Summary of Significant Track & Field Stats from 2012 London Olympics
By Ken Nakamura
August 16, 2012
Stat guru Ken Nakamura came up with amazing stats for each day of the Olympics. We shared some of those with you but didnt have time or space to share them all with you. Thankfully, now that the Games are over, he has comprised a list of significant Olympic stats and we share some of our favorites below with you.
World Records
| Events | Name | Nat | Time/Distance |
| 800m | David Rudisha | KEN | 1:40.91 |
| 4x100mR | JAM | 36.84 | |
| W4x100mR | USA | 40.82 | |
| W20KmWalk | Elena Lashmanova | RUS | 1:25:02 |
Olympic Records
| Events | Name | Nat | Time/Distance |
| 100m | Usain Bolt | JAM | 9.63 |
| 20KmWalk | Chen Ding | CHN | 1:18:46 |
| 50KmWalk | Sergey Kirdyapkin | RUS | 3:35:59 |
| W Marathon | Tiki Gelana | ETH | 2:23:07 |
| W100mH | Sally Pearson | AUS | 12.35 |
| WHT | Tatyana Lysenko | RUS | 78.18 |
Sweeping Championships
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Events |
Name |
Nat |
OG |
WC |
WIC |
WJ |
WY |
EC |
EIC |
CWG |
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400m |
Kirani James |
GRN |
2012 |
2011 |
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2010 |
2009 |
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W800m |
Mariya Savinova |
RUS |
2012 |
2011 |
2010 |
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2010 |
2009 |
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W100mH |
Sally Pearson |
AUS |
2012 |
2011 |
2012 |
4th |
2003 |
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2010 |
Repeat winners & two-time defending champions (first repeat in history is indicated in bold)
| Events | Name | Nat | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
| 100m | Usain Bolt | JAM | Gold | Gold | ||
| 200 | Usain Bolt | JAM | Gold | Gold | ||
| 10000m | Kenenisa Bekele | ETH | Gold | Gold | 4th | |
| 3000mSC | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | Gold | 7th | Gold | |
| 400mH | Felix Sanchez | DOM | Gold | 5h4 | Gold | |
| 400mH | Angelo Taylor | USA | Gold | Gold | 5th | |
| SP | Tomasz Majewski | POL | Gold | Gold | ||
| JT | Andreas Thorkildsen | NOR | Gold | Gold | 6th | |
| W100m | Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce | JAM | Gold | Gold | ||
| W200m | Veronica Campbell-Brown | JAM | Gold | Gold | 4th | |
| W5000m | Meseret Defar | ETH | Gold | 3rd | Gold | |
| W10000m | Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH | Gold | Gold | ||
| WPV | Yelena Isinbayeva | RUS | Gold | Gold | 3rd | |
| WJT | Barbora Spotakova | CZE | Gold | Gold |
Kenenisa Bekele, Thorkildsen, Campbell-Brown and Isinbayeva attempted three-peat but all failed
New smallest winning margin
| Events | Name | Nat | Before | Year | After |
| JT (new) | Walcott | 7cm | |||
| W Marathon | Tiki Gelana | ETH | 8 sec | 1992, 2000 | 5 sec |
| W3000mSC | Yuliya Zaripova | RUS | 1.65sec | ||
| WPV | Jenn Suhr | USA | 5cm | 2000 | 0cm |
| WHT | Lysenko | RUS | 1.14 | 2008 | 58cm |
New smallest medal winning margin (difference between 3rd and 4th)
| Events | Name | Nat | Before | Year | After |
| 800m | Ekaterina Postoqova | RUS | 0.08 sec | 2004 | 0.06 sec |
| W3000mSC | Sofia Assefa | ETH | 4.69 sec | 2008 | 0.04sec |
New largest medal winning margin
| Events | Name | Nat | Before | Year | After |
| PV | Raphael Holzdeppe | GER | 15cm | 1956 | 16cm |
New best losing marks (best second place)
| Events | Name | Nat | Before | Year | After |
