Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
| Dates | 3–12 August |
| Competitors | 2,231 (1,160 men, 1,071 women)[1][2] |
The athletics competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London are being held during the last 10 days of the Games, from 3 to 12 August. Track and field events are taking place at the Olympic Stadium in east London. The road events, however, start and finish on The Mall in central London.[3]
Over 2,000 athletes are competing in 47 events in total, with both men and women having a very similar schedule of events. Men will compete in 24 events and women in 23, of which 21 are the same for both. The women's schedule lacks the 50 km race walk and includes 100 m hurdles and heptathlon as opposed to the men's 110 m hurdles and decathlon.
Qualification
Competition schedule
The venue for the track and field events is the Olympic Stadium while the walks and the marathons will start and finish on The Mall.[4] In the tables below, M stands for morning and A for afternoon.
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Medal summary
Medal table
| 1 |  United States |
7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 2 |  Jamaica |
3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  Russia |
3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 |  Great Britain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 |  Ethiopia |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Kenya |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 |  Germany |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Australia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Dominican Republic |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 |  China |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |  Algeria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Belarus |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Croatia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Grenada |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Hungary |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Colombia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Cuba |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 France |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Guatemala |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Iran |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 New Zealand |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tunisia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 |  Canada |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Czech Republic |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Estonia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Japan |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Morocco |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Puerto Rico |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Qatar |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 28 | 28 | 30 | 86 | |
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Note: Three competitors tied for bronze in the men's high jump event.
Men's events
Women's events
References
- ^ Number of Entries By Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-29.
- ^ Number of athlete totals based upon information available on 27 July 2012. Totals include reserve athletes (back-ups for injuries/non-starters etc).
- ^ "Marthon Venue". London 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ^ Athletics – Schedule
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