Note: "e" indicates indicates that the time was estimated
from accounts or photographs, not actually recorded.

100-Meter Dash

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

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200-Meter Dash

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1900	Walter Tewksbury, USA	22.2	Norman Pritchard, IND	22.8e	Stanley Rowley, AUS	22.9e
1904	Archie Hahn, USA	21.6	Nate Cartmell, USA	21.9e	William Hogenson, USA	21.9
1906	Not held
1908	Robert Kerr, CAN	22.6	Robert Cloughen, USA	22.6e	Nate Cartmell, USA	22.7e
1912	Ralph Craig, USA	21.7	Donald Lippincott, USA	21.8	Willie Applegarth, GBR	22.0
1920	Allen Woodring, USA	22.0	Charles Paddock, USA	22.0e	Harry Edward, GBR	22.1e
1924	Jackson Scholz, USA	21.6	Charles Paddock, USA	21.7	Eric Liddell, GBR	21.9
1928	Percy Williams, CAN	21.8	Walter Rangeley, GBR	21.9	Helmut Körnig, GER	21.9
1932	Eddie Tolan, USA	21.12	George Simpson, USA	21.4	Ralph Metcalfe, USA	21.5
1936	Jesse Owens, USA	20.7	Mack Robinson, USA	21.1	Martinus Osendarp, NED	21.3
1948	Mel Patton, USA	21.1	Norwood “Barney” Ewell, USA	21.1	Lloyd LaBeach, PAN	21.2
1952	Andy Stanfield, USA	20.81	Thane Baker, USA	20.97	James Gathers, USA	21.08
1956	Bobby Joe Morrow, USA	20.75	Andy Stanfield, USA	20.97	Thane Baker, USA	21.05
1960	Livio Berruti, ITA	20.62	Lester Carney, USA	20.69	Abdoulaye Seye, FRA(SEN)	20.83
1964	Henry Carr, USA	20.36	Paul Drayton, USA	20.58	Ed Roberts, TRI	20.63
1968	Tommie Smith, USA	19.83	Peter Norman, AUS	20.06	John Carlos, USA	20.10
1972	Valeriy Borzov, URS	20.00	Larry Black, USA	20.19	Pietro Mennea, ITA	20.30
1976	Don Quarrie, JAM	20.23	Millard Hampton, USA	20.29	Dwayne Evans, USA	20.43
1980	Pietro Mennea, ITA	20.19	Allan Wells, GBR	20.21	Don Quarrie, JAM	20.29
1984	Carl Lewis, USA	19.80	Kirk Baptiste, USA	19.96	Thomas Jefferson, USA	20.26
1988	Joe DeLoach, USA	19.75	Carl Lewis, USA	19.79	Robson da Silva, BRA	20.04
1992	Mike Marsh, USA	20.01	Frankie Fredericks, NAM	20.13	Michael Bates, USA	20.38
1996	Michael Johnson, USA	19.32	Frankie Fredericks, NAM	19.68	Ato Boldon, TRI	19.80
2000	Konstantinos Kenteris, GRE	20.09	Darren Campbell, GBR	20.14	Ato Boldon, TRI	20.20
2004	Shawn Crawford, USA	19.79	Bernard Williams, USA	20.01	Justin Gatlin, USA	20.03

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400-Meter Dash

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1896	Thomas Burke, USA	54.2	Herbert Jamison, USA	55.2e	Charles Gmelin, GBR
1900	Maxey Long, USA	49.4	William Holland, USA	49.6e	Ernst Schultz, DEN	53.0e
1904	Harry Hillman, USA	49.2	Frank Waller, USA	49.9e	Herman Groman, USA	50.0e
1906	Paul Pilgrim, USA	53.2	Wyndham Halswelle, GBR	53.8e	Nigel Barker, AUS	54.1e
1908	Wyndham Halswelle, GBR	50.0	Only one finisher
1912	Charles Reidpath, USA	48.2	Hanns Braun, GER	48.3	Edward Lindberg, USA	48.4
1920	Bevil Rudd, SAF	49.6	Guy Butler, GBR	49.9e	Nils Engdahl, SWE	49.9e
1924	Eric Liddell, GBR	47.6	Horatio Fitch, USA	48.4	Guy Butler, GBR	48.6
1928	Ray Barbuti, USA	47.8	James Ball, CAN	48.0	Joachim Büchner, GER	48.2
1932	Bill Carr, USA	46.28	Ben Eastman, USA	46.50	Alex Wilson, CAN	47.4
1936	Archie Williams, USA	46.66	Godfrey Brown, GBR	46.68	James LuValle, USA	46.84
1948	Arthur Wint, JAM	46.2	Herb McKenley, JAM	46.4	Mal Whitfield, USA	46.9
1952	George Rhoden, JAM	46.09	Herb McKenley, JAM	46.20	Ollie Matson, USA	46.94
1956	Charles Jenkins, USA	46.85	Karl-Friedrich Haas, GER	47.12	Voitto Hellsten, FIN & Ardalion Ignatyev, URS	47.15
1960	Otis Davis, USA	45.07	Carl Kaufmann, GER	45.08	Malcolm Spence, SAF	45.60
1964	Mike Larrabee, USA	45.15	Wendell Mottley, TRI	45.24	Andrzej Badenski, POL	45.64
1968	Lee Evans, USA	43.86	Larry James, USA	43.97	Ron Freeman, USA	44.41
1972	Vince Matthews, USA	44.66	Wayne Collett, USA	44.80	Julius Sang, KEN	44.92
1976	Alberto Juantorena, CUB	44.26	Fred Newhouse, USA	44.40	Herman Frazier, USA	44.95
1980	Viktor Markin, URS	44.60	Rick Mitchell, AUS	44.84	Frank Schaffer, GDR	44.87
1984	Alonzo Babers, USA	44.27	Gabriel Tiacoh, CIV	44.54	Antonio McKay, USA	44.71
1988	Steve Lewis, USA	43.87	Butch Reynolds, USA	43.93	Danny Everett, USA	44.09
1992	Quincy Watts, USA	43.50	Steve Lewis, USA	44.21	Samson Kitur, KEN	44.24
1996	Michael Johnson, USA	43.49	Roger Black, GBR	44.41	Davis Kamoga, UGA	44.53
2000	Michael Johnson, USA	43.84	Alvin Harrison, USA	44.40	Greg Haughton, JAM	44.70
2004	Jeremy Wariner, USA	44.00	Otis Harris, USA	44.16	Derrick Brew, USA	44.42

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800-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1896	Edwin Flack, AUS	2:11.0	Nándor Dáni, HUN	2:11.8e	Dimitrios Golemis, GRE	2:28.0e
1900	Alfred Tysoe, GBR	2:01.2	John Cregan, USA	2:01.8e	David Hall, USA	2:03.0e
1904	James Lightbody, USA	1:56.0	Howard Valentine, USA	1:56.3e	Emil Breitkreutz, USA	1:56.4e
1906	Paul Pilgrim, USA	2:01.5	James Lightbody, USA	2:01.6e	Wyndham Halswelle, GBR	2:03.0e
1908	Mel Sheppard, USA	1:52.8	Emilio Lunghi, ITA	1:54.2e	Hanns Braun, GER	1:55.2e
1912	Ted Meredith, USA	1:51.9	Mel Sheppard, USA	1:52.0	Ira Davenport, USA	1:52.0
1920	Albert Hill, GBR	1:53.4	Earl Eby, USA	1:53.6e	Bevil Rudd, SAF	1:54.0e
1924	Douglas Lowe, GBR	1:52.4	Paul Martin, SUI	1:52.6	Schuyler Enck, USA	1:53.0
1928	Douglas Lowe, GBR	1:51.8	Erik Byléhn, SWE	1:52.8	Hermann Engelhard, GER	1:53.2
1932	Tommy Hampson, GBR	1:49.70	Alex Wilson, CAN	1:49.9	Phil Edwards, CAN	1:51.5
1936	John Woodruff, USA	1:52.9	Mario Lanzi, ITA	1:53.3	Phil Edwards, CAN	1:53.6
1948	Mal Whitfield, USA	1:49.2	Arthur Wint, JAM	1:49.5	Marcel Hansenne, FRA	1:49.8
1952	Mal Whitfield, USA	1:49.34	Arthur Wint, JAM	1:49.63	Heinz Ulzheimer, GER	1:49.78
1956	Tom Courtney, USA	1:47.75	Derek Johnson, GBR	1:47.88	Audun Boysen, NOR	1:48.25
1960	Peter Snell, NZL	1:46.48	Roger Moens, BEL	1:46.55	George Kerr, BWI	1:47.25
1964	Peter Snell, NZL	1:45.1a	Bill Crothers, CAN	1:45.6a	Wilson Kiprugut, KEN	1:45.9a
1968	Ralph Doubell, AUS	1:44.40	Wilson Kiprugut, KEN	1:44.57	Tom Farrell, USA	1:45.46
1972	Dave Wottle, USA	1:45.86	Yevgeniy Arzhanov, URS	1:45.89	Mike Boit, KEN	1:46.01
1976	Alberto Juantorena, CUB	1:43.50	Ivo Van Damme, BEL	1:43.86	Rick Wohlhuter, USA	1:44.12
1980	Steve Ovett, GBR	1:45.40	Sebastian Coe, GBR	1:45.85	Nikolay Kirov, URS	1:45.94
1984	Joaquim Cruz, BRA	1:43.00	Sebastian Coe, GBR	1:43.64	Earl Jones, USA	1:43.83
1988	Paul Ereng, KEN	1:43.45	Joaquim Cruz, BRA	1:43.90	Saïd Aouita, MAR	1:44.06
1992	William Tanui, KEN	1:43.66	Nixon Kiprotich, KEN	1:43.70	Johnny Gray, USA	1:43.97
1996	Vebjørn Rodal, NOR	1:42.58	Hezekiél Sepeng, RSA	1:42.74	Fred Onyancha, KEN	1:42.79
2000	Nils Schumann, GER	1:45.08	Wilson Kipketer, KEN	1:45.14	Djabir Saïd Guerni, ALG	1:45.16
2004	Yuriy Borzakovskiy, RUS	1:44.45	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, RSA	1:44.61	Wilson Kipketer, DEN	1:44.65

