Table of contents

1 60 m 2 100 m 3 200 m 4 400 m 5 800 m 6 1500 m 7 5000 m 8 5 miles 9 10000 m 10 Marathon 11 110 m hurdles 12 200 m hurdles 13 400 m hurdles 14 2500 m steeplechase 15 2590 m steeplechase 16 3000 m steeplechase 17 3200 m steeplechase 18 4000 m steeplechase 19 4 x 100 m relay 20 4 x 400 m relay 21 1500 m walk 22 3000 m walk 23 3500 m walk 24 10 km walk 25 10 miles walk 26 20 km walk 27 50 km walk 28 High jump 29 Pole vault 30 Long jump 31 Triple jump 32 Shot put 33 Discus throw 34 Hammer throw 35 Javelin throw 36 Decathlon

60 m

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900	Alvin Kraenzlein (USA)	John Tewksbury (USA)	Stanley Rowley (AUS)
1904	Archie Hahn (USA)	William Hogenson (USA)	Fay Moulton (USA)

100 m

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896	Tom Burke (USA)	Fritz Hoffmann (GER)	Alajos Szokolyi (HUN) Francis Lane (USA)
1900	Frank Jarvis (USA)	Walter Tewskbury (USA)	Stanley Rowley (AUS)
1904	Archie Hahn (USA)	Nate Cartmell (USA)	William Hogenson (USA)
1906	Archie Hahn (USA)	Fay Moulton (USA)	Nigel Barker (AUS)
1908	Reggie Walker (RSA)	James Rector (USA)	Robert Kerr (CAN)
1912	Ralph Craig (USA)	Alvah Meyer (USA)	Don Lippincott (USA)
1920	Charlie Paddock (USA)	Morris Kirksey (USA)	Harry Edward (GBR)
1924	Harold Abrahams (GBR)	Jackson Scholz (USA)	Arthur Porritt (NZL)
1928	Percy Williams (CAN)	Jack London (GBR)	Georg Lammers (GER)
1932	Eddie Tolan (USA)	Ralph Metcalfe (USA)	Arthur Jonath (GER)
1936	Jesse Owens (USA)	Ralph Metcalfe (USA)	Tinus Osendarp (NED)
1948	Harrison Dillard (USA)	Norwood Ewell (USA)	Lloyd LaBeach (PAN)
1952	Lindy Remigino (USA)	Herb McKenley (JAM)	Emmanuel McDonald Bailey (GBR)
1956	Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)	Thane Baker (USA)	Hector Hogan (AUS)
1960	Armin Hary (GER)	Davide Sime (USA)	Peter Radford (GBR)
1964	Bob Hayes (USA)	Enrique Figuerola (CUB)	Harry Jerome (CAN)
1968	Jim Hines (USA)	Lennox Miller (JAM)	Charles Greene (USA)
1972	Valeri Borzov (URS)	Robert Taylor (USA)	Lennox Miller (JAM)
1976	Hasely Crawford (TRI)	Don Quarrie (JAM)	Valeri Borzov (URS)
1980	Allan Wells (GBR)	Silvio Leonard (CUB)	Petar Petrov (BUL)
1984	Carl Lewis (USA)	Sam Graddy (USA)	Ben Johnson (CAN)
1988	Carl Lewis (USA)	Linford Christie (GBR)	Calvin Smith (USA)
1992	Linford Christie (GBR)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Dennis Mitchell (USA)
1996	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
2000	Maurice Greene (USA)	Ato Boldon (TRI)	Obadele Thompson (BAR)
Notes - In 1988 Ben Johnson won the final, but was disqualified after he was found guilty of doping use.

200 m

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900	John Tewksbury (USA)	Norman Pritchard (IND)	Stanley Rowley (AUS)
1904	Archie Hahn (USA)	Nate Cartmell (USA)	William Hogenson (USA)
1908	Robert Kerr (CAN)	Robert Cloughen (USA)	Nate Cartmell (USA)
1912	Ralph Craig (USA)	Donald Lippincott (USA)	Willie Applegarth (GBR)
1920	Allen Woodring (USA)	Charlie Paddock (USA)	Harry Edward (GBR)
1924	Jackson Scholz (USA)	Charlie Paddock (USA)	Eric Liddell (GBR)
1928	Percy Williams (CAN)	Walter Rangeley (GBR)	Helmut Körnig (GER)
1932	Eddie Tolan (USA)	George Simpson (USA)	Ralph Metcalfe (USA)
1936	Jesse Owens (USA)	Mack Robinson (USA)	Tinus Osendarp (NED)
1948	Mel Patton (USA)	Barney Ewell (USA)	Lloyd LaBeach (PAN)
1952	Andy Stanfield (USA)	Thane Baker (USA)	James Gathers (USA)
1956	Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)	Andy Stanfield (USA)	Thane Baker (USA)
1960	Livio Berruti (ITA)	Lester Carney (USA)	Abdoulaye Seye (SEN)
1964	Henry Carr (USA)	Paul Drayton (USA)	Ed Roberts (TRI)
1968	Tommie Smith (USA)	Peter Norman (AUS)	John Carlos (USA)
1972	Valeri Borzov (URS)	Larry Black (USA)	Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1976	Don Quarrie (JAM)	Millard Hampton (USA)	Dwayne Evans (USA)
1980	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	Allan Wells (GBR)	Don Quarrie (JAM)
1984	Carl Lewis (USA)	Kirk Baptiste (USA)	Thomas Jefferson (USA)
1988	Joe DeLoach (USA)	Carl Lewis (USA)	Robson da Silva (BRA)
1992	Mike Marsh (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Michael Bates (USA)
1996	Michael Johnson (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
2000	Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)	Darren Campbell (GBR)	Ato Boldon (TRI)

