The women's marathon was introduced into the Summer Olympics in 1984. The first woman to win a gold medal in the marathon was Joan Benoit of the United States in a time of 2:24:52. American marathon runner, Joan Benoit won the Marathon at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
As far as the Olympics goes, Charlotte Cooper won a gold medal in the Ladies Singles in tennis in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris. She was the first woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal.
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Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands.
Fanny won 4 gold medals at the 1948 Summer Games in London (100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4x100 meter relay, 80 meter hurdles).
Naoko Takahashi.
That was Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands who won four gold medals at the 1948 Games in London in 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 80 meter hurdles, and 4x100 meter relay.
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The first Olympic medal won by a Nigerian woman was a bronze in the 4x100 meter relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The women that won the medals were Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, and Christy Opara-Thompson.
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Wilma Rudolph.
I do believe it was Wilma Rudolph in the 1960 Olympic games in Rome.
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolp got her career by running in the Olympics and winning three gold medals. She was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field.
1. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s.2. She became the first American woman ever to win three gold medals in track and field events in 1960.
on September 3rd 1960 Wilma g. Rudolph became the first woman to win three gold medals in track and field in one Olympic game.
She Broke woman world record, win Olympic medals, and put the USA on top in sprinting.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing no woman athlete, American or other country, has won 5 Olympic gold medals in track and field. The most won by an American woman is 4 by Evelyn Ashford, 1 in the 100 meter dash and 3 in the 4x100 meter relay. Three other women have won 4 Olympic gold medals in track and field ... Bärbel Wöckel of East Germany, Betty Cuthbert of Australia, and Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands.
That was Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands who won four gold medals at the 1948 Games in London in 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 80 meter hurdles, and 4x100 meter relay.
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Tydia Pickett is a Track and Field Athlete, the first African-American woman to be in the Olympics in 1932.
Dame Kelly Holmes won two Olympic Gold Medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics; 800m and the 1500m, in the progress she became the third woman to the 800-1500m double at the Olympics and first British athlete to win two track-and-field gold medals at the same Olympics in 84 years!She also has won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.