Olympic medalists in athletics (men)

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These are the male Olympic medalists in athletics. See Olympic medalists in athletics (women) for female medalists, for other track and field athletes and Olympic medalists for medalists in other sports.

60 m

This event has only been held twice. Both winners, Kraenzlein and Hahn, were also successful in other events, and share a total of 7 Olympic sprint titles.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900	Alvin Kraenzlein	John Tewksbury	Stanley Rowley
1904	Archie Hahn

100 m

The 100 m has been part of the Olympics since the beginning in 1896, and is usually among the best publicised events. It has been dominated by Americans, who have won 16 out of 25 titles. Only two athletes have won the title twice, Archie Hahn and Carl Lewis. Hahn won his titles only two years apart, while Lewis only retained his title after Canadian runner Ben Johnson, winner of the final, was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896	Tom Burke	Fritz Hoffmann	Alojz Sokol Francis Lane
1900	Frank Jarvis	John Tewksbury	Stanley Rowley
1904	Archie Hahn	Nate Cartmell
1906	Archie Hahn
1908	Reggie Walker	James Rector	Bobby Kerr
1912	Ralph Craig
1920	Charlie Paddock	Morris Kirksey	Harry Edward
1924	Harold Abrahams	Jackson Scholz	Arthur Porritt
1928	Percy Williams
1932	Eddie Tolan	Ralph Metcalfe	Arthur Jonath
1936	Jesse Owens	Ralph Metcalfe	Tinus Osendarp
1948	Harrison Dillard	Barney Ewell	Lloyd LaBeach
1952	Lindy Remigino	Herb McKenley
1956	Bobby Joe Morrow	Thane Baker
1960	Armin Hary	David Sime
1964	Bob Hayes	Enrique Figuerola	Harry Jerome
1968	Jim Hines	Lennox Miller	Charles Greene
1972	Valeri Borzov	Robert Taylor	Lennox Miller
1976	Hasely Crawford	Don Quarrie	Valeri Borzov
1980	Allan Wells	Silvio Leonard	Petar Petrov
1984	Carl Lewis	Sam Graddy	Ben Johnson
1988	Carl Lewis	Linford Christie	Calvin Smith
1992	Linford Christie	Frankie Fredericks	Dennis Mitchell
1996	Donovan Bailey	Frankie Fredericks	Ato Boldon
2000	Maurice Greene	Ato Boldon	Obadele Thompson
2004	Justin Gatlin	Francis Obikwelu	Maurice Greene

200 m

The 200 m is the event most like the stadion event, which was the first event contested at the ancient Olympics. It was introduced at the Olympics in 1900, and has been held ever since, with the exception of the 1906 Intercalated Games. 1904 marked the only occasion at which the 200 m was run on a track without a curve. Like the 100 m, Americans have dominated this event, with 17 wins. No athlete has been able to win the 200 m twice, but eight sprinters have managed to win the 100 and 200 m at the same Olympics.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900	John Tewksbury	Norman Pritchard	Stanley Rowley
1904	Archie Hahn	Nate Cartmell
1908	Bobby Kerr	Robert Cloughen	Nate Cartmell
1912	Ralph Craig		William Applegarth
1920	Allen Woodring	Charlie Paddock	Harry Edward
1924	Jackson Scholz	Charlie Paddock	Eric Liddell
1928	Percy Williams		Helmut Körnig
1932	Eddie Tolan	George Simpson	Ralph Metcalfe
1936	Jesse Owens		Tinus Osendarp
1948	Mel Patton	Barney Ewell	Lloyd LaBeach
1952	Andy Stanfield	Thane Baker
1956	Bobby Joe Morrow	Andy Stanfield	Thane Baker
1960	Livio Berruti
1964	Henry Carr	Otis Drayton
1968	Tommie Smith	Peter Norman	John Carlos
1972	Valeri Borzov	Larry Black	Pietro Mennea
1976	Don Quarrie	Millard Hampton
1980	Pietro Mennea	Allan Wells	Don Quarrie
1984	Carl Lewis
1988	Joe DeLoach	Carl Lewis	Robson da Silva
1992	Mike Marsh	Frankie Fredericks	Michael Bates
1996	Michael Johnson	Frankie Fredericks	Ato Boldon
2000	Konstantinos Kenteris	Darren Campbell	Ato Boldon
2004	Shawn Crawford	Bernard Williams	Justin Gatlin