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1500-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1896	Edwin Flack, AUS	4:33.2	Arthur Blake, USA	4:34.0e	Albin Lermusiaux, FRA	4:37.0e
1900	Charles Bennett, GBR	4:06.2	Henri Deloge, FRA	4:07.0e	John Bray, USA	4:10.2e
1904	James Lightbody, USA	4:05.4	William Verner, USA	4:06.8e	Lacey Hearn, USA
1906	James Lightbody, USA	4:12.0	John McGough, GBR/IRL	4:12.6e	Kristian Hellström, SWE	4:13.4e
1908	Mel Sheppard, USA	4:03.4	Harold Wilson, GBR	4:03.6e	Norman Hallows, GBR	4:04.0e
1912	Arnold Jackson, GBR	3:56.8	Abel Kiviat, USA	3:56.9	Norman Taber, USA	3:56.9
1920	Albert Hill, GBR	4:01.8	Philip Baker, GBR	4:02.3e	Lawrence Shields, USA	4:03.0e
1924	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	3:53.6	Willy Schärer, SUI	3:55.0	Hyla “Henry” Stallard, GBR	3:55.6
1928	Harri Larva, FIN	3:53.2	Jules Ladoumègue, FRA	3:53.8	Eino Purje, FIN	3:56.4
1932	Luigi Beccali, ITA	3:51.20	Jerry Cornes, GBR	3:52.6	Phil Edwards, CAN	3:52.8
1936	Jack Lovelock, NZL	3:47.8	Glenn Cunningham, USA	3:48.4	Luigi Beccali, ITA	3:49.2
1948	Henry Eriksson, SWE	3:49.8	Lennart Strand, SWE	3:50.4	Willem Slijkhuis, NED	3:50.4
1952	Josy Barthel, LUX	3:45.28	Bob McMillen, USA	3:45.39	Werner Lueg, GER	3:45.67
1956	Ron Delany, IRL	3:41.49	Klaus Richtzenhain, GER	3:42.02	John Landy, AUS	3:42.03
1960	Herb Elliott, AUS	3:35.6	Michel Jazy, FRA	3:38.4	István Rózsavölgyi, HUN	3:39.2
1964	Peter Snell, NZL	3:38.1	Josef Odlozil, TCH	3:39.6	John Davies, NZL	3:39.6
1968	Kip Keino, KEN	3:34.91	Jim Ryun, USA	3:37.89	Bodo Tümmler, FRG	3:39.08
1972	Pekka Vasala, FIN	3:36.33	Kip Keino, KEN	3:36.81	Rod Dixon, NZL	3:37.46
1976	John Walker, NZL	3:39.17	Ivo Van Damme, BEL	3:39.27	Paul-Heinz Wellmann, FRG	3:39.33
1980	Sebastian Coe, GBR	3:38.40	Jürgen Straub, GDR	3:38.80	Steve Ovett, GBR	3:38.99
1984	Sebastian Coe, GBR	3:32.53	Steve Cram, GBR	3:33.40	José Manuel Abascal, ESP	3:34.30
1988	Peter Rono, KEN	3:35.96	Peter Elliott, GBR	3:36.15	Jens-Peter Herold, GDR	3:36.21
1992	Fermín Cacho, ESP	3:40.12	Rachid El Basir, MAR	3:40.62	Mohammed Suleiman, QAT	3:40.69
1996	Noureddine Morceli, ALG	3:35.78	Fermín Cacho, ESP	3:36.40	Stephen Kipkorir, KEN	3:36.72
2000	Noah Ngeny, KEN	3:32.07	Hicham El Guerrouj, MAR	3:32.32	Bernard Lagat, KEN	3:32.44
2004	Hicham El Guerrouj, MAR	3:34.18	Bernard Lagat, KEN	3:34.30	Rui Silva, POR	3:34.68

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5000-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1912	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	14:36.6	Jean Bouin, FRA	14:36.7	George Hutson, GBR	15:07.6
1920	Joseph Guillemot, FRA	14:55.6	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	15:00.0e	Erik Backman, SWE	15:13.0e
1924	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	14:31.2	Ville Ritola, FIN	14:31.4	Edvin Wide, SWE	15:01.8
1928	Ville Ritola, FIN	14:38.0	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	14:40.0	Edvin Wide, SWE	14:41.2
1932	Lauri Lehtinen, FIN	14:29.91	Ralph Hill, USA	14:30.0	Lauri Virtanen, FIN	14:44.0
1936	Gunnar Höckert, FIN	14:22.2	Lauri Lehtinen, FIN	14:25.8	Henry Jonsson, SWE	14:29.0
1948	Gaston Reiff, BEL	14:17.6	Emil Zátopek, TCH	14:17.8	Willem Slijkhuis, NED	14:26.8
1952	Emil Zátopek, TCH	14:06.72	Alain Mimoun, FRA	14:07.58	Herbert Schade, GER	14:08.80
1956	Vladimir Kuts, URS	13:39.86	Gordon Pirie, GBR	13:50.78	Derek Ibbotson, GBR	13:54.60
1960	Murray Halberg, NZL	13:43.76	Hans Grodotzki, GER	13:45.01	Kazimierz Zimny, POL	13:45.09
1964	Bob Schul, USA	13:48.8	Harald Norpoth, GER	13:49.6	Bill Dellinger, USA	13:49.8
1968	Mohamed Gammoudi, TUN	14:05.01	Kip Keino, KEN	14:05.16	Naftali Temu, KEN	14:06.41
1972	Lasse Viren, FIN	13:26.42	Mohamed Gammoudi, TUN	13:27.33	Ian Stewart, GBR	13:27.61
1976	Lasse Viren, FIN	13:24.76	Dick Quax, NZL	13:25.16	Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand, FRG	13:25.38
1980	Miruts Yifter, ETH	13:20.91	Suleiman Nyambui, TAN	13:21.60	Kaarlo Maaninka, FIN	13:22.00
1984	Saïd Aouita, MAR	13:05.59	Markus Ryffel, SUI	13:07.54	António Leitão, POR	13:09.20
1988	John Ngugi, KEN	13:11.70	Dieter Baumann, FRG	13:15.52	Hansjörg Junze, GDR	13:15.73
1992	Dieter Baumann, GER	13:12.52	Paul Bitok, KEN	13:12.71	Fita Bayissa, ETH	13:13.03
1996	Vénuste Niyongabo, BDI	13:07.96	Paul Bitok, KEN	13:08.16	Khalid Boulami, MAR	13:08.37
2000	Million Wolde, ETH	13:35.49	Ali Saïdi Sief, ALG	13:36.20	Brahim Lahlafi, MAR	13:36.47
2004	Hicham el Guerrouj, MAR	13:14.39	Kenenisa Bekele, ETH	13:14.59	Eliud Kipchoge, KEN	13:15.10

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10,000-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1912	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	31:20.8	Louis Tewanima, USA	32:06.6	Albin Stenroos, FIN	32:21.8
1920	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	31:45.8	Joseph Guillemot, FRA	31:47.2e	Jimmy Wilson, GBR	31:50.8e
1924	Ville Ritola, FIN	30:23.2	Edvin Wide, SWE	30:55.2	Eero Berg, FIN	31:43.0
1928	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	30:18.8	Ville Ritola, FIN	30:19.4	Edvin Wide, SWE	31:00.8
1932	Janusz Kusocinski, POL	30:11.42	Volmari Iso-Hollo, FIN	30:12.6	Lauri Virtanen, FIN	30:35.0
1936	Ilmari Salminen, FIN	30:15.4	Arvo Askola, FIN	30:15.6	Volmari Iso-Hollo, FIN	30:20.2
1948	Emil Zátopek, TCH	29:59.6	Alain Mimoun, FRA	30:47.4	Bertil Albertsson, SWE	30:53.6
1952	Emil Zátopek, TCH	29:17.0	Alain Mimoun, FRA	29:32.8	Aleksandr Anufriyev, URS	29:48.2
1956	Vladimir Kuts, URS	28:45.59	József Kovács, HUN	28:52.36	Allan Lawrence, AUS	28:53.59
1960	Pyotr Bolotnikov, URS	28:32.18	Hans Grodotzki, GER	28:37.22	Dave Power, AUS	28:37.65
1964	Billy Mills, USA	28:24.4	Mohamed Gammoudi, TUN	28:24.8	Ron Clarke, AUS	28:25.8
1968	Naftali Temu, KEN	29:27.40	Mamo Wolde, ETH	29:27.75	Mohamed Gammoudi, TUN	29:34.2
1972	Lasse Viren, FIN	27:38.35	Emiel Puttemans, BEL	27:39.58	Miruts Yifter, ETH	27:40.96
1976	Lasse Viren, FIN	27:40.38	Carlos Lopes, POR	27:45.17	Brendan Foster, GBR	27:54.92
1980	Miruts Yifter, ETH	27:42.69	Kaarlo Maaninka, FIN	27:44.28	Mohamed Kedir, ETH	27:44.64
1984	Alberto Cova, ITA	27:47.54	Mike McLeod, GBR	28:06.22	Mike Musyoki, KEN	28:06.46
1988	Brahim Boutayeb, MAR	27:21.46	Salvatore Antibo, ITA	27:23.55	Kipkemboi Kimeli, KEN	27:25.16
1992	Khalid Skah, MAR	27:46.70	Richard Chelimo, KEN	27:47.72	Addis Abebe, ETH	28:00.07
1996	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	27:07.34	Paul Tergat, KEN	27:08.17	Salah Hissou, MAR	27:24.67
2000	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	27:18.20	Paul Tergat, KEN	27:18.29	Assefa Mezegebu, ETH	27:19.75
2004	Kenenisa Bekele, ETH	27:05.10	Sileshi Sihine, ETH	27:09.39	Zersenay Tadesse, ERI	27:22.57

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Marathon

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1896	Spyridon Louis, GRE	2:58:50	Charilaos Vassilakos, GRE	3:06:03	Gyula Kellner, HUN	3:06:35
1900	Michel Théato, FRA	2:59:45	Emile Champion, FRA	3:04:17	Ernst Fast, SWE	3:37:14
1904	Thomas Hicks, USA	3:28:53	Albert Corey, USA	3:34:52	Arthur Newton, USA	3:47:33
1906	William Sherring, CAN	2:51:24	John Svanberg, SWE	2:58:21	William Frank, USA	3:00:47
1908	John Hayes, USA	2:55:19	Charles Hefferon, SAF	2:56:06	Joseph Forshaw, USA	2:57:11
1912	Kenneth MacArthur, SAF	2:36:55	Christian Gitsham, SAF	2:37:52	Gaston Strobino, USA	2:38:43
1920	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	2:32:36	Jüri Lossman, EST	2:32:49	Valerio Arri, ITA	2:36:33
1924	Albin Stenroos, FIN	2:41:23	Romeo Bertini, ITA	2:47:20	Clarence DeMar, USA	2:48:14
1928	Mohamed El Ouafi, FRA	2:32:57	Miguel Plaza, CHI	2:33:23	Martii Marttelin, FIN	2:35:02
1932	Juan Carlos Zabala, ARG	2:31:36	Sam Ferris, GBR	2:31:55	Armas Toivonen, FIN	2:32:12
1936	Sohn Kee-Chung, JPN (KOR)	2:29:20	Ernie Harper, GBR	2:31:24	Nam Sung-Yong, JPN (KOR)	2:31:42
1948	Delfo Cabrera, ARG	2:34:52	Tom Richards, GBR	2:35:08	Étienne Gailly, BEL	2:35:54
1952	Emil Zátopek, TCH	2:23:04	Reinaldo Gorno, ARG	2:25:35	Gustaf Jansson, SWE	2:26:07
1956	Alain Mimoun, FRA	2:25:00	Franjo Mihalic, YUG	2:26:32	Veikko Karvonen, FIN	2:27:47
1960	Abebe Bikila, ETH	2:15:17	Rhadi Ben Abdesselem, MAR	2:15:42	Barry Magee, NZL	2:17:19
1964	Abebe Bikila, ETH	2:12:12	Basil Heatley, GBR	2:16:20	Kokichi Tsuburaya, JPN	2:16:23
1968	Mamo Wolde, ETH	2:20:27	Kenzhi Kimihara, JPN	2:23:31	Michael Ryan, NZL	2:23:45
1972	Frank Shorter, USA	2:12:20	Karel Lismont, BEL	2:14:32	Mamo Wolde, ETH	2:15:09
1976	Waldemar Cierpinski, GDR	2:09:55	Frank Shorter, USA	2:10:46	Karel Lismont, BEL	2:11:13
1980	Waldemar Cierpinski, GDR	2:11:03	Gerard Nijboer, NED	2:11:20	Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, URS	2:11:35
1984	Carlos Lopes, POR	2:09:21	John Treacy, IRL	2:09:56	Charlie Spedding, GBR	2:09:58
1988	Gelindo Bordin, ITA	2:10:32	Douglas Wakiihuri, KEN	2:10:47	Ahmed Salah, DJI	2:10:59
1992	Hwang Young-Cho, KOR	2:13:23	Koichi Morishita, JPN	2:13:45	Stephan Freigang, GER	2:14:00
1996	Josiah Thugwane, RSA	2:12:36	Lee Bong-Ju, KOR	2:12:39	Eric Wainaina, KEN	2:12:44
2000	Gezahegne Abera, ETH	2:10:11	Eric Wainaina, KEN	2:10:31	Tesfaye Tolla, ETH	2:11:10
2004	Stefano Baldini, ITA	2:10.55	Meb Keflezighi, USA	2:11.29	Vanderlei de Lima, BRA	2:12.11

