Olympic champions in athletics. Participants in athletics

07.12.2020

The final action on the main arena of Brazil was accompanied by a downpour, which slightly spoiled the mood of the participants in the "parade of heroes", spectators in the stands and the organizers of the ceremony. Although those who leave Rio in good mood, with a sense of accomplishment and with a medal won, such a trifle as rain hardly spoiled the impression of the first Olympic Games in South America.

medal standings

Sputnik, Maria Tsimintia

Few doubted that the US team would win the team event. In 1992, during the Games in Barcelona, the Americans took second place, losing to the unified CIS team. Since then, they have consistently been among the leaders of the team standings. The only "misfire" happened in Beijing in 2008, where they lost the lead to the Chinese.

The British, who at the Games in Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996) did not even get into the top ten, and closed it in Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004), became the second.

Russia until the penultimate day of the competition fought desperately with Germany for fourth place and eventually managed to get ahead of the competition, having won two gold more. Freestyle wrestler Soslan Ramonov brought the final medal of the highest dignity to the Russian national team.

The Georgian team at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro won seven medals and repeated the result of the London Games in terms of the total number of medals won. However, it surpassed them in terms of quality. Four years ago, Georgians only once rose to the highest step of the podium. This time the Georgian anthem was played twice in Rio de Janeiro.

Georgian medalists of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games

Lasha Talakhadze (weightlifting, +105 kg)

Vladimir Khinchegashvili (freestyle wrestling, -57 kg)

Varlam Liparteliani (judo, -90 kg)

Lasha Shavdatuashvili (judo, -73 kg)

Irakli Turmanidze (weightlifting, +105 kg)

Shmagi Bolkvadze ( Greco-Roman wrestling, -66 kg)

Geno Petriashvili (freestyle wrestling, -125 kg)

It is impossible not to note the amazing progress of the Azerbaijani Olympians, who won 18 medals (1-7-10) at the Games in Brazil. They exceeded the London figure by eight awards.

Heroes of the Olympics...

Swimmer Michael Phelps, who, for a moment, is already 31 years old, again "came, saw, conquered." At the Rio Games, the American won five gold medals and became a 23 (!) times Olympic Champion. It is difficult to even imagine that someone will even be able to approach such indicators in the near future.

Michael Phelps (USA), winner of the gold medal in the men's 200m individual medley, at the awards ceremony for the XXXI Summer Olympic Games.

American Kathy Ledecky (swimming) and Simone Biles ( gymnastics) were slightly behind Phelps, winning four gold each.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt again won three gold medals: 100 meters, 200 meters and 4x100 relay, becoming a nine-time Olympic Champion. Three recent Olympics Bolt consistently won in these disciplines.

Usain Bolt (Jamaica) after finishing the 200m final during the men's athletics at the XXXI Summer Olympic Games.

...and "heroes of the Olympics"

Athletes of the US women's team in the semifinals of the 4x100 meters relay dropped the baton and could not qualify for the decisive race. The Americans filed an appeal, stating that Brazilian athletes prevented them. The appeal was granted. Team USA was allowed to run the semi-finals in splendid isolation. During the second run, they showed the time better than that of their rivals from China, and the latter were "asked" from the final. The appeal of the Asian athletes was not satisfied, and the Americans became Olympic Champions.

Georgian Heroes of Rio

If you do not take into account Georgian athletes, who won medals at the Rio Games, that is, Georgia has other heroes who won the hearts of fans not only in their homeland, but also in the world.

Canoeist Zaza Nadiradze was extremely happy when he was able to qualify for the Olympics. More could not even be dreamed of. But Nadiradze successfully performed in the qualification and advanced to the semi-finals of the single canoe competition at a distance of 200 meters. In the semi-finals, he finished first, leaving behind the current Olympic Champion Ukrainian Yuriy Cheban and four-time World and European champion Valentin Demyanenko. But in the final, nervousness and lack of experience in participating in competitions of this rank affected. As a result, Nadiradze took fifth place, but won the hearts of thousands of fans.

Seoul Olympic Champion (1988) in sport pistol shooting Nino Salukvadze came to Rio for her eighth Games in her career. A unique achievement among women in this sport. Salukvadze was able to reach the final of the competition, but in the end she was left without a medal. After the completion of the performances, she said that she would most likely be preparing for the Tokyo Olympics - the ninth in a row.