400 m

The 400 m, the one lap long sprint (on a modern track), has been part of the Olympics since the first Olympics in 1896. The event has been dominated by Americans, who have won 18 of the 25 titles. The first runner to defend his title successfully was Michael Johnson, who won the championship in 1996 and 2000. In 1908, the final was a walkover for British runner Wyndham Halswelle. He had been obstructed by the American runner John Carpenter in the first final, which was the reason for a re-run. However, the other runners — both American — refused to run, leaving the title to Halswelle.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896	Tom Burke	Herbert Jamison	Charles Gmelin
1900	Maxey Long	William Holland
1904	Harry Hillman
1906	Paul Pilgrim	Wyndham Halswelle
1908	Wyndham Halswelle	-	-
1912	Charles Reidpath	Hanns Braun	Edward Lindberg
1920	Bevil Rudd	Guy Butler
1924	Eric Liddell		Guy Butler
1928	Ray Barbuti
1932	Bill Carr		Alex Wilson
1936	Archie Williams	Godfrey Brown
1948	Arthur Wint	Herb McKenley	Mal Whitfield
1952	George Rhoden	Herb McKenley	Ollie Matson
1956	Charlie Jenkins		Ardalion Ignatyev
1960	Otis Davis
1964	Michael Larrabee	Wendell Mottley	Andrzej Badeński
1968	Lee Evans	Larry James	Ron Freeman
1972	Vincent Matthews		Julius Sang
1976	Alberto Juantorena	Fred Newhouse	Herman Frazier
1980	Viktor Markin
1984	Alonzo Babers	Gabriel Tiacoh	Antonio McKay
1988	Steve Lewis	Butch Reynolds	Danny Everett
1992	Quincy Watts	Steve Lewis	Samson Kitur
1996	Michael Johnson	Roger Black	Davis Kamoga
2000	Michael Johnson	Alvin Harrison	Greg Haughton
2004	Jeremy Wariner	Otis Harris	Derrick Brew

800 m

The 800 m, the shortest of the so-called middle distances, has always been on the Olympic programme. In the past, the distance was dominated by Americans (9 wins) and Britons (6 wins), but there have been no winners from these countries since 1972 and 1980, respectively. Three athletes have succeeded in winning two consecutive titles in the 800 m: Douglas Lowe (Great Britain), Mal Whitfield (United States) and Peter Snell (New Zealand).

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896	Teddy Flack	Nándor Dáni	Dimitrios Golemis
1900	Alfred Tysoe		David Hall
1904	Jim Lightbody		Emil Breitkreutz
1906	Paul Pilgrim	Jim Lightbody	Wyndham Halswelle
1908	Mel Sheppard	Emilio Lunghi	Hanns Braun
1912	Ted Meredith	Mel Sheppard
1920	Albert Hill		Bevil Rudd
1924	Douglas Lowe
1928	Douglas Lowe	Erik Byléhn	Hermann Engelhard
1932	Thomas Hampson	Alex Wilson	Phil Edwards
1936	John Woodruff	Mario Lanzi	Phil Edwards
1948	Mal Whitfield	Arthur Wint	Marcel Hansenne
1952	Mal Whitfield	Arthur Wint
1956	Tom Courtney	Derek Johnson	Audun Boysen
1960	Peter Snell	Roger Moens	George Kerr
1964	Peter Snell
1968	Ralph Doubell
1972	Dave Wottle		Mike Boit
1976	Alberto Juantorena	Ivo Van Damme
1980	Steve Ovett	Sebastian Coe
1984	Joaquim Cruz	Sebastian Coe	Earl Jones
1988	Paul Ereng	Joaquim Cruz	Saïd Aouita
1992	William Tanui	Nixon Kiprotich	Johnny Gray
1996	Vebjørn Rodal	Hezekiél Sepeng
2000	Nils Schumann	Wilson Kipketer	Djabir Saïd-Guerni
2004	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	Wilson Kipketer

1500 m

The 1500 m, also known as the "metric mile", has been run at the Olympic Games since 1896, and has known winners from 12 different countries. Two of them, Jim Lightbody and Sebastian Coe, have won the event two times. Many athletes are able to run both the 1500 m and the 800 m well, and five Olympians have managed to win both titles. The only athlete to achieve this feat after World War II is New Zealand's Peter Snell.

