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Oldest and Earliest Olympic Champions in Track and Field (male)

Event	Oldest Living Champion	Date of Birth	Earliest Surviving Champion	Games
100 metres	Armin Hary	22 March 1937	Armin Hary	1960
200 metres	Livio Berruti	19 May 1939	Livio Berruti	1960
400 metres	Charles Jenkins	7 January 1934	Charles Jenkins	1956
800 metres	Ralph Doubell	11 February 1945	Ralph Doubell	1968
1500 metres	Ron Delany	6 March 1935	Ron Delany	1956
5000 metres	Mohammed Gammoudi	11 February 1938	Mohammed Gammoudi	1968
10000 metres	Billy Mills	30 June 1938	Billy Mills	1964
Marathon	Frank Shorter	31 October 1947	Frank Shorter	1972
110 metres Hurdles	Hayes Jones	4 August 1938	Hayes Jones	1964
400 metres Hurdles	David Hemery	18 July 1944	David Hemery	1968
3000 metres Steeplechase	Gaston Roelants	5 February 1937	Gaston Roelants	1964
20 km Walk	Peter Frenkel	13 May 1939	Peter Frenkel	1972
50 km Walk	Abdon Pamich	3 October 1933	Abdon Pamich	1964
4 x 100 metres Relay	Thane Baker	4 October 1931	Thane Baker	1956
4 x 400 metres Relay	Jesse Mashburn	14 February 1933	Charles Jenkins & Jesse Mashburn	1956
High Jump	Jacek Wszoła	30 December 1956	Jacek Wszoła	1976
Pole Vault	Fred Hansen	29 December 1940	Fred Hansen	1964
Long Jump	Greg Bell	7 November 1930	Greg Bell	1956
Triple Jump	Józef Szmidt	28 March 1935	Józef Szmidt	1960
Shot Put	Randy Matson	5 March 1945	Randy Matson	1968
Discus Throw	Viktor Rashchupkin	16 October 1950	Mac Wilkins	1976
Hammer Throw	Anatoliy Bondarchuk	31 May 1940	Anatoliy Bondarchuk	1972
Javelin Throw	Pauli Nevala	30 November 1940	Pauli Nevala	1964
Decathlon	Bill Toomey	10 January 1939	Bill Toomey	1968

Oldest and Earliest Olympic Medallists in Track and Field (male)

100 metres	Thane Baker	4 October 1931	Thane Baker	1956
200 metres	Thane Baker	4 October 1931	Thane Baker	1952
400 metres	Charles Jenkins	7 January 1934	Charles Jenkins	1956
800 metres	Roger Moens	26 April 1930	Roger Moens	1960
1500 metres	John Landy	12 April 1930	Ron Delaney & John Landy	1956
5000 metres	Bill Dellinger	23 March 1934	Hans Grodotzki	1960
10000 metres	Allan Lawrence	9 July 1930	Allan Lawrence	1956
Marathon	Barry Magee	6 February 1934	Barry Magee	1960
110 metres Hurdles	Hayes Jones	4 August 1938	Hayes Jones	1960
400 metres Hurdles	Salvatore Morale	4 November 1938	Salvatore Morale	1964
3000 metres Steeplechase	Ivan Belyayev	10 August 1935	Gaston Roelants, Maurice Herriott & Ivan Belyayev	1964
20 km Walk	Noel Freeman	24 December 1938	Noel Freeman	1960
50 km Walk	Abdon Pamich	3 October 1933	Abdon Pamich	1960
4 x 100 metres Relay	Thane Baker	4 October 1931	Thane Baker, Manfred Germar & Lothar Knörzer	1956
4 x 400 metres Relay	Leon Gregory	23 November 1932	Charles Jenkins, Jesse Mashburn, Leon Gregory, David Lean & John Salisbury	1956
High Jump	George Stanich	4 November 1928	George Stanich	1948
Pole Vault	Georgios Roubanis	31 July 1929	Georgios Roubanis	1956
Long Jump	Greg Bell	7 November 1930	Greg Bell & John Bennett	1956
Triple Jump	Józef Szmidt	28 March 1935	Józef Szmidt & Vladimir Goryaev	1960
Shot Put	Randy Matson	5 March 1945	Randy Matson	1964
Discus Throw	Lothar Milde	8 November 1934	Dick Cochran	1960
Hammer Throw	Anatoliy Bondarchuk	31 May 1940	Anatoliy Bondarchuk & Jochen Sachse	1972
Javelin Throw	Pauli Nevala	30 November 1940	Pauli Nevala	1964
Decathlon	Bill Toomey	10 January 1939	Bill Toomey & Kurt Bendlin	1968

Oldest and Earliest Olympic Champions in Track and Field (female)

