The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the men’s marathon from the Summer Olympic games. NOTE: The marathon distance varied between 1896-1924, as follows: 1896 – 40 kilometers; 1900 – 40.26 km; 1904 – 41 km; 1906 – 41.86 km; 1908 - 42.195 km; 1912 – 40.2 km; 1920 – 42.75 km; 1924-present – 42.195 km.
- 1896
GOLD Spyridon Louis, GRE 2:58:50
SILVER Harilaos Vasilakos, GRE 3:06:03
BRONZE Gyula Kellner, HUN 3:06:35
- 1900
GOLD Michel Théato, FRA 2:59:45
SILVER Émile Champion, FRA 3:04:17
BRONZE Ernst Fast, SWE 3:37:14
- 1904
GOLD Thomas Hicks, USA 3:28:53
SILVER Albert Corey, FRA 3:34:52
BRONZE Arthur Newton, USA 3:47:33
- 1906
GOLD Billy Sherring, CAN 2:51:23.6
SILVER John Svanberg, SWE 2:58:02.8
BRONZE William Frank, USA 3:00:64.8
- 1908
GOLD John Hayes, USA 2:55:18.4
SILVER Charles Hefferon, RSA 2:56:06.0
BRONZE Joseph Forshaw, USA 2:57:10.4
- 1912
GOLD Kenneth MacArthur,RSA 2:36:54.8
SILVER Christian Gitsham, RSA 2:37:52.0
BRONZE Gaston Strobino, USA 2:38:42.4
- 1920
GOLD Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN 2:32:35.8
SILVER Jϋri Lossman, EST 2:32:48.6
BRONZE Valerio Arri, ITA 2:36:32.8
- 1924
GOLD Albin Stenroos, FIN 2:41:22.6
SILVER Romeo Bertini, ITA 2:47:19.6
BRONZE Clarence DeMar, USA 2:48:14.0
- 1928
GOLD Boughèra El Quafi, FRA 2:32:57
SILVER Manuel Plaza, CHI 2:33:23
BRONZE Martii Marttelin, FIN 2:35:02
- 1932
GOLD Juan Carlos Zabala, ARG 2:31:36
SILVER Sam Ferris, GBR 2:31:55
BRONZE Armas Toivonen, FIN 2:32:12
- 1936
GOLD Sohn Kee-Chung, JPN 2:29:19.2
SILVER Ernie Harper, GBR 2:31:23.2
BRONZE Nam Sung-Yong, JPN 2:31:42.0
- 1948
GOLD Delfo Cabrera, ARG 2:34:51.6
SILVER Tom Richards GBR 2:35:07.6
BRONZE Etienne Gailly, BEL 2:35:33.6
- 1952
GOLD Emil Zátopek, CZE 2:23:03.2
SILVER Reinaldo Gorno, ARG 2:25:35.0
BRONZE Gustaf Jansson, SWE 2:26:07.0
- 1956
GOLD Alain Mimoun, FRA 2:25:00
SILVER Franjo Mihalic, YUG 2:26:32
BRONZE Veikko Karvonen, FIN 2:27:47
- 1960
GOLD Abebe Bikila, ETH 2:15:16.2
SILVER Rhadi ben Abdesselem, MAR 2:15:41.6
BRONZE Barry Magee, NZL 2:17:18.2
- 1964
GOLD Abebe Bikila, ETH 2:12:11.2
SILVER Basil Heatley, GBR 2:16:19.2
BRONZE Kokichi Tsuburaya, JPN 2:16:22.8
- 1968
GOLD Mamo Wolde, ETH 2:20:26.4
SILVER Kenji Kimihara, JPN 2:23:31.0
BRONZE Michael Ryan, NZL 2:23:45.0
- 1972
GOLD Frank Shorter, USA 2:12:19.8
SILVER Karel Lismont, BEL 2:14:31.8
BRONZE Mamo Wolde, ETH 2:15:08.4
- 1976
GOLD Waldemar Cierpinski, GDR 2:09:55.0
SILVER Frank Shorter, USA 2:10:45.8
BRONZE Karel Lismont, BEL 2:11:12.6
- 1980
GOLD Waldemar Cierpinski, GDR 2:11:03
SILVER Gerard Nijboer, NED 2:11:20
BRONZE Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, URS 2:11:35
- 1984
GOLD Carlos Lopes, POR 2:09:21
SILVER John Treacy, IRL 2:09:56
BRONZE Charlie Spedding, GBR 2:09:58
- 1988
GOLD Gelindo Bordin, ITA 2:10:32
SILVER Douglas Wakihuri, KEN 2:10:47
BRONZE Ahmed Salah, DJI 2:10:59
- 1992
GOLD Hwang Young-cho, KOR 2:13:23
SILVER Koichi Morishita, JPN 2:13:45
BRONZE Stephan Freigang, GER 2:14:00
- 1996
GOLD Josia Thugwane, RSA 2:12:36
SILVER Lee Bong-Ju, KOR 2:12:39
BRONZE Eric Wainaina, KEN 2:12:44
- 2000
GOLD Gezahegn Abera, ETH 2:10:11
SILVER Eric Wainaina, KEN 2:10:31
BRONZE Tesfaye Tola, ETH 2:11:10
- 2004
GOLD Stefano Baldini, ITA 2:10:55
SILVER Meb Keflezighi, USA 2:11:29
BRONZE Vanderlei de Lima, BRA 2:12:11
- 2008
GOLD Samuel Wanjiru, KEN 2:06:32
SILVER Jaouad Gharib, MAR 2:07:16
BRONZE Tsegay Kebede, ETH 2:10:00
- 2012
GOLD Stephen Kiprotich, UGA, 2:08:01
SILVER Abel Kirui, KEN, 2:08:27
BRONZE Wilson Kipsang, KEN, 2:09:37
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