Women's events
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
Marathon
100 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
3000 metres steeplechase
- nb Yekaterina Volkova of Russia was originally the 2008 women's steeplechase bronze medalist, but she was subsequently disqualified for doping and her teammate Arkhipova was allocated the medal.[5]
- nb2 Yuliya Zaripova of Russia was originally the 2012 women's steeplechase champion, but she was subsequently disqualified for doping. Ghribi, Sofia Assefa and Chemos were all elevated one place as a result.[6]
4 × 100 metres relay
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.
- nb Note: Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medal.
- In 2008 the Russian team of Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya were awarded the gold medals, however, these were rescinded in 2016 following disqualification of Chermoshanskaya for use of performance-enhancing drugs.[7]
4 × 400 metres relay
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.
- nb1 Marion Jones was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2000.
- nb2 Crystal Cox was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2004.
- nb3 Dominique Blake was accidentally given her Olympic medal and she returned it in 2017.[8]
- a Original silver medalists, Russia, and 4th place finishers, Belarus, were stripped of their results for doping offenses. Following reallocation, Jamaica were promoted to the silver medal, and Great Britain to the bronze.[9]
- b Original silver medalists, Russia, were stripped of their medal for doping offenses. Following reallocation, Jamaica will be promoted to the silver medal, and Ukraine to the bronze.[10]
20 kilometres race walk
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 |  Romania (ROU) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 |  East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
