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)}
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 |
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
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
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
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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
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 |
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1912 | Ralph Rose USA | 27.70 | Patrick McDonald USA | 27.53 | Elmer Niklander FIN | 27.14 |
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 |
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 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1912 | Armas Taipale FIN | 82.86 | Elmer Niklander FIN | 77.96 | Emil Magnusson SWE | 77.37 |
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 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1906 | Nikolaos Georgantas GRE | 19.925 | Martin Sheridan USA | 19.035 | Michalis Dorizas GRE | 18.585 |
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 |
(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 |
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 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1912 | Juho Saaristo FIN | 109.42 | Väinö Siikaniemi FIN | 101.13 | Urho Peltonen FIN | 100.24 |
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
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 |
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.
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1906 | George Bonhag USA | 7:12.6 | Donald Linden CAN | 7:19.8e | Konstantinos Spetsiotis GRE | 7:22.0e |
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 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1908 | George Larner GBR | 14:55.0 | Ernest Webb GBR | 15:07.4e | Harry Kerr AUS(NZL) | 15:43.4e |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1908 | United States | 3:29.4 | Germany | 3:32.4e | Hungary | 3:32.5e |
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
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 |
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
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.
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)
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: ???
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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