Men's and women's 100m
Usain Bolt became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m golds as he stormed his way to first place in Sunday’s final, crossing the finish line in 9.81 seconds. The Jamaican was closely followed by the USA’s Justin Gatlin, who came in 0.08 seconds after him, with Canada’s Andre de Grasse in third with a PB of 9.91 seconds.
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson landed her first Olympic medal as she won the 100m gold. Her finish time, 10.71 seconds, was the second fastest winning time for the women’s 100m in Olympic history. Thompson beat her compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 2012’s 100m gold winner, leaving her with a bronze medal behind the USA’s Tori Bowie.
Great Britain’s CJ Ujah, James Dasaolu, Desiree Henry and Asha Philip were unfortunately eliminated in the semi-finals.
Men's and women's 10,000m
Mo Farah overcame a fall mid-race to launch himself ahead of his competitors and become the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic golds. Farah completed the 10,000m in 27:05, leaving Kenyan Paul Tanui with silver and Ethiopian Tamirat Tola in third. Farah’s fellow Brits Andy Vernon and Ross Millington came in at 28:19 and 29:14 respectively.
Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana landed a new world record in the women’s event, finishing in 29:17. This beats the previous record, set by China’s Junxia Wang in September 1993, by 14 seconds. Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot came second in 29:32, while Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba finished third in 29:42. Team GB’s Jo Pavey came 15th in 31:33, with teammate Jess Andrews just behind in 31:35 and Beth Potter in with 33:04.
Women’s marathon
This year’s London Marathon winner Is ultra-running bad for the heart broke away from her competitors in the final few minutes of the race to win gold in 2:24:04. The Kenyan was closely followed by Bahrain’s Kenyan-born Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa, who finished in 2:24:13 and Ethiopia’s Mare Dibaba in 2:24:30. Team GB’s Alyson Dixon and Sonia Samuels came 28th and 30th respectively out of 133 finishers, completing the event in 2:34:11 and 2:34:36.
Men's 400m
South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk took 400m gold with a new world record of 43:03 seconds. Van Niekerk became the Photos from Getty Images to run a sub-10 second 100m, sub-20 second 200m and sub-44 400m earlier this year. Grenada’s Kirani James took silver in 43:76 and the USA’s LaShawn Merritt took bronze in 43:85. Team GB’s Matthew Hudson-Smith made it to the finals, taking 8th place in 44.61 having come second in the semi-finals.
Women’s heptathlon
Jessica Ennis-Hill came back from an Achilles injury earlier this year to win silver in the heptathlon. Ennis-Hill won the 800m but didn’t quite overtake Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam on points. Canadian Brianne Theisen-Eaton landed bronze, while Team GB’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson came in sixth.
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