100 Meter Men's Olympic Medalists

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).

• 1896
  GOLD Thomas Burke, USA 12.0
  SILVER Fritz Hofmann, GER 12.2
  BRONZE Francis Lane, USA 12.6
  BRONZE Alojz Sokol, HUN 12.6
• 1900
  GOLD Frank Jarvis, USA 11.0
  SILVER Walter Tewksbury, USA 11.1
  BRONZE Stan Rowley, AUS 11.2
• 1904
  GOLD Archie Hahn, USA 11.0
  SILVER Nate Cartmell, USA 11.2
  BRONZE William Hogenson, USA 11.2
• 1906
  GOLD Archie Hahn, USA 11.2
  SILVER Fay Foulton, USA 11.3
  BRONZE Nigel Barker, AUS 11.3
• 1908
  GOLD Reggie Walker, SAF 10.8
  SILVER James Rector, USA 11.0
  BRONZE Robert Kerr, CAN 11.0
• 1912
  GOLD Ralph Craig, USA 10.8
  SILVER Alvah Meyer, USA 10.9
  BRONZE Donald Lippincott, USA 10.9
• 1920
  GOLD Charles Paddock, USA 10.8
  SILVER Morris Kirksey, USA 10.9
  BRONZE Harry Edward, GBR 10.9
• 1924
  GOLD Harold Abrahams, GBR 10.6
  SILVER Jackson Scholz, USA 10.8
  BRONZE Arthur Porritt, NZL 10.9
• 1928
  GOLD Percy Williams, CAN 10.8
  SILVER Jack London, GBR 10.9
  BRONZE Georg Lammers, GER 10.9
• 1932
  GOLD Eddie Tolan, USA 10.3
  SILVER Ralph Metcalfe, USA 10.3
  BRONZE Arthur Jonath, GER 10.4
• 1936
  GOLD Jesse Owens, USA 10.3
  SILVER Ralph Metcalfe, USA 10.4
  BRONZE Martinus Osendarp, HOL 10.5