Numerical Summery Of Athletics At The Rio 2016 Olympic Games

With the Rio 2016 Olympics game over and countdown for the next games in Tokyo already up and running. Here is a brief numerical summery of the athletics events that went down in Rio. Sit down, grab a popcorn and digest them with these numbers....Opppsss! My bad, Enjoy!

1- The position Usain Bolt finished in all the events he competed in since the Olympic games in  Beijing. 

3- The number of world records that were set at the games, Wayde van Wayde, South Africa, 43.03 (400m, men), Almaz Ayana, Ethiopia, 29:17:45 (10,000 women), Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland, 82.29 (hammer throw women).

8- The number of Olympic records that were set. 

9- Usain Bolt completed the 'triple triple' slam- meaning 3 gold medals in each of the last three Olympic games.

10- Area records were set.

20- The number of nations that won at least one gold medal in athletics.

21-  World-leading performance were set.

32- The number of medal won by the USA to top the athletics medal table.

42- Nations won at least one medal in athletics.

69- Nation had at least one top-eight finisher. 

99- The number of national records that were set.

199- Member federations were represented at the games.

2283- athletes competed for honour in Rio, Brazil.