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110-Meter Hurdles

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1896	Thomas Curtis, USA	17.6	Grantley Goulding, GBR	17.6e	Only two in final
1900	Alvin Kraenzlein, USA	15.4	John McLean, USA	15.6e	Fred Moloney, USA	15.6e
1904	Fred Schule, USA	16.0	Thaddeus Shideler, USA	16.3e	Lesley Ashburner, USA	16.4e
1906	Robert Leavitt, USA	16.2	Alfred Healey, GBR	16.2e	Vincenz Duncker, GER	16.3e
1908	Forrest Smithson, USA	15.0	John Garrels, USA	15.7e	Arthur Shaw, USA	15.8e
1912	Fred Kelly, USA	15.1	James Wendell, USA	15.2	Martin Hawkins, USA	15.3
1920	Earl Thomson, CAN	14.8	Harold Barron, USA	15.1e	Fred Murray, USA	15.1e
1924	Dan Kinsey, USA	15.0	Sydney Atkinson, SAF	15.0	Sten Pettersson, SWE	15.4
1928	Sydney Atkinson, SAF	14.8	Steve Anderson, USA	14.8	John Collier, USA	14.9
1932	George Saling, USA	14.57	Percy Beard, USA	14.69	Don Finlay, GBR	14.74
1936	Forrest Towns, USA	14.2	Don Finlay, GBR	14.4	Fred Pollard, USA	14.4
1948	Bill Porter, USA	13.9	Clyde Scott, USA	14.1	Craig Dixon, USA	14.1
1952	Harrison Dillard, USA	13.91	Jack Davis, USA	14.00	Art Barnard, USA	14.40
1956	Lee Calhoun, USA	13.70	Jack Davis, USA	13.73	Joel Shankle, USA	14.25
1960	Lee Calhoun, USA	13.98	Willie May, USA	13.99	Hayes Jones, USA	14.17
1964	Hayes Jones, USA	13.67	Blaine Lindgren, USA	13.74	Anatoliy Mikhaylov, URS	13.78
1968	Willie Davenport, USA	13.33A	Ervin Hall, USA	13.42A	Eddy Ottoz, ITA	13.46A
1972	Rod Milburn, USA	13.24	Guy Drut, FRA	13.34	Tom Hill, USA	13.48
1976	Guy Drut, FRA	13.30	Alejandro Casañas, CUB	13.33	Willie Davenport, USA	13.38
1980	Thomas Munkelt, GDR	13.39	Alejandro Casañas, CUB	13.40	Aleksandr Puchkov, URS	13.44
1984	Roger Kingdom, USA	13.20	Greg Foster, USA	13.23	Arto Bryggare, FIN	13.40
1988	Roger Kingdom, USA	12.98	Colin Jackson, GBR	13.28	Tonie Campbell, USA	13.38
1992	Mark McKoy, CAN	13.12	Tony Dees, USA	13.24	Jack Pierce, USA	13.26
1996	Allen Johnson, USA	12.95	Mark Crear, USA	13.09	Florian Schwarthoff, GER	13.17
2000	Anier García, CUB	13.00	Terrence Trammell, USA	13.16	Mark Crear, USA	13.22
2004	Xiang Liu, CHN	12.91	Terrence Trammell, USA	13.18	Anier Garcia, CUB	13.20

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400-Meter Hurdles

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1900	Walter Tewksbury, USA	57.6	Henri Tauzin, FRA	58.3e	George Orton, CAN	58.8e
1904	Harry Hillman, USA	53.0	Frank Waller, USA	53.2e	George Poage, USA	56.8e
1906	Not held
1908	Charles Bacon, USA	55.0	Harry Hillman, USA	55.3e	Leonard “Jimmy” Tremeer, GBR	57.0e
1912	Not held
1920	Frank Loomis, USA	54.0	John Norton, USA	54.6e	August Desch, USA	54.7e
1924	Morgan Taylor, USA	52.6	Erik Vilen, FIN	53.8	Ivan Riley, USA	54.2
1928	Lord Burghley, GBR	53.4	Frank Cuhel, USA	53.6	Morgan Taylor, USA	53.6
1932	Robert Tisdall, IRL	51.67	Glenn Hardin, USA	51.85	Morgan Taylor, USA	51.96
1936	Glenn Hardin, USA	52.4	John Loaring, CAN	52.7	Miguel White, PHI	52.8
1948	Roy Cochran, USA	51.1	Duncan White, CEY	51.8	Rune Larsson, SWE	52.2
1952	Charlie Moore, USA	51.06	Yuriy Lituyev, URS	51.51	John Holland, NZL	52.26
1956	Glenn Davis, USA	50.29	Eddie Southern, USA	50.94	Josh Culbreath, USA	51.74
1960	Glenn Davis, USA	49.51	Cliff Cushman, USA	49.77	Dick Howard, USA	49.90
1964	Rex Cawley, USA	49.6	John Cooper, GBR	50.1	Salvatore Morale, ITA	50.1
1968	David Hemery, GBR	48.12	Gerhard Hennige, FRG	49.02	John Sherwood, GBR	49.03
1972	John Akii-Bua, UGA	47.82	Ralph Mann, USA	48.51	David Hemery, GBR	48.52
1976	Ed Moses, USA	47.64	Mike Shine, USA	48.69	Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, URS	49.45
1980	Volker Beck, GDR	48.70	Vasiliy Arkhipenko, URS	48.86	Gary Oakes, GBR	49.11
1984	Ed Moses, USA	47.75	Danny Harris, USA	48.13	Harald Schmid, FRG	48.19
1988	Andre Phillips, USA	47.19	Amadou Dia Bâ, SEN	47.23	Ed Moses, USA	47.56
1992	Kevin Young, USA	46.78	Winthrop Graham, JAM	47.66	Kriss Akabusi, GBR	47.82
1996	Derrick Adkins, USA	47.54	Samuel Matete, ZAM	47.78	Calvin Davis, USA	47.96
2000	Angelo Taylor, USA	47.50	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily, KSA	47.53	Llewellyn Herbert, RSA	47.81
2004	Felix Sanchez, DOM	47.63	Danny McFarlane, JAM	48.11	Naman Keita, FRA	48.26

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3000-Meter Steeplechase

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1900	George Orton, CAN	7:34.4	Sidney Robinson, GBR	7:35.2e	Jacques Chastanié, FRA	7:44.0e
1900	John Rimmer, GBR	12:58.4	Charles Bennett, GBR	12:58.6e	Sidney Robinson, GBR	12:58.8e
1904	James Lightbody, USA	7:39.6	John Daly, GBR/IRL	7:40.6e	Arthur Newton, USA	7:46.0e
1906	Not held
1908	Arthur Russell, GBR	10:47.8	Arthur “Archie” Robertson, GBR	10:48.4e	John Eisele, USA	11:00.8e
1912	Not held
1920	Percy Hodge, GBR	10:00.4	Patrick Flynn, USA	10:21.1e	Ernesto Ambrosini, ITA	10:32.0e
1924	Ville Ritola, FIN	9:33.6	Elias Katz, FIN	9:44.0	Paul Bontemps, FRA	9:45.2
1928	Toivo Loukola, FIN	9:21.7	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	9:31.2	Ove Andersen, FIN	9:35.6
1932	Volmari Iso-Hollo, FIN	10:33.4	Tom Evenson, GBR	10:46.0	Joe McCluskey, USA	10:46.2
1936	Volmari Iso-Hollo, FIN	9:03.8	Kaarlo Tuominen, FIN	9:06.8	Alfred Dompert, GER	9:07.2
1948	Tore Sjöstrand, SWE	9:04.6	Erik Elmsäter, SWE	9:08.2	Göte Hagström, SWE	9:11.8
1952	Horace Ashenfelter, USA	8:45.68	Vladimir Kazantsev, URS	8:51.52	John Disley, GBR	8:51.94
1956	Chris Brasher, GBR	8:41.35	Sándor Rozsnyói, HUN	8:43.68	Ernst Larsen, NOR	8:44.05
1960	Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak, POL	8:34.30	Nikolay Sokolov, URS	8:36.55	Semyon Rzhishchin, URS	8:42.34
1964	Gaston Roelants, BEL	8:30.8	Maurice Herriott, GBR	8:32.4	Ivan Belyayev, URS	8:33.8
1968	Amos Biwott, KEN	8:51.02	Ben Kogo, KEN	8:51.56	George Young, USA	8:51.86
1972	Kip Keino, KEN	8:23.64	Ben Jipcho, KEN	8:24.62	Tapio Kantanen, FIN	8:24.66
1976	Anders Gärderud, SWE	8:08.02	Bronislaw Malinowski, POL	8:09.11	Frank Baumgartl, GDR	8:10.36
1980	Bronislaw Malinowski, POL	8:09.70	Filbert Bayi, TAN	8:12.48	Eshetu Tura, ETH	8:13.57
1984	Julius Korir, KEN	8:11.80	Joseph Mahmoud, FRA	8:13.31	Brian Diemer, USA	8:14.06
1988	Julius Kariuki, KEN	8:05.51	Peter Koech, KEN	8:06.79	Mark Rowland, GBR	8:07.96
1992	Matthew Birir, KEN	8:08.94	Patrick Sang, KEN	8:09.55	William Mutwol, KEN	8:10.74
1996	Joseph Keter, KEN	8:07.12	Moses Kiptanui, KEN	8:08.33	Alessandro Lambruschini, ITA	8:11.28
2000	Reuben Kosgei, KEN	8:21.43	Wilson Kipketer, KEN	8:21.77	Ali Ezzine, MAR	8:22.15
2004	Ezekiel Kemboi, KEN	8:05.81	Brimin Kipruto, KEN	8:06.11	Paul Kipsiele Koech, KEN	8:06.64

