Participant: BEL Victor Jacquemin (16 years, 130 days) |
| Date Finished: July 25, 1908 |
Oldest Participant: USA John Flanagan (40 years, 170 days) |
| Events: 26 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Mel Sheppard and USA Martin Sheridan (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (34 medals) |
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| Host City: Stockholm, Sweden |
Participants: 534 (534 men and 0 women) from 27 countries |
| Date Started: July 6, 1912 |
Youngest Participant: SWE Douglas Melin (16 years, 278 days) |
| Date Finished: July 15, 1912 |
Oldest Participant: FIN Verner Järvinen (42 years, 131 days) |
| Events: 30 |
Most Medals (Athlete): FIN Hannes Kolehmainen (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (42 medals) |
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| Host City: Antwerpen, Belgium |
Participants: 509 (509 men and 0 women) from 25 countries |
| Date Started: August 15, 1920 |
Youngest Participant: ESP Diego Ordóñez (16 years, 283 days) |
| Date Finished: August 23, 1920 |
Oldest Participant: USA Matt McGrath (42 years, 243 days) |
| Events: 29 |
Most Medals (Athlete): FIN Paavo Nurmi and SWE Eric Backman (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (29 medals) |
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| Host City: Paris, France |
Participants: 659 (659 men and 0 women) from 40 countries |
| Date Started: July 6, 1924 |
Youngest Participant: FRA Francis Galtier (17 years, 63 days) |
| Date Finished: July 13, 1924 |
Oldest Participant: TCH Boris Honzátko (48 years, 196 days) |
| Events: 27 |
Most Medals (Athlete): FIN Ville Ritola (6 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (32 medals) |
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| Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Participants: 706 (611 men and 95 women) from 40 countries |
| Date Started: July 29, 1928 |
Youngest Participant: POL Gertruda Kilosówna (15 years, 174 days) |
| Date Finished: August 5, 1928 |
Oldest Participant: SWE Carl Johan Lind (45 years, 66 days) |
| Events: 27 |
Most Medals (Athlete): FIN Paavo Nurmi (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (25 medals) |
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| Host City: Los Angeles, United States |
Participants: 386 (332 men and 54 women) from 34 countries |
| Date Started: July 31, 1932 |
Youngest Participant: JPN Sumiko Watanabe (15 years, 247 days) |
| Date Finished: August 7, 1932 |
Oldest Participant: ITA Armando Poggioli (44 years, 46 days) |
| Events: 29 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 3 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (35 medals) |
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| Host City: Berlin, Germany |
Participants: 776 (678 men and 98 women) from 43 countries |
| Date Started: August 2, 1936 |
Youngest Participant: JPN Ko Nakamura-Yoshino (16 years, 104 days) |
| Date Finished: August 9, 1936 |
Oldest Participant: CAN Percy Wyer (52 years, 199 days) |
| Events: 29 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Jesse Owens (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (25 medals) |
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| Host City: London, Great Britain |
Participants: 745 (601 men and 144 women) from 53 countries |
| Date Started: July 30, 1948 |
Youngest Participant: USA Mae Faggs (16 years, 118 days) |
| Date Finished: August 7, 1948 |
Oldest Participant: GBR Lloyd Johnson (48 years, 116 days) |
| Events: 33 |
Most Medals (Athlete): NED Fanny Blankers-Koen (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (27 medals) |
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| Host City: Helsinki, Finland |
Participants: 963 (776 men and 187 women) from 57 countries |
| Date Started: July 20, 1952 |
Youngest Participant: USA Barbara Jones (15 years, 124 days) |
| Date Finished: July 27, 1952 |
Oldest Participant: USA John Deni (49 years, 75 days) |
| Events: 33 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 3 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (31 medals) |
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| Host City: Melbourne, Australia |
Participants: 720 (573 men and 147 women) from 59 countries |
| Date Started: November 23, 1956 |
Youngest Participant: USA Meredith Ellis (15 years, 82 days) |
| Date Finished: December 1, 1956 |
Oldest Participant: USA Leo Sjogren (42 years, 236 days) |
| Events: 33 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 3 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (31 medals) |
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| Host City: Roma, Italy |
Participants: 1,016 (812 men and 204 women) from 72 countries |
| Date Started: August 31, 1960 |
Youngest Participant: CAN Valerie Jerome (16 years, 127 days) |
| Date Finished: September 8, 1960 |
Oldest Participant: ARG Guillermo Weller (47 years, 127 days) |
| Events: 34 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Wilma Rudolph (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (26 medals) |
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| Host City: Tokyo, Japan |
Participants: 1,018 (782 men and 236 women) from 80 countries |
| Date Started: October 14, 1964 |
Youngest Participant: GHA Alice Annum (15 years, 360 days) |
| Date Finished: October 21, 1964 |
Oldest Participant: SWE John Ljunggren (45 years, 40 days) |
| Events: 36 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 3 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (24 medals) |
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| Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico |
Participants: 1,029 (786 men and 243 women) from 92 countries |
| Date Started: October 13, 1968 |
Youngest Participant: USA Esther Stroy (15 years, 64 days) |
| Date Finished: October 20, 1968 |
Oldest Participant: ISL Guðmundur Hermannsson (43 years, 78 days) |
| Events: 36 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 13 athletes with 2 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (28 medals) |
