| Year | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Paris 2024 | 43.4 | 48.17 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 43.85 | 48.36 |
| Rio 2016 | 43.03 | 49.44 |
| London 2012 | 43.94 | 49.55 |
| Beijing 2008 | 43.75 | 49.62 |
| Athens 2004 | 44 | 49.41 |
| Sydney 2000 | 43.84 | 49.11 |
| Atlanta 1996 | 43.49 | 48.25 |
| Barcelona 1992 | 43.5 | 48.83 |
| Seoul 1988 | 43.87 | 48.65 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | 44.27 | 48.83 |
| Moscow 1980 | 44.6 | 48.88 |
| Montreal 1976 | 44.26 | 49.29 |
| Munich 1972 | 44.66 | 51.08 |
| Mexico City 1968 | 43.8 | 52 |
| Tokyo 1964 | 45.1 | 52 |
| Rome 1960 | 44.9 | - |
| Melbourne 1956 | 46.7 | - |
| Helsinki 1952 | 45.9 | - |
| London 1948 | 46.2 | - |
| Berlin 1936 | 46.5 | - |
| Los Angeles 1932 | 46.2 | - |
| Amsterdam 1928 | 47.8 | - |
| Paris 1924 | 47.6 | - |
| Antwerp 1920 | 49.6 | - |
| Stockholm 1912 | 48.2 | - |
| London 1908 | 50 | - |
| St. Louis 1904 | 49.2 | - |
| Paris 1900 | 49.4 | - |
| Athens 1896 | 54.2 | - |
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Worldwide
1896 to 2024
This data was collected using the official Olympic website, as well as a spreadsheet from the Guardian that includes data from 1896-2008 (available here), 2012 and 2016 data was compared with that from Encyclopaedia Britannica, and several news outlets were used to update the table when medals were reassigned (i.e. for doping offenses).
The winning athletes (male listed first) and their represented countries are as follows:
1896 - Thomas Burke (US)
1900 - Maxwell Warburn Long (US)
1904 - Harry Hillman (Canada)
1908 - Wyndham Halswelle (Great Britain)
1912 - Charles Reidpath (US)
1920 - Bevil Rudd (South Africa)
1924 - Eric Liddell (Great Britain)
1928 - Raymond James Barbuti (US)
1932 - William Arthur Carr (US)
1936 - Archibald Franklin Williams (US)
1948 - Arthur Wint (Jamaica)
1952 - George Rhoden (Jamaica)
1956 - Charles Jenkins (US)
1960 - Otis Davis (US)
1964 - Mike Larrabee (US) & Betty Cuthbert (Australia)
1968 - Lee Evans (US) & Colette Besson (France)
1972 - Vince Matthews (US) & Monika Zehrt (East Germany)
1976 - Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) & Irena Kirszenstein (USSR)
1980 - Viktor Markin (USSR) & Marita Koch (East Germany)
1984 - Alonzo Babers (US) & Valerie Brisco (US)
1988 - Steve Lewis (US) & Olga Bryzgina (USSR)
1992 - Quincy Watts (US) & Marie-José Pérec (France)
1996 - Michael Johnson (US) & Marie-José Pérec (France)
2000 - Michael Johnson (US) & Cathy Freeman (Australia)
2004 - Jeremy Wariner (US) & Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas)
2008 - LaShawn Merritt (US) & Christine Ohuruogu (Great Britain)
2012 - Kirani James (Grenada) & Sanya Richards-Ross (US)
2016 - Wayde Van Niekerk (South Africa) & Shaunae Miller (Bahamas)
2020 - Steven Gardiner (Bahamas) & Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas)
2024 - Quincy Hall (US) & Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic)