A rarer double is the 1500 m and 5000 m; only two athletes, Paavo Nurmi in 1924 and Hicham El Guerrouj in 2004, have accomplished this feat.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896	Teddy Flack	Arthur Blake	Albin Lermusiaux
1900	Charles Bennett		John Bray
1904	Jim Lightbody
1906	Jim Lightbody
1908	Mel Sheppard	Harold Wilson	Norman Hallows
1912	Arnold Jackson	Abel Kiviat	Norman Taber
1920	Albert Hill	Philip Baker
1924	Paavo Nurmi	Willy Schärer
1928	Harry Larva	Jules Ladoumègue
1932	Luigi Beccali		Phil Edwards
1936	Jack Lovelock	Glenn Cunningham	Luigi Beccali
1948	Henry Eriksson	Lennart Strand	Wim Slijkhuis
1952	Josy Barthel		Werner Lueg
1956	Ron Delany		John Landy
1960	Herb Elliott	Michel Jazy
1964	Peter Snell	Josef Odlozil	John Davies
1968	Kipchoge Keino	Jim Ryun	Bodo Tümmler
1972	Pekka Vasala	Kipchoge Keino	Rod Dixon
1976	John Walker	Ivo Van Damme
1980	Sebastian Coe	Jürgen Straub	Steve Ovett
1984	Sebastian Coe	Steve Cram	José Manuel Abascal
1988	Peter Rono	Peter Elliott	Jens-Peter Herold
1992	Fermín Cacho	Rachid El Basir	Mohammed Suleiman
1996	Noureddine Morceli	Fermín Cacho	Stephen Kipkorir
2000	Noah Ngeny	Hicham El Guerrouj	Bernard Lagat
2004	Hicham El Guerrouj	Bernard Lagat	Rui Silva

5000 m

The first 5000 m was run at the 1912 Summer Olympics and the event has never left the programme since. With 7 Olympic champions, Finland has won the most 5000 m titles, but African runners have dominated the event since the late 1960s. Only Lasse Virén has managed to retain his Olympic title, in 1972 and 1976. The original 1984 silver medallist, Martti Vainio of Finland, was disqualified after failing his drugs test.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1912	Hannes Kolehmainen
1920	Joseph Guillemot	Paavo Nurmi
1924	Paavo Nurmi	Ville Ritola
1928	Ville Ritola	Paavo Nurmi
1932	Lauri Lehtinen
1936	Gunnar Höckert	Lauri Lehtinen
1948	Gaston Reiff	Emil Zátopek	Wim Slijkhuis
1952	Emil Zátopek	Alain Mimoun
1956	Vladimir Kuts	Gordon Pirie	Derek Ibbotson
1960	Murray Halberg
1964	Bob Schul	Harald Norpoth	William Dellinger
1968	Mohammed Gammoudi	Kipchoge Keino	Naftali Temu
1972	Lasse Virén	Mohammed Gammoudi	Ian Stewart
1976	Lasse Virén	Dick Quax
1980	Muruse Yefter	Suleiman Nyambui	Kaarlo Maaninka
1984	Saïd Aouita	Markus Ryffel
1988	John Ngugi	Dieter Baumann	Hansjörg Kunze
1992	Dieter Baumann	Paul Bitok	Fita Bayisa
1996	Vénuste Niyongabo	Paul Bitok	Khalid Boulami
2000	Millon Wolde	Ali Saidi-Sief	Brahim Lahlafi
2004	Hicham El Guerrouj	Kenenisa Bekele	Eliud Kipchoge

