| Track & Field | ||
| MEN | ||
| 100 meters | ||
 | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica |
 | Justin Gatlin |  U.S. |
 | Trayvon Bromell | U.S. |
| Bolt pulled out of the Jamaican trials with a hamstring injury. | ||
| 200 meters | ||
| Usain Bolt | Jamaica |
| LaShawn Merritt | U.S. |
| Ameer Webb | U.S. |
| Bolt has nine of the fastest 16 times in history. | ||
| 400 meters | ||
| La Shawn Merritt | U.S. |
| Kirani James |  Grenada |
| Wayde van Niekerk |  South Africa |
| Van Niekerk has broken 10, 20 and 44 seconds in the 100, 200 and 400. | ||
| 800 meters | ||
| David Rudisha |  Kenya |
| Alfred Kipketer | Kenya |
| Adam Kszczot |  Poland |
| Rudisha's father, Daniel, won Olympic silver in 1968. | ||
| 1,500 meters | ||
| Asbel Kiprop | Kenya |
| Elijah Manangoi | Kenya |
| Taoufik Makhloufi |  Algeria |
| Kiprop was expelled from running camp for sneaking in his girlfriend. | ||
| 3,000-meter steeplechase | ||
| Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya |
| Ezekiel Kemboi | Kenya |
| Brimin Kipruto | Kenya |
| Kenyans have won the last eight. | ||
| 5,000 meters | ||
| Mo Farah |  Great Britain |
| Muktar Edris |  Ethiopia |
| Caleb Ndiku | Kenya |
| The Somali-born Farah lives in Portland. | ||
| 10,000 meters | ||
| Mo Farah | Great Britain |
| Geoffrey Kamworor | Kenya |
| Paul Tanui | Kenya |
| Finland's Lasse Virén doubled at 5 & 10,000 in '72 and '76, can Farah? | ||
| Marathon | ||
| Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya |
| Tesfaye Abera | Ethiopia |
| Stanley Biwot | Kenya |
| World-best Dennis Kimetto didn't make the Kenyan team. | ||
| 110-meter hurdles | ||
| Omar McLeod | Jamaica |
| Hansle Parchment | Jamaica |
| Devon Allen | U.S. |
| McLeod was an NCAA champ at Arkansas. | ||
| 400-meter hurdles | ||
| Kerron Clement | U.S. |
| Michael Tinsley | U.S. |
| Keisuke Nozawa |  Japan |
| Clement left his native Trinidad when he was in high school. | ||
| 4 × 100-meter relay | ||
| Jamaica | |
| U.S. | |
|  Canada | |
| Jamaica won this in 2008 and '12. | ||
| 4 × 400-meter relay | ||
| U.S. | |
|  Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Great Britain | |
| Surprise gold in London: Bahamas. | ||
| 20 kilometer walk | ||
| Wang Zhen |  China |
| Miguel Angel Lopez |  Spain |
| Ben Thorne | Canada |
| World-record holder Yusuke Suzuki of Japan is injured. | ||
| 50 kilometer walk | ||
| Yohann Diniz |  France |
| Jared Tallent |  Australia |
| Takayuki Tanii | Japan |
| Diniz holds the world record for 50K. | ||
| High jump | ||
| Mutaz Essa Barshim |  Qatar |
| Majd Eddin Ghazal |  Syria |
| Derek Drouin | Canada |
| Watch Erik Kynard from Toledo, Ohio. | ||
| Long jump | ||
| Greg Rutherford | Great Britain |
| Rushwal Samaai | South Africa |
| Jarrion Lawson | U.S. |
| Rutherford's ancestors starred for Arsenal; he supports Man U. | ||
| Triple jump | ||
| Christian Taylor | U.S. |
| Will Claye | U.S. |
| Dong Bin | China |
| In '12, Claye was the first to medal in long and triple jumps since '36. | ||
| Pole vault | ||
| Shawn Barber | Canada |
| Renaud Lavillenie | France |
| Sam Kendricks | U.S. |
| Barber was born in New Mexico. | ||
| Shot put | ||
| Joe Kovacs | U.S. |
| Ryan Crouser | U.S. |
| David Storl |  Germany |
| The nine longest throws in 2016 are by U.S. athletes. | ||
| Discus | ||
| Piotr Małachowski | Poland |
| Christoph Harting | Germany |
| Philip Milanov |  Belgium |
| Christoph's brother, Robert, is the reigning Olympic champ. | ||
| Hammer throw | ||
| Pawel Fajdek | Poland |
| Ivan Tikhon |  Belarus |
| Dilshod Nazarov |  Tajikistan |
| Fajdek has the nine longest throws of 2016. | ||
| Javelin | ||
| Thomas Rohler | Germany |
| Ihab El-Sayed Abdelrahman |  Egypt |
| Julius Yego | Kenya |
| Yego grew up without electricity. | ||
| Decathlon | ||
| Ashton Eaton | U.S. |
| Damian Warner | Canada |
| Arthur Abele | Germany |
| Eaton is unbeaten in major competitions since 2012. | ||
| WOMEN | ||
| 100 meters | ||
