List of medal sweeps in Olympic athletics

A sweep is when one team wins all available medals in a single event in a sporting event. At the highest level, that would be when one nation wins all the medals in the Olympics.^[1] Many Olympic sports or events do not allow three entries into a single event in the Olympics, making a sweep impossible. But in Athletics the maximum for a single country is three.

In the beginning, before the Olympics became a global event, sweeps were more common amongst fewer competing countries and larger numbers of entries from a single country. The 1904 Olympics, held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA were essentially a domestic meet; a side show to the St. Louis World's Fair. After that, a sweep became an increasingly treasured status symbol of national dominance in an event. 1964 was the first Olympiad to have no sweeps. Since then there were no sweeps in 1972, 1996 and 2000. While the majority of sweeps have been by the United States, the two most recent sweeps have been by Jamaica.

Sweeps have happened in every long term event in the individual program, except the 5000 metres. It has happened eight times in the 200 metres and 110 metres hurdles, seven in the Shot Put. A steeplechase event has had a sweep five times, by four different countries.

Ray Ewry led 5 sweeps, including three from 1904, with Irving Baxter, Charles King and Joseph Stadler joining him in two each and Robert Garrett in one, plus adding a different sweep in 1900. That other sweep joined Josiah McCracken who was part of a different sweep. Ellery Clark, Robert Garrett and |James Connolly swept two events together in 1896. Archie Hahn, Nate Cartmell and William Hogenson duplicated that in 1904, but there were so many American sweeps in 1904 that they don't really deserve being singled out. More recently, Carl Lewis has led three Olympic sweeps, Mike Powell has finished behind him in two. Yuriy Sedykh, Glenn Davis and Lee Calhoun have also led two sweeps.

