United Kingdom Track and Field All-Time Lists

OLYMPIC GAMES MEDALLISTS - ATHLETICS (MEN)

The Olympic Games were first held in 1896. Nationalities given are those of the countries the athletes were representing at the time of the event, with their nationality under today's political boundaries given in brackets where otherwise unclear. Automatic times (or unofficial times based on photo-finish evidence) are given in preference to official hand times. Women's Medallists are listed on a separate page. A complete list of medallists in other sports is available in the Olympic section on this site.

Venues: 1896 Athens (GRE), 1900 Paris (FRA), 1904 St. Louis (USA), 1906 Athens (GRE), 1908 London (GBR), 1912 Stockholm (SWE), 1920 Antwerp (BEL), 1924 Paris (FRA), 1928 Amsterdam (NED), 1932 Los Angeles (USA), 1936 Berlin (GER), 1948 London (GBR), 1952 Helsinki (FIN), 1956 Melbourne (AUS), 1960 Rome (ITA), 1964 Tokyo (JPN), 1968 Mexico City (MEX), 1972 Munich (FRG), 1976 Montréal (CAN), 1980 Moscow (URS), 1984 Los Angeles (USA), 1988 Seoul (KOR), 1992 Barcelona (ESP), 1996 Atlanta (USA), 2000 Sydney (AUS), 2004 Athens (GRE) {Shot: Olympia (GRE)}

60 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE   wind
1900
1904
Alvin Kraenzlein USA
Archie Hahn USA
7.0
7.0
Walter Tewksbury USA
William Hogenson USA
7.0e
7.2e
Stan Rowley AUS
Fay Moulton USA
7.1e
7.2e
100 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE   wind
1896
 
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Thomas Burke USA
 
Frank Jarvis USA
Archie Hahn USA
Archie Hahn USA
Reggie Walker SAF
Ralph Craig USA
Charles Paddock USA
Harold Abrahams GBR
Percy Williams CAN
Eddie Tolan USA
Jesse Owens USA
Harrison Dillard USA
Lindy Remigino USA
Bobby Morrow USA
Armin Hary GER(FRG)
Bob Hayes USA
Jim Hines USA
Valeriy Borzov URS(UKR)
Hasely Crawford TRI
Allan Wells GBR
Carl Lewis USA
Carl Lewis USA
Linford Christie GBR
Donovan Bailey CAN
Maurice Greene USA
Justin Gatlin USA
12.0
 
11.0
11.0
11.2
10.8
10.8
10.8
10.6
10.8
10.38
10.3w
10.3
10.79
10.62
10.32
10.06
9.95A
10.14
10.06
10.25
9.99
9.92
9.96
9.84
9.87
9.85
Fritz Hofmann GER
 
Walter Tewksbury USA
Nate Cartmell USA
Fay Moulton USA
James Rector USA
Alvah Meyer USA
Morris Kirksey USA
Jackson Scholz USA
Jack London GBR
Ralph Metcalfe USA
Ralph Metcalfe USA
Norwood "Barney" Ewell USA
Herb McKenley JAM
Thane Baker USA
David Sime USA
Enrique Figuerola CUB
Lennox Miller JAM
Robert Taylor USA
Don Quarrie JAM
Silvio Leonard CUB
Sam Graddy USA
Linford Christie GBR
Frankie Fredericks NAM
Frankie Fredericks NAM
Ato Boldon TRI
Francis Obikwelu POR
12.2e
 
11.1e
11.2e
11.4e
10.9e
10.9
10.8e
10.7e
10.9e
10.38
10.4w
10.4
10.80
10.77
10.35
10.25
10.04A
10.24
10.07#
10.25
10.19
9.97
10.02
9.89
9.99
9.86
Frank Lane USA &
Alojz Sokol HUN(SVK)
Stan Rowley AUS
William Hogenson USA
Nigel Barker AUS
Robert Kerr CAN
Donald Lippincott USA
Harry Edward GBR
Arthur Porritt NZL
Georg Lammers GER
Arthur Jonath GER
Martinus Osendarp NED
Lloyd LaBeach PAN
McDonald Bailey GBR
Hec Hogan AUS
Peter Radford GBR
Harry Jerome CAN
Charles Greene USA
Lennox Miller JAM
Valeriy Borzov URS(UKR)
Petar Petrov BUL
Ben Johnson CAN
Calvin Smith USA
Dennis Mitchell USA
Ato Boldon TRI
Obadele Thompson BAR
Maurice Greene USA
12.6e
 
11.2e
11.3e
11.4e
10.9e
10.9
10.9e
10.8e
10.9e
10.50
10.5w
10.4
10.83
10.77
10.42
10.27
10.07A
10.33
10.14
10.39
10.22
9.99
10.04
9.90
10.04
9.87
 
 









2.7
1.6

-5.0
0.0
1.1
0.3
0.3
0.0
1.2
0.2
1.1
0.5
0.7
-0.3
0.6

# - adjusted from 10.08 after review of photofinish film

200 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE   wind
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Walter Tewksbury USA
Archie Hahn USA
not held
Robert Kerr CAN
Ralph Craig USA
Allen Woodring USA
Jackson Scholz USA
Percy Williams CAN
Eddie Tolan USA
Jesse Owens USA
Mel Patton USA
Andy Stanfield USA
Bobby Morrow USA
Livio Berruti ITA
Henry Carr USA
Tommie Smith USA
Valeriy Borzov URS(UKR)
Don Quarrie JAM
Pietro Mennea ITA
Carl Lewis USA
Joe DeLoach USA
Mike Marsh USA
Michael Johnson USA
Konstantinos Kenteris GRE
Shawn Crawford USA
22.2
21.6

22.6
21.7
22.0
21.6
21.8
21.12
20.7
21.1
20.81
20.75
20.62
20.36
19.83A
20.00
20.22#
20.19
19.80
19.75
20.01
19.32
20.09
19.79
Norman Pritchard IND
Nate Cartmell USA

Robert Cloughen USA
Donald Lippincott USA
Charles Paddock USA
Charles Paddock USA
Walter Rangeley GBR
George Simpson USA
Mack Robinson USA
Norwood "Barney" Ewell USA
Thane Baker USA
Andy Stanfield USA
Les Carney USA
Paul Drayton USA
Peter Norman AUS
Larry Black USA
Millard Hampton USA
Allan Wells GBR
Kirk Baptiste USA
Carl Lewis USA
Frankie Fredericks NAM
Frankie Fredericks NAM
Darren Campbell GBR
Bernard Williams USA
22.5e
21.9e

22.6e
21.8
22.0e
21.7e
21.9e
21.4
21.1
21.1
20.97
20.97
20.69
20.58
20.06A
20.19
20.29
20.21
19.96
19.79
20.13
19.68
20.14
20.01
Stan Rowley AUS
William Hogenson USA

Nate Cartmell USA
Willie Applegarth GBR
Harry Edward GBR
Eric Liddell GBR
Helmut Körnig GER
Ralph Metcalfe USA
Martinus Osendarp NED
Lloyd LaBeach PAN
James Gathers USA
Thane Baker USA
Abdoulaye Seye FRA(SEN)
Edwin Roberts TRI
John Carlos USA
Pietro Mennea ITA
Dwayne Evans USA
Don Quarrie JAM
Thomas Jefferson USA
Robson da Silva BRA
Michael Bates USA
Ato Boldon TRI
Ato Boldon TRI
Justin Gatlin USA
22.6e
22.1e

22.7e
22.0
22.2e
21.9e
21.9e
21.5
21.3
21.2
21.08
21.05
20.83
20.63
20.10A
20.30
20.43
20.29
20.26
20.04
20.38
19.80
20.20
20.03
 









<0.0
1.0

0.0
-0.7
0.9
0.0
0.8
0.9
-0.9
1.7
-1.0
0.4
-0.6
1.2

# - adjusted from 20.23 after review of photofinish film

400 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1896
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
 
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Thomas Burke USA
Maxey Long USA
Harry Hillman USA
Paul Pilgrim USA
Wyndham Halswelle GBR
Charles Reidpath USA
Bevil Rudd SAF
Eric Liddell GBR
Ray Barbuti USA
Bill Carr USA
Archie Williams USA
Arthur Wint JAM
George Rhoden JAM
Charles Jenkins USA
 
Otis Davis USA
Mike Larrabee USA
Lee Evans USA
Vince Matthews USA
Alberto Juantorena CUB
Viktor Markin URS(RUS)
Alonzo Babers USA
Steve Lewis USA
Quincy Watts USA
Michael Johnson USA
Michael Johnson USA
Jeremy Wariner USA
54.2
49.4
49.2
53.2
50.0
48.2
49.6
47.6
47.8
46.28
46.66
46.2
46.09
46.85
 
45.07
45.15
43.86A
44.66
44.26
44.60
44.27
43.87
43.50
43.49
43.84
44.00
Herbert Jamison USA
William Holland USA
Frank Waller USA
Wyndham Halswelle GBR
only 1 finisher
Hanns Braun GER
Guy Butler GBR
Horatio Fitch USA
James Ball CAN
Ben Eastman USA
Godfrey Brown GBR
Herb McKenley JAM
Herb McKenley JAM
Karl-Friedrich Haas GER(FRG)
 
Carl Kaufmann GER(FRG)
Wendell Mottley TRI
Larry James USA
Wayne Collett USA
Fred Newhouse USA
Rick Mitchell AUS
Gabriel Tiacoh CIV
Butch Reynolds USA
Steve Lewis USA
Roger Black GBR
Alvin Harrison USA
Otis Harris USA
56.1e
49.6e
49.9e
53.8e

48.3
49.9e
48.4e
47.9e
46.50
46.68
46.4
46.20
47.12
 
45.08
45.24
43.97A
44.80
44.40
44.84
44.54
43.93
44.21
44.41
44.40
44.16
Charles Gmelin # GBR
Ernst Schultz DEN
Herman Groman USA
Nigel Barker AUS

Edward Lindberg USA
Nils Engdahl SWE
Guy Butler GBR
Joachim Büchner GER
Alex Wilson CAN
James LuValle USA
Mal Whitfield USA
Ollie Matson USA
Voitto Hellstén FIN &
Ardalion Ignatyev URS(RUS)
Malcolm Spence SAF
Andrzej Badenski POL
Ron Freeman USA
Julius Sang KEN
Herman Frazier USA
Frank Schaffer GDR
Antonio McKay USA
Danny Everett USA
Samson Kitur KEN
Davis Kamoga UGA
Greg Haughton JAM
Derrick Brew USA
58.0e
52.4e
50.0e
54.1e

