U.S. OUTLOOK: Mired under a cloud from the BALCO drug scandal, the strong team still includes 28 members who have won world or Olympic individual titles.
Men's 100 meters
Gold
U.S.
Maurice Greene
Silver
U.S.
Shawn Crawford
Bronze
Portugal
Francis Obikwelu
Obikwelu ran in the 2000 Olympics for his native Nigeria.
Men's 200 meters
Gold
U.S.
Shawn Crawford
Silver
Greece
Konstadinos Kederis
Bronze
Jamaica
Usain Bolt
The cat-quick Crawford calls himself Cheetah Man.
Men's 400 meters
Gold
Grenada
Alleyne Francique
Silver
U.S.
Jeremy Wariner
Bronze
U.S.
Otis Harris
Americans have won medals in this at every nonboycotted Olympics since '24.
Men's 800 meters
Gold
Kenya
Wilfred Bungei
Silver
Russia
Yuriy Borzakovskiy
Bronze
Denmark
Wilson Kipketer
Kipketer began his running career in his native Kenya.
Men's 1,500 meters
Gold
Morocco
Hicham El Guerrouj
Silver
Bahrain
Rashid Ramzi
Bronze
Kenya
Bernard Lagat
Two of El Guerrouj's rare losses between 1996 to 2003 came at the Olympics.
Men's 3,000-meter steeplechase
Gold
Kenya
Brimin Kipruto
Silver
Kenya
Ezekiel Kemboi
Bronze
Qatar
Saif Saaeed Shaheen
Kenyans have won 14 steeple medals, all by different runners, since 1968.
Men's 5,000 meters
Gold
Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele
Silver
Kenya
Eliud Kipchoge
Bronze
Ethiopia
Sileshi Sihine
Bekele, 22, set the 5,000 (12:37.35) and 10,000 (26:20.31) world marks this spring.
Men's 10,000 meters
Gold
Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele
Silver
Ethiopia
Haile Gebrselassie
Bronze
Ethiopia
Sileshi Sihine
Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter pulled off the last 5-10 Olympic double, in 1980.
Men's Marathon
Gold
Kenya
Paul Tergat
Silver
South Africa
Gert Thys
Bronze
Morocco
Jaouad Gharib
Amazingly, no Kenyan has ever won an Olympic marathon.
Men's 110-meter hurdles
Gold
U.S.
Allen Johnson
Silver
U.S.
Terrence Trammell
Bronze
China
Xiang Liu
Trammell beat four-time world champion Johnson at the U.S. trials.
Men's 400-meter hurdles
Gold
Dominican Republic
Felix Sanchez
Silver
U.S.
James Carter
Bronze
South Africa
Ockert Cilliers
No Dominican athlete has won an Olympic gold medal.
Men's 4×100-meter relay
Gold
U.S.
Silver
Jamaica
Bronze
Nigeria
U.S. quartets have won this event 15 times at the Olympics.
Men's 4×400-meter relay
Gold
U.S.
Silver
Jamaica
Bronze
Great Britain
U.S. teams have won the four-by-four at five straight Games.
Men's 20-km walk
Gold
Ecuador
Jefferson Perez
Silver
Russia
Vladimir Stankin
Bronze
Spain
Francisco Javier Fernandez
Perez received a lifetime supply of yogurt after winning in Atlanta.
Men's 50-km walk
Gold
Poland
Robert Korzeniowski
Silver
Russia
Denis Nizhegorodov
Bronze
Russia
Vladimir Potemin
Korzeniowski won both walks at the Sydney Olympics.
Men's High jump
Gold
Sweden
Stefan Holm
Silver
Ukraine
Andriy Sokolovskiy
Bronze
South Africa
Jacques Freitag
Holm's dad, Johnny, was a goalkeeper for a Swedish League soccer team.
Men's Long jump
Gold
U.S.
Dwight Phillips
Silver
Saudi Arabia
Hussein Taher Al-Sabee
Bronze
Romania
Bogdan Tarus
In 2000 the U.S. failed to win a medal for the first time at a nonboycotted Games.
Men's Triple jump
Gold
Sweden
Christian Olsson
Silver
U.S.
Kenta Bell
Bronze
U.S.
Melvin Lister
World champ Olsson surpassed 56 feet in 22 of 23 meets last year.
Men's Pole vault
Gold
Australia
Dmitri Markov
Silver
U.S.
Toby Stevenson
Bronze
U.S.
Timothy Mack
Stevenson is easily recognizable because of his hockey-style helmet.
Men's Shot put
Gold
U.S.
John Godina
Silver
U.S.
Adam Nelson
Bronze
South Africa
Janus Robberts
Godina also made two Olympic teams in the discus throw.
Men's Discus
Gold
Lithuania
Virgilijus Alekna
Silver
Hungary
Robert Fazekas
Bronze
Estonia
Gerd Kanter
Alekna once worked as a presidential bodyguard in Lithuania.
Men's Hammer throw
Gold
Hungary
Adrian Annus
Silver
Japan
Koji Murofushi
Bronze
Hungary
Krisztian Pars
The world record (284' 7") set by Yuri Sedykh of Russia has stood since 1986.
Men's Javelin
Gold
Russia
Alexander Ivanov
Silver
U.S.
Breaux Greer
Bronze
Russia
Sergei Makarov
Greer wore face paint while competing at the Olympic trials.
