Talk:List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)

Too long
Well, I for one see two possible solutions to this;
 * 1) Do nothing
 * 2) Break the articles up into subsections (sprints, running, walking, jumping, throwing and combined events). Possibly eliminate the gender division and include e.g. both men and women jumpers in one page Olympic medalists in athletics (jumping). Think about it, it may be more natural to group male and female high jumpers together than a male high jumpers and male race walkers.

Punkmorten 20:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Anouther possibility would be to split Field Events and Track events (including road and cross country). Waacstats 11:44, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism?
5000m Paris 1924: Who won the bronze? A recent edit said it was not Edvin Wide, but Davin Olsen. I personally don't know. But the edit was made by a known vandal. Someone who knows, can you check this? eritain 10:17, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Edvin Wide is the correct winner. FYI, you can check these sorts of things at the IOC medalist database if you're unsure on medalists. -- Jonel | Speak 13:59, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Daley Thompson flags
Is there some reason why Daley Thompson is listed with the UK flag one time and the Olympic flag another time? JakiChan (talk) 06:25, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * See Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics. GregorB (talk) 07:34, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Koreans

 * My point is that 1) since both the sportsmen are called in Japanese way it's only logical to call them the same way in the references. 2) Korea wasn't occupied by Japan, it was annexed. That's different. 95.25.237.61 (talk) 14:07, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * They were Koreans and had South Korean citizenship after the Japanese rule ended in 1945. Korean figures follow Korean names, so please do not force your absurd POV to their names. The reference reflected the period, not "modern scholarship". The annexation was null and void in 1964 and the legality has been questioned. Please do not disrupt Wikipedia.--Caspian blue 14:34, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * First of all, stop insulting me. Secondly, of course they were Koreans by nationality. But in 1936, they were Japanese by citizenship. They officially hold Japanese names. Also, you should think about the people who read this article. They see the name "Son Kitei", go to the reference part and see the name "Sohn Kee-chung". How should they guess that Son Kitei and Sohn Kee-chung is the same person? 95.25.237.61 (talk) 15:10, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I have not insulted you, but you have disrupted Wikipedia with a strong POV and selectively blanked information that you do not like, saying "no citation" but added something "without citation". Your self "neutral" does not meet our NPOV policy and contradictory. So please do not make bogus accusation. The easiest way to reduce your "concern" is to add "modern scholarship" to the article. The Olympic committee gave Sohn an ancient Greek helmet with the Korean name, not the Japanese name which he only used during the period.--Caspian blue 15:16, 24 September 2009 (UTC)


 * (out) There's no need to edit war over this. If it's really a problem, why not put both names, like "both Sohn Kee-Chung (Son Kitei) and Nam Sung-Yong (Nan Shoryu) were from Korea". That's a compromise, and then you can hold off on editing until a consensus is reached here about what to do in the long-term. No one should be reverting this much when there's obviously no consensus; it's pointless. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 15:29, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. 95.25.237.61 (talk) 15:41, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Rjanag, please also note to the disruptive behaviors to other articles by 95.25.237.61. To 95.25.237.61, then, you should revert your POV pushing edit to the original in regards to abiding by "consensus". --Caspian blue 15:49, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Please, cease to insult me. 95.25.237.61 (talk) 16:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Please do cease making bogus accusation further which constitutes personal attacks. I think your edits with the false claim of "NPOV" is an insult to NPOV policy. Since you said you agree with Rjanag's comment, please "revert" to the original if you want to abide by your own word.--Caspian blue 16:04, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry? Rjanag proposed to use both Korean and Japanese names in the reference part. I agreed. And so I added Korean names. What else should I do? 95.25.237.61 (talk) 16:24, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I did not catch up with your following edit to the article. Thank you for stepping into the constructive compromise. --Caspian blue 16:37, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I thank you too. 95.25.237.61 (talk) 17:05, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Carl Lewis 1988 100m
With Usain Bolt winning back to back golds in the 100m news outlets are comparing this to Carl Lewis. But I feel that there should be a note attached to Lewis' 1988 win to explain the circumstances of the race.

Something along the lines of- 'Ben Johnson originally won the 100m in 1988 but was disqualified after a failed drug test showed that he was on steroids. Lewis, who originally finished second, was awarded the gold medal. However, two months prior to the Seoul Olympics, Lewis also tested positive for steroids. This should have prevented him from competing in the Games. But the US Olympic Committee did not make the test results public and allowed him, and others, to compete.'

I feel that this would educate the readers and give more praise to Bolt's incredible achievement. Being the first (hopefully) clean athlete to defend the 100m.1906cubs (talk) 05:26, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I have added the stripped medal note to the table. Lewis's positive stimulant test at the Olympic trials is too nuanced a factor to include in a note here so I have not mentioned it. SFB 21:04, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Medal leader tables
Are the tables of medal leaders really necessary? Until recently the Wikipedia entry was a place to check Olympic results quickly and easily (and the equivalent list of female medalists still is). I think the medal leader tables add little of value while making the page look cluttered. I propose deleting the tables, or at least moving them to their own page. Consensus? --Mbiyetifono (talk) 00:09, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * These have now been moved into the History of Olympic athletics events articles, which is a better venue for this kind of info. I agree that this (already long) list should exclusively focus on the lists of medalists without further analysis. SFB 21:04, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

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200m medalists missing
I've noticed that the 200 metres medalist table is missing. Has it been accidentally deleted or moved somewhere else? SarahTHunter (talk) 16:31, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Looks like it was removed somehow. I have added it back in. Thanks! Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 16:35, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Gk
2010 onwards sportman who won the Olympic game 103.176.187.112 (talk) 12:07, 7 July 2024 (UTC)