Women do not compete for a gold medal in the decathlon yet. The women do a 7 event Heptathlon, which was won in 2012 by Jessica Ennis.
Australia's Betty Cuthbert's last Olympic medal was gold in women's 400 meter run at the 1964 Games in Tokyo.
1984
Frank Shorter was the last American to win a gold medal in the marathon in 1972 Joan Benoit won gold in the women's marathon at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
Cyclist Leontien van Moorsel was 34 years old when she won her last Olympic gold medal which was in women's individual time trial at the 2004 Games in Athens (born March 22, 1970 and won her last gold August 18, 2004).
The winners in the Women's 1500 Metres event at the Rio 2016 Olympics were Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon for the gold medal, Genzebe Dibaba for the silver medal, and last but not least, Jennifer Simpson for the bronze medal.
The last gold medal of the Beijing Olympics went to Samuel Wanjiru (Kenya) for the Men's Marathon
The last real Olympic gold medal was awarded in 1912. Today gold medals are silver plated with gold.
The last US gold medal in the 10,000 meters was won by Billy Mills at the 1964 Games in Tokyo.
Shizuka Arakawa of Japan won the women's figure skating gold in the 2006 Turin Olympic Games.
they did not get a medal, they were upset by the italians in the quarterfinals
2004 (Paul Hamm - All around)