Athletics consists of track and field, road running and race walking and will be held from August 3, 2012 to August 12, 2012 at the Olympic Stadium.
Men's Events
- 100 metres (held on August 5, 2012)
- GOLD: Usain Bolt (JAM) - 9.63 - OR
- SILVER: Yohan Blake (JAM) - 9.75
- BRONZE: Justin Gatlin (USA) - 9.79
- 200 metres (held on August 9, 2012)
- GOLD: Usain Bolt (JAM) - 19.32
- SILVER: Yohan Blake (JAM) - 19.44
- BRONZE: Warren Weir (JAM) - 19.84
- 400 metres (held on August 6, 2012)
- GOLD: Kirani James (GRN) - 43.94
- SILVER: Luguelin Santos (DOM) - 44.46
- BRONZE: Lalonde Gordon (TRI) - 44.52
- 800 metres (held on August 9, 2012)
- GOLD: David Rudisha (KEN) - 1:40.91 - WR
- SILVER: Nijel Amos (BOT) - 1:41.73
- BRONZE: Timothy Kitum (KEN) - 1:42.53
- 1500 metres (held on August 7, 2012)
- GOLD: Taoufik Makhloufi (ALG) - 3:34.08
- SILVER: Leo Manzano (USA) - 3:34.79
- BRONZE: Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) - 3:35.13
- 5000 metres (held on August 11, 2012)
- GOLD: Mo Farah (GBR) - 13:41.66
- SILVER: Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH) - 13:41.98
- BRONZE: Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa (KEN) - 13:42.36
- 10,000 metres (held on August 4, 2012)
- GOLD: Mo Farrah (GBR) - 27:30.42
- SILVER: Galen Rupp (USA) - 27:30.90
- BRONZE: Tariku Bekele (ETH) - 27:31.43
- 110 metres hurdles (held on August 8, 2012)
- GOLD: Aries Merritt (USA) - 12.92
- SILVER: Jason Richardson (USA) - 13.04
- BRONZE: Hansle Parchment (JAM) - 13.12
- 400 metres hurdles (held on August 6, 2012)
- GOLD: Felix Sanchez (DOM) - 47.63
- SILVER: Michael Tinsley (USA) - 47.91
- BRONZE: Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) - 48.10
- 3000 metres steeplechase (held on August 5, 2012)
- GOLD: Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) - 8:18.56
- SILVER: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) - 8:19.08
- BRONZE: Abel Kiprop Mutai (KEN) - 8:19.73
- 4 x 100 metres relay (held on August 11, 2012)
- GOLD: Jamaica - Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt - 36.84 WR
- SILVER: United States of America - Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey - 37.04
- BRONZE: Trinidad and Tobago - Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, RIchard Thompson - 38.12
- 4 x 400 metres relay (held on August 10, 2012)
- GOLD: Bahamas - Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller - 2:56.72
- SILVER: United States of America - Bryshon Nellum, Joshua Mance, Tony McQuary, Angelo Taylor - 2:57.05
- BRONZE: Trinidad and Tobago - Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Soloman, Ade Alleyne-Forte, Deon Lendore - 2:59.40
- Marathon (held on August 12, 2012)
- 20 kilometres walk (held on August 4, 2012)
- 50 kilometres walk (held on August 11, 2012)
- GOLD: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) - 3:35:59 - OR
- SILVER: Jared Tallent (AUS) - 3:36:53
- BRONZE: Si Tianfeng (CHN) - 3:37:16
- High Jump (held on August 7, 2012)
- GOLD: Ivan Ukhov (RUS) - 2.83 m
- SILVER: Erik Kynard (USA) - 2.33 m
- BRONZE: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) - 2.29 m
- BRONZE: Derek Drouin (CAN) - 2.29 m
- BRONZE: Robert Grabarz (GBR) - 2.29 m
- Pole Vault (held on August 10, 2012)
- GOLD: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) - 5.97
- SILVER: Bjorn Otto (GER) - 5.91
- BRONZE: Raphael Holzdeppe (GER) - 5.91
- Long Jump (held on August 4, 2012)
- GOLD: Greg Rutherford (GBR) - 8.31 m
- SILVER: Mitchell Watt (AUS) - 8.16 m
- BRONZE: Will Claye (USA) - 8.12 m
- Triple Jump (held on August 9, 2012)
- GOLD: Christian Taylor (USA) - 17.81
- SILVER: Will Claye (USA) - 17.62
- BRONZE: Fabrizio Donato (ITA) - 17.48
- Shot Put (held on August 3, 2012)
- GOLD: Tomasz Majewski (POL) - 21.89
- SILVER: David Storl (GER) - 21.86
- BRONZE: Reese Hoffa (USA) - 21.23
- Discus Throw (held on August 7, 2012)
- GOLD: Robert Harting (GER) - 68.27 m
- SILVER: Ehsan Hadadi (IRI) - 68.18 m
- BRONZE: Gerd Kanter (EST) - 68.03 m
- Hammer Throw (held on August 5, 2012)
- Javelin Throw (held on August 11, 2012)
- GOLD: Keshorn Walcott (TRI) - 84.58
- SILVER: Oleksandr Pyatnytsya (UKR) - 84.51
- BRONZE: Antti Ruuskanen (FIN) - 84.12
- Decathlon (held on August 8 and 9, 2012)
- GOLD: Ashton Eaton (USA) - 8869
- SILVER: Trey Hardee (USA) - 8671
- BRONZE: Leonel Suarez (CUB) - 8523