5 miles

The 5 miles (8047 m) has been featured on the Olympic programme twice, in 1906 and 1908. The race was won by British runners on both occasions.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1906	Henry Hawtrey
1908	Emil Voigt

10000 m

The 10000 m is the longest track event in the Olympics, which was added to the Games in 1912. Finnish runners have won this event 7 times, but, like the 5000 m, the 10000 m is currently the domain of the Africans. Four runners have won the event twice, Paavo Nurmi being the only one to win the event eight years apart. In 1924, he was unable to compete, as Finnish officials thought he had entered enough events already. Six Olympians have won the 5000 and 10000 m at the same Olympics, Lasse Virén even on two occasions. Nurmi has also won both events, but not at the same Olympics.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1912	Hannes Kolehmainen		Albin Stenroos
1920	Paavo Nurmi	Joseph Guillemot
1924	Ville Ritola
1928	Paavo Nurmi	Ville Ritola
1932	Janusz Kusociński	Volmari Iso-Hollo
1936	Ilmari Salminen		Volmari Iso-Hollo
1948	Emil Zátopek	Alain Mimoun
1952	Emil Zátopek	Alain Mimoun
1956	Vladimir Kuts
1960	Pyotr Bolotnikov
1964	Billy Mills	Mohammed Gammoudi	Ron Clarke
1968	Naftali Temu	Mamo Wolde	Mohammed Gammoudi
1972	Lasse Virén	Emiel Puttemans	Muruse Yefter
1976	Lasse Virén	Carlos Lopes	Brendan Foster
1980	Muruse Yefter	Kaarlo Maaninka	Mohammed Kedir
1984	Alberto Cova		Michael Musyoki
1988	Brahim Boutayeb	Salvatore Antibo	Kipkemboi Kimeli
1992	Khalid Skah	Richard Chelimo	Addis Abebe
1996	Haile Gebrselassie	Paul Tergat
2000	Haile Gebrselassie	Paul Tergat	Assefa Mezgebu
2004	Kenenisa Bekele	Sileshi Sihine	Zersenay Tadesse

The marathon was invented for the 1896 Olympics, and has been contested at all Olympics since. Generally, in the Summer Olympics, the women's marathon marks the midway point of the games, while the men's marathon is the final event and is incorporated into the Closing Ceremonies. The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics. In other years, the distances have been:

• 1896: 40,000 m (approximately)
• 1900: 40,260 m
• 1904: 40,000 m
• 1906: 41,860 m
• 1912: 40,200 m
• 1920: 42,750 m

Two marathon runners have won the Olympic marathon twice, Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia and Waldemar Cierpinski, of East Germany. With four wins, Ethiopia has been the most successful nation in the Olympic marathon.

Several disqualifications have affected the order of the medallists in this event. In 1896, Greek runner Spiridon Belokas, third, had ridden part of the course by cart. Eight years later, American Fred Lorz cheated in a similar way, covering most of the race by automobile. He crossed the line first, and claimed it had been a joke when his fraud was discovered. Italian runner Dorando Pietri finished first in the 1908 marathon, but was disqualified for being helped by officials in the last part of his race, during which he collapsed several times. The 1912 marathon witnessed the first casuality in modern Olympics. The 21 year old Portuguese runner Francisco Lazaro collapsed during the race and died in the hospital the next day.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896	Spiridon Louis	Kharilaos Vasilakos	Gyula Kellner
1900	Michel Théato
1904	Thomas J. Hicks
1906	William Sherring
1908	Johnny Hayes
1912	Kenneth McArthur
1920	Hannes Kolehmainen
1924	Albin Stenroos		Clarence DeMar
1928	Boughera El Ouafi	Manuel Plaza Reyes
1932	Juan Carlos Zabala
1936	Kitei Son(Sohn Kee-chung)		Shoryu Nan(Nam Sung-yong)
1948	Delfo Cabrera
1952	Emil Zátopek
1956	Alain Mimoun
1960	Abebe Bikila
1964	Abebe Bikila
1968	Mamo Wolde
1972	Frank Shorter	Karel Lismont	Mamo Wolde
1976	Waldemar Cierpinski	Frank Shorter	Karel Lismont
1980	Waldemar Cierpinski
1984	Carlos Lopes	John Treacy
1988	Gelindo Bordin	Douglas Wakiihuri	Ahmed Salah
1992	Hwang Young-Cho		Stephan Freigang
1996	Josia Thugwane		Eric Wainaina
2000	Gezahegne Abera	Eric Wainaina	Tesfaye Tola
2004	Stefano Baldini	Mebrahtom Keflezighi	Vanderlei de Lima

