2008 Olympic Track and Field Predictions

Some Olympic track and field events have clear favorites while others appear wide open. But the only certainty is that there will be plenty of surprises before the Beijing Games are over. Check out the following predictions for each event; click on the underlined names for profiles of featured athletes.

• Men's 100 meters 
  GOLD: Tyson Gay - USA 
  SILVER: Usain Bolt - Jamaica 
  BRONZE: Walter Dix - USA
• Women's 100 meters 
  GOLD: Muna Lee - USA 
  SILVER: Torri Edwards - USA 
  BRONZE: Lauryn Williams - USA
• Men's 200 meters 
  GOLD: Usain Bolt - Jamaica 
  SILVER: Walter Dix - USA 
  BRONZE: Shawn Crawford - USA
• Women's 200 meters 
  GOLD: Allyson Felix - USA 
  SILVER: Veronica Campbell-Brown - Jamaica 
  BRONZE: Kerron Stewart - Jamaica
• Men's 400 meters 
  GOLD: Jeremy Wariner - USA 
  SILVER: LaShawn Merritt - USA 
  BRONZE: Chris Brown - Jamaica
• Women's 400 meters 
  GOLD: Sanya Richards - USA 
  SILVER: Amantle Montsho - Botswana 
  BRONZE: Mary Wineberg - USA
• Men's 800 meters 
  GOLD: Abubaker Khamis - Sudan 
  SILVER: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi - South Africa 
  BRONZE: Alfred Yego - Kenya
• Women's 800 meters 
  GOLD: Pamela Jelimo - Kenya 
  SILVER: Yelena Soboleva - Russia 
  BRONZE: Janeth Jepkosgei - Kenya
• Men's 1500 meters 
  GOLD: Bernard Lagat - USA 
  SILVER: Augustine Choge - Kenya 
  BRONZE: Asbel Kiprop - Kenya
• Women's 1500 meters 
  GOLD: Yelena Soboleva - Russia 
  SILVER: Maryam Jamal - Bahrain 
  BRONZE: Liliana Popescu - Romania
• Men's 5000 meters 
  GOLD: Bernard Lagat - USA 
  SILVER: Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 
  BRONZE: Moses Kipsiro - Uganda
• Women's 5000 meters 
  GOLD: Meseret Defar - Ethiopia 
  SILVER: Tirunesh Dibaba - Ethiopia 
  BRONZE: Meselech Melkamu - Ethiopia
• Men's 10,000 meters 
  GOLD: Haile Gebrselassie - Ethiopia 
  SILVER: Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 
  BRONZE: Sileshi Sihine - Ethiopia
• Women's 10,000 meters 
  GOLD: Tirunesh Dibaba - Ethiopia 
  SILVER: Shalane Flanagan - USA 
  BRONZE: Kimberley Smith - New Zealand
• Men's marathon 
  GOLD: Martin Lel - Kenya 
  SILVER: Ryan Hall - USA 
  BRONZE: Samuel Wanjiru - Kenya
• Women's marathon 
  GOLD: Yingying Zhang - China 
  SILVER: Catherin Ndereba - Kenya 
  BRONZE: Deena Kastor - USA
• Men's steeplechase 
  GOLD: Ezekiel Kemboi - Kenya 
  SILVER: Brimin Kipruto - Kenya 
  BRONZE: Richard Mateelong - Kenya
• Women's steeplechase 
  GOLD: Gulnara Samitova-Galkina - Russia 
  SILVER: Eunice Jepkorir - Kenya 
  BRONZE: Yekaterina Volkova - Russia
• Men's 110-meter hurdles 
  GOLD: Liu Xiang - China 
  SILVER: Dayron Robles - Cuba 
  BRONZE: David Oliver - USA
• Women's 100-meter hurdles 
  GOLD: Lolo Jones - USA 
  SILVER: Delloren Ennis-London - Jamaica 
  BRONZE: Susanna Kallur - Sweden
• Men's 400-meter hurdles 
  GOLD: Kerron Clement - USA 
  SILVER: Bershawn Jackson - USA 
  BRONZE: Danny McFarlane - Jamaica
• Women's 400-meter hurdles 
  GOLD: Tiffany Ross-Williams - USA 
