Some Olympic track and field events have clear favorites – such as David Rudisha in the men’s 800 meters or Sally Pearson in the women’s 100-meter hurdles – while other events appear wide open. And no doubt some lesser-known names will surprise us in London. Check out the following predictions for each event; click on the underlined names for profiles of featured athletes.

Men's 100 meters
GOLD: Usain Bolt
SILVER: Tyson Gay
BRONZE: Justin Gatlin

Women's 100 meters
GOLD: Carmelita Jeter
SILVER: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price
BRONZE: Kelly-Ann Baptiste

Men's 200 meters
GOLD: Usain Bolt
SILVER: Johan Blake
BRONZE: Wallace Spearmon

Women's 200 meters
GOLD: Allyson Felix
SILVER: Veronica Campbell-Brown
BRONZE: Sanya Richards-Ross

Men's 400 meters
GOLD: LaShawn Merritt
SILVER: Kirani James
BRONZE: Tony McQuay

Women's 400 meters
GOLD: Sanya Richards-Ross
SILVER: Antononia Krivoshapka
BRONZE: Amantle Montsho

Men's 800 meters
GOLD: David Rudisha
SILVER: Mohamed Aman
BRONZE: Abubaker Kaki

Women's 800 meters
GOLD: Pamela Jelimo
SILVER: Mariya Savinova
BRONZE: Fantu Magiso

Men's 1500 meters
GOLD: Asbel Kiprop
SILVER: Abdalaati Iguider
BRONZE: Silas Kiplagat

Women's 1500 meters
GOLD: Mariem Alaoui Selsouli
SILVER: Genzebe Dibaba
BRONZE: Abeba Aregawi

Men's 5000 meters
GOLD: Mo Farah
SILVER: Dejen Gebremeskel
BRONZE: Bernard Lagat

Women's 5000 meters
GOLD: Vivian Cheruiyot
SILVER: Meseret Defar
BRONZE: Gelete Burka

Men's 10,000 meters
GOLD: Wilson Kiprop
SILVER: Kenenisa Bekele
BRONZE: Tariku Bekele

Women's 10,000 meters
GOLD: Vivian Cheruiyt
SILVER: Tirunesh Dibaba
BRONZE: Sally Kipyego

Men's marathon
GOLD: Abel Kirui
SILVER: Wilson Kiprotich
BRONZE: Ayele Abshero

Women's marathon
GOLD: Mary Keitany
SILVER: Tiki Gelana
BRONZE: Edna Kiplagat

Men's steeplechase
GOLD: Brimin Kipruto
SILVER: Ezekiel Kemboi
BRONZE: Abel Mutai

Women's steeplechase
GOLD: Milcah Chemos Cheywa
SILVER: Yuliya Zaripova
BRONZE: Sofia Assefa

Men's 110-meter hurdles
GOLD: Aries Merritt
SILVER: Liu Xiang
BRONZE: Jason Richardson

Women's 100-meter hurdles
GOLD: Sally Pearson
SILVER: Kellie Wells
BRONZE: Brigitte Foster-Hylton

Men's 400-meter hurdles
GOLD: Javier Culson
SILVER: David Greene
BRONZE: Michael Tinsley

Women's 400-meter hurdles
GOLD: Lashinda Demus
SILVER: Natalya Antyukh
BRONZE: Perri Shakes-Drayton

Men's high jump
GOLD: Andrey Silnov
SILVER: Jesse Williams
BRONZE: Ivan Ukhov

Women's high jump
GOLD: Anna Chicherova
SILVER: Chaunte Lowe
BRONZE: Tia Hellebaut

Men's pole vault
GOLD: Renaud Lavillenie
SILVER: Bjorn Otto
BRONZE: Brad Walker

Women's pole vault
GOLD: Yelena Isinbayeva
SILVER: Jenn Suhr
BRONZE: Holly Bleasdale

Men's long jump
GOLD: Mitchell Watt
SILVER: Will Claye
BRONZE: Greg Rutherford

Women's long jump
GOLD: Brittany Reese
SILVER: Janay DeLoach
BRONZE: Anna Nazarova

Men's triple jump
GOLD: Christian Taylor
SILVER: Will Claye
BRONZE: Phillips Idowu

Women's triple jump
GOLD: Olha Saladuha
SILVER: Caterine Ibarguen
BRONZE: Olga Rypakova

Men's shot put
GOLD: Reese Hoffa
SILVER: Christian Cantwell
BRONZE: David Storl

Women's shot put
GOLD: Nadzeya Ostapchuk
SILVER: Valerie Adams
BRONZE: Gong Liljiao

Men's discus
GOLD: Robert Harting
SILVER: Piotr Malachowski
BRONZE: Virgilijus Alekna

Women's discus
GOLD: Darya Pishchalnikova
SILVER: Nadine Muller
BRONZE: Stephanie Brown Trafton

Men's javelin
GOLD: Vitezslav Vesely
SILVER: Andreas Thorkildsen
BRONZE: Vadims Vasilevskis

Women's javelin
GOLD: Sunette Viljoen
SILVER: Barbora Spotakova
BRONZE: Goldie Sayers

Men's hammer throw
GOLD: Krisztian Pars
SILVER: Ivan Tsikhan
BRONZE: Pawel Fajdek

Women's hammer throw
GOLD:Aksana Miankova
SILVER: Tatyana Lysenko
BRONZE: Betty Heidler

Men's decathlon
GOLD: Ashton Eaton
SILVER: Trey Hardee
BRONZE: Hans van Alphen

Women's heptathlon
GOLD: Jessica Ennis
SILVER: Natallia Dobrynska
BRONZE: Jessica Zelinka

Men's 20-kilometer walk
GOLD: Wang Zhen
SILVER: Yuriy Morozov
BRONZE: Alex Schwazer

Women's 20-kilometer walk
GOLD: Anisya Kirdyapkina
SILVER: Olga Kaniskina
BRONZE: Liu Hong

Men's 50-kilometer walk
GOLD: Sergey Kirdyapkin
SILVER: Jared Tallent
BRONZE: Yury Andronov

Men's 4 x 100-meter relay
GOLD: Jamaica
SILVER: United States
BRONZE: Trinidad & Tobago

Women's 4 x 100-meter relay
GOLD: United States
SILVER: Jamaica
BRONZE: Trinidad & Tobago

Men's 4 x 400-meter relay
GOLD: United States
SILVER: Jamaica
BRONZE: Belgium

Women's 4 x 400-meter relay
GOLD: United States
SILVER: Russia
BRONZE: Jamaica