48.4
50.0e
48.6e
48.1e
47.4
46.84
46.9
46.94
47.15
 
45.60
45.64
44.41A
44.92
44.95
44.87
44.71
44.09
44.24
44.53
44.70
44.42

# - some sources give 3rd as Fritz Hofmann GER 55.6e

800 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1896
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Edwin Flack AUS
Alfred Tysoe GBR
James Lightbody USA
Paul Pilgrim USA
Mel Sheppard USA
Ted Meredith USA
Albert Hill GBR
Douglas Lowe GBR
Douglas Lowe GBR
Tommy Hampson GBR
John Woodruff USA
Mal Whitfield USA
Mal Whitfield USA
Tom Courtney USA
Peter Snell NZL
Peter Snell NZL
Ralph Doubell AUS
Dave Wottle USA
Alberto Juantorena CUB
Steve Ovett GBR
Joaquim Cruz BRA
Paul Ereng KEN
William Tanui KEN
Vebjřrn Rodal NOR
Nils Schumann GER
Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS
2:11.0
2:01.2
1:56.0
2:01.5
1:52.8
1:51.9
1:53.4
1:52.4
1:51.8
1:49.70
1:52.9
1:49.2
1:49.34
1:47.75
1:46.48
1:45.1a
1:44.40A
1:45.86
1:43.50
1:45.40
1:43.00
1:43.45
1:43.66
1:42.58
1:45.08
1:44.45
Nándor Dáni HUN
John Cregan USA
Howard Valentine USA
James Lightbody USA
Emilio Lunghi ITA
Mel Sheppard USA
Earl Eby USA
Paul Martin SUI
Erik Byléhn SWE
Alex Wilson CAN
Mario Lanzi ITA
Arthur Wint JAM
Arthur Wint JAM
Derek Johnson GBR
Roger Moens BEL
Bill Crothers CAN
Wilson Kiprugut KEN
Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS(UKR)
Ivo Van Damme BEL
Sebastian Coe GBR
Sebastian Coe GBR
Joaquim Cruz BRA
Nixon Kiprotich KEN
Hezekiél Sepeng RSA
Wilson Kipketer DEN
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA
2:11.8e
2:01.8e
1:56.3e
2:01.6e
1:54.2e
1:52.0
1:53.7e
1:52.5e
1:52.8e
1:49.9
1:53.3
1:49.5
1:49.63
1:47.88
1:46.55
1:45.6a
1:44.57A
1:45.89
1:43.86
1:45.85
1:43.64
1:43.90
1:43.70
1:42.74
1:45.14
1:44.61
Dimitrios Golemis GRE
David Hall USA
Emil Breitkreutz USA
Wyndham Halswelle GBR
Hanns Braun GER
Ira Davenport USA
Bevil Rudd SAF
Schuyler Enck USA
Hermann Engelhard GER
Phil Edwards CAN
Phil Edwards CAN
Marcel Hansenne FRA
Heinz Ulzheimer GER(FRG)
Audun Boysen NOR
George Kerr BWI(JAM)
Wilson Kiprugut KEN
Tom Farrell USA
Mike Boit KEN
Rick Wohlhuter USA
Nikolay Kirov URS(BLR)
Earl Jones USA
Saďd Aouita MAR
Johnny Gray USA
Fred Onyancha KEN
Djabir Saďd Guerni ALG
Wilson Kipketer DEN
2:28.0e
2:05.0e
1:56.4e
2:03.0e
1:55.2e
1:52.0
1:53.7e
1:52.9e
1:53.2e
1:51.5
1:53.6
1:49.8
1:49.78
1:48.25
1:47.25
1:45.9a
1:45.46A
1:46.01
1:44.12
1:45.94
1:43.83
1:44.06
1:43.97
1:42.79
1:45.16
1:44.65
1500 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1896
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Edwin Flack AUS
Charles Bennett GBR
James Lightbody USA
James Lightbody USA
Mel Sheppard USA
Arnold Jackson GBR
Albert Hill GBR
Paavo Nurmi FIN
Harri Larva FIN
Luigi Beccali ITA
Jack Lovelock NZL
Henry Eriksson SWE
Josy Barthel LUX
Ron Delany IRL
Herb Elliott AUS
Peter Snell NZL
Kip Keino KEN
Pekka Vasala FIN
John Walker NZL
Sebastian Coe GBR
Sebastian Coe GBR
Peter Rono KEN
Fermín Cacho ESP
Noureddine Morceli ALG
Noah Ngeny KEN
Hicham El Guerrouj MAR
4:33.2
4:06.2
4:05.4
4:12.0
4:03.4
3:56.8
4:01.8
3:53.6
3:53.2
3:51.20
3:47.8
3:49.8
3:45.28
3:41.49
3:35.6
3:38.1a
3:34.91A
3:36.33
3:39.17
3:38.40
3:32.53
3:35.96
3:40.12
3:35.78
3:32.07
3:34.18
Arthur Blake USA
Henri Deloge FRA
William "Frank" Verner USA
John McGough GBR(IRL)
Harold Wilson GBR
Abel Kiviat USA
Philip Baker GBR
Willy Schärer SUI
Jules Ladoumčgue FRA
Jerry Cornes GBR
Glenn Cunningham USA
Lennart Strand SWE
Bob McMillen USA
Klaus Richtzenhain GER(GDR)
Michel Jazy FRA
Josef Odložil TCH(CZE)
Jim Ryun USA
Kip Keino KEN
Ivo Van Damme BEL
Jürgen Straub GDR
Steve Cram GBR
Peter Elliott GBR
Rachid El Basir MAR
Fermín Cacho ESP
Hicham El Guerrouj MAR
Bernard Lagat KEN
4:34.0e
4:07.0e
4:06.8e
4:12.6e
4:03.6e
3:56.9
4:02.4e
3:55.0e
3:53.8e
3:52.6
3:48.4
3:50.4
3:45.39
3:42.02
3:38.4
3:39.6a
3:37.89A
3:36.81
3:39.27
3:38.80
3:33.40
3:36.15
3:40.62
3:36.40
3:32.32
3:34.30
Albin Lermusiaux FRA
John Bray USA
Lacey Hearn USA
Kristian Hellström SWE
Norman Hallows GBR
Norman Taber USA
Larry Shields USA
Hyla "Henry" Stallard GBR
Eino Purje FIN
Phil Edwards CAN
Luigi Beccali ITA
Willem Slijkhuis NED
Werner Lueg GER(FRG)
John Landy AUS
István Rózsavölgyi HUN
John Davies NZL
Bodo Tümmler FRG
Rod Dixon NZL
Paul-Heinz Wellmann FRG
Steve Ovett GBR
José Manuel Abascal ESP
Jens-Peter Herold GDR
Mohammed Sulaiman QAT
Stephen Kipkorir KEN
Bernard Lagat KEN
Rui Silva POR
4:36.0e
4:10.0e

4:13.4e
4:04.0e
3:56.9
4:03.1e
3:55.6e
3:56.4e
3:52.8
3:49.2
3:50.4
3:45.67
3:42.03
3:39.2
3:39.6a
3:39.08A
3:37.46
3:39.33
3:38.99
3:34.30
3:36.21
3:40.69
3:36.72
3:32.44
3:34.68
5000 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Hannes Kolehmainen FIN
Joseph Guillemot FRA
Paavo Nurmi FIN
Ville Ritola FIN
Lauri Lehtinen FIN
Gunnar Höckert FIN
Gaston Reiff BEL
Emil Zátopek TCH(CZE)
Vladimir Kuts URS(UKR)
Murray Halberg NZL
Bob Schul USA
Mohamed Gammoudi TUN
Lasse Virén FIN
Lasse Virén FIN
Miruts Yifter ETH
Saďd Aouita MAR
John Ngugi KEN
Dieter Baumann GER
Vénuste Niyongabo BDI
Million Wolde ETH
Hicham El Guerrouj MAR
14:36.6
14:55.6
14:31.2
14:38.0
14:29.91
14:22.2
14:17.6
14:06.72
13:39.86
13:43.76
13:48.8a
14:05.01A
13:26.42
13:24.76
13:20.91
13:05.59
13:11.70
13:12.52
13:07.96
13:35.49
13:14.39
Jean Bouin FRA
Paavo Nurmi FIN
Ville Ritola FIN
Paavo Nurmi FIN
Ralph Hill USA
Lauri Lehtinen FIN
Emil Zátopek TCH(CZE)
Alain Mimoun FRA
Gordon Pirie GBR
Hans Grodotzki GER(GDR)
Harald Norpoth GER(FRG)
Kip Keino KEN
Mohamed Gammoudi TUN
Dick Quax NZL
Suleiman Nyambui TAN
Markus Ryffel SUI
Dieter Baumann FRG
Paul Bitok KEN
Paul Bitok KEN
Ali Saďdi Sief ALG
Kenenisa Bekele ETH
14:36.7
15:00.0e
14:31.4e
14:40.0e
14:30.0
14:25.8
14:17.8
14:07.58
13:50.78
13:45.01
13:49.6a
14:05.16A
13:27.33
13:25.16
13:21.60
13:07.54
13:15.52
13:12.71
13:08.16
13:36.20
13:14.59
George Hutson GBR
Erik Backman SWE
Edvin Wide SWE
Edvin Wide SWE
Lauri Virtanen FIN
Henry Jonsson SWE
Willem Slijkhuis NED
Herbert Schade GER(FRG)
Derek Ibbotson GBR
Kazimierz Zimny POL
Bill Dellinger USA
Naftali Temu KEN
Ian Stewart GBR
Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand FRG
Kaarlo Maaninka FIN
António Leităo POR
Hansjörg Junze GDR
Fita Bayissa ETH
Khalid Boulami MAR
Brahim Lahlafi MAR
Eliud Kipchoge KEN
15:07.6
15:13.0e
15:01.8e
14:41.2e
14:44.0
14:29.0
14:26.8
14:08.80
13:54.60
13:45.09
13:49.8a
14:06.41A
13:27.61
13:25.38
13:22.00
13:09.20
13:15.73
13:13.03
13:08.37
13:36.47
13:15.10
5 Miles
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1906
1908
Henry Hawtrey GBR
Emil Voigt GBR
26:11.8
25:11.2
John Svanberg SWE
Edward Owen GBR
26:19.4
25:24.0
Edward Dahl SWE
John Svanberg SWE
26:26.2
25:37.2
10000 Metres
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Hannes Kolehmainen FIN
Paavo Nurmi FIN
Ville Ritola FIN
Paavo Nurmi FIN
Janusz Kusocinski POL
Ilmari Salminen FIN
Emil Zátopek TCH(CZE)
Emil Zátopek TCH(CZE)
Vladimir Kuts URS(UKR)
Pyotr Bolotnikov URS(RUS)
Billy Mills USA
Naftali Temu KEN
Lasse Virén FIN
Lasse Virén FIN
Miruts Yifter ETH
Alberto Cova ITA
Brahim Boutayeb MAR
Khalid Skah MAR
Haile Gebrselassie ETH
Haile Gebrselassie ETH
Kenenisa Bekele ETH
31:20.8
31:45.8
30:23.2
30:18.8
30:11.42
30:15.4
29:59.6
29:17.0
28:45.59
28:32.18
28:24.4a
29:27.40A
27:38.35
27:40.38
27:42.69
27:47.54
27:21.46
27:46.70
27:07.34
27:18.20
27:05.10
Louis Tewanima USA
Joseph Guillemot FRA
Edvin Wide SWE
Ville Ritola FIN
Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN
Arvo Askola FIN
Alain Mimoun FRA
Alain Mimoun FRA
József Kovács HUN
Hans Grodotzki GER(GDR)
Mohamed Gammoudi TUN
Mamo Wolde ETH
Emiel Puttemans BEL
Carlos Lopes POR
Kaarlo Maaninka FIN
Mike McLeod GBR
Salvatore Antibo ITA
Richard Chelimo KEN
Paul Tergat KEN
Paul Tergat KEN
Sileshi Sihine ETH
32:06.6
31:47.2
30:55.2
30:19.4
30:12.6
30:15.6
30:47.4
29:32.8
28:52.36
28:37.22
28:24.8a
29:27.75A
27:39.58
27:45.17
27:44.28
28:06.22
27:23.55
27:47.72
27:08.17
27:18.29
27:09.39
Albin Stenroos FIN
Jimmy Wilson GBR
Eero Berg FIN
Edvin Wide SWE
Lauri Virtanen FIN
Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN
Bertil Albertsson SWE
Aleksandr Anufriyev URS(RUS)
Al Lawrence AUS
Dave Power AUS
Ron Clarke AUS
Mohamed Gammoudi TUN
Miruts Yifter ETH
Brendan Foster GBR
Mohamed Kedir ETH
Mike Musyoki KEN
Kipkemboi Kimeli KEN
Addis Abebe ETH
Salah Hissou MAR
Assefa Mezegebu ETH
Zersenay Tadesse ERI
32:21.8
31:50.8
31:43.0
31:00.8
30:35.0
30:20.2
30:53.6
29:48.2
28:53.59
28:37.65
28:25.8a
29:34.2aA
27:40.96
27:54.92
27:44.64
28:06.46
27:25.16
28:00.07
27:24.67
27:19.75
27:22.57
Marathon
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1896*
1900*
1904*
1906*
1908
1912*
1920*
1924
1928