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| Host City: München, West Germany |
Participants: 1,330 (961 men and 369 women) from 104 countries |
| Date Started: August 31, 1972 |
Youngest Participant: BAR Heather Gooding (14 years, 165 days) |
| Date Finished: September 10, 1972 |
Oldest Participant: CAN Alex Oakley (46 years, 131 days) |
| Events: 38 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 3 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (22 medals) |
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| Host City: Montréal, Canada |
Participants: 1,006 (703 men and 303 women) from 79 countries |
| Date Started: July 23, 1976 |
Youngest Participant: CIV Céléstine N'Drin (13 years, 4 days) |
| Date Finished: July 31, 1976 |
Oldest Participant: CAN Alex Oakley (50 years, 89 days) |
| Events: 37 |
Most Medals (Athlete): GDR Renate Stecher and FRG Annegret Richter (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): GDR East Germany (27 medals) |
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| Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union |
Participants: 960 (694 men and 266 women) from 70 countries |
| Date Started: July 24, 1980 |
Youngest Participant: TAN Marcellina Emmanuel (15 years, 266 days) |
| Date Finished: August 1, 1980 |
Oldest Participant: URS Yevgeny Ivchenko (42 years, 34 days) |
| Events: 38 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 18 athletes with 2 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): URS Soviet Union (41 medals) |
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| Host City: Los Angeles, United States |
Participants: 1,280 (894 men and 384 women) from 124 countries |
| Date Started: August 3, 1984 |
Youngest Participant: THA Wassana Panyapuek (15 years, 241 days) |
| Date Finished: August 11, 1984 |
Oldest Participant: GBR Joyce Smith (46 years, 284 days) |
| Events: 41 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Carl Lewis (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (40 medals) |
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| Host City: Seoul, South Korea |
Participants: 1,617 (1,063 men and 554 women) from 148 countries |
| Date Started: September 23, 1988 |
Youngest Participant: YAR Anwar Al-Harazi (15 years, 293 days) |
| Date Finished: October 1, 1988 |
Oldest Participant: GUM Lourdes Klitzkie (48 years, 235 days) |
| Events: 42 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Florence Griffith Joyner (4 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): GDR East Germany (27 medals) |
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| Host City: Barcelona, Spain |
Participants: 1,726 (1,104 men and 621 women) from 156 countries |
| Date Started: July 31, 1992 |
Youngest Participant: KEN Lydia Cheromei (15 years, 83 days) |
| Date Finished: August 8, 1992 |
Oldest Participant: CRC Luis López (43 years, 24 days) |
| Events: 43 |
Most Medals (Athlete): USA Gwen Torrence (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (30 medals) |
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| Host City: Atlanta, United States |
Participants: 2,057 (1,302 men and 755 women) from 190 countries |
| Date Started: July 26, 1996 |
Youngest Participant: NIG Rachida Mahamane (14 years, 336 days) |
| Date Finished: August 3, 1996 |
Oldest Participant: MYA Htay Myint (43 years, 22 days) |
| Events: 44 |
Most Medals (Athlete): JAM Merlene Ottey-Page (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (23 medals) |
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| Host City: Sydney, Australia |
Participants: 2,137 (1,257 men and 880 women) from 193 countries |
| Date Started: September 22, 2000 |
Youngest Participant: TOG Direma Banasso (14 years, 298 days) |
| Date Finished: September 30, 2000 |
Oldest Participant: GBR Chris Maddocks (43 years, 186 days) |
| Events: 46 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 13 athletes with 2 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (16 medals) |
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| Host City: Athina, Greece |
Participants: 1,995 (1,079 men and 916 women) from 196 countries |
| Date Started: August 18, 2004 |
Youngest Participant: VAN Katura Marae (14 years, 261 days) |
| Date Finished: August 28, 2004 |
Oldest Participant: SLO Merlene Ottey-Page (44 years, 106 days) |
| Events: 46 |
Most Medals (Athlete): JAM Veronica Campbell-Brown and USA Justin Gatlin (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (25 medals) |
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| Host City: Beijing, China |
Participants: 2,056 (1,082 men and 974 women) from 200 countries |
| Date Started: August 15, 2008 |
Youngest Participant: UZB Anastasiya Svechnikova (15 years, 334 days) |
| Date Finished: August 23, 2008 |
Oldest Participant: BLR Ellina Zvereva (47 years, 273 days) |
| Events: 47 |
Most Medals (Athlete): JAM Usain Bolt (3 medals) |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (23 medals) |
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| Host City: London, Great Britain |
Participants: 2,079 (1,088 men and 991 women) from 201 countries |
| Date Started: August 3, 2012 |
Youngest Participant: AND Cristina Llovera (15 years, 307 days) |
| Date Finished: August 11, 2012 |
Oldest Participant: UKR Oleksandr Dryhol (46 years, 101 days) |
| Events: 47 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 5 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (28 medals) |
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| Host City: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Participants: 2,268 (1,185 men and 1,083 women) from 200 countries |
| Date Started: August 12, 2016 |
Youngest Participant: UGA Jacob Kiplimo (15 years, 277 days) |
| Date Finished: August 20, 2016 |
Oldest Participant: ESP Jesus Angel Garcia (46 years, 307 days) |
| Events: 47 |
Most Medals (Athlete): 5 athletes with 3 medals |
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Most Medals (Country): USA United States (32 medals) |
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