David Kharazishvili became the first marathon runner in the history of Georgia to win a license for the Olympic Games. The Georgian athlete had a good start, but on the 25th kilometer he felt a sharp pain in his side. For almost two kilometers, he did not run, but simply walked and even thought of withdrawing from the race. However, he found the courage and crossed the finish line. In the end, he took 72nd place, but was in the first half of the finishers and left behind 93 athletes.

40 Georgian athletes went to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which is a record figure. For the first time in the history of independent Georgia, the country was represented in such sports as: women's weightlifting (Anastasia Gottfried), women's judo (Esther Stam), shot put for men (Benik Abrahamyan), high jump for women (Valentina Lyashenko).

Green water Rio

Water in the pool of the center aquatic species Sports in Rio de Janeiro, where the diving competitions were supposed to take place, suddenly turned green, which baffled even the technical staff. Later it turned out that this was due to 160 liters of hydrogen peroxide accidentally poured into the pool. The substance neutralized chlorine, which contributed to the growth of "organic compounds", including, possibly, algae. Despite the fact that the water did not pose a threat to the health of the athletes, it still had to be replaced.

100m, men. Final August 15th. Unlike the women's sprint, everything revolves around two athletes, the current record holder for 100 and 200 meters, Usain Bolt, and the leader for three recent seasons Justin Gatlin. Bolt has already managed to declare that this Olympics will be his last and for sure he will make every effort to leave undefeated, the same can be said about Justin Gatlin who is already 34 years old, that these Olympics will be his last, if not for participation, then for in order to finally overtake Bolt for sure.

“First, you can applaud louder,” Bolt said, appearing at a press conference. - Yes, these are mine. Latest Games. I did my best and proved everything. A lot of people won't be happy about that."

“Hundred meters is not a problem for me. I would like to set a world record in the 200m. I've always wanted this. It should be something like 19 seconds."

Usain Bolt has won six gold medals in the Olympics.
Bolt is also an 11-time world champion.

It is likely that Bolt is trying to put pressure on Gatlin with such statements, since at last year's World Championship he managed to beat Justin by only 0.01 seconds, or maybe even less, but the official results are as follows: Usain Bolt 9.79, Justin Gatlin 9.80 . By the way, in the semi-final then Gatlin ran for 9.77.

Answering the question at what distance Bolt could lose, the American replied that this would most likely happen in the hundred meters.

"He doesn't own best time in the season. Things haven't been going smoothly for him lately. But, on the other hand, you should not make early statements. He's not a guy to be discounted."

If Usain Bolt is riveted a lot of attention in Rio, he can afford to relax trying to dance samba with Brazilians, then Justin is also tried to be baked here with talk about doping. G lava International Association Athletic Federation (IAAF) Sebastian Coe announced his desire that American sprinter Justin Gatlin be banned for life and the Olympics in Rio, was his last in his career. Coe made similar statements after the 2015 World Championships, to which Gatlin replied that he had set himself the goal of winning every competition where Coe was present in order to look into his eyes and shake his hand.

34-year-old American sprinter Justin Gatlin, the last Olympic 100m champion before the start of the Usain Bolt era, is not nervous ahead of a duel with a Jamaican athlete at the 2016 Olympics.

“I will just go out on the track and do what I have to do - run, have fun, make my way first to the finals, and then to the top of the podium.

I don't think this could be our last fight with Usain. The Olympics is in any case a special event where everyone tries to jump above their heads. I just have to be ready to do it."

By the way, Justin is the leader of the season with a score of 9.80, while Bolt this season has the best score of 9.88, but as you know, before the last world championship, the Jamaican sprinter had a score of 9.87, and Gatlin had 9.74.

As for the rest of the participants, it is worth paying attention to the bronze medalist of the 2015 World Championship, American Trayvon Bromell, who is 13 years younger than Gatlin. It is also worth noting that in June he was injured with a sprained Achilles tendon, but already in July, at the competition in Eugene, he set the second result of the season at 9.84. Bromell, 21, first ran out of 10 seconds in 2014 (9.97), and in 2015 set a junior world record of 9.84 - the 10th fastest in history. After that, he received recognition among eminent athletes.

The third result of the season at the Frenchman Jimmy Vico 9.86. Owner silver medal Olympic Games 2012 and gold at the 2011 World Championships Johan Blake won the Olympic selection in the sprint in Jamaica, but he could not run out of 9.9 this season, his best result in the season is 9.94.

Usain Bolt is the clear favorite, but play his win with kf. 1.5 per 100m, I would not, remembering how difficult it was for him to win at last year's World Championships. Much more preferable is the victory of Bromell in comparison with Blake, or the fact that the American will be in the prize-winners.

