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Track and field olympic medals.
Cross country running was also on the program in earlier editions but it was.
He was only slightly ahead of us sprinter carl lewis who also won 9 gold medals.
Jamaican usain bolt also won 9 golds but a relay gold was taken off him later when a team mate was found guilty of doping.
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Below is a list of track and field medals won at the 2016 olympics organized by country.
Allyson felix track and field.
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Athletics has been contested at every summer olympics since the birth of the modern olympic movement at the 1896 summer olympics the athletics program traces its earliest roots to events used in the ancient greek olympics the modern program includes track and field events road running events and racewalking events.
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Decade awards track field patriotic engraved medal 2 75 inch wide running medallion with stars and stripes american flag v neck ribbon customize now 4 6 out of 5 stars 4 7 99 7.
9 medals 6 g 3 s felix is the only female track and field athlete to ever win six olympic gold medals and her nine medals are tied for the most ever won by a.
American track and field athlete jesse owens won four gold medals at the 1936 berlin olympic games.
The best all time performing track and field athlete at the olympic games is finnish distance runner paavo nurmi who competed between 1920 and 1928 and won 12 medals including 9 gold medals.
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