A podium sweep in athletics is when one team wins all available medals in a single event in a sporting event. At the highest level, that would be when one nation wins all the medals in an athletics event at the World Championships in Athletics. In athletics the maximum number of entrants from a single country in most events is three, allowing in theory for athletes from the same country to finish in all three top places.
Men Carl Lewis has been a part of four American sweeps. Kenya has swept the 3000 metres steeplechase three times, with Ezekiel Kemboi and Brimin Kipruto a part of two of them. ChampionshipsEventCountryGoldSilverBronzeRefAthleteResultAthleteResultAthleteResult1983 Helsinki 100 mCarl Lewis10.07Calvin Smith10.21Emmit King10.24 Long jumpCarl Lewis8.55Jason Grimes8.29Mike Conley8.121991 Tokyo 100 mCarl Lewis9.86 Leroy Burrell9.88Dennis Mitchell9.91 Long jumpMike Powell8.95 Carl Lewis8.91Larry Myricks8.421997 Athens 3000 m st.Wilson Boit Kipketer8:05.84Moses Kiptanui8:06.04Bernard Barmasai8:06.042001 Edmonton 20 km walkRoman Rasskazov1:20:31Ilya Markov1:20:33Viktor Burayev1:20:362003 Paris 10,000 mKenenisa Bekele26:49.57 Haile Gebrselassie26:50.77Sileshi Sihine27:01.442005 Helsinki 200 mJustin Gatlin20.04Wallace Spearmon20.20John Capel20.312007 Osaka 400 mJeremy Wariner43.45 LaShawn Merritt43.96 Angelo Taylor44.32 3000 m st.Brimin Kipruto8:13.82Ezekiel Kemboi8:16.94Richard Mateelong8:17.592015 Beijing 3000 m st.Ezekiel Kemboi8:11.28Conseslus Kipruto8:12.38Brimin Kipruto8:12.542022 Eugene 100 mFred Kerley9.86Marvin Bracy9.88Trayvon Bromell9.88 200 mNoah Lyles19.31Kenny Bednarek19.77Erriyon Knighton19.80 Shot putRyan Crouser22.94 m Joe Kovacs22.89 mJosh Awotunde22.29 m
Women Sweeps have only occurred eleven times in women's events. The 10,000 metres is the only event to have had three occurrences, in 2001, 2005 and 2011. Ethiopia had most sweeps, at four. Tirunesh Dibaba and her sister Ejegayehu Dibaba were both a part of two of those sweeps, another sister Genzebe Dibaba and cousin Derartu Tulu gave the family participation in all four Ethiopian sweeps. Tirunesh's husband, Sileshi Sihine, was a part of Ethiopia's men's sweep.
ChampionshipsEventCountryGoldSilverBronzeRefAthleteResultAthleteResultAthleteResult1983 Helsinki HeptathlonRamona Neubert6714Sabine Paetz6662Anke Vater65321993 Stuttgart 3000 mQu Yunxia8:28.71Zhang Linli8:29.25Zhang Lirong8:31.952001 Edmonton 10,000 mDerartu Tulu31:48.81Berhane Adere31:48.85Gete Wami31:49.982005 Helsinki 5000 mTirunesh Dibaba14:38.59Meseret Defar14:39.54Ejegayehu Dibaba14:42.47 10,000 mTirunesh Dibaba30:24.02Berhane Adere30:25.41Ejegayehu Dibaba30:26.002007 Osaka Long jumpTatyana Lebedeva7.03Lyudmila Kolchanova6.92Tatyana Kotova6.902011 Daegu 10,000 mVivian Cheruiyot30:48.98Sally Kipyego30:50.04Linet Masai30:53.59 MarathonEdna Kiplagat2:28:43Priscah Jeptoo2:29:00Sharon Cherop2:29:142015 Beijing 5000 mAlmaz Ayana14:26.83 Senbere Teferi14:44.07Genzebe Dibaba14:44.142019 Doha 20km walkLiu Hong1:32.53Qieyang Shenjie1:33.10Yang Liujing1:33.172022 Eugene 100 mShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce10.67 Shericka Jackson10.73Elaine Thompson-Herah10.812023 Budapest 10000 mGudaf Tsegay31:27.18Letesenbet Gidey31:28.16Ejgayehu Taye31:28.31
See also List of medal sweeps in Olympic athletics
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