400 m

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896	Tom Burke (USA)	Herbert Jamison (USA)	Charles Gmelin (GBR)
1900	Maxey Long (USA)	William Holland (USA)	Ernst Schultz (DEN)
1904	Harry Hillman (USA)	Frank Waller (USA)	Herman Groman (USA)
1906	Paul Pilgrim (USA)	Wyndham Halswelle (GBR)	Nigel Barker (AUS)
1908	Wyndham Halswelle (GBR)	-	-
1912	Charles Reidpath (USA)	Hanns Braun (GER)	Edward Lindberg (USA)
1920	Bevil Rudd (RSA)	Guy Butler (GBR)	Nils Engdahl (SWE)
1924	Eric Liddell (GBR)	Horatio Fitch (USA)	Guy Butler (GBR)
1928	Ray Barbuti (USA)	James Ball (CAN)	Joachim Büchner (GER)
1932	Bill Carr (USA)	Ben Eastman (USA)	Alex Wilson (CAN)
1936	Archie Williams (USA)	Godfrey Brown (GBR)	James LuValle (USA)
1948	Arthur Wint (JAM)	Herb McKenley (JAM)	Mal Whitfield (USA)
1952	George Rhoden (JAM)	Herb McKenley (JAM)	Ollie Matson (USA)
1956	Charles Jenkins (USA)	Karl-Friedrich Haas (GER)	Voitto Hellsten (FIN) Ardalion Ignatyev (URS)
1960	Otis Davis (USA)	Carl Kaufmann (GER)	Malcolm Spence (RSA)
1964	Michael Larrabee (USA)	Wendell Mottley (TRI)	Andrzej Badenski (POL)
1968	Lee Evans (USA)	Larry James (USA)	Ron Freeman (USA)
1972	Vincent Matthews (USA)	Wayne Collett (USA)	Julius Sang (KEN)
1976	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	Fred Newhouse (USA)	Herman Frazier (USA)
1980	Victor Markin (URS)	Rick Mitchell (AUS)	Frank Schaffer (GDR)
1984	Alonzo Babers (USA)	Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV)	Antonio McKay (USA)
1988	Steve Lewis (USA)	Butch Reynolds (USA)	Danny Everett (USA)
1992	Quincy Watts (USA)	Steve Lewis (USA)	Samson Kitur (KEN)
1996	Michael Johnson (USA)	Roger Black (GBR)	Davis Kamoga (UGA)
2000	Michael Johnson (USA)	Alvin Harrison (USA)	Greg Haughton (JAM)
Notes - In 1908 only one athlete showed up for the re-run of the final.