Event	Oldest Living Champion	Date of Birth	Earliest Surviving Champion	Games
100 metres	Marjorie Jackson	13 September 1931	Marjorie Jackson	1952
200 metres	Marjorie Jackson	13 September 1931	Marjorie Jackson	1952
400 metres	Monika Zehrt	29 September 1952	Monika Zehrt	1972
800 metres	Lyudmila Shevtsova	26 November 1934	Lyudmila Shevtsova	1960
1500 metres	Lyudmila Bragina	24 July 1943	Lyudmila Bragina	1972
3000 metres	Maricica Puica	29 July 1950	Maricica Puica	1984
5000 metres	Wang Junxia	19 January 1973	Wang Junxia	1996
10000 metres	Olga Bondarenko	2 June 1960	Olga Bondarenko	1988
Marathon	Joan Benoit	16 May 1957	Joan Benoit	1984
80 metres Hurdles	Maureen Caird	29 September 1951	Maureen Caird	1968
100 metres Hurdles	Annelie Ehrhardt	18 June 1950	Annelie Ehrhardt	1972
400 metres Hurdles	Debbie Flintoff-King	20 April 1960	Nawal El Moutawakel	1984
3000 metres Steeplechase	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	9 July 1978	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	2008
10 km Walk	Yelena Nikolayeva	1 February 1966	Chen Yueling	1992
20 km Walk	Wang Liping	8 July 1976	Wang Liping	2000
4 x 100 metres Relay	Fleur Mellor	13 July 1936	Barbara Jones	1952
4 x 400 metres Relay	Rita Kühne	5 January 1947	Helga Seidler, Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne & Monika Zehrt	1972
High Jump	Rosemarie Ackermann	4 April 1952	Ulrike Meyfarth	1972
Pole Vault	Stacy Dragila	25 March 1971	Stacy Dragila	2000
Long Jump	Viorica Viscopoleanu	8 August 1939	Mary Rand	1964
Triple Jump	Inessa Kravets	5 October 1966	Inessa Kravets	1996
Shot Put	Nadezhda Chizhova	29 September 1945	Nadezhda Chizhova	1972
Discus Throw	Ria Stalman	11 December 1951	Evelin Jahl	1976
Hammer Throw	Olga Kuzenkova	4 October 1970	Olga Kuzenkova	2004
Javelin Throw	Elvīra Ozoliņa	8 October 1939	Elvīra Ozoliņa	1960
Pentathlon	Mary Peters	6 July 1939	Ingrid Becker	1968
Heptathlon	Glynis Nunn	4 December 1960	Glynis Nunn	1984

Oldest and Earliest Olympic Medallists in Track and Field (female)

Event	Oldest Living Medallist	Date of Birth	Earliest Surviving Medallist	Games
100 metres	Daphne Robb	2 July 1929	Marjorie Jackson & Daphne Robb	1952
200 metres	Marjorie Jackson	13 September 1931	Marjorie Jackson & Nadezhda Khnykina	1952
400 metres	Judy Amoore	25 June 1940	Ann Packer & Judy Amoore	1964
800 metres	Ursula Donath	30 July 1931	Lyudmila Shevtsova, Ursula Donath & Brenda Jones	1960
1500 metres	Lyudmila Bragina	24 July 1943	Lyudmila Bragina & Gunhild Hoffmeister	1972
3000 metres	Maricica Puica	29 July 1950	Maricica Puica, Wendy Sly & Lynn Williams	1984
5000 metres	Roberta Brunet	20 May 1965	Wang Junxia, Pauline Konga & Roberta Brunet	1996
10000 metres	Yelena Zhupiyova	18 April 1960	Olga Bondarenko, Liz McColgan & Yelena Zhupiyova	1988
Marathon	Joan Benoit	16 May 1957	Joan Benoit & Rosa Mota	1984
80 metres Hurdles	Norma Thrower	5 February 1936	Norma Thrower	1956
100 metres Hurdles	Karin Balzer	5 June 1938	Annelie Ehrhardt, Valeria Bufanu & Karin Balzer	1972
400 metres Hurdles	Ellen Fiedler	26 November 1958	Nawal El Moutawakel, Judi Brown & Cristeana Cojocaru	1984
3000 metres Steeplechase	Yekaterina Volkova	12 March 1978	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, Eunice Jepkorir & Yekaterina Volkova	2008
10 km Walk	Yelena Nikolayeva	1 February 1966	Chen Yueling, Yelena Nikolayeva & Li Chunxiu	1992
20 km Walk	Olimpiada Ivanova	26 August 1970	Wang Liping, Kjersti Tysse Plätzer & María Vasco	2000
4 x 100 metres Relay	Sylvia Cheeseman	19 May 1929	Barbara Jones, Heather Armitage & Sylvia Cheeseman	1952
4 x 400 metres Relay	Rita Kühne	5 January 1947	All twelve medallists still living	1972
High Jump	Sheila Lerwill	16 August 1928	Sheila Lerwill	1952
Pole Vault	Stacy Dragila	25 March 1971	Stacy Dragila, Tatiana Grigorieva, Vala Flosadóttir	2000
Long Jump	Shirley Cawley	26 April 1932	Shirley Cawley	1952
Triple Jump	Inessa Kravets	5 October 1966	Inessa Kravets, Inna Lasovskaya & Šárka Kašpárková	1996
Shot Put	Marita Lange	22 June 1943	Marita Lange	1968
Discus Throw	Ingrid Lotz	11 March 1934	Ingrid Lotz	1964
Hammer Throw	Olga Kuzenkova	4 October 1970	Olga Kuzenkova & Kirsten Klose	2000
Javelin Throw	Birutė Kalėdienė	2 November 1934	Elvīra Ozoliņa & Birutė Kalėdienė	1960
Pentathlon	Mary Peters	6 July 1939	Mary Rand	1964
Heptathlon	Glynis Nunn	4 December 1960	Glynis Nunn, Jackie Joyner-Kersee & Sabine Everts	1984