This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in Track and Field from 1896 to 2008.
See also: List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women), Athletics at the Summer Olympics, and Lists of Olympic medalists
Current program
100 meters
200 meters
400 meters
800 meters
1500 meters
5000 meters
10000 meters
Marathon
The marathon was invented for the 1896 Olympics, and has been contested at all Olympics since. Generally, in the Summer Olympics, the women's marathon marks the midway point of the games, while the men's marathon is the final event and is incorporated into the Closing Ceremonies. 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)
- ^ The IOC attributes Théato's medal to France, despite later sources finding that his nationality was Luxembourgish.
- ^ Coray is described in the 1904 Games report as a "Frenchman wearing the colors of the Chicago Athletic Association", but the IOC attributes his medal to the United States.
- ^ a b Both Sohn Kee-chung (Son Kitei) and Nam Sung-yong (Nan Shoryu) were from Korea. The IOC attributes both medals to Japan due to Korea being a Japanese colony at the time. All Korean Olympians during the Japanese colonial rule could only participate in the games as a representative of Japan and had to compete with Japanese names instead of their original Korean names. However, some sources still refer Son Kitei as the first Korean to win an Olympic marathon today.
110 meter hurdles
400 meter hurdles
3000 meter steeplechase
4 x 100 meters relay
Note: since 1992, athletes who ran only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 x 400 meters relay
Note: since 1992, athletes who ran only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
20 km walk
50 km walk
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Paris |  John Flanagan (USA) |
Truxton Hare (USA) |
Josiah McCracken (USA) |
| 1904 St. Louis | John Flanagan (USA) |
John DeWitt (USA) |
Ralph Rose (USA) |
| 1908 London | John Flanagan (USA) |
Matt McGrath (USA) |
 Con Walsh (CAN) |
| 1912 Stockholm |  Matt McGrath (USA) |
Duncan Gillis (CAN) |
Clarence Childs (USA) |
| 1920 Antwerp |  Patrick Ryan (USA) |
 Carl Johan Lind (SWE) |
Basil Bennett (USA) |
| 1924 Paris | Fred Tootell (USA) |
Matt McGrath (USA) |
 Malcolm Nokes (GBR) |
| 1928 Amsterdam |  Pat O'Callaghan (IRL) |
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