800 m

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896	Teddy Flack (AUS)	N?ndor D?ni (HUN)	Dimitrios Golemis (GRE)
1900	Alfred Tysoe (GBR)	John Cregan (USA)	David Hall (USA)
1904	Jim Lightbody (USA)	Howard Valentine (USA)	Emil Breitkreutz (USA)
1906	Paul Pilgrim (USA)	Jim Lightbody (USA)	Wyndham Halswelle (GBR)
1908	Mel Sheppard (USA)	Emilio Lunghi (ITA)	Hanns Braun (GER)
1912	Ted Meredith (USA)	Mel Sheppard (USA)	Ira Davenport (USA)
1920	Albert Hill (GBR)	Earl Eby (USA)	Bevil Rudd (RSA)
1924	Douglas Lowe (GBR)	Paul Martin (SUI)	Schuyler Enck (USA)
1928	Douglas Lowe (GBR)	Erik Byléhn (SWE)	Hermann Engelhard (GER)
1932	Thomas Hampson (GBR)	Alex Wilson (CAN)	Phil Edwards (CAN)
1936	John Woodruff (USA)	Mario Lanzi (ITA)	Phil Edwards (CAN)
1948	Mal Whitfield (USA)	Arthur Wint (JAM)	Marcel Hansenne (FRA)
1952	Mal Whitfield (USA)	Arthur Wint (JAM)	Heinz Ulzheimer (GER)
1956	Tom Courtney (USA)	Derek Johnson (GBR)	Audun Boysen (NOR)
1960	Peter Snell (NZL)	Roger Moens (BEL)	George Kerr (BWI)
1964	Peter Snell (NZL)	Bill Crothers (CAN)	Wilson Kiprugut (KEN)
1968	Ralph Doubell (AUS)	Wilson Kiprugut (KEN)	Tom Farrell (USA)
1972	Dave Wottle (USA)	Yevgeni Arzhanov (URS)	Mike Boit (KEN)
1976	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	Ivo Van Damme (BEL)	Rick Wohlhuter (USA)
1980	Steve Ovett (GBR)	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	Nikolay Kirov (URS)
1984	Joaquim Cruz (CUB)	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	Earl Jones (USA)
1988	Paul Ereng (KEN)	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	Sa?d Aouita (MAR)
1992	William Tanui (KEN)	Nixon Kiprotich (KEN)	Johnny Gray (USA)
1996	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	Fred Onyancha (KEN)
2000	Nils Schumann (GER)	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	Djabir Sa?d Guerni (ALG)
Notes - In 1960, the British West Indies entered as a combined team. Kerr was from Jamaica.

1500 m

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1806	Teddy Flack (AUS)	Arthur Blake (USA)	Albin Lermusiaux (FRA)
1900	Charles Bennett (GBR)	Henri Deloge (FRA)	John Bray (USA)
1904	Jim Lightbody (USA)	William Verner (USA)	Lacey Hearn (USA)
1906	Jim Lightbody (USA)	John McGough (GBR)	Kristian Hellström (SWE)
1908	Mel Sheppard (USA)	Harold Wilson (GBR)	Norman Hallows (GBR)
1912	Arnold Jackson (GBR)	Abel Kiviat (USA)	Norman Taber (USA)
1920	Albert Hill (GBR)	Philip Baker (GBR)	Lawrence Shields (USA)
1924	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	Willy Schärer (SUI)	Henry Stallard (GBR)
1928	Harry Larva (FIN)	Jules Ladoum?gue (FRA)	Eino Purje (FIN)
1932	Luigi Beccali (ITA)	Jerry Cornes (GBR)	Phil Edwards (CAN)
1936	Jack Lovelock (NZL)	Glenn Cunningham (USA)	Luigi Beccali (ITA)
1948	Henry Eriksson (SWE)	Lennart Strand (SWE)	Wim Slijkhuis (NED)
1952	Josy Barthel (LUX)	Bob McMillen (USA)	Werner Lueg (GER)
1956	Ron Delany (IRL)	Klaus Richtzenhain (GER)	John Landy (AUS)
1960	Herb Elliott (AUS)	Michel Jazy (FRA)	Istv?n Rózsavölgyi (HUN)
1964	Peter Snell (NZL)	Josef Odlozil (TCH)	John Davies (NZL)
1968	Kip Keino (KEN)	Jim Ryun (USA)	Bodo Tümmler (FRG)
1972	Pekka Vasala (FIN)	Kip Keino (KEN)	Rod Dixon (NZL)
1976	John Walker (NZL)	Ivo Van Damme (BEL)	Paul-Heinz Wellmann (FRG)
1980	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	Jürgen Straub (GDR)	Steve Ovett (GBR)
1984	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	Steve Cram (GBR)	José Manuel Abascal (ESP)
1988	Peter Rono (KEN)	Peter Elliott (GBR)	Jens-Peter Herold (GDR)
1992	Ferm?n Cacho (SPA)	Rachid El Basir (MAR)	Mohammed Suleiman (QAT)
1996	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	Ferm?n Cacho (ESP)	Stephen Kipkorir (KEN)
2000	Noah Ngeny (KEN)	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	Bernard Lagat (KEN)

5000 m

5 miles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1906	Henry Hawtrey (GBR)	Johan Svanberg (SWE)	Edward Dahl (SWE)
1908	Emil Voigt (GBR)	Edward Owen (USA)	Johan Svanberg (SWE)