1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Spyridon Louis GRE
Michel Théato FRA(LUX)
Thomas Hicks USA
William Sherring CAN
Johnny Hayes USA
Kennedy McArthur SAF
Hannes Kolehmainen FIN
Albin Stenroos FIN
Mohamed Boughčra El Ouafi
FRA(ALG)
Juan Carlos Zabala ARG
Sohn Kee-Chung # JPN(KOR)
Delfo Cabrera ARG
Emil Zátopek TCH(CZE)
Alain Mimoun FRA
Abebe Bikila ETH
Abebe Bikila ETH
Mamo Wolde ETH
Frank Shorter USA
Waldemar Cierpinski GDR
Waldemar Cierpinski GDR
Carlos Lopes POR
Gelindo Bordin ITA
Hwang Young-Cho KOR
Josiah Thugwane RSA
Gezahegne Abera ETH
Stefano Baldini ITA
2:58:50
2:59:45
3:28:53
2:51:24
2:55:19
2:36:55
2:32:36
2:41:23
2:32:57

2:31:36
2:29:20
2:34:52
2:23:04
2:25:00
2:15:17
2:12:12
2:20:27A
2:12:20
2:09:55
2:11:03
2:09:21
2:10:32
2:13:23
2:12:36
2:10:11
2:10:55
Charilaos Vassilakos GRE
Emile Champion FRA
Albert Corey USA(FRA)
John Svanberg SWE
Charles Hefferon SAF
Christian Gitsham SAF
Jüri Lossman EST
Romeo Bertini ITA
Manuel Plaza CHI

Sam Ferris GBR
Ernie Harper GBR
Tom Richards GBR
Reinaldo Gorno ARG
Franjo Mihalic YUG(SCG)
Rhadi Benabdesselem MAR
Basil Heatley GBR
Kenji Kimihara JPN
Karel Lismont BEL
Frank Shorter USA
Gerard Nijboer NED
John Treacy IRL
Douglas Wakiihuri KEN
Koichi Morishita JPN
Lee Bong-Ju KOR
Eric Wainaina KEN
Mebrahtom Keflezighi
3:06:03
3:04:17
3:34:52
2:58:21
2:56:06
2:37:52
2:32:49
2:47:20
2:33:23

2:31:55
2:31:24
2:35:08
2:25:35
2:26:32
2:15:42
2:16:20
2:23:31A
2:14:32
2:10:46
2:11:20
2:09:56
2:10:47
2:13:45
2:12:39
2:10:31
2:11:29
Gyula Kellner HUN
Ernst Fast SWE
Arthur Newton USA
William Frank USA
Joseph Forshaw USA
Gaston Strobino USA
Valerio Arri ITA
Clarence DeMar USA
Martti Marttelin FIN

Armas Toivonen FIN
Nam Sung-Yong # JPN(KOR)
Étienne Gailly BEL
Gustaf Jansson SWE
Veikko Karvonen FIN
Barry Magee NZL
Kokichi Tsuburaya JPN
Mike Ryan NZL
Mamo Wolde ETH
Karel Lismont BEL
Satymkul Dzhumanazarov URS(KGZ)
Charlie Spedding GBR
Ahmed Salah DJI
Stephan Freigang GER
Eric Wainaina KEN
Tesfaye Tola ETH
Vanderlei de Lima BRA
3:06:35
3:37:14
3:47:33
3:00:47
2:57:11
2:38:43
2:36:33
2:48:14
2:35:02

2:32:12
2:31:42
2:35:34
2:26:07
2:27:47
2:17:19
2:16:23
2:23:45A
2:15:09
2:11:13
2:11:35
2:09:58
2:10:59
2:14:00
2:12:44
2:11:10
2:12:11

* - 1896: 40km, 1900: 40.26km, 1904: 25 miles/40.233km, 1906: 41.86km, 1912: 40km, 1920: 42.75km (standard distance 42.195km)
# - entered by Japanese as Kitei Son & Shoryu Nan respectively

3000 Metres Steeplechase
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1900A*
1900B*
1904*
1906
1908*
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932*
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
George Orton CAN(USA)
John Rimmer GBR
James Lightbody USA
not held
Arthur Russell GBR
not held
Percy Hodge GBR
Ville Ritola FIN
Toivo Loukola FIN
Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN
Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN
Tore Sjöstrand SWE
Horace Ashenfelter USA
Chris Brasher GBR
Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak POL
Gaston Roelants BEL
Amos Biwott KEN
Kip Keino KEN
Anders Gärderud SWE
Bronislaw Malinowski POL
Julius Korir KEN
Julius Kariuki KEN
Matthew Birir KEN
Joseph Keter KEN
Reuben Kosgei KEN
Ezekiel Kemboi KEN
7:34.4
12:58.4
7:39.6

10:47.8

10:00.4
9:33.6
9:21.7
10:33.4
9:03.8
9:04.6
8:45.68
8:41.35
8:34.30
8:30.8a
8:51.02A
8:23.64
8:08.02
8:09.70
8:11.80
8:05.51
8:08.84
8:07.12
8:21.43
8:05.81
Sidney Robinson GBR
Charles Bennett GBR
John Daly GBR(IRL)

Arthur "Archie" Robertson GBR

Patrick Flynn USA
Elias Katz FIN
Paavo Nurmi FIN
Tom Evenson GBR
Kaarlo Tuominen FIN
Erik Elmsäter SWE
Vladimir Kazantsev URS(RUS)
Sándor Rozsnyói HUN
Nikolay Sokolov URS(RUS)
Maurice Herriott GBR
Benjamin Kogo KEN
Ben Jipcho KEN
Bronislaw Malinowski POL
Filbert Bayi TAN
Joseph Mahmoud FRA
Peter Koech KEN
Patrick Sang KEN
Moses Kiptanui KEN
Wilson Boit Kipketer KEN
Brimin Kipruto KEN
7:35.8e
12:58.6e
8:01.6e

10:48.4e

10:21.0e
9:44.0e
9:31.2e
10:46.0
9:06.8
9:08.2
8:51.52
8:43.68
8:36.55
8:32.4a
8:51.56A
8:24.62
8:09.11
8:12.48
8:13.31
8:06.79
8:09.55
8:08.33
8:21.77
8:06.11
Jacques Chastanié FRA
Sidney Robinson GBR
Arthur Newton USA

John Eisele USA

Ernesto Ambrosini ITA
Paul Bontemps FRA
Ove Andersen FIN
Joe McCluskey USA
Alfred Dompert GER
Göte Hagström SWE
John Disley GBR
Ernst Larsen NOR
Semyon Rzhishchin URS(RUS)
Ivan Belyayev URS(UKR)
George Young USA
Tapio Kantanen FIN
Frank Baumgartl GDR
Eshetu Tura ETH
Brian Diemer USA
Mark Rowland GBR
William Mutwol KEN
Alessandro Lambruschini ITA
Ali Ezzine MAR
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN
7:42.0e
12:58.8e
8:07.0e

11:00.8e

10:32.0e
9:45.2e
9:35.6e
10:46.2
9:07.2
9:11.8
8:51.94
8:44.05
8:42.34
8:33.8a
8:51.86A
8:24.66
8:10.36
8:13.57
8:14.06
8:07.96
8:10.74
8:11.28
8:22.15
8:06.64

* - 1900A: 2500 metres, 1900B: 4000 metres, 1904: 2590 metres, 1908: 3200 metres, 1932: 3460 metres

110 Metres Hurdles
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE   wind
1896
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Thomas Curtis USA
Alvin Kraenzlein USA
Frederick Schule USA
Robert Leavitt USA
Forrest Smithson USA
Fred Kelly USA
Earl Thomson CAN
Dan Kinsey USA
Sydney Atkinson SAF
George Saling USA
Forrest "Spec" Towns USA
Bill Porter USA
Harrison Dillard USA
Lee Calhoun USA
Lee Calhoun USA
Hayes Jones USA
Willie Davenport USA
Rod Milburn USA
Guy Drut FRA
Thomas Munkelt GDR
Roger Kingdom USA
Roger Kingdom USA
Mark McKoy CAN
Allen Johnson USA
Anier García CUB
Liu Xiang CHN
17.6
15.4
16.0
16.2
15.0
15.1
14.8
15.0
14.8
14.57
14.2
13.9
13.91
13.70
13.98
13.67
13.33A
13.24
13.30
13.39
13.20
12.98
13.12
12.95
13.00
12.91
Grantley Goulding GBR
John McLean USA
Thaddeus Shideler USA
Alfred Healey GBR
John Garrels USA
James Wendell USA
Harold Barron USA
Sydney Atkinson SAF
Steve Anderson USA
Percy Beard USA
Don Finlay GBR
Clyde Scott USA
Jack Davis USA
Jack Davis USA
Willie May USA
Blaine Lindgren USA
Ervin Hall USA
Guy Drut FRA
Alejandro Casańas CUB
Alejandro Casańas CUB
Greg Foster USA
Colin Jackson GBR
Tony Dees USA
Mark Crear USA
Terrence Trammell USA
Terrence Trammell USA
17.7e
15.8e
16.2e
16.2e
15.7e
15.2
15.0e
15.0e
14.8e
14.69
14.4
14.1
14.00
13.73
13.99
13.74
13.42A
13.34
13.33
13.40
13.23
13.28
13.24
13.09
13.16
13.18
only 2 started final
Fred Moloney USA
Lesley Ashburner USA
Vincenz Duncker GER
Arthur Shaw USA
Martin Hawkins USA
Fred Murray USA
Sten Pettersson SWE
John Collier USA
Don Finlay GBR
Fred Pollard USA
Craig Dixon USA
Art Barnard USA
Joel Shankle USA
Hayes Jones USA
Anatoliy Mikhailov URS(RUS)
Eddy Ottoz ITA
Tom Hill USA
Willie Davenport USA
Aleksandr Puchkov URS(RUS)
Arto Bryggare FIN
Tonie Campbell USA
Jack Pierce USA
Florian Schwarthoff GER
Mark Crear USA
Anier García CUB
 