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4x100-Meter Relay

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1912	Great Britain	42.4	Sweden	42.6	Only two finishers
1920	United States	42.2	France	42.5e	Sweden	42.8e
1924	United States	41.0	Great Britain	41.2	Netherlands	41.8
1928	United States	41.0	Germany	41.2	Great Britain	41.8
1932	United States	40.10	Germany	40.9	Italy	41.2
1936	United States	39.8	Italy	41.13	Germany	41.30
1948	United States	40.6	Great Britain	41.3	Italy	41.5
1952	United States	40.26	Soviet Union	40.58	Hungary	40.83
1956	United States	39.60	Soviet Union	39.93	Germany	40.34
1960	Germany	39.66	Soviet Union	40.24	Great Britain	40.32
1964	United States	39.06	Poland	39.36	France	39.36
1968	United States	38.24	Cuba	38.40	France	38.43
1972	United States	38.19	Soviet Union	38.50	F.R. Germany	38.79
1976	United States	38.33	German D.R.	38.66	Soviet Union	38.78
1980	Soviet Union	38.26	Poland	38.33	France	38.53
1984	United States	37.83	Jamaica	38.62	Canada	38.70
1988	Soviet Union	38.19	Great Britain	38.28	France	38.40
1992	United States	37.40	Nigeria	37.98	Cuba	38.00
1996	Canada	37.69	United States	38.05	Brazil	38.41
2000	United States	37.61	Brazil	37.90	Cuba	38.04
2004	Great Britain	38.07	United States	38.08	Nigeria	38.23

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4x400-Meter Relay

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1912	United States	3:16.6	France	3:20.7	Great Britain	3:23.2
1920	Great Britain	3:22.2	South Africa	3:23.0e	France	3:23.5e
1924	United States	3:16.0	Sweden	3:17.0	Great Britain	3:17.4
1928	United States	3:14.2	Germany	3:14.8	Canada	3:15.4
1932	United States	3:08.14	Great Britain	3:11.2	Canada	3:12.8
1936	Great Britain	3:09.0	United States	3:11.0	Germany	3:11.8
1948	United States	3:10.4	France	3:14.8	Sweden	3:16.0
1952	Jamaica	3:04.04	United States	3:04.21	Germany	3:06.78
1956	United States	3:04.81	Australia	3:06.19	Great Britain	3:07.19
1960	United States	3:02.37	Germany	3:02.84	British West Indies	3:04.13
1964	United States	3:00.7	Great Britain	3:01.6	Trinidad & Tobago	3:01.7
1968	United States	2:56.16	Kenya	2:59.64	F.R. Germany	3:00.57
1972	Kenya	2:59.83	Great Britain	3:00.46	France	3:00.65
1976	United States	2:58.65	Poland	3:01.43	F.R. Germany	3:01.98
1980	Soviet Union	3:01.08	German D.R.	3:01.26	Italy	3:04.3a
1984	United States	2:57.91	Great Britain	2:59.13	Nigeria	2:59.32
1988	United States	2:56.16	Jamaica	3:00.30	F.R. Germany	3:00.56
1992	United States	2:55.74	Cuba	2:59.51	Great Britain	2:59.73
1996	United States	2:55.99	Great Britain	2:56.60	Jamaica	2:59.42
2000	United States	2:56.35	Nigeria	2:58.68	Jamaica	2:58.78
2004	United States	2:55.91	Australia	3:00.60	Nigeria	3:00.90

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20-Kilometer Walk

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1956	Leonid Spirin, URS	1:31:28	Antonas Mikenas, URS	1:32:03	Bruno Junk, URS	1:32:12
1960	Vladimir Golubnichiy, URS	1:34:08	Noel Freeman, AUS	1:34:17	Stan Vickers, GBR	1:34:57
1964	Ken Matthews, GBR	1:29:34	Dieter Lindner, GER	1:31:14	Vladimir Golubnichiy, URS	1:32:00
1968	Vladimir Golubnichiy, URS	1:33:59	José Pedraza, MEX	1:34:00	Nikolay Smaga, URS	1:34:04
1972	Peter Frenkel, GDR	1:26:43	Vladimir Golubnichiy, URS	1:26:56	Hans Reimann, GDR	1:27:17
1976	Daniel Bautista, MEX	1:24:41	Hans Reimann, GDR	1:25:14	Peter Frenkel, GDR	1:25:30
1980	Maurizio Damilano, ITA	1:23:36	Pyotr Pochenchuk, URS	1:24:46	Roland Wieser, GDR	1:25:59
1984	Ernesto Canto, MEX	1:23:13	Raúl González, MEX	1:23:20	Maurizio Damilano, ITA	1:23:26
1988	Jozef Pribilinec, TCH	1:19:57	Ronald Weigel, GDR	1:20:00	Maurizio Damilano, ITA	1:20:14
1992	Daniel Plaza, ESP	1:21:45	Guillaume Leblanc, CAN	1:22:25	Giovanni De Benedictis, ITA	1:23:11
1996	Jefferson Pérez, ECU	1:20:07	Ilya Markov, RUS	1:20:16	Bernardo Segura, MEX	1:20:23
2000	Robert Korzeniowski, POL	1:18:59	Noe Hernández, MEX	1:19:03	Vladimir Andreyev, RUS	1:19:27
2004	Ivano Brugnetti, ITA	1:19.40	Francisco Javier Fernandez, ESP	1:19.45	Nathan Deakes, AUS	1:20.01

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50-Kilometer Walk

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1932	Tommy Green, GBR	4:50:10	Jânis Dalins, LAT	4:57:20	Ugo Frigerio, ITA	4:59:06
1936	Harold Whitlock, GBR	4:30:42	Arthur Schwab, SUI	4:32:10	Adalberts Bubenko, LAT	4:32:43
1948	John Ljunggren, SWE	4:41:52	Gaston Godel, SUI	4:48:17	Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, GBR	4:48:31
1952	Giuseppe Dordoni, ITA	4:28:08	Josef Dolezal, TCH	4:30:18	Antal Róka, HUN	4:31:28
1956	Norman Read, NZL	4:30:43	Yevgeniy Maskinskov, URS	4:32:57	John Ljunggren, SWE	4:35:02
1960	Don Thompson, GBR	4:25:30	John Ljunggren, SWE	4:25:47	Abdon Pamich, ITA	4:27:56
1964	Abdon Pamich, ITA	4:11:13	Paul Nihill, GBR	4:11:32	Ingvar Pettersson, SWE	4:14:18
1968	Christoph Höhne, GDR	4:20:14	Antal Kiss, HUN	4:30:17	Larry Young, USA	4:31:56
1972	Bernd Kannenberg, FRG	3:56:12	Veniamin Soldatenko, URS	3:58:24	Larry Young, USA	4:00:46
1976	Not held
1980	Hartwig Gauder, GDR	3:49:24	Jorge Llopart, ESP	3:51:25	Yevgeniy Ivchenko, URS	3:56:32
1984	Raúl González, MEX	3:47:26	Bo Gustafsson, SWE	3:38:56	Sandro Bellucci, ITA	3:53:45
1988	Vyacheslav Ivanenko, URS	3:38:29	Ronald Weigel, GDR	3:52:09	Hartwig Gauder, GDR	3:39:45
1992	Andrey Perlov, EUN	3:50:13	Carlos Mercenario, MEX	3:43:46	Ronald Weigel, GER	3:53:45
1996	Robert Korzeniowski, POL	3:43:30	Mikhail Shchennikov, RUS	3:43:40	Valentí Massana, ESP	3:44:19
2000	Robert Korzeniowski, POL	3:42:22	Aigars Fadejevs, LAT		Joel Sánchez, MEX	3:44:36
2004	Robert Korzeniowski, POL	3:38:46	Denis Nizhegorodov, RUS	3:42:50	Aleksey Voyevodin, RUS	3:43:34

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High Jump

Year	Gold	Height	Silver	Height	Bronze	Height
1896	Ellery Clark, USA	1.81 (5-11 1/4)	James Connolly, USA & Robert Garrett, USA	1.65 (5-5)
1900	Irving Baxter, USA	1.90 (6-2 3/4)	Pat Leahy, GBR/IRL	1.78 (5-10)	Lajos Gönczy, HUN	1.75 (5-8 3/4)
1904	Samuel Jones, USA	1.80 (5-11)	Garrett Serviss, USA	1.77 (5-9 3/4)	Paul Weinstein, GER	1.77 (5-9 3/4)
1906	Con Leahy, GBR/IRL	1.775 (5-10)	Lajos Gönczy, HUN	1.75 (5-8 3/4)	Themistoklis Diakidis, GRE & Herbert Kerrigan, USA	1.725 (5-8)
1908	Harry Porter, USA	1.90 (6-2 3/4)	Georges André, FRA, Con Leahy, GBR/IRL & István Somodi, HUN	1.88 (6-2)
1912	Alma Richards, USA	1.93 (6-4)	Hans Liesche, GER	1.91 (6-3 1/4)	George Horine, USA	1.88 (6-2)
1920	Richmond Landon, USA	1.935 (6-4)	Harold Muller, USA	1.90 (6-2 3/4)	Bo Ekelund, SWE	1.90 (6-2 3/4)
1924	Harold Osborn, USA	1.98 (6-6)	Leroy Brown, USA	1.95 (6-4 3/4)	Pierre Lewden, FRA	1.91 (6-3 1/4)
1928	Robert King, USA	1.94 (6-4 1/2)	Ben Hedges, USA	1.91 (6-3 1/4)	Claude Ménard, FRA	1.91 (6-3 1/4)
1932	Duncan McNaughton, CAN	1.97 (6-5 1/2)	Robert Van Osdel, USA	1.97 (6-5 1/2)	Simeon Toribio, PHI	1.97 (6-5 1/2)
1936	Cornelius Johnson, USA	2.03 (6-8)	Dave Albritton, USA	2.00 (6-6 3/4)	Delos Thurber, USA	2.00 (6-6 3/4)
1948	John Winter, AUS	1.98 (6-6)	Bjørn Paulson, NOR	1.95 (6-4 3/4)	George Stanich, USA	1.95 (6-4 3/4)
1952	Walt Davis, USA	2.04 (6-8 1/2)	Ken Wiesner, USA	2.01 (6-7)	José da Conceição, BRA	1.98 (6-6)
1956	Charles Dumas, USA	2.12 (6-11 1/2)	Chilla Porter, AUS	2.10 (6-10 1/4)	Igor Kashkarov, URS	2.08 (6-9 3/4)
1960	Robert Shavlakadze, URS	2.16 (7-1)	Valeriy Brumel, URS	2.16 (7-1)	John Thomas, USA	2.14 (7-0 1/4)
1964	Valeriy Brumel, URS	2.18 (7-1 3/4)	John Thomas, USA	2.18 (7-1 3/4)	John Rambo, USA	2.16 (7-1)
1968	Dick Fosbury, USA	2.24 (7-4 1/4)	Ed Caruthers, USA	2.22 (7-3 1/4)	Valentin Gavrilov, URS	2.20 (7-2 1/2)
1972	Jüri Tarmak, URS	2.23 (7-3 3/4)	Stefan Junge, GDR	2.21 (7-3)	Dwight Stones, USA	2.21 (7-3)
1976	Jacek Wszola, POL	2.25 (7-4 1/2)	Greg Joy, CAN	2.23 (7-3 3/4)	Dwight Stones, USA	2.21 (7-3)
1980	Gerd Wessig, GDR	2.36 (7-8 3/4)	Jacek Wszola, POL	2.31 (7-7)	Jörg Freimuth, GDR	2.31 (7-7)
1984	Dietmar Mögenburg, FRG	2.35 (7-8 1/2)	Patrik Sjöberg, SWE	2.33 (7-7 3/4)	Zhu Jianhua, CHN	2.31 (7-7)
1988	Gennadiy Avdyeyenko, URS	2.38 (7-9 3/4)	Hollis Conway, USA	2.36 (7-8 3/4)	Rudolf Povarnitsyn, URS & Patrik Sjöberg, SWE	2.36 (7-8 3/4)
1992	Javier Sotomayor, CUB	2.34 (7-8)	Patrik Sjöberg, SWE	2.34 (7-8)	Hollis Conway, USA, Tim Forsyth, AUS & Artur Partyka, POL	2.34 (7-8)
1996	Charles Austin, USA	2.39 (7-10)	Artur Partyka, POL	2.37 (7-9 1/4)	Steve Smith, GBR	2.35 (7-8 1/2)
2000	Sergey Klyugin, RUS	2.35 (7-8 1/2)	Javier Sotomayor, CUB	2.32 (7-7 1/4)	Abderahmane Hammad, ALG	2.32 (7-7 1/4)
2004	Stefan Holm, SWE	2.36	Matt Hemingway, USA	2.34	Jaroslav Baba, CZE	2.34

