# List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)

This is the complete list of men's medalists in athletics at the Summer Olympics. It does not include the medalists from the Athletics at the 1906 Intercalated Games – these are no longer regarded as an official part of the Olympic chronology by the IOC.

## Men's events
### 100 metres

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### 200 metres

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### 400 metres

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### 800 metres

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### 1500 metres

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### 5000 metres

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### 10,000 metres

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### Marathon

The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics. In other years, the distances have been:
* 1896: 40,000 m (approximately)
* 1900: 40,260 m (25.02 mi)
* 1904: 40,000 m (24.85 mi)
* 1912: 40,200 m (24.98 mi)
* 1920: 40,750 m (25.32 mi)
| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |

### 110 metres hurdles

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### 400 metres hurdles

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### 3000 metres steeplechase

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.

### 4 × 400 metres relay

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.

### 20 kilometres race walk

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### High jump

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### Pole vault

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### Long jump

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1896 Athens details | Ellery Clark United States | 6.35 m | Robert Garrett United States | 6.18 m | James Brendan Connolly United States | 6.11 m |
| 1900 Paris details | Alvin Kraenzlein United States | 7.185 m | Myer Prinstein United States | 7.175 m | Patrick Leahy Great Britain | 6.95 m |
| 1904 St. Louis details | Myer Prinstein United States | 7.34 m | Daniel Frank United States | 6.89 m | Robert Stangland United States | 6.88 m |
| 1908 London details | Frank Irons United States | 7.48 m | Daniel Kelly United States | 7.09 m | Calvin Bricker Canada | 7.08 m |
| 1912 Stockholm details | Albert Gutterson United States | 7.60 m | Calvin Bricker Canada | 7.21 m | Georg Åberg Sweden | 7.18 m |
| 1920 Antwerp details | William Petersson Sweden | 7.15 m | Carl Johnson United States | 7.095 m | Erik Abrahamsson Sweden | 7.08 m |
| 1924 Paris details | DeHart Hubbard United States | 7.445 m | Edward Gourdin United States | 7.275 m | Sverre Hansen Norway | 7.26 m |
| 1928 Amsterdam details | Ed Hamm United States | 7.73 m | Silvio Cator Haiti | 7.58 m | Al Bates United States | 7.40 m |
| 1932 Los Angeles details | Ed Gordon United States | 7.64 m | Lambert Redd United States | 7.60 m | Chūhei Nambu Japan | 7.45 m |
| 1936 Berlin details | Jesse Owens United States | 8.06 m | Luz Long Germany | 7.87 m | Naoto Tajima Japan | 7.74 m |
| 1948 London details | Willie Steele United States | 7.82 m | Bill Bruce Australia | 7.55 m | Herb Douglas United States | 7.54 m |
| 1952 Helsinki details | Jerome Biffle United States | 7.57 m | Meredith Gourdine United States | 7.53 m | Ödön Földessy Hungary | 7.30 m |
| 1956 Melbourne details | Gregory Bell United States | 7.83 m | John Bennett United States | 7.68 m | Jorma Valkama Finland | 7.48 m |
| 1960 Rome details | Ralph Boston United States | 8.12 m | Bo Roberson United States | 8.11 m | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union | 8.04 m |
| 1964 Tokyo details | Lynn Davies Great Britain | 8.07 m | Ralph Boston United States | 8.03 m | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union | 7.99 m |
| 1968 Mexico City details | Bob Beamon United States | 8.90 m | Klaus Beer East Germany | 8.19 m | Ralph Boston United States | 8.16 m |
| 1972 Munich details | Randy Williams United States | 8.24 m | Hans Baumgartner West Germany | 8.18 m | Arnie Robinson United States | 8.03 m |
| 1976 Montreal details | Arnie Robinson United States | 8.35 m | Randy Williams United States | 8.11 m | Frank Wartenberg East Germany | 8.02 m |
| 1980 Moscow details | Lutz Dombrowski East Germany | 8.54 m | Frank Paschek East Germany | 8.21 m | Valeriy Pidluzhnyy Soviet Union | 8.18 m |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | Carl Lewis United States | 8.54 m | Gary Honey Australia | 8.24 m | Giovanni Evangelisti Italy | 8.24 m |
| 1988 Seoul details | Carl Lewis United States | 8.72 m | Mike Powell United States | 8.49 m | Larry Myricks United States | 8.27 m |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Carl Lewis United States | 8.67 m | Mike Powell United States | 8.64 m | Joe Greene United States | 8.34 m |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Carl Lewis United States | 8.50 m | James Beckford Jamaica | 8.29 m | Joe Greene United States | 8.24 m |
| 2000 Sydney details | Iván Pedroso Cuba | 8.55 m | Jai Taurima Australia | 8.49 m | Roman Shchurenko Ukraine | 8.31 m |
| 2004 Athens details | Dwight Phillips United States | 8.59 m | John Moffitt United States | 8.47 m | Joan Lino Martínez Spain | 8.32 m |
| 2008 Beijing details | Irving Saladino Panama | 8.34 m | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena South Africa | 8.24 m | Ibrahim Camejo Cuba | 8.20 m |
| 2012 London details | Greg Rutherford Great Britain | 8.31 m | Mitchell Watt Australia | 8.16 m | Will Claye United States | 8.12 m |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Jeff Henderson United States | 8.38 m | Luvo Manyonga South Africa | 8.37 m | Greg Rutherford Great Britain | 8.29 m |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece | 8.41 m | Juan Miguel Echevarría Cuba | 8.41 m | Maykel Massó Cuba | 8.21 m |
| 2024 Paris details | Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece | 8.48 m | Wayne Pinnock Jamaica | 8.36 m | Mattia Furlani Italy | 8.34 m |

#### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 22 | 15 | 10 | 47 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Greece (GRE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Panama (PAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Haiti (HAI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 |

### Triple jump

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### Shot put

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### Discus throw

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### Hammer throw

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### Javelin throw

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### Decathlon

At the St. Louis Games in 1904, the decathlon contest was entitled the All-Around competition, and consisted of: 100 yards dash, shot put, high jump, 800 yard walk, hammer throw, pole vault, 120 yards hurdles, 56 pounds weight throw, long jump, and a mile run.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

## Mixed Events
### 4 × 400 metres relay

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Poland (POL) Kajetan Duszyński Natalia Kaczmarek Justyna Święty-Ersetic Karol Zalewski Dariusz Kowaluk* Iga Baumgart* Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik* | Dominican Republic (DOM) Lidio Andrés Feliz Marileidy Paulino Anabel Medina Alexander Ogando Luguelín Santos* | United States (USA) Kendall Ellis Vernon Norwood Trevor Stewart Kaylin Whitney Elija Godwin* Lynna Irby* Taylor Manson* Bryce Deadmon* |
| 2024 Paris details | Netherlands (NED) Eugene Omalla Lieke Klaver Isaya Klein Ikkink Femke Bol Cathelijn Peeters | United States (USA) Vernon Norwood Shamier Little Bryce Deadmon Kaylyn Brown | Great Britain (GBR) Samuel Reardon Laviai Nielsen Alex Haydock-Wilson Amber Anning Nicole Yeargin |

### Marathon walk relay

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2024 Paris details | Spain (ESP) Álvaro Martín María Pérez | Ecuador (ECU) Brian Pintado Glenda Morejón | Australia (AUS) Rhydian Cowley Jemima Montag |

## Discontinued events
### 60 metres

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1900 Paris details | Alvin Kraenzlein United States | Walter Tewksbury United States | Stan Rowley Australia |
| 1904 St. Louis details | Archie Hahn United States | William Hogenson United States | Fay Moulton United States |

### 5 miles

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1908 London details | Emil Voigt Great Britain | Edward Owen Great Britain | John Svanberg Sweden |

### 200 metres hurdles

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1900 Paris details | Alvin Kraenzlein United States | Norman Pritchard India | Walter Tewksbury United States |
| 1904 St. Louis details | Harry Hillman United States | Frank Castleman United States | George Poage United States |