15.9e
16.4e
16.3e
15.8e
15.3
15.2e
15.4e
14.9e
14.74
14.4
14.1
14.40
14.25
14.17
13.78
13.46A
13.48
13.38
13.44
13.40
13.38
13.26
13.17
13.22
13.20
 










<0.0

-1.9
0.1
2.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.9
-0.4
1.5
0.8
0.6
0.6
0.3
200 Metres Hurdles
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE   wind
1900
1904
Alvin Kraenzlein USA
Harry Hillman USA
25.4
24.6
Norman Pritchard IND
Frank Castleman USA
26.0e
24.9e
Walter Tewksbury USA
George Poage USA
26.1e
25.2e
400 Metres Hurdles
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1900
1904*
1906
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Walter Tewksbury USA
Harry Hillman USA
not held
Charles Bacon USA
not held
Frank Loomis USA
Morgan Taylor USA
David Cecil "Lord Burghley" GBR
Bob Tisdall IRL
Glenn Hardin USA
Roy Cochran USA
Charles Moore USA
Glenn Davis USA
Glenn Davis USA
Rex Cawley USA
David Hemery GBR
John Akii-Bua UGA
Ed Moses USA
Volker Beck GDR
Ed Moses USA
Andre Phillips USA
Kevin Young USA
Derrick Adkins USA
Angelo Taylor USA
Félix Sánchez DOM
57.6
53.0

55.0

54.0
52.6
53.4
51.67
52.4
51.1
51.06
50.29
49.51
49.6a
48.12A
47.82
47.63#
48.70
47.75
47.19
46.78
47.54
47.50
47.63
Henri Tauzin FRA
Frank Waller USA

Harry Hillman USA

John Norton USA
Erik Vilén FIN
Frank Cuhel USA
Glenn Hardin USA
John Loaring CAN
Duncan White CEY
Yuriy Lituyev URS(RUS)
Eddie Southern USA
Cliff Cushman USA
John Cooper GBR
Gerhard Hennige FRG
Ralph Mann USA
Mike Shine USA
Vasiliy Arkhipenko URS(UKR)
Danny Harris USA
Amadou Dia Bâ SEN
Winthrop Graham JAM
Samuel Matete ZAM
Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily KSA
Danny McFarlane JAM
58.3e
53.2e

55.3e

54.6e
53.8e
53.6e
51.85
52.7
51.8
51.51
50.94
49.77
50.1a
49.02A
48.51
48.69
48.86
48.13
47.23
47.66
47.78
47.53
48.11
George Orton CAN(USA)
George Poage USA

Leonard "Jimmy" Tremeer GBR

August Desch USA
Ivan Riley USA
Morgan Taylor USA
Morgan Taylor USA
Miguel White PHI
Rune Larsson SWE
John Holland NZL
Josh Culbreath USA
Dick Howard USA
Salvatore Morale ITA
John Sherwood GBR
David Hemery GBR
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko URS(BLR)
Gary Oakes GBR
Harald Schmid FRG
Ed Moses USA
Kriss Akabusi GBR
Calvin Davis USA
Llewellyn Herbert RSA
Naman Keďta FRA
58.9e
58.4e

57.0e

54.7e
54.2e
53.6e
51.96
52.8
52.2
52.26
51.74
49.90
50.1a
49.03A
48.52
49.45
49.11
48.19
47.56
47.82
47.96
47.81
48.26

* - 2'6" (not 3'0") hurdles, # - adjusted from 47.64 after review of photofinish film

High Jump
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1896
 
1900
1904
1906
 
1908
 
 
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
 
1992
 
 
1996
2000
2004
Ellery Clark USA
 
Irving Baxter USA
Samuel Jones USA
Con Leahy GBR(IRL)
 
Harry Porter USA
 
 
Alma Richards USA
Richmond Landon USA
Harold Osborn USA
Robert King USA
Duncan McNaughton CAN
Cornelius Johnson USA
John Winter AUS
Walt "Buddy" Davis USA
Charles Dumas USA
Robert Shavlakadze URS(GEO)
Valeriy Brumel URS(UKR)
Dick Fosbury USA
Jüri Tarmak URS(EST)
Jacek Wszola POL
Gerd Wessig GDR
Dietmar Mögenburg FRG
Gennadiy Avdeyenko URS(UKR)
 
Javier Sotomayor CUB
 
 
Charles Austin USA
Sergey Klyugin RUS
Stefan Holm SWE
1.81
 
1.90
1.803
1.775
 
1.905
 
 
1.93
1.935
1.98
1.94
1.97
2.03
1.98
2.04
2.12
2.16
2.18
2.24A
2.23
2.25
2.36
2.35
2.38
 
2.34
 
 
2.39
2.35
2.36
James Connolly USA &
Robert Garrett USA
Pat Leahy GBR(IRL)
Garrett Serviss USA
Lajos Gönczy HUN
 
Georges "Géo" André FRA,
Con Leahy GBR(IRL) &
István Somodi HUN
Hans Liesche GER
Harold Muller USA
Leroy Brown USA
Ben Hedges USA
Robert Van Osdel USA
Dave Albritton USA
Bjřrn Paulson NOR
Ken Wiesner USA
Charles "Chilla" Porter AUS
Valeriy Brumel URS(UKR)
John Thomas USA
Ed Caruthers USA
Stefan Junge GDR
Greg Joy CAN
Jacek Wszola POL
Patrik Sjöberg SWE
Hollis Conway USA
 
Patrik Sjöberg SWE
 
 
Artur Partyka POL
Javier Sotomayor CUB
Matt Hemingway USA
1.65
 
1.78
1.778
1.75
 
1.88
 
 
1.91
1.90
1.95
1.91
1.97
2.00
1.95
2.01
2.10
2.16
2.18
2.22A
2.21
2.23
2.31
2.33
2.36
 
2.34
 
 
2.37
2.32
2.34
 
 
Lajos Gönczy HUN
Paul Weinstein GER
Themistoklis Diakidis GRE &
Herbert Kerrigan USA

 
 
George Horine USA
Bo Ekelund SWE
Pierre Lewden FRA
Claude Ménard FRA
Simeon Toribio PHI
Delos Thurber USA
George Stanich USA
José Telles da Conceiçăo BRA
Igor Kashkarov URS(RUS)
John Thomas USA
John Rambo USA
Valentin Gavrilov URS(RUS)
Dwight Stones USA
Dwight Stones USA
Jörg Freimuth GDR
Zhu Jianhua CHN
Rudolf Povarnitsyn URS(UKR) &
Patrik Sjöberg SWE
Hollis Conway USA,
Tim Forsyth AUS &
Artur Partyka POL
Steve Smith GBR
Abderrahmane Hammad ALG
Jaroslav Bába CZE
 
 
1.75
1.778
1.725
 

 
 
1.89
1.90
1.92
1.91
1.97
2.00
1.95
1.98
2.08
2.14
2.16
2.20A
2.21
2.21
2.31
2.31
2.36
 
2.34
 
 
2.35
2.32
2.34
Standing High Jump
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1900
1904
1906
 
 
1908
 
1912
Ray Ewry USA
Ray Ewry USA
Ray Ewry USA
 
 
Ray Ewry USA
 
Platt Adams USA
1.655
1.60
1.56
 
 
1.575
 
1.63
Irving Baxter USA
Joseph Stadler USA
Léon Dupont BEL,
Lawson Robertson USA &
Martin Sheridan USA
John Biller USA &
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras GRE
Ben Adams USA
1.525
1.45
1.40
 
 
1.55
 
1.60
Lewis Sheldon USA
Lawson Robertson USA

 
 

 
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras GRE
1.50
1.45

 
 

 
1.55
Pole Vault
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1896
 
1900†
1904
1906
1908

 
1912
 
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
 
1984
 
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
William Hoyt USA
 
Irving Baxter USA
Charles Dvorak USA
Fernand Gonder FRA
Edward Cook USA &
Alfred Gilbert USA
 
Harry Babcock USA
 
Frank Foss USA
Lee Barnes USA
Sabin Carr USA
Bill Miller USA
Earle Meadows USA
Guinn Smith USA
Bob Richards USA
Bob Richards USA
Don Bragg USA
Fred Hansen USA
Bob Seagren USA
Wolfgang Nordwig GDR
Tadeusz Slusarski POL
Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz POL
 
Pierre Quinon FRA
 
Sergey Bubka URS(UKR)
Maksim Tarasov EUN(RUS)
Jean Galfione FRA
Nick Hysong USA
Tim Mack USA
3.30
 
3.30
3.505
3.50
3.71

 
3.95
 
4.09
3.95
4.20
4.315
4.35
4.30
4.55
4.56
4.70
5.10
5.40A
5.50
5.50
5.78
 
5.75
 
5.90
5.80
5.92
5.90
5.95
Albert Tyler USA
 
Meredith Colkett USA
LeRoy Samse USA
Bruno Söderström SWE


 
Frank Nelson USA &
Marcus Wright USA
Henry Petersen DEN
Glenn Graham USA
William Droegemuller USA
Shuhei Nishida JPN
Shuhei Nishida JPN
Erkki Kataja FIN
Don Laz USA
Bob Gutowski USA
Ron Morris USA
Wolfgang Reinhardt GER(FRG)
Claus Schiprowski FRG
Bob Seagren USA
Antti Kalliomäki FIN
Tadeusz Slusarski POL &
Konstantin Volkov URS(RUS)
Mike Tully USA
 
Rodion Gataullin URS(UZB)
Igor Trandenkov EUN(RUS)
Igor Trandenkov RUS
Lawrence Johnson USA
Toby Stevenson USA
3.20
 