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Pole Vault

Year	Gold	Height	Silver	Height	Bronze	Height
1896	William Hoyt, USA	3.30 (10-10)	Albert Tyler, USA	3.20 (10-6)	Evangelos Damaskos, GRE & Ioannis Theodoropoulos, GRE	2.60 (8-6 1/4)
1900	Irving Baxter, USA	3.30 (10-10)	Meredith Colket, USA	3.25 (10-8)	Carl-Albert Andersen, NOR	3.20 (10-6)
1904	Charles Dvorak, USA	3.50 (11-6)	LeRoy Samse, USA	3.35 (11-0)	Louis Wilkins, USA	3.35 (11-0)
1906	Fernand Gonder, FRA	3.50 (11-6)	Bruno Söderström, SWE	3.40 (11-14)	Edward Glover, USA	3.35 (11-0)
1908	Edward Cook, USA & Alfred Gilbert, USA	3.71 (12-2)			Edward Archibald, CAN, Charles Jacobs, USA & Bruno Söderström, SWE	3.58 (11-9)
1912	Harry Babcock, USA	3.95 (12-11 1/2)	Frank Nelson, USA & Marcus Wright, USA	3.85 (12-7 1/2)
1920	Frank Foss, USA	4.09 (13-5)	Henry Petersen, DEN	3.70 (12-1 ½)	Edwin Myers, USA	3.60 (11-9 ¾)
1924	Lee Barnes, USA	3.95 (12-11 1/2)	Glenn Graham, USA	3.95 (12-11 1/2)	James Brooker, USA	3.90 (12-9 ½)
1928	Sabin Carr, USA	4.20 (13-9 1/4)	William Droegemuller, USA	4.10 (13-5 1/4)	Charles McGinnis, USA	3.95 (12-11 1/2)
1932	William Miller, USA	4.31 (14-1 ¾)	Shuhei Nishida, JPN	4.30 (14-1 1/4)	George Jefferson, USA	4.20 (13-9 1/4)
1936	Earle Meadows, USA	4.35 (14-3 1/4)	Shuhei Nishida, JPN	4.25 (14-1 1/4)	Sueo Oe, JPN	4.25 (14-1 1/4)
1948	Guinn Smith, USA	4.30 (14-1 1/4)	Erkki Kataja, FIN	4.20 (13-9 1/4)	Bob Richards, USA	4.20 (13-9 1/4)
1952	Bob Richards, USA	4.55 (14-11)	Don Laz, USA	4.50 (14-9)	Ragnar Lundberg, SWE	4.40 (14-5 1/4)
1956	Bob Richards, USA	4.56 (14-11 1/2)	Bob Gutowski, USA	4.53 (14-10 1/4)	Georgios Roubanis, GRE	4.50 (14-9)
1960	Don Bragg, USA	4.70 (15-5)	Ron Morris, USA	4.60 (15-1)	Eeles Landström, FIN	4.55 (14-11)
1964	Fred Hansen, USA	5.10 (16-8 3/4)	Wolfgang Reinhardt, GER	5.05 (16-6 3/4)	Klaus Lehnertz, GER	5.05 (16-4 3/4)
1968	Bob Seagren, USA	5.40 (17-8 1/2)	Claus Schiprowski, FRG	5.40 (17-8 1/2)	Wolfgang Nordwig, GDR	5.40 (17-8 1/2)
1972	Wolfgang Nordwig, GDR	5.50 (18-0 1/2)	Bob Seagren, USA	5.40 (17-8 1/2)	Jan Johnson, USA	5.35 (17-6 ½)
1976	Tadeusz Slusarski, POL	5.50 (18-0 1/2)	Antti Kalliomäki, FIN	5.50 (18-0 1/2)	Dave Roberts, USA	5.50 (18-0 1/2)
1980	Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz, POL	5.78 (18-11 ½)	Tadeusz Slusarski, POL & Konstantin Volkov, URS	5.65 (18-6 1/2)
1984	Pierre Quinon, FRA	5.75 (18-10 1/4)	Mike Tully, USA	5.65 (18-6 1/2)	Earl Bell, USA & Thierry Vigneron, FRA	5.60 (18-4 ½)
1988	Sergey Bubka, URS	5.90 (19-4 1/4)	Rodion Gataullin, URS	5.85 (19-2 ¼)	Grigoriy Yegorov, URS	5.80 (19-0 1/4)
1992	Maksim Tarasov, EUN	5.80 (19-0 1/4)	Igor Trandenkov, EUN	5.80 (19-0 1/4)	Javier García, ESP	5.75 (18-10 1/4)
1996	Jean Galfione, FRA	5.92 (19-5)	Igor Trandenkov, RUS	5.92 (19-5)	Andrei Tivontchik, GER	5.92 (19-5)
2000	Nick Hysong, USA	5.90 (19-4 1/4)	Lawrence Johnson, USA	5.90 (19-4 1/4)	Maksim Tarasov, RUS	5.90 (19-4 1/4)
2004	Timothy Mack, USA	5.95	Toby Stevenson, USA	5.90	Giuseppe Gibilisco, ITA	5.85

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Long Jump

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1896	Ellery Clark, USA	6.35 (20-10)	Robert Garrett, USA	6.00 (19-8 1/4)	James Connolly, USA	5.84 (19-2)
1900	Alvin Kraenzlein, USA	7.185 (23-7)	Myer Prinstein, USA	7.185 (23-6 1/2)	Pat Leahy, GBR(IRL)	6.95 (22-9 3/4)
1904	Myer Prinstein, USA	7.34 (24-1)	Daniel Frank, USA	6.89 (22-7 ¼)	Robert Stangland, USA	6.88 (22-7)
1906	Myer Prinstein, USA	7.20 (23-7 1/2)	Peter O'Connor, GBR/IRL	7.025 (23-0 ½)	Hugo Friend, USA	6.96 (22-10)
1908	Frank Irons, USA	7.48 (24-6 1/2)	Daniel Kelly, USA	7.09 (23-3 1/4)	Calvin Bricker, CAN	7.08 (23-3)
1912	Albert Gutterson, USA	7.60 (24-11 1/4)	Calvin Bricker, CAN	7.21 (23-8)	Georg Åberg, SWE	7.18 (23-6 ¾)
1920	William Pettersson, SWE	7.15 (23-5 1/2)	Carl Johnson, USA	7.095 (23-3 ¼)	Erik Abrahamsson, SWE	7.08 (23-2 3/4
1924	DeHart Hubbard, USA	7.44 (24-5)	Ed Gourdin, USA	7.27 (23-10 ¼)	Sverre Hansen, NOR	7.26 (23-10)
1928	Ed Hamm, USA	7.73 (25-4 1/2)	Silvio Cator, HAI	7.58 (24-10 ½)	Alfred Bates, USA	7.40 (24-3 ½)
1932	Ed Gordon, USA	7.64 (25-0 ¾)	Lambert Redd, USA	7.60 (24-11 1/4)	Chuhei Nambu, JPN	7.45 (24-5 ½)
1936	Jesse Owens, USA	8.06w (26-5 ½)	Luz Long, GER	7.87w (25-10)	Naoto Tajima, JPN	7.74 (25-4 ¾)
1948	Willie Steele, USA	7.82 (25-8)	Thomas Bruce, AUS	7.55 (24-9 ¼)	Herb Douglas, USA	7.54 (24-9)
1952	Jerome Biffle, USA	7.57 (24-10)	Meredith Gourdine, AUS	7.53 (24-8 ½)	Ödön Földessy, HUN	7.30 (23-11 ½)
1956	Greg Bell, USA	7.83 (25-8 ¼)	John Bennett, USA	7.68 (25-2 ½)	Jorma Valkama, FIN	7.48 (24-6 1/2)
1960	Ralph Boston, USA	8.12 (26-7 3/4)	Irvin “Bo” Roberson, USA	8.11 (26-7 1/4)	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, URS	8.04 (26-4 ½)
1964	Lynn Davies, GBR	8.07 (26-5 ¾)	Ralph Boston, USA	8.03 (26-4 1/4)	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, URS	7.99 (26-2 ¾)
1968	Bob Beamon, USA	8.90 (29-2 ½)	Klaus Beer, GDR	8.19 (26-10 ½)	Ralph Boston, USA	8.16 (26-9 ¼)
1972	Randy Williams, USA	8.24 (27-0 1/2)	Hans Baumgartner, FRG	8.18 (26-10)	Arnie Robinson, USA	8.03 (26-4 1/4)
1976	Arnie Robinson, USA	8.35 (27-4 1/4()	Randy Williams, USA	8.11 (26-7 1/4)	Frank Wartenberg, GDR	8.02 (26-3 ¼)
1980	Lutz Dombrowski, GDR	8.54 (28-0 1/4)	Frank Paschek, GDR	8.21 (26-11 ¼)	Valeriy Podluzhny, URS	8.18 (26-10)
1984	Carl Lewis, USA	8.54 (28-0 1/4)	Gary Honey, AUS	8.24 (27-0 1/2)	Giovanni Evangelisti, ITA	8.24 (27-0 1/2)
1988	Carl Lewis, USA	8.72 (28-7 ¼_	Mike Powell, USA	8.49 (27-10 ¼)	Larry Myricks, USA	8.27 (27-1 ½)
1992	Carl Lewis, USA	8.67 (28-5 ½)	Mike Powell, USA	8.64 (28-4 ¼)	Joe Greene, USA	8.34 (27-4)
1996	Carl Lewis, USA	8.50 (27-10 ¼)	James Beckford, JAM	8.29 (27-2 ½)	Joe Greene, USA	8.24 (27-0 ½)
2000	Iván Pedroso, CUB	8.55 (28-0 ¾)	Jai Taurima, AUS	8.49 (27-10 ¼)	Roman Shchurenko, UKR	8.31 (27-3 ¼)
2004	Dwight Phillips, USA	8.59	John Moffitt, USA	8.47	Joan Lino Martinez, ESP	8.32