| Elaine Thompson | Jamaica |
| Tori Bowie | U.S. |
| English Gardner | U.S. |
| World champ Tianna Bartoletta of the U.S. could also contend. | ||
| 200 meters | ||
| Dafne Schippers |  Netherlands |
| Tori Bowie | U.S. |
| Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica |
| Schippers won bronze in the heptathlon at worlds in 2013. | ||
| 400 meters | ||
| Allyson Felix | U.S. |
| Shaunae Miller |  Bahamas |
| Stephanie McPherson | Jamaica |
| Felix missed a 200m spot by .01 second at U.S. trials. | ||
| 800 meters | ||
| Caster Semenya | South Africa |
| Francine Niyonsaba |  Burundi |
| Rénelle Lamote | France |
| Semenya won worlds at 18 in 2009. | ||
| 1,500 meters | ||
| Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia |
| Faith Kipyegon | Kenya |
| Dawit Seyaum | Ethiopia |
| Genzebe's sister Tirunesh won five Olympic medals. | ||
| 3,000-meter steeplechase | ||
| Hyvin Jepkemoi | Kenya |
| Ruth Jebet |  Bahrain |
| Sofia Assefa | Ethiopia |
| Emma Coburn has a chance for the first U.S. medal in this event. | ||
| 5,000 meters | ||
| Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia |
| Senbere Teferi | Ethiopia |
| Hellen Onsando Obiri | Kenya |
| All of Ethiopia's 21 golds and 45 medals are in distance running. | ||
| 10,000 meters | ||
| Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia |
| Gelete Burka | Ethiopia |
| Alice Aprot | Kenya |
| Twelve of the fastest 13 runners in 2016 are Ethiopians. | ||
| Marathon | ||
| Jemima Sumgong | Kenya |
| Mare Dibaba | Kenya |
| Aselefech Mergia | Ethiopia |
| Sumgong fell and still won the 2016 London Marathon. | ||
| 100-meter hurdles | ||
| Brianna Rollins | U.S. |
| Kristi Castlin | U.S. |
| Cindy Roleder | Germany |
| World No. 1 Kendra Harrison failed to make the U.S. team. | ||
| 400-meter hurdles | ||
| Dalilah Muhammad | U.S. |
| Janieve Russell | Jamaica |
| Ashley Spencer | U.S. |
| Watch for 16-year-old Sydney McLaughlin of Dunellen, N.J. | ||
| 4 × 100-meter relay | ||
| U.S. | |
| Jamaica | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | |
| The U.S. set a world record (40.82) to top Jamaica in 2012. | ||
| 4 × 400-meter relay | ||
| U.S. | |
| Jamaica | |
| Great Britain | |
| The U.S. has won five in a row. | ||
| 20 kilometer walk | ||
| Liu Hong | China |
| Lu Xiuzhi | China |
| Eleonora Giorgi |  Italy |
| Russians have walked nine of the 10 fastest times in history. | ||
| High jump | ||
| Chaunte Lowe | U.S. |
| Kamila Lićwinko | Poland |
| Blanka Vlasic |  Croatia |
| Lowe is a mother of three. | ||
| Long jump | ||
| Brittney Reese | U.S. |
| Brooke Stratton | Australia |
| Ivana Španović |  Serbia |
| Tianna Bartoletta of the U.S. won worlds in 2005 and '15. | ||
| Triple jump | ||
| Caterine Ibargüen |  Colombia |
| Yulimar Rojas |  Venezuela |
| Olga Rypakova |  Kazakhstan |
| Colombia has never won a track and field gold. | ||
| Pole vault | ||
| Yarisley Silva |  Cuba |
| Jenn Suhr | U.S. |
| Ekateríni Stefanídi |  Greece |
| Twice champ Yelena Isinbayeva is among the banned Russians. | ||
| Shot put | ||
| Gong Lijiao | China |
| Valerie Adams |  New Zealand |
| Christina Schwanitz | Germany |
| Adams's brother Steven plays for the NBA's Thunder. | ||
| Discus | ||
| Sandra Perkovic | Croatia |
| Yaime Perez | Cuba |
| Denia Caballero | Cuba |
| Perkovic is a member of Parliament. | ||
| Hammer | ||
| Anita Włodarczyk | Poland |
| Betty Heidler | Germany |
| Zhang Wenxiu | China |
| Włodarczyk has the nine best throws of 2016. | ||
| Javelin | ||
| Barbora Špotáková |  Czech Republic |
| Tatsiana Khaladovich | Belarus |
| Christin Hussong | Germany |
| World leader Vera Rebrik, a Russian, won't compete. | ||
| Heptathlon | ||
| Brianne Theisen-Eaton | Canada |
| Jessica Ennis-Hill | Great Britain |
| Laura Ikauniece-Admidina |  Latvia |
| Theisen-Eaton's husband is Ashton, the decathlon pick. | ||
Saturday, August 06, 2016
Sports Illustrated Medal Predictions
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