  SILVER: Malaine Walker - Jamaica 
  BRONZE: Nickiesha Wilson - Jamaica
• Men's high jump 
  GOLD: Yaroslav Rybakov - Russia 
  SILVER: Stefan Holm - Sweden 
  BRONZE: Jesse Williams - USA
• Women's high jump 
  GOLD: Blanka Vlasic - Croatia 
  SILVER: Ariane Friedrich - Germany 
  BRONZE: Chaunte Howard - USA
• Men's pole vault 
  GOLD: Brad Walker - USA 
  SILVER: Yevgeniy Lukyanenko - Russia 
  BRONZE: Steven Hooker - Australia
• Women's pole vault 
  GOLD: Yelena Isinbayeva - Russia 
  SILVER: Jenn Stuczynski - USA 
  BRONZE: Yuliya Golubchikova - Russia
• Men's long jump 
  GOLD: Irving Saladino - Panama 
  SILVER: Ibrahim Camejo - Cuba 
  BRONZE: Trevell Quinley - USA
• Women's long jump 
  GOLD: Lyudmila Kolchanova - Russia 
  SILVER: Brittney Reese - USA 
  BRONZE: Maurren Maggi - Brazil
• Men's triple jump 
  GOLD: Phillips Idowu - Great Britain 
  SILVER: Arnie Girat - Cuba 
  BRONZE: Dmitrij Valukevic Slovakia
• Women's triple jump 
  GOLD: Yargelis Savigne - Cuba 
  SILVER: Hrysopiyi Devetzki - Greece 
  BRONZE: Marija Sestak - Slovenia
• Men's shot put 
  GOLD: Reese Hoffa - USA 
  SILVER: Christian Cantwell - USA 
  BRONZE: Adam Nelson - USA
• Women's shot put 
  GOLD: Valerie Vili - New Zealand 
  SILVER: Nadzeya Ostapchuk - Belarus 
  BRONZE: Nadine Kleinert - Germany
• Men's discus 
  GOLD: Gerd Kanter - Estonia 
  SILVER: Virgilijus Alekna - Lithuania 
  BRONZE: Ian Waltz - USA
• Women's discus 
  GOLD: Darya Pishchalnikova - Russia 
  SILVER: Stephanie Brown-Trafton - USA 
  BRONZE: Nicoleta Grasu - Romania
• Men's javelin 
  GOLD: Tero Pitkamaki - Finland 
  SILVER: Andreas Thorkildsen - Norway 
  BRONZE: Jarrod Bannister - Australia
• Women's javelin 
  GOLD: Barbora Spotakova - Czech Republic 
  SILVER: Christina Obergfoll - Germany 
  BRONZE: Osleidys Menendez - Cuba
• Men's hammer throw 
  GOLD: Ivan Tsikhan - Belarus 
  SILVER: Primoz Kozmus - Slovenia 
  BRONZE: Libor Charfreitag - Slovakia
• Women's hammer throw 
  GOLD: Aksana Miankova - Belarus 
  SILVER: Yipsi Moreno - Cuba 
  BRONZE: Martina Danisova-Hrasnova - Slovakia
• Men's decathlon 
  GOLD: Roman Sebrle - Czech Republic 
  SILVER: Brian Clay - USA 
  BRONZE: Maurice Smith - Jamaica
• Women's heptathlon 
  GOLD: Hyleas Fountain - USA 
  SILVER: Lyudmila Blonska - Ukraine 
  BRONZE: Jacquelyn Johnson - USA
• Men's 20-kilometer walk 
  GOLD: Sergey Morozov - Russia 
  SILVER: Francisco Fernandez - Spain 
  BRONZE: Eder Sanchez - Mexico
• Women's 20-kilometer walk 
  GOLD: Olga Kaniskina - Russia 
  SILVER: Tatyana Shemyakina - Russia 
  BRONZE: Tatyana Sibileva - Russia
• Men's 50-kilometer walk 
  GOLD: Denis Nizhegorodov - Russia 
  SILVER: Vladimir Kanaykin - Russia 
  BRONZE: Alex Schwazer - Italy
• Men's 4 x 100-meter relay 
  GOLD: USA 
  SILVER: Jamaica 
  BRONZE: Great Britain
• Women's 4 x 100-meter relay 
  GOLD: USA 
  SILVER: Jamaica 
  BRONZE: Great Britain
• Men's 4 x 400-meter relay 
  GOLD: USA 
  SILVER: Jamaica 
  BRONZE: Poland
• Women's 4 x 400-meter relay 
  GOLD: USA 
  SILVER: Russia 
  BRONZE: Jamaica