### 2500 metres steeplechase

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1900 Paris details | George Orton Canada | Sidney Robinson Great Britain | Jacques Chastanié France |

### 2590 metres steeplechase

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1904 St. Louis details | James Lightbody United States | John Daly Great Britain | Arthur Newton United States |

### 3200 metres steeplechase

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1908 London details | Arthur Russell Great Britain | Archie Robertson Great Britain | John Eisele United States |

### 4000 metres steeplechase

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1900 Paris details | John Rimmer Great Britain | Charles Bennett Great Britain | Sidney Robinson Great Britain |

### 1600 metres relay

The first relay event to be held at the Olympics, the 1600 m relay consisted of two legs over 200 m, one over 400 m, and one over 800 m. This "medley" relay was replaced by the 4 × 400 m relay at subsequent Olympics.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1908 London details | United States William Hamilton Nate Cartmell John Taylor Mel Sheppard | Germany Arthur Hoffmann Hans Eicke Otto Trieloff Hanns Braun | Hungary Pál Simon Frigyes Wiesner József Nagy Ödön Bodor |

### 3000 metres team race

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1912 Stockholm details | United States Tell Berna George Bonhag Abel Kiviat Louis Scott Norman Taber | Sweden Bror Fock Nils Frykberg Thorild Olsson Ernst Wide John Zander | Great Britain Joe Cottrill George Hutson William Moore Edward Owen Cyril Porter |
| 1920 Antwerp details | United States Horace Brown Ivan Dresser Arlie Schardt | Great Britain Joe Blewitt Albert Hill William Seagrove | Sweden Eric Backman Sven Lundgren Edvin Wide |
| 1924 Paris details | Finland Elias Katz Paavo Nurmi Ville Ritola | Great Britain Herbert Johnston Bertram Macdonald George Webber | United States William Cox Edward Kirby Willard Tibbetts |

### 5000 metres team race

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1900 Paris details | Mixed team Charles Bennett Great Britain John Rimmer Great Britain Sidney Robinson Great Britain Alfred Tysoe Great Britain Stan Rowley Australia | France Henri Deloge Gaston Ragueneau Jacques Chastanié André Castanet Michel Champoudry | none awarded |

### 3-mile team race

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1908 London details | Great Britain Joe Deakin Archie Robertson William Coales | United States John Eisele George Bonhag Herbert Trube | France Louis de Fleurac Joseph Dreher Paul Lizandier |

### 4-mile team race

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1904 St. Louis details | United States Arthur Newton George Underwood Paul Pilgrim Howard Valentine David Munson | Mixed team James Lightbody United States Frank Verner United States Lacey Hearn United States Albert Corey France Sidney Hatch United States | none awarded |

### Cross country (individual)

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1912 Stockholm details | Hannes Kolehmainen Finland | Hjalmar Andersson Sweden | John Eke Sweden |
| 1920 Antwerp details | Paavo Nurmi Finland | Eric Backman Sweden | Heikki Liimatainen Finland |
| 1924 Paris details | Paavo Nurmi Finland | Ville Ritola Finland | Earl Johnson United States |

### Cross country (team)

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1912 Stockholm details | Sweden Hjalmar Andersson John Eke Josef Ternström | Finland Hannes Kolehmainen Jalmari Eskola Albin Stenroos | Great Britain Frederick Hibbins Ernest Glover Thomas Humphreys |
| 1920 Antwerp details | Finland Paavo Nurmi Heikki Liimatainen Teodor Koskenniemi | Great Britain James Wilson Anton Hegarty Alfred Nichols | Sweden Eric Backman Gustaf Mattsson Hilding Ekman |
| 1924 Paris details | Finland Paavo Nurmi Ville Ritola Heikki Liimatainen | United States Earl Johnson Arthur Studenroth August Fager | France Henri Lauvaux Gaston Heuet Maurice Norland |

### 3000 metres race walk

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1920 Antwerp details | Ugo Frigerio Italy | George Parker Australia | Richard Remer United States |