Men

Olympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens	High jump	United States (USA)	Ellery Clark United States (USA) 1.81 m	1.65 m	none awarded
	High jump	United States (USA)	Ellery Clark United States (USA) 1.81 m	Robert Garrett United States (USA) 1.65 m	none awarded
	Long jump	United States (USA)	Ellery Clark United States (USA) 6.35 m	Robert Garrett United States (USA) 6.00 m	James Connolly United States (USA) 5.84 m
1900 Paris	110 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Alvin Kraenzlein 15.4 s United States (USA)	John McLean 15.5 s United States (USA)	Frederick Moloney 15.6 s United States (USA)
	4000 metres steeplechase	Great Britain (GBR)	John Rimmer 12:58.4 Great Britain (GBR)	Charles Bennett 12:58.6 Great Britain (GBR)	Sidney Robinson 12:58.8 Great Britain (GBR)
	Triple jump	United States (USA)	Myer Prinstein 14.47 m United States (USA)	James Connolly 13.97 m United States (USA)	Lewis Sheldon 13.64 m United States (USA)
	Standing triple jump	United States (USA)	Ray Ewry 10.58 m United States (USA)	Irving Baxter 9.95 m United States (USA)	Robert Garrett 9.50 m United States (USA)
	Standing high jump	United States (USA)	Ray Ewry 1.655 m United States (USA)	Irving Baxter 1.525 m United States (USA)	Lewis Sheldon 1.500 m United States (USA)
	Shot put	United States (USA)	Richard Sheldon 14.10 m United States (USA)	Josiah McCracken 12.85 m United States (USA)	Robert Garrett 12.37 m United States (USA)
	Hammer throw	United States (USA)	John Flanagan 51.01 m United States (USA)	Truxtun Hare 46.26 m United States (USA)	Josiah McCracken 43.58 m United States (USA)
1904 St. Louis	60 metres	United States (USA)	Archie Hahn 7.0 s United States (USA)	William Hogenson 7.2 s United States (USA)	Fay Moulton 7.2 s United States (USA)
	100 metres	United States (USA)	Archie Hahn 11.0 s United States (USA)	Nate Cartmell 11.2 s United States (USA)	William Hogenson 11.2 s United States (USA)
	200 metres	United States (USA)	Archie Hahn 21.6 s United States (USA)	Nate Cartmell 21.9 s United States (USA)	William Hogenson United States (USA)
	400 metres	United States (USA)	Harry Hillman 49.2 s United States (USA)	Frank Waller 49.9 s United States (USA)	Herman Groman 50.0 s United States (USA)
	800 metres	United States (USA)	James Lightbody 1:56.0 United States (USA)	Howard Valentine 1:56.3 United States (USA)	Emil Breitkreutz 1:56.4 United States (USA)
	1500 metres	United States (USA)	James Lightbody 4:05.4 United States (USA)	Frank Verner 4:06.8 United States (USA)	Lacey Hearn United States (USA)
	Marathon	United States (USA)	Thomas Hicks 3:28:53 United States (USA)	Albert Corey 3:34:52 United States (USA)*	Arthur Newton 3:47:33 United States (USA)
	110 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Fred Schule 16.0 s United States (USA)	Thaddeus Shideler 16.3 s United States (USA)	Lesley Ashburner 16.4 s United States (USA)
	200 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Harry Hillman 24.6 s United States (USA)	Frank Castleman 24.9 s United States (USA)	George Poage United States (USA)
	400 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Harry Hillman 53.0 s United States (USA)	Frank Waller 53.2 s United States (USA)	George Poage 56.8 s United States (USA)
	Long jump	United States (USA)	Myer Prinstein 7.34 m United States (USA)	Daniel Frank 6.89 m United States (USA)	Robert Stangland 6.88 m United States (USA)
	Triple jump	United States (USA)	Myer Prinstein 14.35 m United States (USA)	Fred Englehardt 13.90 m United States (USA)	Robert Stangland 13.36 m United States (USA)
	Pole vault	United States (USA)	Charles Dvorak United States (USA)	LeRoy Samse United States (USA)	Louis Wilkins United States (USA)
	Standing long jump	United States (USA)	Ray Ewry United States (USA)	Charles King United States (USA)	John Biller United States (USA)
	Standing triple jump	United States (USA)	Ray Ewry United States (USA)	Charles King United States (USA)	Joseph Stadler United States (USA)
	Standing high jump	United States (USA)	Ray Ewry United States (USA)	Joseph Stadler United States (USA)	Lawson Robertson United States (USA)
	Shot put	United States (USA)	Ralph Rose United States (USA)	Wesley Coe United States (USA)	Lawrence Feuerbach United States (USA)
	Hammer throw	United States (USA)	John Flanagan United States (USA)	John DeWitt United States (USA)	Ralph Rose United States (USA)
	Triathlon	United States (USA)	Max Emmerich United States (USA)	John Grieb United States (USA)	William Merz United States (USA)
1908 London	110 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Forrest Smithson United States (USA)	John Garrels United States (USA)	Arthur Shaw United States (USA)
1908 London	Discus throw	United States (USA)	Martin Sheridan United States (USA)	Merritt Giffin United States (USA)	Bill Horr United States (USA)
1912 Stockholm	100 metres	United States (USA)	Ralph Craig United States (USA)	Alvah Meyer United States (USA)	Donald Lippincott United States (USA)
	800 metres	United States (USA)	Ted Meredith United States (USA)	Mel Sheppard United States (USA)	Ira Davenport United States (USA)
	110 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Fred Kelly United States (USA)	James Wendell United States (USA)	Martin Hawkins United States (USA)
	Triple jump	Sweden (SWE)	Gustaf Lindblom Sweden (SWE)	Georg Åberg Sweden (SWE)	Erik Almlöf Sweden (SWE)
	Pole vault	United States (USA) including ties	Harry Babcock United States (USA)	Frank Nelson United States (USA) Marc Wright United States (USA)	William Halpenny Canada (CAN) Frank Murphy United States (USA) * Bertil Uggla Sweden (SWE)
	Shot put	United States (USA)	Pat McDonald United States (USA)	Ralph Rose United States (USA)	Lawrence Whitney United States (USA)
	Two handed javelin throw	Finland (FIN)	Julius Saaristo Finland (FIN)	Väinö Siikaniemi Finland (FIN)	Urho Peltonen Finland (FIN)
	Decathlon	Sweden (SWE)	Hugo Wieslander Sweden (SWE)	Charles Lomberg Sweden (SWE)	Gösta Holmér Sweden (SWE)
1920 Antwerp	Javelin throw	Finland (FIN)	Jonni Myyrä Finland (FIN)	Urho Peltonen Finland (FIN)	Pekka Johansson Finland (FIN)
1924 Paris	Pole vault	United States (USA)	Lee Barnes United States (USA)	Glen Graham United States (USA)	James Brooker United States (USA)
1924 Paris	Shot put	United States (USA)	Bud Houser United States (USA)	Glenn Hartranft United States (USA)	Ralph Hills United States (USA)
1928 Amsterdam	3000 metres steeplechase	Finland (FIN)	Toivo Loukola Finland (FIN) 9:21.8 WR	Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN) 9:31.2	Ove Andersen Finland (FIN) 9:35.6