Women's Events
- 100 metres (held on August 4, 2012)
- GOLD: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) - 10.75
- SILVER: Carmelita Jeter (USA) - 10.78
- BRONZE: Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) - 10.81
- 200 metres (held on August 8, 2012)
- GOLD: Allyson Felix (USA) - 21.88
- SILVER: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) - 22.09
- BRONZE: Carmelita Jeter (USA) - 22.14
- 400 metres (held on August 5, 2012)
- GOLD: Sanya Richards-Ross (USA) - 49.55
- SILVER: Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) - 49.70
- BRONZE: Dee Dee Trotter (USA) - 49.72
- 800 metres (held on August 11, 2012)
- GOLD: Mariya Savinova (RUS) - 1:56.19
- SILVER: Caster Semenya (RSA) - 1:57.23
- BRONZE: Ekaterina Poistogova (RUS) - 1:57.53
- 1500 metres (held on August 10, 2012)
- 5000 metres (held on August 10, 2012)
- GOLD: Meseret Defar (ETH) - 15:04.25
- SILVER: Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) - 15:04.73
- BRONZE: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) - 15:05.15
- 10,000 metres (held on August 3, 2012)
- 100 metres hurdles (held on August 7, 2012)
- GOLD: Sally Pearson (AUS) - 12.35
- SILVER: Dawn Harper (USA) - 12.37
- BRONZE: Kellie Wells (USA) - 12.48
- 400 metres hurdles (held on August 8, 2012)
- GOLD: Natalya Antyukh (RUS) - 52.70
- SILVER: Lashinda Demus (USA) - 52.77
- BRONZE: Zuzana Hejnova (CZE) - 53.38
- 3000 metres steeplechase (held on August 6, 2012)
- GOLD: Yuliya Zaripova (RUS) - 9:06.72
- SILVER: Habiba Ghribi (TUN) - 9:08.37
- BRONZE: Sofia Assefa (ETH) - 9:09.84
- 4 x 100 metres relay (held on August 10, 2012)
- GOLD: United States of America - Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter, Jeneba Tarmoh (Q), Lauryn Williams (Q) - 40.82 WR
- SILVER: Jamaica - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sherone Simpson, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Kerron Stewart, Samantha Henry-Robinson (Q), Schillonie Calvert (Q)
- BRONZE: Ukraine - Olesya Povh, Hrystyna Stuy, Mariya Ryemyen, Elyzaveta Bryzgina - 42.04
- 4 x 400 metres relay (held on August 11, 2012)
- GOLD: United States of America - DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena McCorory, Sanya Richards-Ross, Keisha Baker (Q), Diamond Dixon (Q) - 3:16.87
- SILVER: Russia - Yulia Gushchina, Antonina Krivoshapka, Tatyana Firova, Natalya Antyukh, Natalya Nazarova (Q), Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (Q) - 3:20.23
- BRONZE: Jamaica - Christine Day, Rosemarie Whyte, Shericka Williams, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shereefa Lloyd (Q) - 3:20.95
- Marathon (held on August 5, 2012)
- 20 kilometres walk (held on August 11, 2012)
- GOLD: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) - 1:25.02 WR
- SILVER: Olga Kanoskina (RUS) - 1:25.09
- BRONZE: Qieyang Shenjie (CHN) - 1:25.16
- High Jump (held on August 11, 2012)
- GOLD: Anna Chicherova (RUS) - 2.05
- SILVER: Brigetta Barrett (USA) - 2.03
- BRONZE: Svetlana Shkolina (RUS) - 2.03
- Pole Vault (held on August 6, 2012)
- GOLD: Jen Suhr (USA) - 4.75
- SILVER: Yarisley Silva (CUB) - 4.75
- BRONZE: Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) - 4.70
- Long Jump (held on August 8, 2012)
- GOLD: Brittany Reese (USA) - 7.12
- SILVER: Elena Sokolova (RUS) - 7.07
- BRONZE: Janay DeLoach (USA) - 6.89
- Triple Jump (held on August 5, 2012)
- GOLD: Olga Rypakova (KAZ) - 14.98
- SILVER: Caterine Ibarguen (COL) - 14.80
- BRONZE: Olha Saladuha (UKR) - 14.79
- Shot Put (held on August 6, 2012)
- GOLD: Valerie Adams (NZL) - 20.70
- SILVER: Yevgeniia Kolodko (RUS) - 20.48
- BRONZE: Gong Lijiao (CHN) - 20.22
- Nadzeya Astapchuk of Belarus was stripped of her gold medal on August 13, 2012 after testing positive for a banned substance.
- Discus Throw (held on August 4, 2012)
- GOLD: Sandra Perkovic (CRO) - 69.11
- SILVER: Darya Pishchalnikova (RUS) - 67.56
- BRONZE: Li Yanfeng CHN) - 67.22
- Hammer Throw (held on August 10, 2012)
- GOLD: Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) - 78.18
- SILVER: Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) - 77.60
- BRONZE: Betty Heidler (GER) - 77.12
- Javelin Throw (held on August 9, 2012)
- Heptathlon (held on August 4, 2012)
- GOLD: Jessica Ennis (GBR) - 6955
- SILVER: Tatyana Chernova (RUS) - 6628
- BRONZE: Lyudmyla Yospenko (UKR) - 6618