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
- 400 metres
- 800 metres
- 1500 metres
- 5000 metres
- 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
- 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
- 4 x 400 metres relay
- Marathon
- 20 kilometres walk (held on August 4, 2012)
- 50 kilometres walk
- High Jump
- Pole Vault
- 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
- Men's 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
- Hammer Throw (held on August 5, 2012)
- Javelin Throw
- Decathlon
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
- 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
- 1500 metres
- 5000 metres
- 10,000 metres (held on August 3, 2012)
- 100 metres hurdles
- 400 metres hurdles
- 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
- 4 x 400 metres relay
- Marathon (held on August 5, 2012)
- 20 kilometres walk
- High Jump
- 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
- 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: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) - 21.36
- SILVER: Valerie Adams (NZL) - 20.70
- BRONZE: Evgeniia Kolodko (RUS) - 20.48
- 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
- Javelin Throw
- Heptathlon (held on August 4, 2012)
- GOLD: Jessica Ennis (GBR) - 6955
- SILVER: Tatyana Chernova (RUS) - 6628
- BRONZE: Lyudmyla Yospenko (UKR) - 6618