1928 Amsterdam	Pole vault	United States (USA)	Sabin Carr United States (USA) 4.20	William Droegemuller United States (USA) 4.10	Charles McGinnis United States (USA) 3.95
1932 Los Angeles	200 meters	United States (USA)	Eddie Tolan (USA) 21.2	George Simpson (USA) 21.4	Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 21.5
1932 Los Angeles	Javelin throw	Finland (FIN)	Matti Järvinen Finland (FIN) 72.71 m	Matti Sippala Finland (FIN) 69.80 m	Eino Penttilä Finland (FIN) 68.70 m
1936 Berlin	10,000 metres	Finland (FIN)	Ilmari Salminen Finland (FIN) 30:15.4	Arvo Askola Finland (FIN) 30:15.6	Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland (FIN) 30:20.2
	High jump	United States (USA)	Cornelius Johnson United States (USA) 2.03 m	Dave Albritton United States (USA) 2.00 m	Delos Thurber United States (USA) 2.00 m
	Decathlon	United States (USA)	Glenn Morris United States (USA) 7900	Bob Clark United States (USA) 7601	Jack Parker United States (USA) 7275
1948 London	110 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	William Porter United States (USA) 13.9	Clyde Scott United States (USA) 14.1	Craig Dixon United States (USA) 14.1
	3000 metres steeplechase	Sweden (SWE)	Tore Sjöstrand Sweden (SWE) 9:04.6	Erik Elmsäter Sweden (SWE) 9:08.2	Göte Hagström Sweden (SWE) 9:11.8
	Shot put	United States (USA)	Wilbur Thompson United States (USA) 17.12 m	Jim Delaney United States (USA) 16.68 m	Jim Fuchs United States (USA) 16.42 m
1952 Helsinki	200 metres	United States (USA)	Andy Stanfield United States (USA) 20.7	Thane Baker United States (USA) 20.8	James Gathers United States (USA) 20.8
	110 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Harrison Dillard United States (USA) 13.7	Jack Davis United States (USA) 13.7	Arthur Barnard United States (USA) 14.1
	Shot put	United States (USA)	Parry O'Brien United States (USA) 17.41 m	Darrow Hooper United States (USA) 17.39 m	Jim Fuchs United States (USA) 17.06 m
	Decathlon	United States (USA)	Bob Mathias United States (USA) 7,887 pts	Milt Campbell United States (USA) 6,975 pts	Floyd Simmons United States (USA) 6,788 pts
1956 Melbourne	200 metres	United States (USA)	Bobby Morrow United States (USA) 20.6 (OR)	Andy Stanfield United States (USA) 20.7	Thane Baker United States (USA) 20.9
	110 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Lee Calhoun United States (USA) 13.5 (OR)	Jack Davis United States (USA) 13.5 (OR)	Joel Shankle United States (USA) 14.1
	400 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Glenn Davis United States (USA) 50.1 (=OR)	Eddie Southern United States (USA) 50.8	Joshua Culbreath United States (USA) 51.6
	20 kilometres walk	Soviet Union (URS)	Leonid Spirin Soviet Union (URS) 1:31:27.4	Antanas Mikėnas Soviet Union (URS) 1:32:03.0	Bruno Junk Soviet Union (URS) 1:32:12.0
	Discus throw	United States (USA)	Al Oerter United States (USA) 56.36 m (OR)	Fortune Gordien United States (USA) 54.81 m	Desmond Koch United States (USA) 54.40 m
1960 Rome	110 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Lee Calhoun United States (USA) 13.8	William May United States (USA) 13.8	Hayes Jones United States (USA) 14.0
	400 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Glenn Davis United States (USA) 49.3 (OR)	Clifton Cushman United States (USA) 49.6	Dick Howard United States (USA) 49.7
	Shot put	United States (USA)	Bill Nieder United States (USA) 19.68 m (OR)	Parry O'Brien United States (USA) 19.11 m	Dallas Long United States (USA) 19.01 m
	Discus throw	United States (USA)	Al Oerter United States (USA) 59.18 m (OR)	Rink Babka United States (USA) 58.02 m	Dick Cochran United States (USA) 57.16 m
1968 Mexico City	400 metres	United States (USA)	Lee Evans United States (USA) 43.86 (WR)	Larry James United States (USA) 43.97	Ron Freeman United States (USA) 44.41
1976 Montreal	Hammer throw	Soviet Union (URS)	Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union (URS) 77.52 m	Aleksey Spiridonov Soviet Union (URS) 76.08 m	Anatoliy Bondarchuk Soviet Union (URS) 75.48 m
1980 Moscow	Hammer throw	Soviet Union (URS)	Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union (URS) 81.80 m WR	Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union (URS) 80.64 m	Jüri Tamm Soviet Union (URS) 78.96 m
1984 Los Angeles	200 metres	United States (USA)	Carl Lewis United States (USA) 19.80 OR	Kirk Baptiste United States (USA) 19.96	Thomas Jefferson United States (USA) 20.26
1988 Seoul	400 metres	United States (USA)	Steve Lewis United States (USA) 43.87	Butch Reynolds United States (USA) 43.93	Danny Everett United States (USA) 44.09
	Long jump	United States (USA)	Carl Lewis United States (USA) 8.72 m	Mike Powell United States (USA) 8.49 m	Larry Myricks United States (USA) 8.27 m
	Pole vault	Soviet Union (URS)	Sergey Bubka Soviet Union (URS) 5.90 m	Radion Gataullin Soviet Union (URS) 5.85 m	Grigoriy Yegorov Soviet Union (URS) 5.80 m
	Hammer throw	Soviet Union (URS)	Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union (URS) 84.80 m (OR)	Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union (URS) 83.76 m	Jüri Tamm Soviet Union (URS) 81.16 m
1992 Barcelona	3000 metres steeplechase	Kenya (KEN)	Matthew Birir Kenya (KEN) 8:08.84	Patrick Sang Kenya (KEN) 8:09.55	William Mutwol Kenya (KEN) 8:10.74
	Long jump	United States (USA)	Carl Lewis United States (USA) 8.67 m	Mike Powell United States (USA) 8.64 m	Joe Greene United States (USA) 8.34 m
	Hammer throw	Unified Team (EUN)	Andrey Abduvaliyev Unified Team (EUN) 82.54 m	Igor Astapkovich Unified Team (EUN) 81.96 m	Igor Nikulin Unified Team (EUN) 81.38 m
2004 Athens	200 metres	United States (USA)	Shawn Crawford United States (USA) 19.79	Bernard Williams United States (USA) 20.01	Justin Gatlin United States (USA) 20.03
	400 metres	United States (USA)	Jeremy Wariner United States (USA) 44.00	Otis Harris United States (USA) 44.16	Derrick Brew United States (USA) 44.42
	3000 metres steeplechase	Kenya (KEN)	Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya (KEN) 8:05.81	Brimin Kipruto Kenya (KEN) 8:06.11	Paul Kipsiele Koech Kenya (KEN) 8:06.64
2008 Beijing	400 metres	United States (USA)	LaShawn Merritt United States (USA) 43.75	Jeremy Wariner United States (USA) 44.74	David Neville United States (USA) 44.80
2008 Beijing	400 metres hurdles	United States (USA)	Angelo Taylor United States (USA) 47.25	Kerron Clement United States (USA) 47.98	Bershawn Jackson United States (USA) 48.06
2012 London	200 metres	Jamaica (JAM)	Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM) 19.32	Yohan Blake Jamaica (JAM) 19.44	Warren Weir Jamaica (JAM) 19.84