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Triple Jump

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1896	James Connolly, USA	13.71 (44-11 ¾)	Alexandre Tuffère, FRA	12.70 (41-8)	Ioannis Persakis, GRE	12.52 (41-0 ¾)
1900	Myer Prinstein, USA	14.47 (47-5 3/4)	James Connolly, USA	13.97 (45-10)	Lewis Sheldon, USA	13.64 (44-9)
1904	Myer Prinstein, USA	14.35 (47-1)	Frederick Engelhardt, USA	13.90 (45-7 ¼)	Robert Stangland, USA	13.365 (43-10)
1906	Peter O'Connor, GBR/IRL	14.075 (46-2 ¼)	Con Leahy, GBR/IRL	13.98 (45-10 ½)	Thomas Cronan, USA	13.70 (44-11 ½)
1908	Tim Ahearne, GBR/IRL	14.915 (48-11 ¼)	Garfield MacDonald, CAN	14.76 (48-5 ¼)	Edvard Larsen, NOR	14.395 (47-2 ¾)
1912	Gustaf Lindblom, SWE	14.76 (48-5 ¼)	Georg Åberg, SWE	14.51 (47-7 ¼)	Erik Almlöf, SWE	14.17 (46-6)
1920	Vilho Tuulos, FIN	14.505 (47-7)	Folke Jansson, SWE	14.48 (47-6)	Erik Almlöf, SWE	14.27 (46-9 ¾)
1924	Nick Winter, AUS	15.525 (50-11 ¼)	Luis Brunetto, ARG	15.425 (50-7 ¼)	Vilho Tuulos, FIN	15.37 (50-5)
1928	Mikio Oda, JPN	15.21 (49-11)	Levi Casey, USA	15.17 (49-9 ¼)	Vilho Tuulos, FIN	15.11 (49-7)
1932	Chuhei Nambu, JPN	15.72 (51-7)	Erik Svensson, SWE	15.32 (50-3 ¼)	Kenkichi Oshima, JPN	15.12 (49-7 ¼)
1936	Naoto Tajima, JPN	16.00 (52-6)	Masao Harada, JPN	15.66 (51-4 ½)	Jack Metcalfe, AUS	15.50 (50-10 ¼)
1948	Arne Åhman, SWE	15.40 (50-6 ¼)	George Avery, AUS	15.365 (50-4 ¾)	Ruhi Sarialp, TUR	15.025 (49-3 ½)
1952	Adhemar da Silva, BRA	16.22 (53-2 ¾)	Leonid Shcherbakov, URS	15.98 (52-5 ¼)	Arnoldo Devonish, VEN	15.52 (50-11)
1956	Adhemar da Silva, BRA	16.35 (53-7 ¾)	Vilhjálmur Einarsson, ISL	16.26 (53-4 ¼)	Vitold Kreyer, URS	16.02 (52-6 ¾)
1960	Józef Schmidt, POL	16.81 (55-2)	Vladimir Goryayev, URS	16.63 (54-6 ¾)	Vitold Kreyer, URS	16.43 (53-11)
1964	Józef Schmidt, POL	16.85 (55-3 ½)	Oleg Fedoseyev, URS	16.58 (55-4 ¼)	Viktor Kravchenko, URS	16.57 (54-4 ½)
1968	Viktor Sanyeyev, URS	17.39 (57-0 ¾)	Nelson Prudêncio, BRA	17.27 (56-8)	Giuseppe Gentile, ITA	17.22 (56-6)
1972	Viktor Sanyeyev, URS	17.35 (56-11 ¼)	Jörg Drehmel, GDR	17.31 (56-9 ½)	Nelson Prudêncio, BRA	17.05 (55-11 ¼)
1976	Viktor Sanyeyev, URS	17.29 (56-8 ¾)	James Butts, USA	17.18 (56-4 ½)	João Carlos de Oliveira, BRA	16.90 (55-5 ½)
1980	Jaak Uudmäe, URS	17.35 (56-11 1/4)	Viktor Sanyeyev, URS	17.24 (56-6 ¾)	João Carlos de Oliveira, BRA	17.22 (56-6)
1984	Al Joyner, USA	17.26w (56-7 ½)	Mike Conley, USA	17.18 (56-4 ½)	Keith Connor, GBR	16.87 (55-4 ¼)
1988	Khristo Markov, BUL	17.61 (57-9 ¼)	Igor Lapshin, URS	17.52 (57-5 ¾)	Aleksandr Kovalenko, URS	17.42 (57-1 ¾)
1992	Mike Conley, USA	18.17w (59-7 ¼)	Charlie Simpkins, USA	17.60 (57-9)	Frank Rutherford, BAH	17.36 (56-11 ½)
1996	Kenny Harrison, USA	18.09 (59-4 ¼)	Jonathan Edwards, GBR	17.88 (58-8)	Yoelbi Quesada, CUB	17.44 (57-2 ½)
2000	Jonathan Edwards, GBR	17.71 (58-1 ¼)	Yoel García, CUB	17.47 (57-3 ¾)	Denis Kapustin, RUS	17.46 (57-3 ½)
2004	Christian Olsson, SWE	17.79	Marian Oprea, ROM	17.55	Yoandri Betanzos, CUB	17.47

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Shot Put

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1896	Robert Garrett, USA	11.22 (36-9 ¾)	Mitiadis Gouskos, GRE	11.03 (36-2 ¼)	Georgios Papasideris, GRE	10.36 (34-0)
1900	Richard Sheldon, USA	14.10 (46-3 1/4)	Josiah McCracken, USA	12.85 (42-2)	Robert Garrett, USA	12.35 (40-6 ½)
1904	Ralph Rose, USA	14.81 (48-7)	Wesley Coe, USA	14.40 (47-3)	Leon Feuerbach, USA	13.37 (43-10 ½)
1906	Martin Sheridan, USA	12.325 (40-5 ¼)	Mihály Dávid, HUN	11.83 (38-9 ¾)	Eric Lemming, SWE	11.26 (36-11 ½)
1908	Ralph Rose, USA	14.21 (46-7 ½)	Denis Horgan, GBR/IRL	13.62 (44-8 ¼)	John Garrels, USA	13.18 (43-3)
1912	Patrick "Babe" McDonald, USA	15.34 (50-4)	Ralph Rose, USA	15.25 (50-0 ½)	Lawrence Whitney, USA	13.93 (45-8 ½)
1920	Ville Pörhölä, FIN	14.81 (48-7)	Elmer Niklander, FIN	14.155 (46-5 ¼)	Harry Liversedge, USA	14.15 (46-5 ¼)
1924	Clarence "Bud" Houser, USA	14.995 (49-2 ¼)	Glenn Hartranft, USA	14.895 (48-10 ¼)	Ralph Hills, USA	14.64 (48-0 ½)
1928	John Kuck, USA	15.87 (52-0 3/4)	Herman Brix, USA	15.75 (51-8 ¼)	Emil Hirschfeld, GER	15.72 (51-7)
1932	Leo Sexton, USA	16.005 (52-6)	Harlow Rothert, USA	15.675 (51-5)	František Douda, TCH	15.61 (51-2 ¾)
1936	Hans Woellke, GER	16.20 (53-1 ¾)	Sulo Bärlund, FIN	16.12 (52-10 ¾)	Gerhard Stöck, GER	15.66 (51-4 ½)
1948	Wilbur Thompson, USA	17.12 (56-2)	Jim Delaney, USA	16.68 (54-8 ¾)	Jim Fuchs, USA	16.42 (53-10 ½)
1952	Parry O'Brien, USA	17.41 (57-1 ½)	Darrow Hooper, USA	17.39 (57-0 ¾)	Jim Fuchs, USA	17.06 (55-11 ¾)
1956	Parry O'Brien, USA	18.57 (60-1 ¼)	Bill Nieder, USA	18.18 (59-7 ¾)	Jirí Skobla, TCH	17.65 (57-11)
1960	Bill Nieder, USA	19.68 (64-6 ¾)	Parry O'Brien, USA	19.11 (62-8 ½)	Dallas Long, USA	19.01 (62-4 ½)
1964	Dallas Long, USA	20.33 (66-8 ½)	Randy Matson, USA	20.20 (66-3 ¼)	Vilmos Varjú, HUN	19.39 (63-7 ½)
1968	Randy Matson, USA	20.54 (67-4 ¾)	George Woods, USA	20.12 (66-0 ¼)	Eduard Gushchin, URS	20.09 (65-11)
1972	Wladyslaw Komar, POL	21.18 (69-6)	George Woods, USA	21.17 (69-5 ½)	Hartmut Briesenick, GDR	21.14 (69-4 ¼)
1976	Udo Beyer, GDR	21.05 (69-0 ¾)	Yevgeniy Mironov, URS	21.03 (69-0)	Aleksandr Baryshnikov, URS	21.00 (68-10 ¾)
1980	Vladimir Kiselyov, URS	21.35 (70-0 ½)	Aleksandr Baryshnikov, URS	21.08 (69-2)	Udo Beyer, GDR	21.06 (69-1 ¼)
1984	Alessandro Andrei, ITA	21.26 (69-9)	Mike Carter, USA	21.09 (69-2 ½)	Dave Laut, USA	20.97 (68-9 ¾)
1988	Ulf Timmermann, GDR	22.47 (73-8 ¾)	Randy Barnes, USA	22.39 (73-5 ½)	Werner Günthör, SUI	21.99 (72-1 ¾)
1992	Mike Stulce, USA	21.70 (71-2 ½)	Jim Doehring, USA	20.96 (68-9 ¼)	Vyacheslav Lykho, EUN	20.94 (68-8 ½)
1996	Randy Barnes, USA	21.62 (70-11 ¼)	John Godina, USA	20.79 (68-2 ½)	Aleksandr Bagach, UKR	20.75 (68-1)
2000	Arsi Harju, FIN	21.29 (69-10 ¼)	Adam Nelson, USA	21.21 (69-7)	John Godina, USA	21.20 (69-6 ¾)
2004	Yuriy Bilonog, UKR	21.16	Adam Nelson, USA	21.16	Joachim Olsen, DEN	21.07