### 3500 metres race walk

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1908 London details | George Larner Great Britain | Ernest Webb Great Britain | Harry Kerr Australasia |

### 10 kilometres race walk

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1912 Stockholm details | George Goulding Canada | Ernest Webb Great Britain | Fernando Altimani Italy |
| 1920 Antwerp details | Ugo Frigerio Italy | Joseph Pearman United States | Charles Gunn Great Britain |
| 1924 Paris details | Ugo Frigerio Italy | Gordon Goodwin Great Britain | Cecil McMaster South Africa |
| 1928–1936 | not included in the Olympic program | not included in the Olympic program | not included in the Olympic program |
| 1948 London details | John Mikaelsson Sweden | Ingemar Johansson Sweden | Fritz Schwab Switzerland |
| 1952 Helsinki details | John Mikaelsson Sweden | Fritz Schwab Switzerland | Bruno Junk Soviet Union |

### 10 miles race walk

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1908 London details | George Larner Great Britain | Ernest Webb Great Britain | Edward Spencer Great Britain |

### 50 kilometres race walk

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |

### Standing high jump

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1900 Paris details | Ray Ewry United States | Irving Baxter United States | Lewis Sheldon United States |
| 1904 St. Louis details | Ray Ewry United States | Joseph Stadler United States | Lawson Robertson United States |
| 1908 London details | Ray Ewry United States | John Biller United StatesKonstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece | None awarded |
| 1912 Stockholm details | Platt Adams United States | Benjamin Adams United States | Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece |

### Standing long jump

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1900 Paris details | Ray Ewry United States | Irving Baxter United States | Emile Torcheboeuf France |
| 1904 St. Louis details | Ray Ewry United States | Charles King United States | John Biller United States |
| 1908 London details | Ray Ewry United States | Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece | Martin Sheridan United States |
| 1912 Stockholm details | Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece | Platt Adams United States | Benjamin Adams United States |

### Standing triple jump

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1900 Paris details | Ray Ewry (USA) | Irving Baxter (USA) | Robert Garrett (USA) |
| 1904 St. Louis details | Ray Ewry (USA) | Charles King (USA) | Joseph Stadler (USA) |

### Shot put (two-handed)

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1912 Stockholm details | Ralph Rose United States | Pat McDonald United States | Elmer Niklander Finland |

### Discus throw (Greek style)

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1908 London details | Martin Sheridan United States | Bill Horr United States | Verner Järvinen Finland |

### Discus throw (two-handed)

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1912 Stockholm details | Armas Taipale Finland | Elmer Niklander Finland | Emil Magnusson Sweden |

### Weight throw

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1904 St. Louis details | Étienne Desmarteau Canada | John Flanagan United States | James Mitchell United States |
| 1908–1912 | not included in the Olympic program | not included in the Olympic program | not included in the Olympic program |
| 1920 Antwerp details | Pat McDonald United States | Patrick Ryan United States | Carl Johan Lind Sweden |

### Javelin throw (freestyle)

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1908 London details | Eric Lemming Sweden | Michalis Dorizas Greece | Arne Halse Norway |

### Javelin throw (two-handed)

This did not involve throwing with both hands. Distances recorded with each hand were added.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1912 Stockholm details | Julius Saaristo (FIN) | Väinö Siikaniemi (FIN) | Urho Peltonen (FIN) |

### Triathlon

Consisted of long jump, shot put, and 100 yards.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1904 St. Louis details | Max Emmerich (USA) | John Grieb (USA) | William Merz (USA) |

### Pentathlon

Consisted of long jump, javelin throw, 200 metres, discus throw, and 1500 metres.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1912 Stockholm details | Jim Thorpe United States | Ferdinand Bie Norway James Donahue United States | Frank Lukeman Canada |
| 1920 Antwerp details | Eero Lehtonen Finland | Everett Bradley United States | Hugo Lahtinen Finland |
| 1924 Paris details | Eero Lehtonen Finland | Elemér Somfay Hungary | Robert LeGendre United States |