| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta 1996 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Michael Johnson
Roger Black
Davis Kamoga |
United States
Britain
Uganda
|
43.49
44.41
44.53 |
| Barcelona 1992 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Quincy Watts
Steve Lewis
Samson Katur |
United States
United States
Kenya
|
43.50
44.21
44.24
|
| Seoul 1988 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Steven Lewis
Butch Reynolds
Danny Everett
|
United States
United States
United States
|
43.87
43.93
44.09
|
| Los Angeles 1984 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Alonzo Babers
Gabriel Tiacoh
Antonio McKay
|
United States
Ivory Coast
United States
|
44.27
44.54
44.71
|
| Moscow 1980 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Viktor Markin
Richard Mitchell
Frank Schaeffer
|
Soviet Union
Australia
East Germany
|
44.60
44.84
44.87
|
| Montreal 1976 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Alberto Juantorena
Frederick Newhouse
Herman Frazier
|
Cuba
United States
United States
|
44.26
44.40
44.95
|
| Munich 1972 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Vincent Matthews
Wayne Collett
Julius Sang
|
United States
United States
Kenya
|
44.66
44.80
44.92
|
| Mexico City 1968 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Lee Evans
Larry James
Ronald Freeman
|
United States
United States
United States
|
43.86
43.9
44.4
|
| Tokyo 1964 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Michael Larrabee
Wendell Mottley
Andrzej Badenski
|
United States
T'dad and Tobago
Poland
|
45.1
45.2
45.6
|
| Rome 1960 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Otis Davis
Carl Kaufmann
Malcolm Spence
|
United States
West Germany
South Africa
|
44.9
44.9
45.5
|
| Melbourne 1956 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Charles Jenkins
Karl-Friedrich Haas
Voitto Hellsten
Ardalion Ignatyev
|
United States
East Germany
Finland
Soviet Union
|
46.7
46.8
47.0
47.0
|
| Helsinki 1952 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
George Rhoden
Herbert McKenley
Ollie Matson
|
Jamaica
Jamaica
United States
|
45.9
45.9
46.8
|
| London 1948 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Arthur Wint
Herbert McKenley
Malvin Whitfield
|
United States
Jamaica
United States
|
46.2
46.4
46.9
|
| Berlin 1936 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Archie Williams
Arthur G. Brown
James LuValle
|
United States
Great Britain
United States
|
46.5
46.7
46.8
|
| Los Angeles 1932 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
William Carr
Benjamin Eastman
Alexander Wilson
|
United States
United States
Canada
|
46.2
46.4
47.4
|
| Amsterdam 1928 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Raymond Barbuti
James Ball
Joachim Buchner
|
United States
Canada
Germany
|
47.8
48.0
48.2
|
| Paris 1924 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Eric Liddell
Horatio Fitch
Guy Butler
|
Great Britain
United States
Great Britain
|
47.6
48.4
48.6
|
| Antwerp 1920 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Bevil Rudd
Guy Butler
Nils Engdahl
|
South Africa
Great Britain
Sweden
|
49.6
50.0
50.0
|
| Stockholm 1912 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Charles Reidpath
Hanns Braun
Edward Lindberg
|
United States
Germany
United States
|
48.2
48.3
48.4
|
| London 1908 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Wyndham Halswelle
no medal awarded
no medal awarded
|
Great Britain
|
50.0
|
| St. Louis 1904 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Harry Hillman
Frank Waller
Herman Groman
|
United States
United States
United States
|
49.2
49.9
50.0
|
| Paris 1900 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Maxwell Long
William Holland
Ernst Schultz
|
United States
United States
Denmark
|
49.4
49.6
no time |
| Athens 1896 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Thomas Burke
Herbert Jamison
Charles Gmelin
|
United States
United States
Great Britain
|
54.2
no time
no time |