Women

With the majority of women's competitions happening in more modern, competitive times, sweeps have only occurred six times. The Pentathlon is the only event to have more than one occurrence, coincidentally in back to back Olympiads by different countries.

Olympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1952 Helsinki	Discus throw	Soviet Union (URS)	Nina Romashkova Soviet Union (URS) 51.42 m	Elizaveta Bagryantseva Soviet Union (URS) 47.08 m	Nina Dumbadze Soviet Union (URS) 46.29 m
1976 Montreal	Pentathlon	East Germany (GDR)	Siegrun Siegl East Germany (GDR) 4745	Christine Laser East Germany (GDR) 4745	Burglinde Pollak East Germany (GDR) 4740
1980 Moscow	800 metres	Soviet Union (URS)	Nadezhda Olizarenko Soviet Union (URS) 1:53.43 WR	Olga Mineeva Soviet Union (URS) 1:54.81	Tatyana Providokhina Soviet Union (URS) 1:55.46
1980 Moscow	Pentathlon	Soviet Union (URS)	Nadezhda Tkachenko Soviet Union (URS) 5083 WR	Olga Rukavishnikova Soviet Union (URS) 4937	Olga Kuragina Soviet Union (URS) 4875
2004 Athens	Long jump	Russia (RUS)	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia (RUS) 7.07 m	Irina Simagina Russia (RUS) 7.05 m	Tatyana Kotova Russia (RUS) 7.05 m
2008 Beijing	100 metres	Jamaica (JAM)	Shelly-Ann Fraser Jamaica (JAM) 10.78	Sherone Simpson Jamaica (JAM) Kerron Stewart Jamaica (JAM) 10.98

Other sports

Olympic sweeps in Speed skating

References

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Olympics and Paralympics statistics

Medalists and medal tables	Lists of Olympic medalists Lists of Paralympic medalists All-time Olympic Games medal table All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Multiple medalists	Multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games in one event at Winter Olympics

Multiple gold medalists	Multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games in one event Multiple Paralympic gold medalists at a single Games

Other statistics	Olympic medals in different sports at Summer and Winter Olympics Most appearances at Olympic Games Medal sweeps in Olympic athletics Athletes at both the Summer and Winter Olympics

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