3.25
3.35
3.40


 
3.85
 
3.70
3.95
4.10
4.30
4.25#
4.20
4.50
4.53
4.60
5.05
5.40A
5.40
5.50
5.65
 
5.65
 
5.85
5.80
5.92
5.90
5.90
Evangelos Damaskos GRE &
Ioannis Theodoropoulos GRE
Carl Albert Andersen NOR
Louis Wilkins USA
Edward Glover USA
Ed Archibald CAN,
Charles Jacobs USA &
Bruno Söderström SWE

 
Edwin Myers USA
James Brooker USA
Charles McGinnis USA
George Jefferson USA
Sueo Oe JPN
Bob Richards USA
Ragnar Lundberg SWE
Georgios Roubanis GRE
Eeles Landström FIN
Klaus Lehnertz GER(FRG)
Wolfgang Nordwig GDR
Jan Johnson USA
Dave Roberts USA

 
Earl Bell USA &
Thierry Vigneron FRA
Grigoriy Yegorov URS(KAZ)
Javier García ESP
Andrei Tivontchik GER
Maksim Tarasov RUS
Giuseppe Gibilisco ITA
2.60
 
3.20
3.35
3.35
3.58

 

 
3.60
3.90
3.95
4.20
4.25#
4.20
4.40
4.50
4.55
5.00
5.40A
5.35
5.50

 
5.60
 
5.80
5.75
5.92
5.90
5.85

† - In 1900 2 further competitions, won by Bascom Johnson USA 3.38 & Daniel Horton USA 3.45 (from Charles Dvorak USA 3.35), were also held as some competitors missed the first event. It was, however, subsequently decided the result of the first event should stand.
# - 2nd place decided by drawing of lots

Long Jump
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1896
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
1920

1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Ellery Clark USA
Alvin Kraenzlein USA
Meyer Prinstein USA
Meyer Prinstein USA
Frank Irons USA
Albert Gutterson USA
Wilhelm Björnemann
("William Pettersson") SWE
DeHart Hubbard USA
Ed Hamm USA
Ed Gordon USA
Jesse Owens USA
Willie Steele USA
Jerome Biffle USA
Greg Bell USA
Ralph Boston USA
Lynn Davies GBR
Bob Beamon USA
Randy Williams USA
Arnie Robinson USA
Lutz Dombrowski GDR
Carl Lewis USA
Carl Lewis USA
Carl Lewis USA
Carl Lewis USA
Iván Pedroso CUB
Dwight Phillips USA
6.35
7.185
7.34
7.20
7.48
7.60
7.15

7.445
7.73
7.64
8.06w
7.825
7.57
7.83
8.12
8.07
8.90A
8.24
8.35
8.54
8.54
8.72
8.67
8.50
8.55
8.59
Robert Garrett USA
Meyer Prinstein USA
Daniel Frank USA
Peter O'Connor GBR(IRL)
Daniel Kelly USA
Calvin Bricker CAN
Carl Johnson USA

Ned Gourdin USA
Silvio Cator HAI
Lambert Redd USA
Luz Long GER
Theo "Bill" Bruce AUS
Meredith Gourdine USA
John Bennett USA
Irvin "Bo" Roberson USA
Ralph Boston USA
Klaus Beer GDR
Hans Baumgartner FRG
Randy Williams USA
Frank Paschek GDR
Gary Honey AUS
Mike Powell USA
Mike Powell USA
James Beckford JAM
Jai Taurima AUS
John Moffitt USA
6.00
7.175
6.89
7.025
7.09
7.21
7.095

7.275
7.58
7.60
7.87w
7.555
7.53
7.68
8.11
8.03
8.19A
8.18
8.11
8.21
8.24
8.49
8.64
8.29
8.49
8.47
James Connolly USA
Pat Leahy GBR(IRL)
Robert Stangland USA
Hugo Friend USA
Calvin Bricker CAN
Georg Ĺberg SWE
Erik Abrahamsson SWE

Sverre Hansen NOR
Alfred Bates USA
Chuhei Nambu JPN
Naoto Tajima JPN
Herb Douglas USA
Ödön Földessy HUN
Jorma Valkama FIN
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan URS(RUS)
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan URS(RUS)
Ralph Boston USA
Arnie Robinson USA
Frank Wartenberg GDR
Valeriy Podluzhniy URS(UKR)
Giovanni Evangelisti ITA
Larry Myricks USA
Joe Greene USA
Joe Greene USA
Roman Shchurenko UKR
Joan Lino Martínez ESP
5.84
6.95
6.88
6.96
7.08
7.18
7.08

7.26
7.40
7.45
7.74
7.545
7.30
7.48
8.04
7.99
8.16A
8.03
8.02
8.18
8.24
8.27
8.34
8.24
8.31
8.32
Standing Long Jump
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
Ray Ewry USA
Ray Ewry USA
Ray Ewry USA
Ray Ewry USA
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras GRE
3.21
3.47
3.30
3.335
3.37
Irving Baxter USA
Charles King USA
Martin Sheridan USA
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras GRE
Platt Adams USA
3.135
3.27
3.095
3.235
3.36
Emile Torcheboeuf FRA
John Biller USA
Lawson Robertson USA
Martin Sheridan USA
Ben Adams USA
3.03
3.25
3.05
3.225
3.28
Triple Jump
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1896
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
James Connolly USA
Meyer Prinstein USA
Meyer Prinstein USA
Peter O'Connor GBR(IRL)
Tim Ahearne GBR(IRL)
Gustaf Lindblom SWE
Vilho Tuulos FIN
Nick Winter AUS
Mikio Oda JPN
Chuhei Nambu JPN
Naoto Tajima JPN
Arne Ĺhman SWE
Adhemar da Silva BRA
Adhemar da Silva BRA
Józef Schmidt POL
Józef Schmidt POL
Viktor Sanyeyev URS(GEO)
Viktor Sanyeyev URS(GEO)
Viktor Sanyeyev URS(GEO)
Jaak Uudmäe URS(EST)
Al Joyner USA
Khristo Markov BUL
Mike Conley USA
Kenny Harrison USA
Jonathan Edwards GBR
Christian Olsson SWE
13.71
14.47
14.35
14.075
14.915
14.76
14.505
15.525
15.21
15.72
16.00
15.40
16.22
16.35
16.81
16.85
17.39A
17.35
17.29
17.35
17.26w
17.61
18.17w
18.09
17.71
17.79
Alexandre Tuffčre FRA
James Connolly USA
Fred Englehardt USA
Con Leahy GBR(IRL)
Garfield MacDonald CAN
Georg Ĺberg SWE
Folke Jansson SWE
Luis Brunetto ARG
Levi Casey USA
Eric Svensson SWE
Masao Harada JPN
George Avery AUS
Leonid Shcherbakov URS(RUS)
Vilhjálmur Einarsson ISL
Vladimir Goryayev URS(BLR)
Oleg Fedoseyev URS(RUS)
Nelson Prudencio BRA
Jörg Drehmel GDR
James Butts USA
Viktor Sanyeyev URS(GEO)
Mike Conley USA
Igor Lapshin URS(BLR)
Charlie Simpkins USA
Jonathan Edwards GBR
Yoel García CUB
Marian Oprea ROM
12.70
13.97
13.90
13.98
14.76
14.51
14.48
15.425
15.17
15.32
15.66
15.365
15.98
16.26
16.63
16.58
17.27A
17.31
17.18
17.24
17.18
17.52
17.60
17.88
17.47
17.55
Ioannis Persakis GRE
Lewis Sheldon USA
Robert Stangland USA
Thomas Cronan USA
Edvard Larsen NOR
Erik Almlöf SWE
Erik Almlöf SWE
Vilho Tuulos FIN
Vilho Tuulos FIN
Kenkichi Oshima JPN
Jack Metcalfe AUS
Ruhi Sarialp TUR
Arnoldo Devonish VEN
Vitold Kreyer URS(RUS)
Vitold Kreyer URS(RUS)
Viktor Kravchenko URS(RUS)
Giuseppe Gentile ITA
Nelson Prudencio BRA
Joăo Carlos de Oliveira BRA
Joăo Carlos de Oliveira BRA
Keith Connor GBR
Aleksandr Kovalenko URS(BLR)
Frank Rutherford BAH
Yoelbi Quesada CUB
Denis Kapustin RUS
Danila Burkenya RUS
12.52
13.64
13.36
13.70
14.395
14.17
14.27
15.37
15.11
15.12
15.50
15.025
15.52
16.02
16.43
16.57
17.22A
17.05
16.90
17.22
16.87
17.42
17.36
17.44
17.46
17.48
Standing Triple Jump
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1900
1904
Ray Ewry USA
Ray Ewry USA
10.58
10.55
Irving Baxter USA
Charles King USA
9.95
10.16
Robert Garrett USA
Joseph Stadler USA
9.50
9.60
Shot
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1896
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Robert Garrett USA
Richard Sheldon USA
Ralph Rose USA
Martin Sheridan USA
Ralph Rose USA
Patrick McDonald USA
Ville Pörhölä FIN
Clarence "Bud" Houser USA
John Kuck USA
Leo Sexton USA
Hans Woellke GER
Wilbur Thompson USA
Parry O'Brien USA
Parry O'Brien USA
Bill Nieder USA
Dallas Long USA
Randy Matson USA
Wladyslaw Komar POL
Udo Beyer GDR
Vladimir Kiselyov URS(UKR)
Alessandro Andrei ITA
Ulf Timmermann GDR
Mike Stulce USA
Randy Barnes USA
Arsi Harju FIN
Yuriy Bilonog UKR
11.22
14.10
14.81
12.325
14.21
15.34
14.81
14.995
15.87
16.005
16.20
17.12
17.41
18.57
19.68
20.33
20.54A
21.18
21.05
21.35
21.26
22.47
21.70
21.62
21.29
21.16
Mitiadis Gouskos GRE
Josiah McCracken USA
Wesley Coe USA
Mihály Dávid HUN
Denis Horgan GBR(IRL)
Ralph Rose USA
Elmer Niklander FIN
Glenn Hartranft USA
Herman Brix USA
Harlow Rothert USA
Sulo Bärlund FIN
Jim Delaney USA
Darrow Hooper USA
Bill Nieder USA
Parry O'Brien USA
Randy Matson USA
George Woods USA
George Woods USA
Yevgeniy Mironov URS(RUS)
Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS(RUS)
Mike Carter USA
Randy Barnes USA
Jim Doehring USA
John Godina USA
Adam Nelson USA
Adam Nelson USA
11.20
12.85
14.40
11.83
13.62
15.25
14.155
14.895
15.75
15.675
16.12
16.68
17.39
18.18
19.11
20.20
20.12A
21.17
21.03
21.08
21.09
22.39
20.96
20.79
21.21
21.16
Georgios Papasideris GRE
Robert Garrett USA
Lawrence Feuerbach USA
Eric Lemming SWE
John Garrels USA
Lawrence Whitney USA
Harry Liversedge USA
Ralph Hills USA
Emil Hirschfeld GER
František Douda TCH(CZE)
Gerhard Stöck GER
Jim Fuchs USA
Jim Fuchs USA
Jirí Skobla TCH(CZE)
Dallas Long USA
Vilmos Varjú HUN
Eduard Gushchin URS(RUS)
Hartmut Briesenick GDR
Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS(RUS)
Udo Beyer GDR
Dave Laut USA
Werner Günthör SUI
Vyacheslav Lykho EUN(RUS)
Aleksandr Bagach UKR
John Godina USA
Joachim Olsen DEN
10.36
12.35
13.37
11.26
13.18
13.93
14.15
14.64
15.72
15.61
15.66
16.42
17.06
17.65
19.01
19.39
20.09A
21.14
21.00
21.06
20.97
21.99
20.94
20.75
21.20
21.07
Shot - Both Hands Aggregate
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1912 Ralph Rose USA 27.70 Patrick McDonald USA 27.53 Elmer Niklander FIN 27.14
Discus
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1896
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Robert Garrett USA
Rudolf Bauer HUN
Martin Sheridan USA
Martin Sheridan USA
Martin Sheridan USA
Armas Taipale FIN
Elmer Niklander FIN
Clarence "Bud" Houser USA
Clarence "Bud" Houser USA
John Anderson USA
Ken Carpenter USA
Adolfo Consolini ITA
Sim Iness USA
Al Oerter USA
Al Oerter USA
Al Oerter USA
Al Oerter USA
Ludvík Danek TCH(CZE)
Mac Wilkins USA
Viktor Rashchupkin URS(RUS)
Rolf Danneberg FRG
Jürgen Schult GDR
Romas Ubartas LTU
Lars Riedel GER
Virgilijus Alekna LTU
Virgilijus Alekna LTU
29.15
36.04
39.28
41.46
40.89
45.21
44.685
46.155
47.32
49.49
50.48
52.78
55.03
56.36
59.18
61.00
64.78A
64.40
67.50
66.64
66.60
68.82
65.12
69.40
69.30
69.89
Panayotis Paraskevopoulos GRE
František Janda-Suk BOH
Ralph Rose USA
Nikolaos Georgantas GRE
Merritt Giffin USA
Richard Byrd USA
Armas Taipale FIN
Vilho Niittymaa FIN
Antero Kivi FIN
Henry Laborde USA
Gordon Dunn USA
Giuseppe Tosi ITA
Adolfo Consolini ITA
Fortune Gordien USA
Rink Babka USA
Ludvík Danek TCH(CZE)
Lothar Milde GDR
Jay Silvester USA
Wolfgang Schmidt GDR
Imrich Bugár TCH(SVK)
Mac Wilkins USA
Romas Ubartas URS(LTU)
Jürgen Schult GER
Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR
Lars Riedel GER
Zoltán Kővágó HUN
28.955
35.25
39.28
38.06
40.70
42.32
44.19
44.95
47.23
48.47
49.36
51.78
53.78
54.81
58.02
60.52
63.08A
63.50
66.22
66.38
66.30
67.48
64.94
66.60
68.50
67.04
Sotirios Versis GRE
Richard Sheldon USA
Nikolaos Georgantas GRE
Verner Järvinen FIN
Marquis "Bill" Horr USA
James Duncan USA
Gus Pope USA
Thomas Lieb USA
James Corson USA
Paul Winter FRA
Giorgio Oberweger ITA
Fortune Gordien USA
Jim Dillion USA
Des Koch USA
Dick Cochran USA
Dave Weill USA
Ludvík Danek TCH(CZE)
Ricky Bruch SWE
John Powell USA
Luis Delís CUB
John Powell USA
Rolf Danneberg FRG
Roberto Moya CUB
Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR
Frantz Kruger RSA
Aleksander Tammert EST
27.78
34.60
37.68
36.82
39.44
42.28
42.13
44.83
47.10
47.85
49.23
50.77
53.28
54.40
57.16
59.49
62.92A
63.40
65.70
66.32
65.46
67.38
64.12
65.80
68.19
66.66
Discus - Greek Style
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1906
1908
Verner Järvinen FIN
Martin Sheridan USA
35.17
38.00
Nikolaos Georgantas GRE
Marquis "Bill" Horr USA
32.80
37.32
István Mudin HUN
Verner Järvinen FIN
31.91
36.48
Discus - Both Hands Aggregate
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1912 Armas Taipale FIN 82.86 Elmer Niklander FIN 77.96 Emil Magnusson SWE 77.37
Hammer
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1900
1904
1906
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
John Flanagan USA(IRL)
John Flanagan USA
not held
John Flanagan USA
Matt McGrath USA
Patrick Ryan USA
Fred Tootell USA
Pat O'Callaghan IRL
Pat O'Callaghan IRL
Karl Hein GER
Imre Németh HUN
József Csermák HUN
Hal Connolly USA
Vasiliy Rudenkov URS(BLR)
Romuald Klim URS(BLR)
Gyula Zsivótzky HUN
Anatoliy Bondarchuk URS(UKR)
Yuriy Sedykh URS(RUS)
Yuriy Sedykh URS(RUS)
Juha Tiainen FIN
Sergey Litvinov URS(RUS)
Andrey Abduvaliyev EUN(TJK)
Balázs Kiss HUN
Szymon Ziólkowski POL
Koji Murofushi JPN
51.01
51.23