110 m The 110 m hurdles, or high hurdles, have been part of the Olympics since Athens 1896. Americans have won 19 of the 25 titles. Two Americans, Lee Calhoun and Roger Kingdom, are the only ones to have won the event more than once. In 1896, the final was only contested by two athletes, because the other two finalists decided not to compete.

200 m The 200 m hurdles event was only contested in 1900 and 1904. It was then discontinued, though it was held at the US national championships until 1961.

400 m Introduced in 1900, the 400 m hurdles have been contested at most Olympic Games since, save 1906 and 1912. The United States have been the dominant nation, winning 17 times. Glenn Davis and Edwin Moses are the only low hurdlers to have won the Olympic title twice. Moses won his titles eight years apart, while being unable to compete in the 1980 Olympics due to the American boycott of these Games. In 1904, the hurdles were only 2 ft 6 inches high, as opposed to the normal 3 ft (91.4 cm).

2500 m The first Olympic steeplechase was held in 1900, when the event was on the programme twice, with a 2500 m and a 4000 m variant. Winner George Orton was Canada's first Olympic champion.

2590 m The 1904 steeple chase was held over 5 laps of the track, which measured one third of a mile.

3000 m The steeplechase distance was standardized at 3000 m in 1920, which has been the distance to present. In 1932, though, the distance run in the final was 3490 m because of a lap counting error. Joe McCluskey would have placed second if the race had finished after 3000 m, but he declined the opportunity of a re-run. Kenyan steeplechasers have won all eight times they have entered during the last ten Olympics (they boycotted the 1976 and 1980 Games). Volmari Iso-Hollo of Finland has won the event twice.

3200 m The steeplechase was held over 3200 m in 1908, before it was standardised to 3000 m twelve years later.

4000 m The 1900 4000 m steeplechase was one of the two steeplechase events that year. The event was never held again.

4 × 100 m The first Olympic 4 × 100 m relay was held in 1912, since then it has been included at every Olympics. The United States have been the dominant nation in this competition. They have won it 15 times. On the other six occasions, they were disqualified three times (1912 semi-finals, 1960 final, 1988 first round), while in 1980, the Americans boycotted the Olympics. 1996 and 2004 marked the only occasions when the Americans when they were outraced, by Canada and Great Britain respectively. Originally, the Americans were also disqualified after the 1948 final, but after the officials studied the film footage of the race, the disqualification was overturned. Only two nations won medals in 1912, as the third nation in the final, Germany, was disqualified.

4 × 400 m The 4 × 400 m relay was introduced along with the 4 × 100 m relay in 1912, and has never left the programme. With 15 wins, the United States also dominated this relay event.

1600 m The first relay event to be held at the Olympics, the 1600 m relay consisted of two legs over 200 m, one over 400 m, and one over 800 m. This "medley" relay was replaced by the 4 × 400 m at subsequent Olympics.

3000 m team race

3 miles team race

5000 m team race

4 miles team race

Cross Country - Individual

Cross Country - Team

1500 m

3000 m

3500 m

10 km

10 miles

20 km

50 km

Shot put with both hands

Discus throw - Greek style

Discus throw with both hands

Stone throw

56-pounds weight throw

Javelin throw - freestyle

Javelin throw with both hands

Pentathlon

1906 - standing long jump, discus throw (Greek style), javelin throw, 192 m run and greco-roman wrestling
1912-24 - long jump, javelin throw, 200 m run, discus throw and 1500 m run

All-Around

100 y run, shot put, high jump, 880 y walk, hammer throw, pole vault, 120 y hurdles, 56 pounds weight throw, long jump and 1 mile run

 

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