Template:Olympic medalists in the men's marathon

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Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1896 Athens details	Spyridon Louis Greece	2:58:50	Charilaos Vasilakos Greece	3:06:03	Gyula Kellner Hungary	3:06:35
1900 Paris details	Michel Théato France^[1]^[2]	2:59:45	Émile Champion France	3:04:17	Ernst Fast Sweden	3:37:14
1904 St. Louis details	Thomas Hicks United States	3:28:53	Albert Corey France^[3]^[4]	3:34:52	Arthur Newton United States	3:47:33
1908 London details	Johnny Hayes United States	2:55:18.4	Charles Hefferon South Africa	2:56:06.0	Joseph Forshaw United States	2:57:10.4
1912 Stockholm details	Ken McArthur South Africa	2:36:54.8	Christian Gitsham South Africa	2:37:52.0	Gaston Strobino United States	2:38:42.4
1920 Antwerp details	Hannes Kolehmainen Finland	2:32:35.8	Jüri Lossmann Estonia	2:32:48.6	Valerio Arri Italy	2:36:32.8
1924 Paris details	Albin Stenroos Finland	2:41:22.6	Romeo Bertini Italy	2:47:19.6	Clarence DeMar United States	2:48:14.0
1928 Amsterdam details	Boughera El Ouafi France	2:32:57	Manuel Plaza Chile	2:33:23	Martti Marttelin Finland	2:35:02
1932 Los Angeles details	Juan Carlos Zabala Argentina	2:31:36	Sam Ferris Great Britain	2:31:55	Armas Toivonen Finland	2:32:12
1936 Berlin details	Sohn Kee-chung Japan^[5]	2:29:19.2	Ernest Harper Great Britain	2:31:23.2	Nam Sung-yong Japan^[5]	2:31:42.0
1948 London details	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	2:34:51.6	Tom Richards Great Britain	2:35:07.6	Étienne Gailly Belgium	2:35:33.6
1952 Helsinki details	Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia	2:23:03.2	Reinaldo Gorno Argentina	2:25:35.0	Gustaf Jansson Sweden	2:26:07.0
1956 Melbourne details	Alain Mimoun France	2:25:00	Franjo Mihalić Yugoslavia	2:26:32	Veikko Karvonen Finland	2:27:47
1960 Rome details	Abebe Bikila Ethiopia	2:15:16.2	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Morocco	2:15:41.6	Barry Magee New Zealand	2:17:18.2
1964 Tokyo details	Abebe Bikila Ethiopia	2:12:11.2	Basil Heatley Great Britain	2:16:19.2	Kōkichi Tsuburaya Japan	2:16:22.8
1968 Mexico City details	Mamo Wolde Ethiopia	2:20:26	Kenji Kimihara Japan	2:23:31	Mike Ryan New Zealand	2:23:45
1972 Munich details	Frank Shorter United States	2:12:19	Karel Lismont Belgium	2:14:31	Mamo Wolde Ethiopia	2:15:08
1976 Montreal details	Waldemar Cierpinski East Germany	2:09:55	Frank Shorter United States	2:10:45	Karel Lismont Belgium	2:11:12
1980 Moscow details	Waldemar Cierpinski East Germany	2:11:03	Gerard Nijboer Netherlands	2:11:20	Satymkul Dzhumanazarov Soviet Union	2:11:35
1984 Los Angeles details	Carlos Lopes Portugal	2:09:21	John Treacy Ireland	2:09:56	Charlie Spedding Great Britain	2:09:58
1988 Seoul details	Gelindo Bordin Italy	2:10:32	Douglas Wakiihuri Kenya	2:10:47	Ahmed Salah Djibouti	2:10:59
1992 Barcelona details	Hwang Young-cho South Korea	2:13:23	Kōichi Morishita Japan	2:13:45	Stephan Freigang Germany	2:14:00
1996 Atlanta details	Josia Thugwane South Africa	2:12:36	Lee Bong-ju South Korea	2:12:39	Erick Wainaina Kenya	2:12:44
2000 Sydney details	Gezahegne Abera Ethiopia	2:10:11	Erick Wainaina Kenya	2:10:31	Tesfaye Tola Ethiopia	2:11:10
2004 Athens details	Stefano Baldini Italy	2:10:55	Meb Keflezighi United States	2:11:29	Vanderlei de Lima Brazil	2:12:11
2008 Beijing details	Samuel Wanjiru Kenya	2:06:32	Jaouad Gharib Morocco	2:07:16	Tsegay Kebede Ethiopia	2:10:00
2012 London details	Stephen Kiprotich Uganda	2:08:01	Abel Kirui Kenya	2:08:27	Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich Kenya	2:09:37
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Eliud Kipchoge Kenya	2:08:44	Feyisa Lelisa Ethiopia	2:09:54	Galen Rupp United States	2:10:05
2020 Tokyo details	Eliud Kipchoge Kenya	2:08:38	Abdi Nageeye Netherlands	2:09:58	Bashir Abdi Belgium	2:10:00
2024 Paris details	Tamirat Tola Ethiopia	2:06:26	Bashir Abdi Belgium	2:06:47	Benson Kipruto Kenya	2:07:00

References

^ Sometimes listed as representing Luxembourg.
^ "Paris 1900 marathon men Results - Olympic athletics". olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Arriving without correct documents, a French immigrant to the United States Albert Corey is inconsistently listed as performing in a mixed team in the four mile team race (with four undisputed Americans) and performing for the US in the marathon. Currently, the IOC attributes his medal in the marathon to France and in the team race to a mixed team.
^ "St. Louis 1904 Athletics Marathon Men Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
^ ^a ^b Both Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong were from Korea. The IOC attributes both medals to Japan due to Korea being a Japanese colony at the time. All Korean Olympians during the Japanese colonial rule could only participate in the games as a representative of Japan and had to compete with Japanese names instead of their original Korean names. However, some sources still refer to Son Kee-chung as the first Korean to win an Olympic marathon today.

[Theato-1] Sometimes listed as representing Luxembourg.

[2] "Paris 1900 marathon men Results - Olympic athletics". olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

[Coray-3] Arriving without correct documents, a French immigrant to the United States Albert Corey is inconsistently listed as performing in a mixed team in the four mile team race (with four undisputed Americans) and performing for the US in the marathon. Currently, the IOC attributes his medal in the marathon to France and in the team race to a mixed team.

[4] "St. Louis 1904 Athletics Marathon Men Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

[Son-5] Both Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong were from Korea. The IOC attributes both medals to Japan due to Korea being a Japanese colony at the time. All Korean Olympians during the Japanese colonial rule could only participate in the games as a representative of Japan and had to compete with Japanese names instead of their original Korean names. However, some sources still refer to Son Kee-chung as the first Korean to win an Olympic marathon today.

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