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Allyson Felix has competed for USA Allyson Felix has won 7 gold medals at the Olympic Games Allyson Felix has won 3 silver medals at the Olympic Games Allyson Felix has won 1 bronze medal at the Olympic Games

Allyson Felix is a track and field athlete who has competed for the United States. She competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

Felix was widely regarded as the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history and the most decorated woman in the track and field history, winning a total of eleven medals across five consecutive Olympiads. She also played a key role on the U.S. women's relay teams, adding six Olympic golds to her career medal haul. Four of them were attributed to her role in the 4x400 metres relay with two more in the 4x100 metres relay. With six relay titles and another from an individual event, she also became the first female track and field athlete to ever win seven Olympic gold medals.

Felix started her Olympic career in 2004 when she finished behind Veronica Campbell-Brown in the 200 metres. Four years later in Beijing, she ran a personal best of 21.74 to repeat a silver from Athens in the same race, losing the title again to Campbell. She avenged her unfortunate loss to restore a lead for the U.S. women's 4x400 metres relay team during her 48.55-second leg, allowing the Americans to eventually win her first Olympic gold.

London 2012 witnessed a historic moment for Felix as she became the first American woman to claim three track and field golds in a single edition since Florence Griffith Joyner in Seoul 1988. In the 200 metres final, Felix pushed out of the blocks with a strong start to defeat the Jamaicans towards the closing stretch for her long-awaited individual Olympic gold medal. She helped the American women establish a 37-year-old world record previously set by East Germans to capture the 4x100 metres relay title. She also ran a 48.20-second leg on the U.S. women's 4x400 metres relay team that included DeeDee Trotter, Francena McCorory, and Sanya Richards-Ross to produce the third-fastest time in Olympic history.

At her fourth Olympics in 2016, Felix was favored to win a gold medal in the 400 metres but she lost the race on an unusual dive to the winner Shaunae Miller by 0.07 of a second. She rebounded from another individual title defeat to add two more golds to her medal haul in the women's relay races. The 4x100 metres relay victory drew a much controversy as the Americans were initially disqualified from the preliminary heat after Felix dropped off the baton during the exchange attempt with English Gardner. Video replays showed that the Brazilian sprinter in the neighboring lane swung her arm and accidentally impeded Felix before the handoff, causing her to lose her balance. After accepting an appeal, the American women were awarded a solo run the next day. With a successful time trial, Felix and her teammates cruised to their gold-medal triumph with the second-fastest time in the event's Olympic history. Felix extended her career medal haul to nine, tying the record with Merlene Ottey-Page for the most Olympic medals set by a female athlete.

Tokyo 2020 marked the fifth and final Games for Felix. Though many runners doubted that a track veteran would ascend the Olympic podium for a final individual race because of her age, Felix defied such odds to claim her tenth overall medal with a bronze in the 400 metres. This feat tied her with Carl Lewis as the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history and surpassed the record from Ottey for the most Olympic medals set by the female athlete. Felix concluded her Olympic career by winning the gold with Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, and Athing Mu in the women's 4x400 metres relay. Felix's eleventh overall medal established her as the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history.

Olympic Results[]

Year Event Result
2004 Women's 200m Silver
2008 Women's 200m Silver
Women's 4x400m relay Gold
2012 Women's 100m 5th
Women's 200m Gold
Women's 4x100m relay Gold
Women's 4x400m relay Gold
2016 Women's 400m Silver
Women's 4x100m relay Gold
Women's 4x400m relay Gold
2020 Women's 400m Bronze
Women's 4x400m relay Gold

2004[]

Discipline Stage Time
200 metres Heats 22.39
Round 2 22.69
Semifinal 22.36
Final 22.18

2008[]

Discipline Stage Time
200 metres Heats 23.02
Round 2 22.74
Semifinal 22.33
Final 21.93
4x400 metres relay Heats 3:22.45
(Reserve)
Final 3:18.54
(48.55 split)

2012[]

Discipline Stage Time
100 metres Heats 11.01
Semifinal 10.94
Final 10.89 PR
200 metres Heats 22.71
Semifinal 22.31
Final 21.88
4x100 metres relay Heats 41.64
Final 40.82 WR
4x400 metres relay Heats 3:22.09
(Reserve)
Final 3:16.87
(47.8 split)

2016[]

Discipline Stage Time
400 metres Heats 51.24
Semifinal 49.67
Final 49.51
4x100 metres relay Heats 1:06.71
Rerun 41.77
Final 41.01
4x400 metres relay Heats 3:21.42
(Reserve)
Final 3:19.06
(49.66 split)

2020[]

Discipline Stage Time
400 metres Heats 50.84
Semifinal 49.89
Final 49.46
4x400 metres relay Heats 3:20.86
(Reserve)
Final 3:16.85
(49.3 split)
United States Athletics 2020 • Women's 4x400 metre relay United States
Kendall Ellis
Allyson Felix
Lynna Irby
Wadeline Jonathas
Sydney McLaughlin
Athing Mu
Dalilah Muhammad
Kaylin Whitney
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