The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the men’s 400 meters from the Summer Olympic games.
- 1896
GOLD Thomas Burke, USA 54.2
SILVER Herbert Jamison, USA 55.2
BRONZE Charles Gmelin, GBR 58.0
- 1900
GOLD Maxie Long, USA 49.4
SILVER William Holland, USA 49.6
BRONZE Ernst Schulz, DEN 52.4
- 1904
GOLD Harry Hillman, USA 49.2
SILVER Frank Waller, USA 49.9
BRONZE Herman Groman, USA 50.0
- 1906
GOLD Paul Pilgrim, USA 53.2
SILVER Wyndham Halswelle, GBR 53.8
BRONZE Nigel Barker, AUS 54.1
- 1908
GOLD Wyndham Halswelle, GBR 50.0
- 1912
GOLD Charles Reidpath, USA 48.2
SILVER Hanns Braun, GER 48.3
BRONZE Edward Lindberg, USA 48.4
- 1920
GOLD Bevil Rudd, RSA 49.6
SILVER Guy Butler, GBR 49.9
BRONZE Nils Engdahl, SWE 50.0
- 1924
GOLD Eric Liddell,GBR 47.6
SILVER Horatio Fitch, USA 48.4
BRONZE Guy Butler, GBR 48.6
- 1928
GOLD Ray Barbuti, USA 47.8
SILVER James Ball, CAN 47.9
BRONZE Joachim Büchner, GER 48.1
- 1932
GOLD Bill Carr, USA 46.28
SILVER Ben Eastman, USA 46.50
BRONZE Alex Wilson, CAN 47.4
- 1936
GOLD Archie Williams, USA 46.66
SILVER Godfrey Brown, GBR 46.68
BRONZE James LuValle, USA 46.84
- 1948
GOLD Arthur Wint, JAM 46.3
SILVER Herb McKenley, JAM 46.6
BRONZE Mal Whitfield, USA 47.0
- 1952
GOLD George Rhoden, JAM 46.09
SILVER Herb McKenley, JAM 46.20
BRONZE Ollie Matson, USA 46.94
- 1956
GOLD Charles Jenkins, USA 46.85
SILVER Karl-Friedrich Haas, GER 47.12
BRONZE Voitto Hellsten, FIN 47.15
BRONZE Ardalion Ignatyev, URS 47.15
- 1960
GOLD Otis Davis, USA 45.07
SILVER Carl Kaufmann, GER 45.08
BRONZE Malcolm Spence, RSA 45.60
- 1964
GOLD Mike Larrabee, USA 45.15
SILVER Wendell Mottley, TRI 45.24
BRONZE Andrzej Badenski, POL 45.64
- 1968
GOLD Lee Evans, USA 43.86
SILVER Larry James, USA 43.97
BRONZE Ron Freeman, USA 44.41
- 1972
GOLD Vince Matthews, USA 44.66
SILVER Wayne Collett, USA 44.80
BRONZE Julius Sang, KEN 44.92
- 1976
GOLD Alberto Juantorena, CUB 44.26
SILVER Fred Newhouse, USA 44.40
BRONZE Herman Frazier, USA 44.95
- 1980
GOLD Viktor Markin, URS 44.60
SILVER Rick Mitchell, AUS 44.84
BRONZE Frank Schaffer, GDR 44.87
- 1984
GOLD Alonzo Babers, USA 44.27
SILVER Gabriel Tiacoh, CIV 44.54
BRONZE Antonio McKay, USA 44.71
- 1988
GOLD Steve Lewis, USA 43.87
SILVER Butch Reynolds, USA 43.93
BRONZE Danny Everett, USA 44.09
- 1992
GOLD Quincy Watts, USA 43.50
SILVER Steve Lewis, USA 44.21
BRONZE Samson Kitur, KEN 44.24
- 1996
GOLD Michael Johnson, USA 43.49
SILVER Roger Black, GBR 44.41
BRONZE Davis Kamoga, UGA 44.53
- 2000
GOLD Michael Johnson, USA 43.84
SILVER Alvin Harrison, USA 44.40
BRONZE Greg Haughton, JAM 44.70
- 2004
GOLD Jeremy Wariner, USA 44.00
SILVER Otis Harris, USA 44.16
BRONZE Derrick Brew, USA 44.42
- 2008
GOLD LaShawn Merritt, USA 43.75
SILVER Jeremy Wariner, USA 44.74
BRONZE David Neville, USA 44.80
- 2012
GOLD Kirani James, GRN, 43.94
SILVER Luquelin Santos, DOM, 44.46
BRONZE Lalonde Gordon, TRI, 44.52
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