Activities Sports & Athletics 100 Meter Men's Olympic Medalists Share PINTEREST Email Print Brendan Moran / Contributor / Getty Images Sports & Athletics Track & Field Records Events Baseball Basketball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Cricket 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 is an award-winning sports writer covering various sports and events for more than 15 years. our editorial process Facebook Facebook Mike Rosenbaum Updated May 24, 2019 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 12.61900GOLD Frank Jarvis, USA 11.0SILVER Walter Tewksbury, USA 11.1BRONZE Stan Rowley, AUS 11.21904GOLD Archie Hahn, USA 11.0SILVER Nate Cartmell, USA 11.2BRONZE William Hogenson, USA 11.21906GOLD Archie Hahn, USA 11.2SILVER Fay Foulton, USA 11.3BRONZE Nigel Barker, AUS 11.31908GOLD Reggie Walker, SAF 10.8SILVER James Rector, USA 11.0BRONZE Robert Kerr, CAN 11.01912GOLD Ralph Craig, USA 10.8SILVER Alvah Meyer, USA 10.9BRONZE Donald Lippincott, USA 10.91920GOLD Charles Paddock, USA 10.8SILVER Morris Kirksey, USA 10.9BRONZE Harry Edward, GBR 10.91924GOLD Harold Abrahams, GBR 10.6SILVER Jackson Scholz, USA 10.8BRONZE Arthur Porritt, NZL 10.91928GOLD Percy Williams, CAN 10.8SILVER Jack London, GBR 10.9BRONZE Georg Lammers, GER 10.91932GOLD Eddie Tolan, USA 10.3SILVER Ralph Metcalfe, USA 10.3BRONZE Arthur Jonath, GER 10.41936GOLD Jesse Owens, USA 10.3SILVER Ralph Metcalfe, USA 10.4BRONZE Martinus Osendarp, HOL 10.51948GOLD Harrison Dillard, USA 10.3SILVER Barney Ewell, USA 10.4BRONZE Lloyd LaBeach, PAN 10.41952GOLD Lindy Remigino, USA 10.79SILVER Herbert McKenley, JAM 10.80BRONZE Emmanuel Bailey, GBR 10.831956GOLD Bobby Morrow, USA 10.62SILVER Thane Baker, USA 10.77BRONZE Hector Hogan, AUS 10.771960GOLD Armin Hary, GER 10.32SILVER David Sime, USA 10.35BRONZE Peter Radford, GBR 10.421964GOLD Bob Hayes, USA 10.06SILVER Enrique Figuerola, CUB 10.25BRONZE Harry Jerome, CAN 10.271968GOLD James Hines, USA 9.95SILVER Lennox Miller, JAM 10.04BRONZE Charlie Greene, USA 10.071972GOLD Valeriy Borzov, URS 10.14SILVER Robert Taylor, USA 10.24BRONZE Lennox Miller, JAM 10.331976GOLD Hasely Crawford, TRI 10.06SILVER Don Quarrie, JAM 10.07BRONZE Valeriy Borzov, URS 10.141980GOLD Allan Wells, GBR 10.25SILVER Silvio Tartabull, CUB 10.25BRONZE Petur Petrov, BUL 10.391984GOLD Carl Lewis, USA 9.99SILVER Sam Graddy, USA 10.19BRONZE Ben Johnson, CAN 10.221988GOLD Carl Lewis, USA 9.92SILVER Linford Christie, GBR 9.97BRONZE Calvin Smith, USA 9.991992GOLD Linford Christie, GBR 9.96SILVER Frank Fredericks, NAM 10.02BRONZE Dennis Mitchell, USA 10.041996GOLD Donovan Bailey, CAN 9.84SILVER Frank Fredericks, NAM 9.89BRONZE Ato Boldon, TRI 9.902000GOLD Maurice Greene, USA 9.87SILVER Ato Boldon, TRI 9.99BRONZE Obadele Thompson, BAR 10.042004GOLD Justin Gatlin, USA 9.85SILVER Francis Obikwelu, POR 9.86BRONZE Maurice Greene, USA 9.872008GOLD Usain Bolt, JAM 9.69SILVER Richard Thompson, TRI 9.89BRONZE Walter Dix, USA 9.912012GOLD Usain Bolt, JAM 9.63SILVER Johan Blake, JAM 9.75BRONZE Justin Gatlin, USA 9.79