51.92
54.74
52.875
53.295
51.39
53.92
56.49
56.07
60.34
63.19
67.10
69.74
73.36A
75.50
77.52
81.80
78.08
84.80
82.54
81.24
80.02
82.91
Truxton Hare USA
John DeWitt USA

Matt McGrath USA
Duncan Gillis CAN
Carl Johan Lind SWE
Matt McGrath USA
Ossian Skiöld SWE
Ville Pörhölä FIN
Erwin Blask GER
Ivan Gubijan YUG(SCG)
Karl Storch GER(FRG)
Mikhail Krivonosov URS(BLR)
Gyula Zsivótzky HUN
Gyula Zsivótzky HUN
Romuald Klim URS(BLR)
Jochen Sachse GDR
Aleksey Spiridonov URS(RUS)
Sergey Litvinov URS(RUS)
Karl-Hans Riehm FRG
Yuriy Sedykh URS(RUS)
Igor Astapkovich EUN(BLR)
Lance Deal USA
Nicola Vizzoni ITA
Ivan Tikhon BLR
46.25
50.265

51.18
48.39
48.43
50.84
51.29
52.27
55.04
54.27
58.86
63.03
65.79
69.09
73.28A
74.96
76.08
80.64
77.98
83.76
81.96
81.12
79.64
79.81
Josiah McCracken USA
Ralph Rose USA

Con Walsh USA
Clarence Childs USA
Basil Bennet USA
Malcolm Nokes GBR
Edmund Black USA
Peter Zaremba USA
Fred Warngĺrd SWE
Bob Bennett USA
Imre Németh HUN
Anatoliy Samotsvetov URS(RUS)
Tadeusz Rut POL
Uwe Beyer GER(FRG)
Lázár Lovász HUN
Vasiliy Khmelevskiy URS(RUS)
Anatoliy Bondarchuk URS(UKR)
Jüri Tamm URS(EST)
Klaus Ploghaus FRG
Jüri Tamm URS(EST)
Igor Nikulin EUN(RUS)
Aleksandr Krykun UKR
Igor Astapkovich BLR
Esref Apak TUR
44.50
45.73

48.50
48.17
48.25
48.875
49.03
50.33
54.83
53.73
57.74
62.56
65.64
68.09
69.78A
74.04
75.48
78.96
76.68
81.16
81.38
80.02
79.17
79.51
Stone
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1906 Nikolaos Georgantas GRE 19.925 Martin Sheridan USA 19.035 Michalis Dorizas GRE 18.585
56 Pounds Weight
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1904
1906-12
1920
Étienne Desmarteau CAN
not held
Patrick McDonald USA
10.465

11.265
John Flanagan USA

Patrick Ryan USA
10.16

10.965
James Mitchel USA

Carl Johan Lind SWE
10.135

10.25
Javelin

(new model from 1988)

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Eric Lemming SWE
Eric Lemming SWE
Jonni Myyrä FIN
Jonni Myyrä FIN
Erik Lundqvist SWE
Matti Järvinen FIN
Gerhard Stöck GER
Tapio Rautavaara FIN
Cyrus Young USA
Egil Danielsen NOR
Viktor Tsybulenko URS(UKR)
Pauli Nevala FIN
Jânis Lűsis URS(LAT)
Klaus Wolfermann FRG
Miklós Németh HUN
Dainis Kűla URS(LAT)
Arto Härkönen FIN
Tapio Korjus FIN
Jan Železný TCH(CZE)
Jan Železný CZE
Jan Železný CZE
Andreas Thorkildsen NOR
54.825
60.64
65.78
62.96
66.60
72.71
71.84
69.77
73.78
85.71
84.64
82.66
90.10A
90.48
94.58
91.20
86.76
84.28
89.66
88.16
90.17
86.50
Arne Halse NOR
Juho Saaristo FIN
Urho Peltonen FIN
Gunnar Lindström SWE
Béla Szepes HUN
Matti Sippala FIN
Yrjö Nikkanen FIN
Steve Seymour USA
Bill Miller USA
Janusz Sidlo POL
Walter Krüger GER(GDR)
Gergely Kulcsár HUN
Jorma Kinnunen FIN
Jânis Lűsis URS(LAT)
Hannu Siitonen FIN
Aleksandr Makarov URS(RUS)
Dave Ottley GBR
Jan Železný TCH(CZE)
Seppo Räty FIN
Steve Backley GBR
Steve Backley GBR
Vadims Vasilevskis LAT
50.57
58.66
63.605
60.92
65.26
69.80
70.77
67.56
72.46
79.98
79.36
82.32
88.58A
90.46
87.92
89.64
85.74
84.12
86.60
87.44
89.85
84.95
Otto Nilsson SWE
Mór Kóczán HUN(SVK)
Paavo Johansson FIN
Eugene Oberst USA
Olav Sunde NOR
Eino Penttilä FIN
Kalervo Toivonen FIN
József Várszegi HUN
Toivo Hyytiäinen FIN
Viktor Tsybulenko URS(UKR)
Gergely Kulcsár HUN
Jânis Lűsis URS(LAT)
Gergely Kulcsár HUN
Bill Schmidt USA
Gheorghe Megelea ROM
Wolfgang Hanisch GDR
Kenth Eldebrink SWE
Seppo Räty FIN
Steve Backley GBR
Seppo Räty FIN
Sergey Makarov RUS
Sergey Makarov RUS
47.10
55.50
63.095
58.35
63.97
68.70
70.72
67.03
71.89
79.50
78.57
80.57
87.06A
84.42
87.16
86.72
83.72
83.26
83.38
86.98
88.67
84.84
Javelin - Freestyle
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1906
1908
Eric Lemming SWE
Eric Lemming SWE
53.90
54.44
Knut Lindberg SWE
Michalis Dorizas GRE
45.17
51.36
Bruno Söderström SWE
Arne Halse NOR
44.92
49.73
Javelin - Both Hands Aggregate
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1912 Juho Saaristo FIN 109.42 Väinö Siikaniemi FIN 101.13 Urho Peltonen FIN 100.24
Pentathlon

long jump, javelin, 200 metres, discus, 1500 metres

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1906#
1908
1912

1920
1924
Hjalmer Mellander SWE
not held
Jim Thorpe USA &
Ferdinand Bie NOR
Eero Lehtonen FIN
Eero Lehtonen FIN
24