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Discus Throw

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1896	Robert Garrett, USA	29.15 (95-7 1/2)	Panayotis Paraskevopoulos, GRE	28.955 (95-0)	Sotirios Versis, GRE	27.78 (91-1 ¾)
1900	Rudolf Bauer, HUN	36.04 (118-3)	František Janda-Suk, BOH	35.14 (115-3)	Richard Sheldon, USA	34.60 (113-6)
1904	Martin Sheridan, USA	39.28 (128-10 1/2)	Ralph Rose, USA	39.28 (128-10 1/2)	Nikolaos Georgantas, GRE	37.68
	Sheridan won a throw-off for the gold medal, 38.97 (127-10 ¼) to 36.74 (120-6 ¾)
1906	Martin Sheridan, USA	41.46 (136-0)	Nikolaos Georgantas, GRE	38.06 (124-10)	Verner Järvinen, FIN	36.82 (120-9)
1908	Martin Sheridan, USA	40.89 (134-2_	Merritt Giffin, USA	40.70 (133-6 ½)	Marquis “Bill” Horr, USA	39.44 (129-5)
1912	Armas Taipale, FIN	45.21 (148-3)	Richard Byrd, USA	42.32 (138-10_	James Duncan, USA	42.28 (138-8)
1920	Elmer Niklander, FIN	44.685 (146-7)	Armas Taipale, FIN	44.19 (145-0)	Gus Pope, USA	42.13 (138-2)
1924	Clarence "Bud" Houser, USA	46.155 (151-4)	Vilho Niittymaa, FIN	44.95 (147-5)	Thomas Lieb, USA	44.83 (147-0)
1928	Clarence "Bud" Houser, USA	47.32 (155-3)	Antero Kivi, FIN	47.23 (154-11)	James Corson, USA	47.10 (154-6)
1932	John Anderson, USA	49.49 (162-4)	Henri Laborde, USA	48.47 (159-0)	Paul Winter, FRA	47.85 (156-11)
1936	Ken Carpenter, USA	50.48 (165-7)	Gordon Dunn, USA	49.36 (161-11)	Giorgio Oberweger, ITA	49.23 (161-6)
1948	Adolfo Consolini, ITA	52.78 (173-2)	Giuseppe Tosi, ITA	51.78 (169-10)	Fortune Gordien, USA	50.77 (166-6)
1952	Sim Iness, USA	55.03 (180-6)	Adolfo Consolini, ITA	53.78 (176-5)	Jim Dillion, USA	53.28 (174-10)
1956	Al Oerter, USA	56.36 (184-11)	Fortune Gordien, USA	54.81 (179-9)	Des Koch, USA	54.40 (178-6)
1960	Al Oerter, USA	59.18 (194-2)	Rink Babka, USA	58.02 (190-4)	Dick Cochran, USA	57.16 (187-6)
1964	Al Oerter, USA	61.00 (200-1)	Ludvík Danek, TCH	60.52 (198-7)	Dave Weill, USA	59.49 (195-2)
1968	Al Oerter, USA	64.78 (212-6)	Lothar Milde, GDR	63.08 (206-11)	Ludvík Danek, TCH	62.92 (206-5)
1972	Ludvík Danek, TCH	64.40 (211-3)	Jay Silvester, USA	63.50 (208-4)	Ricky Bruch, SWE	63.40 (208-0)
1976	Mac Wilkins, USA	67.50 (221-5)	Wolfgang Schmidt, GDR	66.22 (217-3)	John Powell, USA	65.70 (215-7)
1980	Viktor Rashchupkin, URS	66.64 (207-1)	Imrich Bugár, TCH	66.38 (206-11_	Luis Delís, CUB	66.32 (217-7)
1984	Rolf Danneberg, FRG	66.60 (218-6)	Mac Wilkins, USA	(217-6)	John Powell, USA	65.46 (214-9)
1988	Jürgen Schult, GDR	68.82 (225-9)	Romas Ubartas, URS	67.48 (221-5)	Rolf Danneberg, FRG	67.38 (221-1)
1992	Romas Ubartas, LTU	65.12 (213-8)	Jürgen Schult, GER	64.94 (213-1)	Roberta Moya, CUB	64.12 (210-4)
1996	Lars Riedel, GER	69.40 (227-8)	Vladimir Dubrovshchik, BLR	66.80 (218-6)	Vasiliy Kaptyukh, BLR	65.80 (215-10_
2000	Virgilijus Alekna, LTU	69.30 (227-4)	Lars Riedel, GER	68.50 (224-9)	Frantz Kruger, RSA	68.19 (223-8)
2004	Virgilijus Alekna, LTU	69.89	Zoltan Kovago, HUN	67.04	Aleksander Tammert, EST	66.66

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Hammer Throw

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1900	John Flanagan, USA	51.01 (167-4 ½)	Truxton Hare, USA	46.26 (151-9)	Josiah McCracken, USA	43.58 (143-0)
1904	John Flanagan, USA	51.23 (168-1)	John DeWitt, USA	50.265 (164-11)	Ralph Rose, USA	45.73 (150-0)
1906	Not held
1908	John Flanagan, USA	51.93 (170-4 ¼)	Matt McGrath, USA	51.18 (167-11)	Con Walsh, USA	48.50 (159-1 ½)
1912	Matt McGrath, USA	54.74 (179-7)	Duncan Gillis, CAN	48.39 (158-9)	Clarence Childs, USA	48.17 (158-0)
1920	Patrick Ryan, USA	52.875 (173-5)	Carl Johan Lind, SWE	48.43 (158-10)	Basil Bennett, USA	48.25 (158-3)
1924	Fred Tootell, USA	53.295 (174-10)	Matt McGrath, USA	50.84 (166-9)	Malcolm Nokes, GBR	48.875 (160-4)
1928	Pat O'Callaghan, IRL	51.39 (168-7)	Ossian Skiöld, SWE	51.29 (168-3)	Edmund Black, USA	49.03 (160-10)
1932	Pat O'Callaghan, IRL	53.92 (176-11)	Ville Pörhölä, FIN	52.27 (171-6)	Peter Zaremba, USA	50.33 (165-1)
1936	Karl Hein, GER	56.49 (185-4)	Erwin Blask, GER	55.04 (180-7)	Fred Warngård, SWE	54.83 (179-10)
1948	Imre Németh, HUN	56.07 (163-11)	Ivan Gubijan, YUG	54.27 (178-0)	Bob Bennett, USA	53.73 (176-3)
1952	József Csermák, HUN	60.34 (197-11)	Karl Storch, GER	58.86 (193-1)	Imre Németh, HUN	57.74 (189-5)
1956	Harold Connolly, USA	63.19 (207-3)	Mikhail Krivonosov, URS	63.03 (206-9)	Anatoliy Samotsvetov, URS	62.56 (205-3)
1960	Vasiliy Rudenkov, URS	67.10 (220-2)	Gyula Zsivótzky, HUN	65.79 (215-10)	Tadeusz Rut, POL	65.64 (215-4)
1964	Romuald Klim, URS	69.74 (228-10)	Gyula Zsivótzky, HUN	69.09 (240-5)	Uwe Beyer, GER	68.09 (223-4)
1968	Gyula Zsivótzky, HUN	73.36 (240-8)	Romuald Klim, URS	73.28 (240-5)	Lázár Lovász, HUN	69.78 (228-11)
1972	Anatoliy Bondarchuk, URS	75.50 (247-8)	Jochen Sachse, GDR	74.96 (245-11)	Vasiliy Khmelevskiy, URS	74.04 (242-11)
1976	Yuriy Sedykh, URS	77.52 (254-4)	Aleksey Spiridonov, URS	76.08 (249-7)	Anatoliy Bondarchuk, URS	75.48 (247-8)
1980	Yuriy Sedykh, URS	81.80 (268-4)	Sergey Litvinov, URS	80.64 (264-7)	Jüri Tamm, URS	78.96 (259-1)
1984	Juha Tiainen, FIN	78.08 (256-2)	Karl-Hans Riehm, FRG	77.98 (255-10)	Klaus Ploghaus, FRG	76.68 (251-7)
1988	Sergey Litvinov, URS	84.80 (278-2)	Yuriy Sedykh, URS	83.76 (274-10)	Jüri Tamm, URS	81.16 (266-3)
1992	Andrey Abduvaliyev, EUN	82.54 (270-9)	Igor Astapkovich, EUN	81.96 (268-11)	Igor Nikulin, URS	81.38 (267-0)
1996	Balázs Kiss, HUN	81.24 (266-6)	Lance Deal, USA	81.12 (266-2)	Aleksey Krykun, UKR	80.02 (262-6)
2000	Szymon Ziólkowski, POL	80.02 (262-6)	Nicola Vizzoni, ITA	79.64 (261-3)	Igor Astapkovich, BLR	79.17 (259-9)
2004	Koji Murofushi, JPN	82.91	Ivan Tikhon, BLR	79.81	Esref Apak, TUR	79.51

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Javelin Throw

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1908	Eric Lemming, SWE	54.825 (179-10)	Arne Halse, NOR	50.57 (165-11)	Otto Nilsson, SWE	47.10 (154-6)
1912	Eric Lemming, SWE	60.64 (198-11)	Juho Saaristo, FIN	58.66 (192-5)	Mór Kóczán, HUN(SVK)	55.50 (182-1)
1920	Jonni Myyrä, FIN	65.78 (215-10)	Urho Peltonen, FIN	63.505 (208-8)	Pekka Johansson, FIN	63.095 (207-0)
1924	Jonni Myyrä, FIN	62.96 (206-7)	Gunnar Lindström, SWE	60.92 (199-10)	Eugene Oberst, USA	58.35 (191-5)
1928	Erik Lundqvist, SWE	66.60 (218-6)	Béla Szepes, HUN	65.26 (214-1)	Olav Sunde, NOR	63.97 (209-10)
1932	Matti Järvinen, FIN	72.71 (238-6)	Matti Sippala, FIN	69.80 (229-0)	Eino Penttilä, FIN	68.70 (225-5)
1936	Gerhard Stöck, GER	71.84 (235-8)	Yrjö Nikkanen, FIN	70.77 (232-2)	Kalervo Toivonen, FIN	70.72 (232-0)
1948	Tapio Rautavaara, FIN	69.77 (228-10)	Steve Seymour, USA	67.56 (221-8)	József Várszegi, HUN	67.03 (219-11)
1952	Cyrus Young, USA	73.78 (242-1)	Bill Miller, USA	72.46 (237-9)	Toivo Hyytiäinen, FIN	71.89 (235-10)
1956	Egil Danielsen, NOR	85.71 (281-2)	Janusz Sidlo, POL	79.98 (262-5)	Viktor Tsybulenko, URS	79.50 (260-10)
1960	Viktor Tsybulenko, URS	84.64 (277-8)	Walter Krüger, GER	79.36 (260-4)	Gergely Kulcsár, HUN	78.57 (257-9)
1964	Pauli Nevala, FIN	82.66 (271-2)	Gergely Kulcsár, HUN	82.32 (270-1)	Jânis Lûsis, URS	80.57 (264-4)
1968	Jânis Lûsis, URS	90.10 (295-7)	Jorma Kinnunen, FIN	88.58 (290-7)	Gergely Kulcsár, HUN	87.06 (285-7)
1972	Klaus Wolfermann, FRG	90.48 (296-10)	Jânis Lûsis, URS	90.46 (296-9)	Bill Schmidt, USA	84.42 (277-0)
1976	Miklós Németh, HUN	94.58 (310-4)	Hannu Siitonen, FIN	87.92 (288-5)	Gheorghe Megelea, ROM	87.16 (285-11)
1980	Dainis Kûla, URS	91.20 (299-2)	Aleksandr Makarov, URS	89.64 (294-1)	Wolfgang Hanisch, GDR	86.72 (284-6)
1984	Arto Härkönen, FIN	86.76 (284-8)	Dave Ottley, GBR	85.74 (281-3)	Kenth Eldebrink, SWE	83.72 (274-8)
1988	Tapio Korjus, FIN	84.28 (276-6)	Jan Zelezný, TCH	84.12 (276-0)	Seppo Räty, FIN	83.26 (273-2)
1992	Jan Zelezný, TCH	89.66 (294-2)	Seppo Räty, FIN	86.60 (284-1)	Steve Backley, GBR	83.38 (273-7)
1996	Jan Zelezný, CZE	88.16 (289-3)	Steve Backley, GBR	87.44 (286-11)	Seppo Räty, FIN	86.98 (285-4)
2000	Jan Zelezný, CZE	90.17 (295-10)	Steve Backley, GBR	89.85 (294-9)	Sergey Makarov, RUS	88.67 (290-11)
2004	Andreas Thorkildsen, NOR	86.50	Vadims Vasilevskis, LAT	84.95	Sergey Makarov, RUS	84.84

