Activities Sports & Athletics 100 Meter Men's Olympic Medalists Share PINTEREST Email Print Brendan Moran / Contributor / Getty Images Sports & Athletics Track & Field Events Baseball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Extreme Sports Football Golf Gymnastics Ice Hockey Martial Arts Professional Wrestling Skateboarding Skating Paintball Soccer Swimming & Diving Table Tennis Tennis Volleyball Other Activities Learn More By Mike Rosenbaum Mike Rosenbaum Facebook Mike Rosenbaum is an award-winning sports writer covering various sports and events for more than 15 years. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on 05/24/19 The men's 100-meter race has been a part of every modern Olympic program, beginning with the Athens Games of 1896. During that time, three men have won consecutive Olympic 100-meter gold medals: American Archie Hahn in 1904 and then in the Intercalated Games of 1906; American Carl Lewis in 1984-88; and Jamaica's Usain Bolt, in 2008-12. Six men have tied or set the 100-meter world record during the Olympics. Oddly, the first man to do so, American Donald Lippincott, didn't earn a gold medal. In 1912 he established the first IAAF-recognized world mark by winning a preliminary heat in 10.6 seconds, but later had to settle for a bronze medal in the final. The other record-setters all won gold medals, beginning with American Bob Hayes, who tied the world mark in 1964, and followed by Jim Hines of the U.S. (1968), Lewis (1988), Canada's Donovan Bailey (1996) and Bolt (2008). 1896GOLD Thomas Burke, USA 12.0SILVER Fritz Hofmann, GER 12.2BRONZE Francis Lane, USA 12.6BRONZE Alojz Sokol, HUN 12.6 1900GOLD Frank Jarvis, USA 11.0SILVER Walter Tewksbury, USA 11.1BRONZE Stan Rowley, AUS 11.2 1904GOLD Archie Hahn, USA 11.0SILVER Nate Cartmell, USA 11.2BRONZE William Hogenson, USA 11.2 1906GOLD Archie Hahn, USA 11.2SILVER Fay Foulton, USA 11.3BRONZE Nigel Barker, AUS 11.3 1908GOLD Reggie Walker, SAF 10.8SILVER James Rector, USA 11.0BRONZE Robert Kerr, CAN 11.0 1912GOLD Ralph Craig, USA 10.8SILVER Alvah Meyer, USA 10.9BRONZE Donald Lippincott, USA 10.9 1920GOLD Charles Paddock, USA 10.8SILVER Morris Kirksey, USA 10.9BRONZE Harry Edward, GBR 10.9 1924GOLD Harold Abrahams, GBR 10.6SILVER Jackson Scholz, USA 10.8BRONZE Arthur Porritt, NZL 10.9 1928GOLD Percy Williams, CAN 10.8SILVER Jack London, GBR 10.9BRONZE Georg Lammers, GER 10.9 1932GOLD Eddie Tolan, USA 10.3SILVER Ralph Metcalfe, USA 10.3BRONZE Arthur Jonath, GER 10.4 1936GOLD Jesse Owens, USA 10.3SILVER Ralph Metcalfe, USA 10.4BRONZE Martinus Osendarp, HOL 10.5 1948GOLD Harrison Dillard, USA 10.3SILVER Barney Ewell, USA 10.4BRONZE Lloyd LaBeach, PAN 10.4 1952GOLD Lindy Remigino, USA 10.79SILVER Herbert McKenley, JAM 10.80BRONZE Emmanuel Bailey, GBR 10.83 1956GOLD Bobby Morrow, USA 10.62SILVER Thane Baker, USA 10.77BRONZE Hector Hogan, AUS 10.77 1960GOLD Armin Hary, GER 10.32SILVER David Sime, USA 10.35BRONZE Peter Radford, GBR 10.42 1964GOLD Bob Hayes, USA 10.06SILVER Enrique Figuerola, CUB 10.25BRONZE Harry Jerome, CAN 10.27 1968GOLD James Hines, USA 9.95SILVER Lennox Miller, JAM 10.04BRONZE Charlie Greene, USA 10.07 1972GOLD Valeriy Borzov, URS 10.14SILVER Robert Taylor, USA 10.24BRONZE Lennox Miller, JAM 10.33 1976GOLD Hasely Crawford, TRI 10.06SILVER Don Quarrie, JAM 10.07BRONZE Valeriy Borzov, URS 10.14 1980GOLD Allan Wells, GBR 10.25SILVER Silvio Tartabull, CUB 10.25BRONZE Petur Petrov, BUL 10.39 1984GOLD Carl Lewis, USA 9.99SILVER Sam Graddy, USA 10.19BRONZE Ben Johnson, CAN 10.22 1988GOLD Carl Lewis, USA 9.92SILVER Linford Christie, GBR 9.97BRONZE Calvin Smith, USA 9.99 1992GOLD Linford Christie, GBR 9.96SILVER Frank Fredericks, NAM 10.02BRONZE Dennis Mitchell, USA 10.04 1996GOLD Donovan Bailey, CAN 9.84SILVER Frank Fredericks, NAM 9.89BRONZE Ato Boldon, TRI 9.90 2000GOLD Maurice Greene, USA 9.87SILVER Ato Boldon, TRI 9.99BRONZE Obadele Thompson, BAR 10.04 2004GOLD Justin Gatlin, USA 9.85SILVER Francis Obikwelu, POR 9.86BRONZE Maurice Greene, USA 9.87 2008GOLD Usain Bolt, JAM 9.69SILVER Richard Thompson, TRI 9.89BRONZE Walter Dix, USA 9.91 2012GOLD Usain Bolt, JAM 9.63SILVER Johan Blake, JAM 9.75BRONZE Justin Gatlin, USA 9.79 Featured Video