| 200m | Yohan Blakes | JAM | 19.68 | 1996 | 19.44 |
| 4x100mR | USA | 37.62 | 2009 | 37.04 | |
| W100mH | Dawn Harper | USA | 12.39 | 1986 | 12.37 |
| W400mH | LaShinda Demus | USA | 53.08 | 1996 | 52.77 |
Best marks in qualifying round (before means before the 2012 Olympics)
| Events | Name | Nat | Before | Year | After |
| 100m | Justin Gatlin | USA | 9.85 | 2008 | 9.82 |
| 5000m | Yenew Alamirew | ETH | 13:18.94 | 2004 | 13:15.15 |
| 110mH | Aries Merritt | USA | 13.06 | 2004 | 12.94 |
| W100m | Carmelita Jeter | USA | 10.88 | 1988 | 10.83 |
| W100mH | Sally Pearson | AUS | 12.43 | 2008 | 12.39 |
| WSP | Nadzeya Ostapuchuk | BLR | 20.39 | 1988 | 20.76m |
| WHT | Anita Wlodarczyk | POL | 73.92 | 2008 | 75.68m |
| W4x400mR | USA | 3:22.29 | 1992 | 3:22.09 |
Fastest time that failed to make the final
| Events | Name | Nat | Before | Year | After |
| 100m | Keston Bledmaan | TRI | 10.05 | 2008 | 10.04 |
| HJ | Hanany, Barshim, Silnov | 2.26 | 1996 | 2.26m (tie) | |
| 4x100mR | POL | 38.64 | 2004 | 38.31 | |
| W4x100mR | POL, BAH | 43.12 | 2004 | 43.07 |
Improved best performances in seven events of Heptathlon (All Competitions)
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Event |
New | Name | Name | Nat | Venue | DMY | |
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100mH |
12.54 | J Ennis | 12.62 | Eunice Barber |
FRA |
Arles | 4 June 2005 |
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SP |
17.31 | Skujyte | 17.29m | Nataliya Dobrynska |
UKR |
OG Beijing | 15 Aug 2008 |
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JT |
56.96 | S Ifadidou | 56.36m | Margaret Simpson |
GHA |
WC Helsinki | 7 Aug 2005 |
New UK All comers record (only final fastest time in the Olympics is listed)
| Events | Name | Nat | Before | Year | After |
| 100m | Usain Bolt | JAM | 9.63 | ||
| 200m | Usain Bolt | JAM | 19.76 | 2008 | 19.32 |
| 400m | Kirani James | GRN | 43.98 | 1992 | 43.94 |
| 400mH | Felix Sanchez | DOM | 47.76 | 1992 | 47.63 |
| 4x400mR | BAH | 2:59.85 | 1996 | 2:56.72 | |
| Decathlon | Ashton Eaton | USA | 8663 | 1986 | 8869 |
| W100m | Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce | JAM | 10.78 | 2000 | 10.75 |
| W100mH | Sally Pearson | AUS | 12.48 | 2011 | 12.35 |
| W400mH | Natalya Antyukh | RUS | 52.79 | 2011 | 52.70 |
| WHJ | Anna Chicherova | RUS | 2.05 | 2006 | 2.05 (tie) |
| WHT | Tatyana Lysenko | RUS | 76.24 | 2006 | 78.18 |
| WJT | Barbora Spotakova | CZE | 66.74 | 2011 | 69.55 |
| W4x400mR | USA | 3:20.79 | 1983 | 3:16.87 |
Slowest time in Olympic history
| Events | Name | Nat | Before | Year | After |
| 1500m | Asli Cakir | TUR | 4:05.48 | 1976 | 4:10.23 |
First Asian to win Olympic Medal
| Events | Name | Nat | Olympic Games |
| DT | Ehsan Hadadi | IRI | Silver |
| 20KmWalk | Chen Ding | CHN | Gold |
| 50KmWalk | Si Tianfeng | CHN | Bronze |
| WTJ | Olga Rypakova | KAZ | Gold |
| WDT | Li Yanfeng | CHN | Bronze |
Miscellaneous Stats:
Fastest splits
5000m
2:25.20 is the fast closing 1000m ever at Olympic 5000m
Previous fastest closing 1000m in Olympic 5000m was 2:25.30 from 2008
Marathon
14:11 for Wilson Kiprotich from 10 to 15Km is the fastest 5Km split in the Olympic marathon
At 1980 Olympics Rudolfo Gomez covered 20K (1:03:42) to 25K (1:17:55) in 14:13, only 4 seconds slower than Wilson Kipsangs split (of 20 to 25K) from 2012 London marathon.
Last time WR were set in both men's and women's 4x100mR was back in 1972 Olympic Games
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