What female track and field athlete won more medals than Wilma Rudolph?

Answer 1

Wilma Rudolph won 4 medals (3 gold and 1 bronze) in her Olympic career. Women who have won 5 or more Olympic medals in athletics (Track and Field) are:

1) Merlene Ottey, Jamaica - won 8 medals (3 silver and 5 bronze).
2) Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein, Poland - won 7 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze).
3) Shirley Strickland, Australia - won 7 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze).
4) Renate Stecher, East Germany - won 6 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze).
5) Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States - won 6 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze).
6) Evelyn Ashford, United States - won 5 medals (4 gold, 1 silver).
7) Florence Griffith-Joyner, United States - won 5 medals (3 gold, 2 silver).
8) Gwen Torrence, United States - won 5 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).
9) Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica - won 5 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).
10) Heike Drechsler-Daute, Germany - won 5 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze).
11) Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia - won 5 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).

While 11 women have won more medals in athletics than Wilma, only 4 have won more gold medals (3) in athletics than Wilma did.

Evelyn Ashford of the United States, Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands, Betty Cuthbert of Australia, and Bärbel Wöckel of East Germany each won 4 gold medals during their Olympic career.