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

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1500 metres

5000 metres

10,000 metres

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: 1904: 1912: 1920:

Half marathon race walk

110 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

3000 metres steeplechase

4 × 100 metres relay

4 × 400 metres relay

High jump

Pole vault

Long jump

Triple jump

Shot put

Discus throw

Hammer throw

Javelin throw

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.

Mixed Events 4 × 400 metres relay 2020 Tokyo Kajetan DuszyńskiNatalia KaczmarekJustyna Święty-ErseticKarol ZalewskiDariusz Kowaluk*Iga Baumgart*Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik* Lidio Andrés FelizMarileidy PaulinoAnabel MedinaAlexander OgandoLuguelín Santos* Kendall EllisVernon NorwoodTrevor StewartKaylin WhitneyElija Godwin*Lynna Irby*Taylor Manson*Bryce Deadmon*2024 Paris Eugene OmallaLieke KlaverIsaya Klein IkkinkFemke BolCathelijn Peeters Vernon NorwoodShamier LittleBryce DeadmonKaylyn Brown Samuel ReardonLaviai NielsenAlex Haydock-WilsonAmber AnningNicole Yeargin2028 Los Angeles

Marathon walk relay

2024 Paris Álvaro MartínMaría Pérez Brian PintadoGlenda Morejón Rhydian CowleyJemima Montag

4 × 100 metres relay 2028 Los Angeles

Discontinued events

60 metres 1900 Paris1904 St. Louis

5 miles 1908 London

200 metres hurdles 1900 Paris1904 St. Louis

2500 metres steeplechase 1900 Paris

2590 metres steeplechase 1904 St. Louis

3200 metres steeplechase 1908 London

4000 metres steeplechase 1900 Paris

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. 1908 LondonWilliam HamiltonNate CartmellJohn TaylorMel SheppardArthur HoffmannHans EickeOtto TrieloffHanns BraunPál SimonFrigyes WiesnerJózsef NagyÖdön Bodor

3000 metres team race 1912 StockholmTell BernaGeorge BonhagAbel KiviatLouis ScottNorman TaberBror FockNils FrykbergThorild OlssonErnst WideJohn ZanderJoe CottrillGeorge HutsonWilliam MooreEdward OwenCyril Porter1920 AntwerpHorace BrownIvan DresserArlie SchardtJoe BlewittAlbert HillWilliam SeagroveEric BackmanSven LundgrenEdvin Wide1924 ParisElias KatzPaavo NurmiVille RitolaHerbert JohnstonBertram MacdonaldGeorge WebberWilliam CoxEdward KirbyWillard Tibbetts

5000 metres team race 1900 ParisHenri DelogeGaston RagueneauJacques ChastaniéAndré CastanetMichel Champoudry none awarded

3-mile team race 1908 LondonJoe DeakinArchie RobertsonWilliam CoalesJohn EiseleGeorge BonhagHerbert TrubeLouis de FleuracJoseph DreherPaul Lizandier

4-mile team race 1904 St. LouisArthur NewtonGeorge UnderwoodPaul PilgrimHoward ValentineDavid Munson none awarded

Cross country (individual) 1912 Stockholm1920 Antwerp1924 Paris

Cross country (team) 1912 StockholmHjalmar AnderssonJohn EkeJosef TernströmHannes KolehmainenJalmari EskolaAlbin StenroosFrederick HibbinsErnest GloverThomas Humphreys1920 AntwerpPaavo NurmiHeikki LiimatainenTeodor KoskenniemiJames WilsonAnton HegartyAlfred NicholsEric BackmanGustaf MattssonHilding Ekman1924 ParisPaavo NurmiVille RitolaHeikki LiimatainenEarl JohnsonArthur StudenrothAugust FagerHenri LauvauxGaston HeuetMaurice Norland

3000 metres race walk 1920 Antwerp

3500 metres race walk 1908 London

10 kilometres race walk

10 miles race walk 1908 London

20 kilometres race walk

50 kilometres race walk

Standing high jump

Standing long jump

Standing triple jump

Shot put (two-handed) 1912 Stockholm

Discus throw (Greek style) 1908 London

Discus throw (two-handed) 1912 Stockholm

Weight throw 1904 St. Louis1908–1912not included in the Olympic program1920 Antwerp

Javelin throw (freestyle) 1908 London

Javelin throw (two-handed) This did not involve throwing with both hands. Distances recorded with each hand were added. 1912 Stockholm

Triathlon Consisted of long jump, shot put, and 100 yards. 1904 St. Louis

Pentathlon Consisted of long jump, javelin throw, 200 metres, discus throw, and 1500 metres.

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