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Decathlon

Year	Gold	Pts.	Silver	Pts.	Bronze	Pts.
1912	Jim Thorpe, USA	8412	Hugo Wieslander, SWE	7724	Charles Lomberg, SWE	7414
1920	Helge Løvland, NOR	6803	Brutus Hamilton, USA	6771	Bertil Ohlsson, SWE	6580
1924	Harold Osborn, USA	7711	Emerson Norton, USA	7351	Aleksandr Klumberg, EST	7329
1928	Paavo Yrjölä, FIN	8053	Akilles Järvinen, FIN	7932	Ken Doherty, USA	7707
1932	James Bausch, USA	8462	Akilles Järvinen, FIN	8292	Wolrad Eberle, GER	8031
1936	Glenn Morris, USA	7900	Bob Clark, USA	7601	Jack Parker, USA	7275
1948	Bob Mathias, USA	7139	Ignace Heinrich, FRA	6974	Floyd Simmons, USA	6950
1952	Bob Mathias, USA	7887	Milt Campbell, USA	6975	Floyd Simmons, USA	6788
1956	Milt Campbell, USA	7937	Rafer Johnson, USA	7587	Vasiliy Kuznetsov, URS	7465
1960	Rafer Johnson, USA	8392	Yang Chuan-Kwang, TPE	8334	Vasiliy Kuznetsov, URS	7809
1964	Willi Holdorf, GER	7887	Rein Aun, URS	7842	Hans-Joachim Walde, GER	7809
1968	Bill Toomey, USA	8193	Hans-Joachim Walde, FRG	8111	Kurt Bendlin, FRG	8064
1972	Nikolay Avilov, URS	8454	Leonid Litvinenko, URS	8035	Ryszard Katus, POL	7984
1976	Bruce Jenner, USA	8618	Guido Kratschmer, FRG	8411	Mykola Avilov, URS	8369
1980	Daley Thompson, GBR	8495	Yuriy Kutsenko, URS	8331	Sergey Zhelanov, URS	8135
1984	Daley Thompson, GBR	8798	Jürgen Hingsen, FRG	8673	Siegfried Wentz, FRG	8412
1988	Christian Schenk, GDR	8488	Torsten Voss, GDR	8399	Dave Steen, CAN	8328
1992	Robert Zmelík, TCH	8611	Antonio Peñalver, ESP	8412	Dave Johnson, USA	8309
1996	Dan O'Brien, USA	8824	Frank Busemann, GER	8706	Tomáš Dvorák, CZE	8664
2000	Erki Nool, EST	8641	Roman Šebrle, CZE	8606	Chris Huffins, USA	8595
2004	Roman Sebrle, CZE	8893	Bryan Clay, USA	8820	Dmitriy Karpov, KAZ	8725

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Discontinued Events

60-Meter Dash

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1900	Alvin Kraenzlein, USA	7.0	Walter Tewksbury, USA	7.1e	Stanley Rowley, AUS	7.2e
1904	Archie Hahn, USA	7.0	William Hogenson, USA	7.2e	Fay Moulton, USA	7.2e

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5-Mile Run

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1906	Henry Hawtrey, GBR	26:11.8	John Svanberg, SWE	26:19.4e	Edward Dahl, SWE	26:26.2e
1908	Emil Voigt, GBR	25:11.2	Edward Owen, GBR	25:24.0e	John Svanberg, SWE	25:37.2e

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200-Meter Hurdles

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1900	Alvin Kraenzlein, USA	25.4	Norman Pritchard, IND	26.0e	Walter Tewksbury, USA	26.1e
1904	Harry Hillman, USA	24.6	Frank Castleman, USA	24.9e	George Poage, USA	25.2e

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Standing High Jump

Year	Gold	Height	Silver	Height	Bronze	Height
1900	Ray Ewry, USA	1.655 (5-5)	Irving Baxter, USA	1.525 (5-0)	Lewis Sheldon, USA	1.50 (4-11)
1904	Ray Ewry, USA	1.60 (5-3)	Joseph Stadler, USA	1.45 (4-9)	Lawson Robertson, USA	1.45 (4-9)
1906	Ray Ewry, USA	1.565 (5-1 ¼)	Léon Dupont, BEL, Lawson Robertson, USA & Martin Sheridan, USA	1.40 (4-7)
1908	Ray Ewry, USA	1.575 (5-2)	John Biller, USA & Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, GRE	1.55 (5-1)
1912	Platt Adams, USA	1.63 (5-4 ¼)	Ben Adams, USA	1.60 (5-3)	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, GRE	1.55 (5-1)

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Standing Long Jump

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1900	Ray Ewry, USA	3.30 (10-10)	Irving Baxter, USA	3.135 (10-3 ¼)	Emile Torcheboeuf, FRA	3.03 (9-11 ¼)
1904	Ray Ewry, USA	3.476 (11-4 7/8)	Charles King, USA	3.28 (10-9)	John Biller, USA	3.26 (10-8 ¼)
1906	Ray Ewry, USA	3.30 (10-10)	Martin Sheridan, USA	3.095 (10-1 ¾)	Lawson Robertson, USA	3.05 (10-0)
1908	Ray Ewry, USA	3.335 (10-11 ¼)	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, GRE	3.235 (10-7 ¼)	Martin Sheridan, USA	3.225 (10-7)
1912	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, GRE	3.37 (11-0 ¾)	Platt Adams, USA	3.36 (11-0 ¼)	Ben Adams, USA	3.28 (10-9)

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Standing Triple Jump

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1900	Ray Ewry, USA	10.58 (34-8 1/2)	Irving Baxter, USA	9.95 (32- 3/4)	Robert Garrett, USA	9.50 (31-2)
1904	Ray Ewry, USA	10.54 (34-7 ¼)	Charles King, USA	10.16 (33-4)	Joseph Stadler, USA	9.60 (31-6)

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Shot - Both Hands Aggregate

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1912	Ralph Rose, USA	27.70 (90-10 ½)	Patrick "Babe" McDonald, USA	27.53 (90-4)	Elmer Niklander, FIN	27.14 (89-0 ½)

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Discus - Greek Style

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1906	Verner Järvinen, FIN	35.17 (115-4 ½)	Nikolaos Georgantas, GRE	32.80 (107-7)	István Mudin, HUN	31.91 (104-8 ½)
1908	Martin Sheridan, USA	38.00 (124-8)	Marquis “Bill” Horr, USA	37.325 (122-5 ½)	Verner Järvinen, FIN	36.48 (119-8 ¼)

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Discus - Both Hands Aggregate

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1912	Armas Taipale, FIN	82.86 (271-10)	Elmer Niklander, FIN	77.96 (255-9)	Emil Magnusson, SWE	77.37 (253-10)

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Stone Throw

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1906	Nikolaos Georgantas, GRE	19.925 (65-4 ½)	Martin Sheridan, USA	19.035 (62-5 ½)	Michalis Dorizas, GRE	18.585 (60-11 ¾)

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56-Pound Weight Throw

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1904	Étienne Desmarteau, CAN	10.465 (34-4)	John Flanagan, USA	10.16 (33-4)	James Mitchel, USA	10.135 (33-3)
1906	Not held
1920	Patrick "Babe" McDonald, USA	11.265 (36-11 ½)	Patrick Ryan, USA	10.965 (35-11 ½)	Carl Johan Lind, SWE	10.25 (33-7 ½)

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Javelin - Freestyle

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1906	Eric Lemming, SWE	53.90 (176-10)	Knut Lindberg, SWE	45.17 (148-2)	Bruno Söderström, SWE	44.92 (147-4)
1908	Eric Lemming, SWE	54.45 (178-7 ½)	Michalis Dorizas, GRE	51.36 (168-6)	Arne Halse, NOR	49.73 (163-1 ¾)

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Javelin - Both Hands Aggregate

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1912	Juho Saaristo, FIN	109.42 (359-0)	Väinö Siikaniemi, FIN	101.13 (331-9 ½)	Urho Peltonen, FIN	100.24 (328-10)

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Pentathlon

Year	Gold	Pts.	Silver	Pts.	Bronze	Pts.
1906	Hjalmer Mellander, SWE	24	István Mudin, HUN	25	Eric Lemming, SWE	29
1908	Not held
1912	Jim Thorpe, USA	7	Ferdinand Bie, NOR	21	James Donahue, USA	29
1920	Eero Lehtonen, FIN	14	Everett Bradley, USA	24	Hugo Lahtinen, FIN	26
1924	Eero Lehtonen, FIN	14	Elemér Somfay, HUN	16	Robert LeGendre, USA	18

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All-Around

Year	Gold	Pts.	Silver	Pts.	Bronze	Pts.
1904	Tom Kiely, GBR/IRL	6036	Adam Gunn, USA	5907	Truxton Hare, USA	5813

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1500-Meter Walk

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1906	George Bonhag, USA	7:12.6	Donald Linden, CAN	7:19.8e	Konstantinos Spetsiotis, GRE	7:24.0e

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3000-Meter Walk

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1906	György Sztantics, HUN	15:13.2	Hermann Müller, GER	15:20.0e	Georgios Saridakis, GRE	15:33.0e
1908	Not held
1920	Ugo Frigerio, ITA	13:14.2	George Parker, AUS	13:19.6e	Richard Remer, USA	13:22.2e

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3500-Meter Walk

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1908	George Larner, GBR	14:55.0	Ernest Webb, GBR	15:07.4e	Harry Kerr, AUS(NZL)	15:43.4e

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10,000-Meter Walk

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1912	George Goulding, CAN	46:28.4	Ernest Webb, GBR	46:50.4	Fernando Altimani, ITA	47:37.6
1920	Ugo Frigerio, ITA	48:06.2	Joseph Pearman, USA	49:40.2e	Charles Gunn, GBR	49:43.9e
1924	Ugo Frigerio, ITA	47:49.0	Reg Goodwin, GBR	48:37.9	Cecil McMaster, SAF	49:08.0
1928	Not held
1948	John Mikaelsson, SWE	45:13.2	Ingemar Johansson, SWE	45:43.8	Fritz Schwab, SUI	46:00.2
1952	John Mikaelsson, SWE	45:02.8	Fritz Schwab, SUI	45:41.0	Bruno Junk, URS	45:41.0

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10-Mile Walk

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1908	George Larner, GBR	1:15:57.4	Ernest Webb, GBR	1:17:31.0	Edward Spencer, GBR	1:21:20.2

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1600-Meter Medley Relay

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1908	United States	3:29.4	Germany	3:32.4e	Hungary	3:32.5e

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Track Team Race

Year	Gold	Pts.	Silver	Pts.	Bronze	Pts.
1900	Great Britain	26	France	29	Only two teams competed
1904	Not held
1908	Great Britain	6	United States	19	France	32
1912	United States	9	Sweden	13	Great Britain	23
1920	United States	10	Great Britain	20	Sweden	24
1924	Finland	8	Great Britain	14	United States	25

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