Men's Decathlon
Gold
Czech Republic
Roman Sebrle
Silver
U.S.
Tom Pappas
Bronze
U.S.
Bryan Clay
Sebrle eyed a soccer career until taking up track after high school.
Women's 100 meters
Gold
France
Christine Arron
Silver
U.S.
LaTasha Colander
Bronze
Bulgaria
Ivet Lalova
Unheralded Lalova ran a world-leading 10.77 on home soil in June.
Women's 200 meters
Gold
Jamaica
Veronica Campbell
Silver
U.S.
Allyson Felix
Bronze
Belgium
Kim Gavaert
If Torri Edwards is cleared of a possible drug violation, she will win a medal.
Women's 400 meters
Gold
Mexico
Ana Guevara
Silver
Bahamas
Tonique Williams-Darling
Bronze
U.S.
Monique Hennagan
Hennagan was an all-state volleyball player in South Carolina.
Women's 800 meters
Gold
Mozambique
Maria Mutola
Silver
Great Britain
Kelly Holmes
Bronze
Slovenia
Jolanda Ceplak
A national holiday was declared in 2000 after Mutola won her country's first gold.
Women's 1,500 meters
Gold
Russia
Tatiana Tomashova
Silver
Russia
Yelena Zadorozhnaya
Bronze
Russia
Olga Yegorova
No nation has ever swept a women's race this long at the Olympics.
Women's 5,000 meters
Gold
Turkey
Elvan Abeylegesse
Silver
Ethiopia
Tirunesh Dibaba
Bronze
Kenya
Jane Wanjiku
Abeylegesse, a former Ethiopian, is the first Turk to hold a world track record.
Women's 10,000 meters
Gold
Ethiopia
Berhane Adere
Silver
Ethiopia
Werknesh Kidane
Bronze
Ethiopia
Derartu Tulu
Ethiopia made Tulu, a double Olympic champ, an 11th-hour roster addition.
Women's Marathon
Gold
Great Britain
Paula Radcliffe
Silver
Kenya
Catherine Ndereba
Bronze
Ethiopia
Elfinesh Alemu
Radcliffe's name aptly anagrams to: Full pace ... afraid?
Women's 100-meter hurdles
Gold
U.S.
Gail Devers
Silver
Canada
Perdita Felicien
Bronze
Jamaica
Brigitte Foster
Devers has won the U.S. hurdles title 10 times but never the Olympic crown.
Women's 400-meter hurdles
Gold
U.S.
Lashinda Demus
Silver
U.S.
Sheena Johnson
Bronze
Australia
Jana Pittman
Fight fan Pittman bought a boxer pup named Cassius before winning worlds.
Women's 4×100-meter relay
Gold
U.S.
Silver
Jamaica
Bronze
France
East Germany's world record (41.37 seconds) has stood since 1985.
Women's 4×400-meter relay
Gold
Russia
Silver
U.S.
Bronze
Jamaica
The U.S. has never held the world record in this event heading into an Olympics.
Women's 20-km walk
Gold
Russia
Yelena Nikolayeva
Silver
China
Hongjuan Song
Bronze
Ireland
Gillian O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan is known as the Firewoman because of her flaming red hair.
Women's High jump
Gold
South Africa
Hestrie Cloete
Silver
Russia
Yelena Slesarenko
Bronze
Bulgaria
Venelina Veneva
Cloete tied for the best Sydney jump, but took silver with more misses.
Women's Long jump
Gold
U.S.
Marion Jones
Silver
Russia
Irina Simagina
Bronze
Russia
Tatyana Lebedeva
Jones's technique is vastly improved under new coach Dan Pfaff.
Women's Triple jump
Gold
Russia
Tatyana Lebedeva
Silver
Italy
Magdelin Martinez
Bronze
Russia
Anna Pyatykh
Cuban-born standout Yamile Aldama is now representing Sudan.
Women's Pole vault
Gold
Russia
Svetlana Feofanova
Silver
Russia
Yelena Isinbaeva
Bronze
U.S.
Stacy Dragila
Defending champ Dragila still harbors thoughts of pursuing the heptathlon.
Women's Shot put
Gold
Russia
Irina Korzhanenko
Silver
Russia
Svetlana Krivelyova
Bronze
Germany
Astrid Kumbernuss
Soviet/Russian women have never failed to win a medal in this event.
Women's Discus
Gold
Greece
Ekaterini Voggoli
Silver
Greece
Anastassia Kelesidou
Bronze
Russia
Natalia Sadova
The stadium will erupt if Stiliani Tsikouna gives the hosts a medal sweep.
Women's Hammer throw
Gold
Cuba
Yipsi Moreno
Silver
Ukraine
Irina Sekachova
Bronze
China
Wenxiu Zhang
Nine of the 11 best throws in the world this year belong to Moreno.
Women's Javelin
Gold
Cuba
Osleidys Menendez
Silver
Greece
Mirela Manjani
Bronze
Czech Republic
Nikola Brejchova
Menendez has the five longest throws in the world this year.
Women's Heptathlon
Gold
Sweden
Carolina Klüft
Silver
Russia
Svetlana Sokolova
Bronze
Great Britain
Kelly Sotherton
Klüft, 21, was the most downloaded Swede after her 2003 victory at worlds.