10000 m

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1912	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	Lewis Tewanima (USA)	Albin Stenroos (FIN)
1920	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	Joseph Guillemot (FRA)	James Wilson (GBR)
1924	Ville Ritola (FIN)	Edvin Wide (SWE)	Eero Berg (FIN)
1928	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	Ville Ritola (FIN)	Edvin Wide (SWE)
1932	Janusz Kusocinski (POL)	Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN)	Lasse Virtanen (FIN)
1936	Ilmari Salminen (FIN)	Arvo Askola (FIN)	Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN)
1948	Emil Zátopek (TCH)	Alain Mimoun (FRA)	Bertil Albertsson (SWE)
1952	Emil Zátopek (TCH)	Alain Mimoun (FRA)	Aleksandr Anufriyev (URS)
1956	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	József Kovács (HUN)	Allan Lawrence (AUS)
1960	Pyotr Bolotnikov (URS)	Hans Grodotzki (GER)	David Power (AUS)
1964	Billy Mills (USA)	Mohamed Gammoudi (TUN)	Ron Clarke (AUS)
1968	Naftali Temu (KEN)	Mamo Wolde (ETH)	Mohamed Gammoudi (TUN)
1972	Lasse Virén (FIN)	Emiel Puttemans (BEL)	Muruse Yefter (ETH)
1976	Lasse Virén (FIN)	Carlos Lopes (POR)	Brendan Foster (GBR)
1980	Muruse Yefter (ETH)	Kaarlo Maaninka (FIN)	Mohamed Kedir (ETH)
1984	Alberto Cova (ITA)	Michael McLeod (GBR)	Michael Musyoki (KEN)
1988	Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)	Salvatore Antibo (ITA)	Kipkemboi Kimeli (KEN)
1992	Khalid Skah (MAR)	Richard Chelimo (KEN)	Addis Abebe (ETH)
1996	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	Paul Tergat (KEN)	Saleh Hissou (MAR)
2000	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	Paul Tergat (KEN)	Assefa Mezgebu (ETH)

Marathon

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896	Spiridon Louis (GRE)	Kharilaos Vasilakos (GRE)	Gyula Kellner (HUN)
1900	Michel Théato (LUX)	Émile Champion (FRA)	Ernst Fast (SWE)
1904	Thomas Hicks (USA)	Albert Coray (FRA)	Arthur Newton (USA)
1906	William Sherring (CAN)	Johan Svanberg (SWE)	William Frank (USA)
1908	Johnny Hayes (USA)	Charles Hefferon (RSA)	Joseph Forshaw (USA)
1912	Kenneth McArthur (RSA)	Christian Gitsham (RSA)	Gaston Strobino (USA)
1920	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	Jüri Lossmann (EST)	Valerio Arri (ITA)
1924	Albin Stenroos (FIN)	Romeo Bertini (ITA)	Clarence DeMar (USA)
1928	Boughera El Ouafi (FRA)	Manuel Plaza (CHI)	Martti Marttelin (FIN)
1932	Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG)	Samuel Ferris (GBR)	Armas Toivonen (FIN)
1936	Kitei Son (JPN)	Ernest Harper (GBR)	Shoryu Nan (JPN)
1948	Delfo Cabrera (ARG)	Thomas Richards (GBR)	Etienne Gailly (BEL)
1952	Emil Zátopek (TCH)	Reinaldo Gorno (ARG)	Gustaf Jansson (SWE)
1956	Alain Mimoun (FRA)	Franjo Mihalic (YUG)	Veikko Karvonen (FIN)
1960	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (MAR)	Barry Magee (NZL)
1964	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	Basil Heatley (GBR)	Kokichi Tsuburaya (JPN)
1968	Mamo Wolde (ETH)	Kenji Kimihara (JPN)	Michael Ryan (NZL)
1972	Frank Shorter (USA)	Karel Lismont (BEL)	Mamo Wolde (ETH)
1976	Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR)	Frank Shorter (USA)	Karel Lismont (BEL)
1980	Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR)	Gerard Nijboer (NED)	Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (URS)
1984	Carlos Lopes (POR)	John Treacy (IRL)	Charles Spedding (GBR)
1988	Gelindo Bordin (ITA)	Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN)	Ahmed Salah (DJI)
1992	Hwang Young-Cho (KOR)	Koichi Morishita (JPN)	Stephan Freigang (GER)
1996	Josia Thugwane (RSA)	Lee Bong-Ju (KOR)	Eric Wainaina (KEN)
2000	Gezahegne Abera (ETH)	Eric Wainaina (KEN)	Tesfaye Tola (ETH)

