Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge won the men's Olympic marathon with a dominating performance, running alone into the Sambadrome and finishing in two hours, eight minutes and 44 seconds on Sunday.

Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenya's most decorated athlete, finally got her hands on an Olympic gold medal after winning the women's 5,000 metres on Friday by upsetting favourite Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia in the ...

A day after a near-disaster with a dropped baton, defending champions the United States made no mistake on Friday when they won the women's Olympic 4x100 metres relay and Allyson Felix became the firs ...

Matej Toth of Slovakia overhauled reigning champion Jared Tallent with a perfectly timed surge on the last circuit of the Rio road track on Friday to add the 50km walk Olympic title to the world crown ...

Dalilah Muhammad of the United States led from start to finish to take the Olympic gold medal in the 400 meters hurdles on Thursday and complete a US double in the women's and men's events.

Kerron Clement of the United States dipped on the line to win the men's Olympic 400 metres hurdles on Thursday after one of the pre-race favourites, Puerto Rico's Javier Culson, was disqualified for a ...

Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Canadian Andre de Grasse set up an Olympic 200 metres showdown after crossing the line laughing together in their semi-final on Wednesday, but 100m silver medallist Justin Gat ...

Tianna Bartoletta shrugged off 100 metre disappointment to land the women's long jump gold medal on Wednesday, edging out defending Olympic champion and United States team mate Brittney Reese with a p ...