7*
21
14
14
István Mudin HUN

James Donahue USA

Everett Bradley USA
Elemér Somfay HUN
25

29

24
16
Eric Lemming SWE

Frank Lukeman CAN

Hugo Lahtinen FIN
Robert LeGendre USA
29

29

26
18

# - standing long jump, discus (greek style), javelin, 192 metres (one stade), graeco-roman wrestling
* - re-instated in 1982

All-Around

100 yards, shot, high jump, 880 yards walk, hammer, pole vault, 120 yards hurdles, 56 pounds weight, long jump, 1 mile

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1904 Tom Kiely GBR(IRL) 6036 Adam Gunn USA 5907 Truxton Hare USA 5813
Decathlon
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1912

1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Jim Thorpe USA &
Hugo Wieslander SWE
Helge Lřvland NOR
Harold Osborn USA
Paavo Yrjölä FIN
Jim Bausch USA
Glenn Morris USA
Bob Mathias USA
Bob Mathias USA
Milt Campbell USA
Rafer Johnson USA
Willi Holdorf GER(FRG)
Bill Toomey USA
Nikolay Avilov URS(UKR)
Bruce Jenner USA
Daley Thompson GBR
Daley Thompson GBR
Christian Schenk GDR
Robert Zmelík TCH(CZE)
Dan O'Brien USA
Erki Nool EST
Roman Šebrle CZE
8412.955*
7724.495
6803.355
7710.775
8053.290
8462.235
7900
7139
7887
7937
8392
7887
8193A
8454
8618
8495
8798
8488
8611
8824
8641
8893
Charles Lomberg SWE

Brutus Hamilton USA
Emerson Norton USA
Akilles Järvinen FIN
Akilles Järvinen FIN
Bob Clark USA
Ignace Heinrich FRA
Milt Campbell USA
Rafer Johnson USA
Yang Chuan-Kwang TPE
Rein Aun URS(EST)
Hans-Joachim Walde FRG
Leonid Litvinenko URS(UKR)
Guido Kratschmer FRG
Yuriy Kutsenko URS(RUS)
Jürgen Hingsen FRG
Torsten Voss GDR
Antonio Peńalver ESP
Frank Busemann GER
Roman Šebrle CZE
Bryan Clay USA
7413.510

6771.085
7350.895
7931.500
8292.480
7601
6974
6975
7587
8334
7842
8111A
8035
8411
8331
8673
8399
8412
8706
8606
8820
Gustaf "Gösta" Holmér SWE

Bertil Ohlsson SWE
Aleksander Klumberg EST
Ken Doherty USA
Wolrad Eberle GER
Jack Parker USA
Floyd Simmons USA
Floyd Simmons USA
Vasiliy Kuznetsov URS(RUS)
Vasiliy Kuznetsov URS(RUS)
Hans-Joachim Walde GER(FRG)
Kurt Bendlin FRG
Ryszard Katus POL
Nikolay Avilov URS(UKR)
Sergey Zhelanov URS(RUS)
Siegfried Wentz FRG
Dave Steen CAN
Dave Johnson USA
Tomáš Dvorák CZE
Chris Huffins USA
Dmitriy Karpov KAZ
7347.855

6580.030
7329.360
7706.650
8030.805
7275
6950
6788
7465
7809
7809
8064A
7984
8369
8135
8412
8328
8309
8664
8595
8725

* - re-instated in 1982
Above scores given using tables in use at time of competition. Major changes to tables were made in 1912, 1920, 1934, 1952, 1962 & 1985.

1500 Metres Track Walk
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1906 George Bonhag USA 7:12.6 Donald Linden CAN 7:19.8e Konstantinos Spetsiotis GRE 7:22.0e
3000 Metres Track Walk
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1906
1908-12
1920
György Sztantics HUN
not held
Ugo Frigerio ITA
15:13.2

13:14.2
Hermann Müller GER

George Parker AUS
15:20.0e

13:19.6e
Georgios Saridakis GRE

Richard Remer USA
15:33.0e

13:22.2e
3500 Metres Track Walk
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1908 George Larner GBR 14:55.0 Ernest Webb GBR 15:07.4e Harry Kerr AUS(NZL) 15:43.4e
10000 Metres Track Walk
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1912
1920
1924
1928-36
1948
1952
George Goulding CAN
Ugo Frigerio ITA
Ugo Frigerio ITA
not held
John Mikaelsson SWE
John Mikaelsson SWE
46:28.4
48:06.2
47:49.0

45:13.2
45:02.8
Ernest Webb GBR
Joseph Pearman USA
Gordon "Reg" Goodwin GBR

Ingemar Johansson SWE
Fritz Schwab SUI
46:50.4
49:40.2e
48:37.9

45:43.8
45:41.0
Fernando Altimani ITA
Charles Gunn GBR
Cecil McMaster SAF

Fritz Schwab SUI
Bruno Junk URS(EST)
47:37.6
49:43.9e
49:08.0

46:00.2
45:41.0
10 Miles Track Walk
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1908 George Larner GBR 1:15:57.4 Ernest Webb GBR 1:17:31.0 Edward Spencer GBR 1:21:20.2
20 Kilometres Road Walk
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Leonid Spirin URS(RUS)
Vladimir Golubnichiy URS(UKR)
Ken Matthews GBR
Vladimir Golubnichiy URS(UKR)
Peter Frenkel GDR
Daniel Bautista MEX
Maurizio Damilano ITA
Ernesto Canto MEX
Jozef Pribilinec TCH(SVK)
Daniel Plaza ESP
Jefferson Pérez ECU
Robert Korzeniowski POL
Ivano Brugnetti ITA
1:31:28
1:34:08
1:29:34
1:33:59A
1:26:43
1:24:41
1:23:36
1:23:13
1:19:57
1:21:45
1:20:07
1:18:59
1:19:40
Antanas Mikénas URS(LTU)
Noel Freeman AUS
Dieter Lindner GER(GDR)
José Pedraza MEX
Vladimir Golubnichiy URS(UKR)
Hans-Georg Reimann GDR
Pyotr Pochenchuk URS(BLR)
Raúl González MEX
Ronald Weigel GDR
Guillaume Leblanc CAN
Ilya Markov RUS
Noé Hernández MEX
Francisco Fernández ESP
1:32:03
1:34:17
1:31:14
1:34:00A
1:26:56
1:25:14
1:24:46
1:23:20
1:20:00
1:22:25
1:20:16
1:19:03
1:19:45
Bruno Junk URS(EST)
Stan Vickers GBR
Vladimir Golubnichiy URS(UKR)
Nikolay Smaga URS(UKR)
Hans-Georg Reimann GDR
Peter Frenkel GDR
Roland Wieser GDR
Maurizio Damilano ITA
Maurizio Damilano ITA
Giovanni De Benedictis ITA
Bernardo Segura MEX
Vladimir Andreyev RUS
Nathan Deakes AUS
1:32:12
1:34:57
1:32:00
1:34:04A
1:27:17
1:25:30
1:25:59
1:23:26
1:20:14
1:23:11
1:20:23
1:19:27
1:20:02
50 Kilometres Road Walk
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Tommy Green GBR
Harold Whitlock GBR
John Ljunggren SWE
Giuseppe Dordoni ITA
Norman Read NZL
Don Thompson GBR
Abdon Pamich ITA
Christoph Höhne GDR
Bernd Kannenberg FRG
not held
Hartwig Gauder GDR
Raúl González MEX
Vyacheslav Ivanenko URS(RUS)
Andrey Perlov EUN(RUS)
Robert Korzeniowski POL
Robert Korzeniowski POL
Robert Korzeniowski POL
4:50:10
4:30:42
4:41:52
4:28:08
4:30:43
4:25:30
4:11:13
4:20:14A
3:56:12

3:49:24
3:47:26
3:38:29
3:50:13
3:43:30
3:42:22
3:38:46
Jânis Dalinš LAT
Arthur Schwab SUI
Gaston Godel SUI
Josef Doležal TCH(CZE)
Yevgeniy Maskinskov URS(RUS)
John Ljunggren SWE
Paul Nihill GBR
Antal Kiss HUN
Veniamin Soldatenko URS(KAZ)

Jorge Llopart ESP
Bo Gustafsson SWE
Ronald Weigel GDR
Carlos Mercenario MEX
Mikhail Shchennikov RUS
Aigars Fadejevs LAT
Denis Nizhegorodov RUS
4:57:20
4:32:10
4:48:17
4:30:18
4:32:57
4:25:47
4:11:32
4:30:17A
3:58:24

3:51:25
3:53:19
3:38:56
3:52:09
3:43:46
3:43:40
3:42:50
Ugo Frigerio ITA
Adalberts Bubenko LAT
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson GBR
Antal Róka HUN
John Ljunggren SWE
Abdon Pamich ITA
Ingvar Pettersson SWE
Larry Young USA
Larry Young USA

Yevgeniy Ivchenko URS(RUS)
Sandro Bellucci ITA
Hartwig Gauder GDR
Ronald Weigel GER
Valentí Massana ESP
Joel Sánchez MEX
Aleksey Voyevodin RUS
4:59:06
4:32:43
4:48:31
4:31:28
4:35:02
4:27:56
4:14:18
4:31:56A
4:00:46

3:56:32
3:53:45
3:39:45
3:53:45
3:44:19
3:44:36
3:43:34
4 x 100 Metres Relay
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Great Britain & Ireland
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
Germany
United States
United States
United States
United States
Soviet Union
United States
Soviet Union
United States
Canada
United States
Great Britain & N.I.
42.4
42.2
41.0
41.0
40.10
39.8
40.6
40.26
39.60
39.66
39.06
38.24A
38.19
38.33
38.26
37.83
38.19
37.40
37.69
37.61
38.07
Sweden
France
Great Britain & N.I.
Germany
Germany
Italy
Great Britain & N.I.
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Poland
Cuba
Soviet Union
German D.R.
Poland
Jamaica
Great Britain & N.I.
Nigeria
United States
Brazil
United States
42.6
42.5e
41.2e
41.2e
40.9
41.13
41.3
40.58
39.93
40.24
39.36
38.40A
38.50
38.66
38.33
38.62
38.28
37.98
38.05
37.90
38.08
only 2 teams finished
Sweden
Netherlands
Great Britain & N.I.
Italy
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Germany
Great Britain & N.I.
France
France
F.R. Germany
Soviet Union
France
Canada
France
Cuba
Brazil
Cuba
Nigeria
 