110 m hurdles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896	Thomas Curtis (USA)	Grantley Goulding (GBR)	-
1900	Alvin Kraenzlein (USA)	John McClean (USA)	Fred Moloney (USA)
1904	Frederick Schule (USA)	Thaddeus Schideler (USA)	Lesley Ashburner (USA)
1906	Robert Leavitt (USA)	Alfred Healey (GBR)	Vincent Duncker (GER)
1908	Forrest Smithson (USA)	John Garrels (USA)	Arthur Shaw (USA)
1912	Frederick Kelly (USA)	James Wendell (USA)	Martin Hawkins (USA)
1920	Earl Thomson (CAN)	Harold Barron (USA)	Frederick Murray (USA)
1924	Daniel Kinsey (USA)	Sydney Atkinson (RSA)	Sten Pettersson (SWE)
1928	Sydney Atkinson (RSA)	Steve Anderson (USA)	John Collier (USA)
1932	George Saling (USA)	Percy Beard (USA)	Donald Finlay (GBR)
1936	Forrest Towns (USA)	Donald Finlay (GBR)	Frederick Pollar (USA)
1948	William Porter (USA)	Clyde Scott (USA)	Craig Dixon (USA)
1952	Harrison Dillard (USA)	Jack Davis (USA)	Arthur Barnard (USA)
1956	Lee Calhoun (USA)	Jack Davis (USA)	Joel Shankle (USA)
1960	Lee Calhoun (USA)	Willie May (USA)	Hayes Jones (USA)
1964	Hayes Jones (USA)	Blaine Lindgren (USA)	Anatoli Mikhailov (URS)
1968	Willie Davenport (USA)	Ervin Hall (USA)	Eddy Ottoz (ITA)
1972	Rod Milburn (USA)	Guy Drut (FRA)	Thomas Hill (USA)
1976	Guy Drut (FRA)	Alejandro Casañas (CUB)	Willie Davenport (USA)
1980	Thomas Munkelt (GDR)	Alejandro Casañas (CUB)	Aleksandr Puchkov (URS)
1984	Roger Kingdom (USA)	Greg Foster (USA)	Arto Bryggare (FIN)
1988	Roger Kingdom (USA)	Colin Jackson (GBR)	Tony Campbell (USA)
1992	Mark McKoy (CAN)	Tony Dees (USA)	Jack Pierce (USA)
1996	Allen Johnson (USA)	Mark Crear (USA)	Florian Schwarthoff (GER)
2000	Anier García (CUB)	Terrence Trammell (USA)	Mark Crear (USA)

200 m hurdles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900	Alvin Kraenzlein (USA)	Norman Pritchard (IND)	John Tewksbury (USA)
1904	Harry Hillman (USA)	Frank Castleman (USA)	George Poage (USA)

400 m hurdles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900	John Tewksbury (USA)	Henri Tauzin (FRA)	George Orton (CAN)
1904	Harry Hillman (USA)	Frank Waller (USA)	George Poage (USA)
1908	Charles Bacon (USA)	Harry Hillman (USA)	Jimmy Tremeer (GBR)
1920	Frank Loomis (USA)	John Norton (USA)	August Desch (USA)
1924	Morgan Taylor (USA)	Erik Wilén (FIN)	Ivan Riley (USA)
1928	David Burghley (GBR)	Frank Cuhel (USA)	Morgan Taylor (USA)
1932	Bob Tisdall (IRL)	Glenn Hardin (USA)	Morgan Taylor (USA)
1936	Glenn Hardin (USA)	John Loaring (CAN)	Miguel White (PHI)
1948	Roy Cochran (USA)	Duncan White (CEY)	Rune Larsson (SWE)
1952	Charles Moore (USA)	Yuri Lituyev (URS)	John Holland (NZL)
1956	Glenn Davis (USA)	Eddie Southern (USA)	Josh Culbreath (USA)
1960	Glenn Davis (USA)	Clifton Cushman (USA)	Richard Howard (USA)
1964	Rex Cawley (USA)	John Cooper (GBR)	Salvatore Morale (ITA)
1968	David Hemery (GBR)	Gerhard Hennige (FRG)	John Sherwood (GBR)
1972	John Akii-Bua (UGA)	Ralph Mann (USA)	David Hemery (GBR)
1976	Edwin Moses (USA)	Michael Shine (USA)	Yevgeni Gavrilenko (URS)
1980	Volker Beck (GDR)	Vasili Arkhipenko (URS)	Gary Oakes (GBR)
1984	Edwin Moses (USA)	Danny Harris (USA)	Harald Schmid (FRG)
1988	André Phillips (USA)	Amadou Dia Ba (SEN)	Edwin Moses (USA)
1992	Kevin Young (USA)	Winthrop Graham (JAM)	Kriss Akabusi (GBR)
1996	Derrick Adkins (USA)	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	Calvin Davis (USA)
2000	Angelo Taylor (USA)	Hadi Souan Somalyi (KSA)	Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)

2500 m steeplechase

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900	George Orton (CAN)	Sidney Robinson (GBR)	Jacques Chastanié (FRA)

2590 m steeplechase

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904	Jim Lightbody (USA)	John Daly (GBR/IRL)	Arthur Newton (USA)

