Jim Thorpe
As of the 2008 Games, that would be the United States with 715 track and field (athletics) medals (304 gold, 229 silver, 182 bronze). who won 9 gold medal in track -and-field 1980&1990
Carl Lewis (He won 10 Olympic medal, 9 of them gold)
Steve Hooker in men's pole vault at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
Yes, he won a gold medal in Track Cycling at the 2008 Olympics.
That was Betty Cuthbert who won gold in the women's 400 meter dash.
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Michael Johnson
Jim Thorpe
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Liu Xiang 110mH (2004)
Betty Cuthbert, AUS400 meters Athletics
New Zealand's first gold medal in Olympic athletics (track and field) was won by Jack Lovelock in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He won the 1500 meter race in what was then a world record time of 3:47.8.