| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta 1996 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Vebjoern Rodal
Hezekiel Sepeng
Fred Onyancha |
Norway
South Africa
Kenya
|
1:42.58
1:42.74
1:42.79 |
| Barcelona 1992 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
William Tanui
Nixon Kiprotich
Johnny Gray |
Kenya
Kenya
United States
|
1:43.66
1:43.70
1:43.97 |
| Seoul 1988 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Paul Ereng
Joaquim Cruz
Said Aouita
|
Kenya
Brazil
Morocco
|
1:43.45
1:43.90
1:44.06
|
| Los Angeles 1984 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Joaquim Cruz
Sebastian Coe
Earl Jones
|
Brazil
Great Britain
United States
|
1:43.00
1:43.64
1:43.83
|
| Moscow 1980 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Steve Ovett
Sebastian Coe
Nikolai Kirov
|
Great Britain
Great Britain
Soviet Union
|
1:45.4
1:45.9
1:46.0
|
| Montreal 1976 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Alberto Juantorena
Ivo van Damme
Richard Wohlhuter
|
Cuba
Belgium
United States
|
1:43.50
1:43.86
1:44.12
|
| Munich 1972 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
David Wottle
Yegevny Arzhanov
Mike Boit
|
United States
Soviet Union
Kenya
|
1:45.9
1:45.9
1:46.0
|
| Mexico City 1968 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ralph Doubell
Wilson Kiprugut
Thomas Farrell
|
Australia
Kenya
United States
|
1:44.3
1:44.5
1:45.4
|
| Tokyo 1964 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Peter Snell
William Crothers
Wilson Kiprugut
|
New Zealand
Canada
Kenya
|
1:46.3
1:45.6
1:45.9
|
| Rome 1960 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Peter Snell
Roger Moens
George Kerr
|
New Zealand
Belgium
Jamaica
|
1:46.3
1:46.5
1:47.1
|
| Melbourne 1956 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Thomas Courtney
Derek Johnson
Audun Boysen
|
United States
Great Britain
Norway
|
1:47.7
1:47.8
1:48.1
|
| Helsinki 1952 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Malvin Whitfield
Arthur Wint
Heinz Ulzheimer
|
United States
Jamaica
West Germany
|
1:49.2
1:49.4
1:49.7
|
| London 1948 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Malvin Whitfield
Arthur Wint
Marcel Hansenne
|
United States
Jamaica
France
|
1:49.2
1:49.5
1:49.8
|
| Berlin 1936 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
John Woodruff
Mario Lanzi
Philip Edwards
|
United States
Italy
Canada
|
1:52.9
1:53.3
1:53.6
|
| Los Angeles 1932 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Thomas Hampson
Alexander Wilson
Philip Edwards
|
Great Britain
Canada
Canada
|
1:49.7
1:49.9
1:51.5
|
| Amsterdam 1928 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Douglas Lowe
Erik Bylehn
Hermann Englehard
|
Great Britain
Sweden
Germany
|
1:51.8
1:52.8
1:53.2
|
| Paris 1924 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Douglas Lowe
Paul Martin
Schuyler Enck
|
Great Britain
Switzerland
United States
|
1:52.4
1:52.6
1:53.0
|
| Antwerp 1920 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Albert Hill
Earl Eby
Bevil Rudd
|
Great Britain
United States
South Africa
|
1:53.4
1:53.6
1:54.0
|
| Stockholm 1912 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
James Meredith
Melvin Sheppard
Ira Davenport
|
United States
United States
United States
|
1:51.9
1:52.0
1:52.0
|
| London 1908 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Melvin Sheppard
Emilio Lunghi
Hanns Braun
|
United States
Italy
Germany
|
1:52.8
1:54.2
1:55.2
|
| St. Louis 1904 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
James Lightbody
Howard Valentine
Emil Breitkreutz
|
United States
United States
United States
|
1:56.0
1:56.3
1:56.4
|
| Paris 1900 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Alfred Tysoe
John Cregan
David Hall
|
Great Britain
United States
United States
|
2:01.2
2:03.0
no time
|
| Athens 1896 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Edwin Flack
Nandor Dani
Demetrios Golemis
|
Australia
Hungary
Greece
|
2:11.0
2:11.8
no time
|