3000 m steeplechase

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- bgcolor=#efefef !Year!!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze |- |1920||Percy Hodge (GBR)|| Patrick Flynn (USA) || Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA) |- |1924||Ville Ritola (FIN)|| Elias Katz (FIN) || Paul Bontemps (USA) |- |1928||Toivo Loukola (FIN)|| Paavo Nurmi (FIN) || Ove Andersen (FIN) |- |1932||Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN)|| Thomas Evenson (GBR) || Joe McCluskey (USA) |- |1936||Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN)|| Kalle Tuominen (FIN) || Alfred Dompert (GER) |- |1948||Tore Sjöstrand (SWE)|| Erik Elmsäter (SWE) || Göte Hagström (SWE) |- |1952||Horace Ashenfelter (USA)|| Vladimir Kazantsev (URS) || John Disley (GBR) |- |1956||Chris Brasher (GBR)|| Sándor Rozsnyói (HUN) || Ernst Larsen (NOR) |- |1960||Zdzislaw Krzyszowiak (POL)|| Nikolay Sokolov (URS) || Semyon Rzhishchin (URS) |- |1964||Gaston Roelants (BEL)|| Maurice Herriott (GBR) || Ivan Belyayev (URS) |- |1968||Amos Biwott (KEN)|| Benjamin Kogo (KEN) || George Young (USA) |- |1972||Kipchoge Keino (KEN)|| Ben Jipcho (KEN) || Tapio Kantanen (FIN) |- |1976||Anders Gärderud (SWE)|| Bronislaw Malinowski (POL) || Frank Baumgartl (GDR) |- |1980||Bronislaw Malinowski (POL)|| Filbert Bayi (TAN) || Eshetu Tura (ETH) |- |1984||Julius Korir (KEN)|| Joseph Mahmoud (FRA) || Brian Diemer (USA) |- |1988||Julius Kariuku (KEN)|| Peter Koech (KEN) || Mark Rowland (GBR) |- |1992||Matthew Birir (KEN)|| Patrick Sang (KEN) || William Mutwol (KEN) |- |1996||Joseph Keter (KEN)|| Moses Kiptanui (KEN) || Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA) |- |2000||Reuben Kosgei (KEN)|| Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN) || Ali Ezzine (MAR) |}

3200 m steeplechase

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1908	Arthur Russell (GBR)	Archie Robertson (GBR)	John Eisele (USA)

4000 m steeplechase

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900	John Rimmer (GBR)	Charles Bennett (GBR)	Sidney Robinson (GBR)

4 x 100 m relay

1912 GBR
1920 USA
1924 USA
1928 USA
1932 USA
1936 USA
1948 USA
1952 USA
1956 USA
1960 GER
1964 USA
1968 USA
1972 USA
1976 USA
1980 URS
1984 USA
1988 URS
1992 USA
1996 CAN
2000 USA

4 x 400 m relay

1908 USA
1912 USA
1920 GBR
1924 USA
1928 USA
1932 USA
1936 GBR
1948 USA
1952 JAM
1956 USA
1960 USA
1964 USA
1968 USA
1972 KEN
1976 USA
1980 URS
1984 USA
1988 USA
1992 USA
1996 USA
2000 USA

1500 m walk

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- bgcolor=#efefef !Year!!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze |- |1906||George Bonhag (USA)||Donald Linden (CAN)||Konstantin Spetsiotis (GRE) |}

3000 m walk

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- bgcolor=#efefef !Year!!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze |- |1906||György Sztantics (HUN)||Hermann Müller (GER)||Georgios Saridakis (GRE) |- |1920||Ugo Frigerio (ITA)||George Parker (AUS)||Richard Remer (USA) |}

3500 m walk

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- bgcolor=#efefef !Year!!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze |- |1908||George Larner (GBR)||Ernest Webb (GBR)||Harry Kerr (AUZ) |- |colspan="4"|Notes - In 1908, Australasia entered as a combined team. Kerr was from New Zealand. |}

10 km walk

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- bgcolor=#efefef !Year!!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze |- |1908||George Goulding (CAN)||Ernest Webb (GBR)||Fernando Altimani (ITA) |- |1920||Ugo Frigerio (ITA)||Joseph Pearman (USA)||Charles Gunn (GBR) |- |1924||Ugo Frigerio (ITA)||Gordon Goodwin (GBR)||Cecil McMaster (RSA) |- |1948||John Mikaelsson (SWE)||Ingemar Johansson (SWE)||Fritz Schwab (SUI) |- |1952||John Mikaelsson (SWE)||Fritz Schwab (SUI)||Bruno Junk (URS) |}

10 miles walk

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- bgcolor=#efefef !Year!!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze |- |1908||George Larner (GBR)||Ernest Webb (GBR)||Edward Spencer (GBR) |}