A sport that shows strength, agility and general fitness, which often does not require special equipment, but which does not become less difficult for this, is athletics. Athletics traditionally has a wide variety of disciplines. In total, 47 sets of medals will be played in the competition, 24 of which are in men's nominations, and 23 - in women's. Athletics is a sport in which the most a large number of medals at the Olympics.

Participants in athletics

About two thousand athletes from almost all countries of the world will come to the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 to compete in athletics. No more than three participants can be represented in each discipline from one country. If we are talking about the relay team, then no more than one team.

Unfortunately, due to the doping scandal, Russian athletes involved in athletics is questionable. The most likely outcome: the participants of the Summer Olympic Games from Russia will not be able to compete.

The selection takes place on the basis of the compliance of the athletes' performance with the established standards. Qualifying competitions include all Olympic disciplines.

The qualifying tournament does not give nominal quotas for competitions in this sport. Each country itself can choose who to send to participate in the Games.

Running and road disciplines:

races for 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 5000, 10000 meters;
100m hurdles (women), 110m (men), 400m hurdles;
3000m steeplechase (also called steeplechase);
relay races 4x100, 4x400 meters;
marathon;
walking 20 km and 50 km (only for men).

Technical disciplines:

jumps: long, triple, high, pole vault;
shot put;
throwing: discus, javelin, hammer;
all-around;
women: heptathlon;
men: decathlon.

Athletics competition calendar

The Olympics involve many different distances and competitions in athletics, but for men, the disciplines do not change for decades, and in women's sports, changes occur at almost every Games. Distances are increasing, new ones are being added, and today there are almost no differences between men's and women's competitions. The only difference is race walking 50 km: women do not have it.

Almost every day in athletics there are finals of competitions in one or more disciplines.

Summer Olympic Games in Athletics, schedule:

Men:

Discus throw: 12;
long jump: 12;
high jump: 14, 16;
triple jump: 15, 16;
800 m race: 12, 13, 15;
400 m race: 12, 13, 14;
100m race: 13, 14;
10 thousand meters race: 13;
pole vault: 13, 15;
110m hurdles: 15, 16;
400m hurdles: 15, 16, 18;
3000 m steeple chase: 15;
1000 m race, 16;
200m race, 16th, 17th, 18th;
decathlon: 17, 18;
hammer throw: 17, 19;
5000m race: 17, 20;
javelin throw: 17, 20;
shot put:18;
4x100 relay: 18.19;
1500 m race: 18, 20;
walking 50 km:19;
4x400 relay: 20;
marathon: 21;

Women:

Heptathlon: 12.13;
shot put: 12;
100m race: 12, 14;
200m race: 15, 16, 17;
400 m race: 13, 14, 15;
1500 m race: 12, 14, 16;
5000 m race: 16;
hammer throw: 12, 15;
triple jump: 13, 14;
3000 m steeple chase: 13, 15;
marathon: 14;
400m hurdles: 15, 16, 18;
discus throw: 15, 16;
100m hurdles: 16, 17;
javelin throw: 16;
long jump and pole vault: 16;
run at 800:17, 18;
high jump: 18;
4x100 relay: 18, 19;
javelin throw: 18;
walking 20 km: 19;
pole vault: 19;
5000 m race: 19;
high jump: 20;
800m run: 20;
4x400 relay: 20.

RIO-2016 Athletics

At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, 47 sets of medals will be played - 24 for men and 23 for women. The participation of our athletes in these competitions is still in question, as All-Russian Federation Athletics (ARAF) due to an anti-doping rule violation has been temporarily suspended from membership in the International Association of Athletics (IAAF).

The following St. Petersburg athletes were on the initial lists of candidates for participation in the Games: Lukman Adams, Alexey Dmitrik, Sergey Kucheryanu, Valentin Smirnov, Alexei Kharitonov, Dmitry Chizhikov, Ivan Shablyuev, Natalya Antyukh, Ekaterina Galitskaya, Elizaveta Demirova (Savlinis), Ksenia Zadorina, Yulia Kondakova, Victoria Prokopenko (Dolgacheva), Irina Reshetkina, Victoria Sudarushkina, Olga Kharitonova, Anastasia Savchenko, Elena Chernyaeva.