42.8e
41.8e
41.8e
41.2
41.30
41.5
40.83
40.34
40.32
39.36
38.43A
38.79
38.78
38.53
38.70
38.40
38.00
38.41
38.04
38.23
4 x 400 Metres Relay
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
United States
Great Britain & Ireland
United States
United States
United States
Great Britain & N.I.
United States
Jamaica
United States
United States
United States
United States
Kenya
United States
Soviet Union
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
3:16.6
3:22.2
3:16.0
3:14.2
3:08.14
3:09.0
3:10.4
3:04.04
3:04.81
3:02.37
3:00.7a
2:56.16A
2:59.83
2:58.65
3:01.08
2:57.91
2:56.16
2:55.74
2:55.99
2:56.35
2:55.91
France
South Africa
Sweden
Germany
Great Britain & N.I.
United States
France
United States
Australia
Germany
Great Britain & N.I.
Kenya
Great Britain & N.I.
Poland
German D.R.
Great Britain & N.I.
Jamaica
Cuba
Great Britain & N.I.
Nigeria
Australia
3:20.7
3:23.4e
3:17.0e
3:14.8e
3:11.2
3:11.0
3:14.8
3:04.21
3:06.19
3:02.84
3:01.6a
2:59.64A
3:00.46
3:01.43
3:01.26
2:59.13
3:00.30
2:59.51
2:56.60
2:58.68
3:00.60
Great Britain & Ireland
France
Great Britain & N.I.
Canada
Canada
Germany
Sweden
Germany
Great Britain & N.I.
British West Indies
Trinidad & Tobago
F.R. Germany
France
F.R. Germany
Italy
Nigeria
F.R. Germany
Great Britain & N.I.
Jamaica
Jamaica
Nigeria
3:23.2
3:23.9e
3:17.4e
3:15.4e
3:12.8
3:11.8
3:16.0
3:06.78
3:07.19
3:04.13
3:01.7a
3:00.57A
3:00.65
3:01.98
3:04.3a
2:59.32
3:00.56
2:59.73
2:59.42
2:58.78
3:00.90
1600 Metres Medley Relay
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1908 United States 3:29.4 Germany 3:32.4e Hungary 3:32.5e
Track Team Race

1900 5000 metres, 1908 3 miles, 1912-24 3000 metres

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1900
1904-06
1908
1912
1920
1924
Great Britain & Ireland †
not held
Great Britain & Ireland
United States
United States
Finland
26

6
9
10
8
France

United States
Sweden
Great Britain & Ireland
Great Britain & N.I.
29

19
13
20
14
only 2 teams started

France
Great Britain & Ireland
Sweden
United States
 

32
23
24
25

† - included 1 Australian athlete

Cross Country - Individual

1912 c12000 metres, 1920 c8000 metres, 1924 c10000 metres

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1912
1920
1924
Hannes Kolehmainen FIN
Paavo Nurmi FIN
Paavo Nurmi FIN
45:11.6
27:15.0
32:54.8
Hjalmar Andersson SWE
Erik Backman SWE
Ville Ritola FIN
45:44.8
27:17.6
34:19.4
John Eke SWE
Heikki Liimatainen FIN
Earl Johnson USA
46:37.6
27:37.4
35:21.0
Cross Country - Team

1904 4 miles, 1912-24 as above

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1904
1906-08
1912
1920
1924
New York A.C. USA
not held
Sweden
Finland
Finland
27

10
10
11
Chicago A.A. † USA

Finland
Great Britain & Ireland
United States
28

11
21
14
only 2 teams started

Great Britain & Ireland
Sweden
France
 

49
23
20

† - included 1 French athlete

Team

Although not listed in modern sources, early sources assign medals to the top overall teams at the 1904 Games. The first three were New York A.C. USA 60pts, Chicago A.A. USA 59pts, Milwaukee A.C. USA 47pts.

Handicap Events

Although not listed in modern sources, early sources include a range of handicap events on the programmes of the 1900 & 1904 Games. The first three were:

1900
100 Metres: Edmund Minahan USA 10.8 (off 6m), William Holland USA (off 4m), Norman Pritchard IND (off 3m)
400 Metres: Pál Koppán HUN 48.4 (off 35m), Albert Werkmüller GER 49.0e (off 40m), A. Lemmonier FRA 49.4e (off 26m)
800 Metres: Christian Christensen DEN 1:52.0 (off 70m), Howard Hayes USA 1:53.5e (off 45m), Harvey Lord USA 1:54.2e (off 35m)
1500 Metres: Franz Dühne GER 3:56.2 (off 150m), Christian Christensen DEN (off 90m), ?. Delivre FRA (off 70m)
2500 Metres Steeplechase: Hermann Wraschtil AUT 7:17.2 (off 230m), Franz Dühne GER 7:19.0e (off 240m), Edward Bushnell USA 7:20.0e (off 190m)
110 Metres Hurdles: Gustav Rau GER 18.2 (off 5m), Norman Pritchard IND (off 16m), Adolphe Klingelhoefer FRA (off 11m)
400 Metres Hurdles: Norman Pritchard IND 56.0 (off 15m), Walter Tewksbury USA 57.5e (off 4m), William Lewis USA 58.0e (off 10m)
High Jump: Tore Blom SWE 2.05 (off 35cm), Gyula Strausz HUN 2.00 (off 35cm), 3= Lajos Gönczy HUN 1.95 (off 25cm), William Percy Remington USA 1.95 (off 25cm) & Waldemar Steffen GER 1.95 (off 30cm)
Pole Vault: Jakab Kauser HUN 3.45 (off 45cm), Eric Lemming SWE 3.40 (off 30cm), Meredith Colkett USA 3.20 (off 15cm)
Long Jump: Pál Koppán HUN 7.895 (off 160cm), John McLean USA 7.72 (off 85cm), William Percy Remington USA 7.65 (off 55cm)
Discus: Gustaf Söderström SWE 40.50 (off 5.5m), Gyula Strausz HUN 39.49 (off 6.3m), Karl Gustaf Staaf SWE 38.80 (off 8m)
Weight: Resző Crettier HUN 14.30 (off 2m), Raymond Basset FRA 13.95 (off 3m), ?. de Saint-Cyl FRA 12.67 (off 3m)

1904
60 Yards: C. Hastedt USA 6.2, E. Annis USA, Fred Englehardt USA
100 Yards: C. Hastedt USA 10.4 (off 4y), C. Turner USA 10.6e, J. McGann USA 10.8e
220 Yards: J. McGann USA 22.8e (off 10y), Frank Lukeman CAN (off 10y), C. Turner USA (off 2y)
440 Yards: F. Darcy USA 50.8 (off 12y), George Underwood USA (scratch), John Peck CAN (off 6y)
880 Yards: Johannes Runge GER 1:58.4 (off 10y), John Peck CAN c1:59.0 (scratch), F. Roth USA (off 15y)
1 Mile: John Daly GBR(IRL) 4:27.2 (off 20y), David Munson USA (off 15y), Peter Deer CAN (off 20y)
120 Yards Hurdles: Lesley Ashburner USA 15.8 (off 4y), Frederick Schule USA (scratch), Thaddeus Shideler USA (scratch)
220 Yards Hurdles: L. Sykes USA 27.2 (off 10y), W. McGann USA (off 6y), E. Sardington USA (scratch)
High Jump: Ervin Barker USA 1.88 (off 4.5in), Lajos Gönczy HUN 1.80 (off 3in), Emil Freymark USA 1.80 (off 5in)
Pole Vault: LeRoy Samse USA 3.58 (off 1in), Walter Dray USA 3.58 (off 10in), Claude Allen USA 3.55 (off 7in)
Long Jump: Fred Englehardt USA 6.82, George van Cleaf USA 6.53, John Hagerman USA 6.53
Shot: Wesley Coe USA (scratch), Leon Feuerbach USA (off 6ft), Martin Sheridan USA (off 9ft)
Discus: Martin Sheridan USA 40.33 (scratch), Ralph Rose USA 39.28 (off 6ft), John Biller USA 35.50 (off 24ft)
Hammer: John Flanagan USA 46.75 (scratch), Albert Johnson USA 46.20 (off 30ft), James Mitchel USA 46.16 (off 23ft)
Weight: Albert Johnson USA 7.82 (off 11ft), Charles Chadwick USA (off 8ft), N. Heyden USA (off 10ft)
1 Mile Team: Missouri A.C. USA 3:52.2 (scratch) beat South West Turnverein (St. Louis) USA (off 80y)

Professional Events

Although not listed in modern sources, early sources include a range of professional events on the programmes of the 1900 Games. The first three, where known, were:
100 Metres: Edgar Bredin GBR 12.0, J. Bouchoux FRA 12.5e, ?. Barriol FRA
100 Metres Handicap: ???
400 Metres: Edgar Bredin GBR 53.2, ?. Legrain FRA, J. Bouchoux FRA
400 Metres Handicap: ???
1500 Metres: Edgar Bredin GBR 4:26.8, J. Bouchoux FRA, ?. Neveu FRA
1500 Metres Handicap: ???
5000 Metres: Albert Charbonnel FRA 16:36.0
5000 Metres Handicap: ???
Marathon: Len Hurst GBR 2:26:48
6 Hours: ?. Bagré FRA 72.545km, Albert Charbonnel FRA 71.490km, ?. Chauvelot FRA 69.600km
2500 Metres Steeplechase: ?. Neveu FRA 8:09.6, ?. Pican FRA, J. Bouchoux FRA
110 Metres Hurdles: J. Tryens FRA 21.0, Albert Charbonnel FRA, Alfred Downer GBR
High Jump: Mike Sweeney USA 1.80, O. Schoenfeld USA 1.75, N. Douet FRA 1.55
High Jump Handicap: ???
Long Jump: Mike Sweeney USA 5.995, O. Schoenfeld USA 5.60, J. Bouchoux FRA 5.55
Long Jump Handicap: ???
Shot : O. Schoenfeld USA 11.31, N. Douet FRA 8.85 (only 2 competitors)
Shot Handicap: ???

Tug-of-War
  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1900
1904

1906
1908
1912
1920
Sweden/Denmark
Milwaukee A.C. USA

Germany
City of London Police GBR
Sweden
Great Britain & Ireland
 





2-0
France
South West Turnverein (St. Louis) "A"
USA
Greece
Liverpool Police GBR
Great Britain & Ireland
Netherlands
  only 2 teams competed
South West Turnverein (St. Louis) "B"
USA
Sweden
Metropolitan Police "K" Division GBR
only 2 teams competed
Belgium
 

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