20 km walk

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- bgcolor=#efefef !Year!!Gold!!Silver!!Bronze |- |1956||Leonid Spirin (URS)||Antanas Mikanas (URS)||Bruno Junk (URS) |- |1960||Vladimir Golubnichy (URS)||Noel Freeman (AUS)||Stanley Vickers (GBR) |- |1964||Ken Matthews (GBR)||Dieter Lindner (GER)||Vladimir Golubnichy (URS) |- |1968||Vladimir Glubnichy (URS)||José Pedraza (MEX)||Nikolay Smaga (URS) |- |1972||Peter Frenkel (GDR)||Vladimir Glubnichy (URS)||Hans-Georg Reimann(GDR) |- |1976||Daniel Bautista (MEX)||Hans-Georg Reimann (GDR)||Peter Frenkel (GDR) |- |1980||Maurizio Damilano (ITA)||Pyotr Pochenchuk (URS)||Roland Wieser (GDR) |- |1984||Ernesto Canto (MEX)||Raúl González (MEX)||Maurizio Damilano (ITA) |- |1988||Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)||Ronald Weigel (GDR)||Maurizio Damilano (ITA) |- |1992||Daniel Plaza (SPA)||Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN)||Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) |- |1996||Jefferson Pérez (ECU)||Ilya Markov (RUS)||Bernardo Segura (MEX) |- |2000||Robert Korzeniowski (POL)||Noe Hernández (MEX)||Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) |}

50 km walk

1932 Tommy Green (GBR)
1936 Harry Whitlock (GBR)
1948 John Ljunggren (SWE)
1952 Giuseppe Dordoni (ITA)
1956 Norman Read (NZL)
1960 Don Thompson (GBR)
1964 Abdon Pomich (ITA)
1968 Christoph Höhne (GDR)
1972 Bernd Kannenberg (GER)
1980 Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
1984 Raúl González (MEX)
1988 Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
1992 Andrei Perlov (RUS)
1996 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
2000 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)

High jump

1896 Ellery Clark (USA)
1900 Irving Baxter (USA)
1904 Samuel Jones (USA)
1906 Con Leahy (GBR)
1908 Harry Porter (USA)
1912 Alma Richards (USA)
1920 Richmond Landon (USA)
1924 Harold Osborn (USA)
1928 Robert King (USA)
1932 Duncan McNaughton (CAN)
1936 Cornelius Johnson (USA)
1948 John Winter (AUS)
1952 Buddy Davis (USA)
1956 Charles Dumas (USA)
1960 Robert Shavlakadze (URS)
1964 Valeriy Brumel (URS)
1968 Dick Fosbury (USA)
1972 Jüri Tarmak (URS)
1976 Jacek Wszola (POL)
1980 Gerd Wessig (GDR)
1984 Dietmar Mögenburg (GER)
1988 Hennady Avdeyenko (URS)
1992 Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
1996 Charles Austin (USA)
2000 Sergey Kliugin (RUS)

Pole vault

1896 William Welles Hoyt (USA)
1900 Irving Baxter (USA)
1904 Charles Dvorak (USA)
1906 Fernand Gonder (FRA)
1908 Edward Cooke (USA)/ Alfred Gilbert (USA)
1912 Harry Babcock (USA)
1920 Frank Foss (USA)
1924 Lee Barnes (USA)
1928 Sabin Carr (USA)
1932 Bill Miller (USA)
1936 Earle Meadows (USA)
1948 Guinn Smith (USA)
1952 Bob Richards (USA)
1956 Bob Richards (USA)
1960 Don Bragg (USA)
1964 Fred Hansen (USA)
1968 Bob Seagren (USA)
1972 Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)
1976 Tadeusz Slusarski (POL)
1980 Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz (POL)
1984 Pierre Quinon (FRA)
1988 Sergey Bubka (URS)
1992 Maksim Tarasov (RUS)
1996 Jean Galfione (FRA)
2000 Nick Hysong (USA)

Long jump

1896 Ellery Clark (USA)
1900 Alvin Kraenzlein (USA)
1904 Meyer Prinstein (USA)
1906 Meyer Prinstein (USA)
1908 Frank Irons (USA)
1912 Albert Gutterson (USA)
1920 William Petersson (SWE)
1924 William DeHart Hubbard
1928 Edward Hamm (USA)
1932 Edward Gordon (USA)
1936 Jesse Owens (USA)
1948 Willie Steele (USA)
1952 Jerome Biffle (USA)
1956 Gregory Bell (USA)
1960 Ralph Boston (USA)
1964 Lynn Davies (USA)
1968 Bob Beamon (USA)
1972 Randy Williams (USA)
1976 Arnie Robinson (USA)
1980 Lutz Dombrowski (GDR)
1984 Carl Lewis (USA)
1988 Carl Lewis (USA)
1992 Carl Lewis (USA)
1996 Carl Lewis (USA)
2000 Ivan Pedroso (CUB)