The very first champion

On April 6, 1896, American athlete James Connolly became the first winner of the modern Olympic Games. At the Panathenaic (also called the Marble) stadium in Athens, the 27-year-old athlete from Boston excelled in the triple jump (13.71 meters), ahead of six rivals from four countries. Moreover, the second prize-winner - Alexander Tuffer, representing France, lagged behind by almost a meter. Connolly jumped in the so-called Irish style - jump, jump, jump (later a different technique took root - jump, step, jump). The triple jumper competition took place after the preliminary 100m runners, it was the first final of the day, so its winner was the first Olympic champion in modern history. After the last ancient Olympiad, a millennium and a half passed, the countdown of new Olympionists began, and Connolly became the very first of them.

He was born in Boston in 1868, one of twelve children of Irish immigrants. He was fond of athletics and cycling, played American football. He went to the Games in Athens as a student at Harvard, where he entered after already having several years of work experience in an engineering position. He was denied academic leave, and James applied for expulsion - the priority for him at that time was participation in the revived Olympic Games. A large group of US athletes, among whom was Connolly, arrived in Europe, in the Italian Naples, on a German bulk carrier, then they reached Athens by train. The champion entered into a dispute for awards in other jumping disciplines. On April 7, he became third in the long jump (6.11 m), on April 10 he shared 2-3rd places with his compatriot Robert Garrett in the high jump (1.65 m). James also competed at the 1900 Paris Games and won the silver medal in the triple jump. At the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, America, Connolly worked as a journalist. By that time he had published several of his works, later famous athlete became a writer, author of 25 novels and two hundred short stories, mostly on the marine theme.

More than fifty years after being expelled from Harvard University, he was invited to speak there in front of students and teachers, and as one of the celebrities of this educational institution, he was awarded a personalized sports sweater. A year later, in 1949, he was offered an honorary doctorate from Harvard as a writer, but he turned it down. James Brendan Connolly died in January 1957 in Brooklyn, a suburb of Boston, he was 89 years old. Thirty years later, a monument to the first champion was opened in one of the parks in Boston - Connolly is depicted at the moment of landing after the jump.

victory disc

The first gold medal was won at the Helsinki Games in 1952. Olympic medal Soviet athletes. July 20 all top places representatives of our country took the discus thrower competition, and Nina Romashkova (later Ponomareva) became the champion.

20 participants from 16 countries took part in the Discoballs Dispute. The qualifying standard - 36 meters - was completed by 18 athletes who made it to the final. With a score of 45.05 m, 23-year-old Muscovite Nina Romashkova was in the lead. In the first final attempt, she threw the projectile 11 cm further and was second only to her senior teammate Nina Dumbadze. In the second attempt, Romashkova's disk flew over 50 meters, and this line, except for her, did not submit to anyone in Helsinki. The third attempt brought the championship result - 51.42 m. In the remaining three outings in the throwing circle, when the top six competed, the results of all athletes did not exceed the 50-meter mark. At the same time, Romashkova was ahead of her rivals in each of these attempts.

The Olympic champion was born in April 1929 in the Sverdlovsk region - repressed parents worked in the taiga village while serving their sentence. Since 1936, the family settled in a village near Essentuki, in Stavropol, Nina and began to seriously engage in athletics. Since 1949, she has represented the Central sport Club army (Moscow), after success in Helsinki in 1956, she became the bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in discus throwing, in 1960 in Rome she won her second highest Olympic award.

Upon completion sports career Nina Apollonovna Ponomareva worked for thirty years as a coach in Kiev school Olympic reserve, since 1998 she has been living in Moscow again.

The core beyond the cherished line

Following Nina Romashkova-Ponomareva, Galina Zybina won the gold medal at the 1952 Games in Helsinki. July 26 on Olympic Stadium she won the shot put with a world record of 15.28 m. Olympic champion among the athletes of the city on the Neva in athletics.

Two days before, Zybina participated in the javelin throwing competition, finishing fourth. And she performed brilliantly in the fight of the shot putters. She completed the qualification norm without taking off her training suit. In the afternoon, in the final part, in the first attempt, she pushed the projectile exactly 15 meters and took the lead. Zybina could even refuse the last, sixth, throw, no one could get ahead of her. But the Leningrad athlete set a world record in this attempt. She was awarded a gold medal, and immediately from the podium she went to the microphone of the radio commentator Vadim Sinyavsky and said hello to her native city, where she was born and survived the hardships of the blockade.

Galina Ivanovna Zybina replenished the asset of Olympic awards at subsequent Games. In the shot put, she won the silver medal in 1956 and the bronze medal in 1964. Honored veteran, author of the book "Treasured Line" and now does not remain aloof from significant sporting events in our city, was a torchbearer at the Olympic torch relays.

Prepared by Stanislav TARATYNOV

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