Men's 100 Meters
Gold: Yohan Blake, JAM
Silver: Tyson Gay, USA
Bronze: Usain Bolt, JAM
Lightning may not strike twice, Bolt may still have a mental block about his false start last year.
Men's 200 Meters
Gold: Usain Bolt, JAM
Silver: Yohan, Blake, JAM
Bronze: Wallace Spearmon, USA
Men's 400 Meters
Gold: Kirani James, GRN
Silver: LaShawn Merritt, USA
Bronze: Kevin Borlee, BEL
Grenada has never won an Olympic medal, Merritt may be injured, Borlee will battle his twin brother Jonathan.
Men's 800 Meters
Gold: David Rudisha, KEN
Silver: Abubaker Kaki, SUD
Bronze: Nick Symmonds, USA
Rudisha should dominate; strange things seem to happen to Kaki at major meets.
Men's 1500 Meters
Gold: Asbel Kiprop, KEN
Silver: Nixon Chepseba, KEN
Bronze: Silas Kipligat, KEN
Expect team tactics from the Kenyans, Kirpop looks to joing Seb Coe as the only repeat winner.
Men's 5000 Meters
Gold: Mo Farah, GBR
Silver: Bernard Lagat, USA
Bronze: Dejan Gebremeskel, ETH
Does the 37 year old Lagat have the kick to win and beat the hometown favorite?
Men's 10000 Meters
Gold: Mo Farah, GBR
Silver: Kenenisa Bekele, ETH
Bronze: Galen Rupp, USA
Farah could supplant a legend; no American has won a medal since Billy Mills in 1964.
Men's Marathon
Gold: Wilson Kipsang, KEN
Silver: Abel Kirui, KEN
Bronze: Emmanuel Mutai, KEN
No country has ever swept the medals.
Men's 110 Hurdles
Gold: Aries Merritt, USA
Silver: Liu Xiang, CHN
Bronze: Dayron Robles, CUB
Merritt has been consistently running under 13 seconds, Liu is nursing a back injury. Jason Richardson of the U.S. is the world champion, he will be in the final and should contend.
Men's 400 Meter Hurdles
Gold: Javier Culson, PUR
Silver: Dai Greene, GBR
Bronze: Angelo Taylor, USA
Puerto Rico has never won a gold medal.
Men's 3000 Meter Steeplechase
Gold: Ezekiel Kemboi, KEN
Silver: Brimin Kipruto, KEN
Bronze: Abel Mutai, KEN
Kenyans have won every Olympics they have attended since 1968.
Men's 4x100 Meter Relay
Gold: Jamaica
Silver: United States
Bronze: Trinidad & Tobago
The Jamaicans could break their own world record. The U.S. has a recent history of passing mishaps.
Men's 4x400 Meter Relay
Gold: United States
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: Belgium
Should be another easy win for the U.S. Silver and bronze are wide open.
Men's 20 Kilometer Walk
Gold: Valeriy Borchin, RUS
Silver: Zhen Wang, CHN
Bronze: Andrey Krivov, RUS
Men's 50 Kilometer Walk
Gold: Yohann Diniz, FRA
Silver: Alex Schwarzer, ITA
Bronze: Jared Tallent, AUS
Men's Long Jump
Gold: Mitchell Watt, AUS
Silver: Greg Rutherford, GBR
Bronze: Chris Tomlinson, GBR
Athens gold medalist and four-time world champion Dwight Phillips was injured and unable to compete at the U.S. Trials.
Men's High Jump
Gold: Jesse Williams, USA
Silver: Andrey Silnov, RUS
Bronze: Robbie Grabarcz, GBR
Woerld champion Williams finished fourth at Olympic Trials, but only two of the top three had an Olympic qualifier.
Men's Triple Jump
Gold: Christian Taylor, USA
Silver: Will Claye, USA
Bronze: Daniele Greco, ITA
The two young Americans have had a meteoric rise over the last year. Britain's Philips Idowu has been reportedly injured and very close-lipped about it.
Men's Pole Vault
Gold: Renaud Lavillenie, FRA
Silver: Bjorn Otto, GER
Bronze: Brad Walker, USA
Walker did not clear a height in Beijing.
Men's Shot Put
Gold: Reese Hoffa, USA
Silver: Dylan Armstrong, CAN
Bronze: Ryan Whiting, USA
The Americans are always favored to win, haven't captured gold since Randy Barnes in 1996, but have taken every silver since Michael Carter in 1984.
Men's Discus Throw
Gold: Robert Harting, GER
Silver: Virgilijus Alekna, LTU
Bronze: Ehsan Hadidi, IRI
Gold in Sydney and Athens, bronze in Beijing, Alekna is looking for a fourth straight medal.
Men's Javelin Throw
Gold: Vltezslav Vesely, CZE
Silver: Andreas Thorkildsen, NOR
Bronze: Oleksandr Pyatnytsya, UKR
Defending champion Thorkildsen is somewhat off his usual form this season.
Men's Hammer Throw
Gold: Krisztian Pars, HUN
Silver: Ivan Tikhon, BLR
Bronze: Pawel Fajdek, POL
Silver and bronze in the last two Olympics, three-time world champion Tikhon looks to complete the medal set.