Triple jump

1896 James Connolly (USA)
1900 Meyer Prinstein (USA)
1904 Meyer Prinstein (USA)
1906 Peter O'Connor (GBR)
1908 Timothy Ahearne (GBR)
1912 Gustaf Lindblom (SWE)
1920 Vilho Tuulos (FIN)
1924 Nick Winter (AUS)
1928 Mikio Oda (JPN)
1932 Chuhei Nambu (JPN)
1936 Naoto Tajima (JPN)
1948 Arne Åhman (SWE)
1952 Ademar Ferreira da Silva (BRA)
1956 Ademar Ferreira da Silva (BRA)
1960 Józef Schmidt (POL)
1964 Józef Schmidt (POL)
1968 Viktor Saneyev (URS)
1972 Viktor Saneyev (URS)
1976 Viktor Saneyev (URS)
1980 Jaak Uudmäe (URS)
1984 Al Joyner (USA)
1988 Khristo Markov (BUL)
1992 Michael Conley (USA)
1996 Kenny Harrison (USA)
2000 Jonathan Edwards (GBR)

Shot put

1896 Robert Garrett (USA)
1900 Richard Sheldon (USA)
1904 Ralph Rose (USA)
1906 Martin Sheridan (USA)
1908 Ralph Rose (USA)
1912 Patrick McDonald (USA)
1920 Ville Pörhölä (FIN)
1924 Bud Houser (USA)
1928 John Kuck (USA)
1932 Leo Sexton (USA)
1936 Hans Woellke (GER)
1948 Wilbur Thompson (USA)
1952 Parry O'Brien (USA)
1956 Parry O'Brien (USA)
1960 Bill Nieder (USA)
1964 Dallas Long (USA)
1968 Randy Matson (USA)
1972 Wladyslaw Komar (POL)
1976 Udo Beyer (GDR)
1980 Volodymyr Kyselyov (URS)
1984 Alessandro Andrei (ITA)
1988 Ulf Timmerman (GDR)
1992 Michael Stulce (USA)
1996 Randy Barnes (USA)
2000 Arsi Harju (FIN)

Discus throw

1896 Robert Garrett (USA)
1900 Rudolf Bauer (HUN)
1904 Marin Sheridan (USA)
1906 Marin Sheridan (USA)
1908 Marin Sheridan (USA)
1912 Armas Taipale (FIN)
1920 Elmer Niklander (FIN)
1924 Bud Houser (USA)
1928 Bud Houser (USA)
1932 John Anderson (USA)
1936 Kenneth Carpenter (USA)
1948 Adolfo Consolini (ITA)
1952 Sim Iness (USA)
1956 Al Oerter (USA)
1960 Al Oerter (USA)
1964 Al Oerter (USA)
1968 Al Oerter(USA)
1972 Ludvik Danek (TCH)
1976 Mac Wilkin (USA)
1980 Viktor Rashchupkin (URS)
1984 Rolf Danneberg (GER)
1988 Jürgen Schult (GDR)
1992 Romas Ubartas (LIT)
1996 Lars Riedel (GER)
2000 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)

Hammer throw

1900 John Flanagan (USA)
1904 John Flanagan (USA)
1908 John Flanagan (USA)
1912 Duncan Gillis (USA)
1920 Pat Ryan (USA)
1924 Fred Tootell (USA)
1928 Par O'Callaghan (IRL)
1932 Par O'Callaghan (IRL)
1936 Karl Hein (GER)
1948 Imre Németh (HUN)
1952 József Csérm?k (HUN)
1956 Harold Connolly (USA)
1960 Vasily Rundkov (URS)
1964 Romuald Klim (URS)
1968 Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)
1972 Anatoly Bondarchuk (URS)
1976 Yuri Sedykh (URS)
1980 Yuri Sedykh (URS)
1984 Juha Tiainen (FIN)
1988 Sergei Litvinov (URS)
1992 Andrei Abduvaliyev (TJK)
1996 Bal?zs Kiss (HUN)
2000 Szymon Ziolkowski (POL)

Javelin throw

1908 Eric Lemming (SWE)
1912 Eric Lemming (SWE)
1920 Jonni Myrrä (FIN)
1924 Jonni Myrrä (FIN)
1928 Erik Lundkvist (SWE)
1932 Matti Järvinen (FIN)
1936 Gerhard Stöck (GER)
1948 Tapio Rautavaara (FIN)
1952 Cy Young (USA)
1956 Egil Danielsen (NOR)
1960 Viktor Tsybulenko (URS)
1964 Pauli Nevala (FIN)
1968 Janis Lusis (URS)
1972 Klaus Wolfermann
1976 Miklos Németh (HUN)
1980 Dainis Kula (URS)
1984 Arto Härkönen (FIN)
1988 Tapio Korjus (FIN)
1992 Jan Zelezný (TCH)
1996 Jan Zelezný (CZE)
2000 Jan Zelezný (CZE)

Decathlon