Decathlon
Gold: Ashton Eaton, USA
Silver: Trey Hardee, USA
Bronze: Leonel Suarez, CUB
Eaton set the world record at the Olympic Trials on his hometown track.
Women's 100 Meters
Gold: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, JAM
Silver: Carmelita Jeter, USA
Bronze: Tianna Madison, USA
Fraser-Pryce could join Wyomia Tyus and Gail Devers as the only repeat winners.
Women's 200 Meters
Gold: Allyson Felix, USA
Silver: Veronica Campbell-Brown, JAM
Bronze: Carmelita Jeter, USA
Campbell-Brown won gold and Felix silver in 2004 and 2008.
Women's 400 Meters
Gold: Sanya Richards-Ross, USA
Silver: Amantle Montsho, BOT
Bronze: Antonina Krivoshapka, RUS
Botswana has never won an Olympic medal.
Women's 800 Meters
Gold: Pamela Jelimo, KEN
Silver: Caster Semenya, RSA
Bronze: Alysia Montano, USA
Expect all the medal contenders to push the pace.
Women's 1500 Meters
Gold: Morgan Uceny, USA
Silver: Abeba Aregawi, ETH
Bronze: Asli Cakir, TUR
Cakir served a two-year doping ban from 2004-2006 and has recently shown her best form.
Women's 5000 Meters
Gold: Vivian Cheruiyot, KEN
Silver: Meseret Defar, ETH
Bronze: Sally Kipyego, KEN
Cheruiyot won both the 5000 and 10000 meters at lasyt year's world championships and she was the Track & Field News athlete of the year.
Women's 10000 Meters
Gold: Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH
Silver: Vivian Cheruiyot, KEN
Bronze: Sally Kipyego, KEN
Dibaba is the Olympic champ, Cheruiyot the world champ.
Women's Marathon
Gold: Mary Keitany, KEN
Silver: Edna Kiplagat, KEN
Bronze: Shalene Flanagan, USA
World record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain withdrew with a foot injury.
Women's 100 Meter Hurdles
Gold: Sally Pearson, AUS
Silver: Dawn Harper, USA
Bronze: Kellie Wells, USA
Sentimental favorite Lolo Jones has a tall task ahead of her, third at the trials she has two teammates and the world champion Pearson to beat.
Women's 400 Meter Hurdles
Gold: Lashinda Demus, USA
Silver: Melaine Walker, USA
Bronze: Perri Shakes-Drayton, GBR
World champion Demus missed Beijing after having a child.
Women's 3000 Meter Steeplechase
Gold: Yuliya Zaripova, RUS
Silver: Milcah Chemos, KEN
Bronze: Habiba Boudraa, TUN
Zaripova easily won the world championships.
Women's 4x100 Meter Relay
Gold: United States
Silver: Jamaica
Bronze: Trinidad & Tobago
This will highlight the U.S./Jamaica rivalry.
Women's 4x400 Meter Relay
Gold: United States
Silver: Russia
Bronze: Jamaica
Expect the U.S. to have a fairly easy time as usual.
Women's 20 Kilometer Walk
Gold: Olga Kaniskina, RUS
Silver: Yelena Lashmanova, RUS
Bronze: Hong Liu, CHN
Women's Long Jump
Gold: Brittney Reese, USA
Silver: Nastassia Ivanova, RUS
Bronze: Shara Proctor, GBR
Reese has won every world championship, indoors and out, since Beijing.
Women's High Jump
Gold: Anna Chicherova, RUS
Silver: Chaunte Lowe, USA
Bronze: Svetlana Shkolina, RUS
Three time world champion Blanka Vlasic of Croatia is out due to injury.
Women's Triple Jump
Gold: Olha Saladuha, UKR
Silver: Olga Rypakova, KAZ
Bronze: Caterina Ibarguen, COL
Women's Pole Vault
Gold: Yelena Isinbaeva, RUS
Silver: Jenn Suhr, USA
Bronze: Holly Bleasdale, GBR
Isinbaeva and Suhr finished 1-2 in Beijing.
Women's Shot Put
Gold: Valerie Adams, NZL
Silver: Nadzeya Ostapchuk, BLR
Bronze: Jill Camarena-Williams, USA
Adams has won every major title since 2007. U.S. has not won a medal since 1964.
Women's Discus Throw
Gold: Sandra Perkovic, CRO
Silver: Nadine Muller, GER
Bronze: Darya Pishchalnikova, RUS
Defending champion Stephanie Brown-Trafton has shown her best form since 2008.
Women's Javelin Throw
Gold: Barbara Spotakova, CZE
Silver: Sunette Viljoen, RSA
Bronze: Mariya Abakhumova, RUS
Defending champion Spotakova is very consistent.
Women's Hammer Throw
Gold: Aksana Menkova, BLR
Silver: Betty Heidler, GER
Bronze: Tatyana Lysenko, RUS
Heptathlon
Gold: Jessica Ennis, GBR
Silver: Tatyana Chernova, RUS
Bronze: Kristina Savitskaya, RUS
Ennis's bid for the world championships came undone in the javelin.
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