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Men's Track & Field Gold Medalists (NOTE: W indicates tied or equalled world record; O indicates tied or equalled Olympic record; w indicates wind-aided.) 100-Meter Dash Year Winner Country Time 1968 Jim Hines United States 9.95W 1972 Valery Borzov Soviet Union 10.14 1976 Hasely Crawford Trinidad 10.06 1980 Allan Wells Great Britain 10.25 1984 Carl Lewis United States 9.99 1988 Carl Lewis* United States 9.92W 1992 Linford Christie Great Britain 9.96 1996 Donovan Bailey Canada 9.84W *Ben Johnson of Canadaada finished first in a world record time of 9.79 seconds, but tested positive for steroid use and the gold medal was awarded to Lewis, who had finished in second place.

200-Meter Dash Year Winner Country Time 1968 Tommie Smith United States 19.83W 1972 Valery Borzov Soviet Union 20.00 1976 Donald Quarrie Jamaica 20.23 1980 Pietro Mennea Italy 20.19 1984 Carl Lewis United States 19.80O 1988 Joe DeLoach United States 19.75O 1992 Mike Marsh United States 20.01 1996 Michael Johnson United States 19.32W

400-Meter Dash Year Winner Country Time 1968 Lee Evans United States 43.86W 1972 Vince Matthews United States 44.66 1976 Alberto Juantorena Cuba 44.26 1980 Viktor Markin Soviet Union 44.60 1984 Alonzo Babers United States 44.27 1988 Steve Lewis United States 43.87 1992 Quincy Watts United States 43.50O 1996 Michael Johnson United States 43.49O

800-Meter Run Year Winner Country Time 1968 Ralph Doubell Australia 1:44.3W 1972 Dave Wottle United States 1:45.9 1976 Alberto Juantorena Cuba 1:43.50W 1980 Steve Ovett Great Britain 1:45.4 1984 Joaquim Cruz Brazil 1:43.00O 1988 Paul Ereng Kenya 1:43.45 1992 William Tanui Kenya 1:43.66 1996 Vebjoern Rodal Norway 1:42.58O

1500-Meter Run Year Winner Country Time 1968 Kip Keino Kenya 3:34.9O 1972 Pekka Vasala Finland 3:36.3 1976 John Walker New Zealand 3:39.17 1980 Sebastian Coe Great Britain 3:38.4 1984 Sebastian Coe Great Britain 3:32.53O 1988 Peter Rono Kenya 3:35.96 1992 Fermin Cacho Spain 3:40.12 1996 Noureddine Morceli Algeria 3:35.78

5000-Meter Run Year Winner Country Time 1968 Mohamed Gammoudi Tunisia 14:05.0 1972 Lasse Viren Finland 13:26.4O 1976 Lasse Viren Finland 13:24.76 1980 Miruts Yifter Ethiopia 13:21.0 1984 Said Aouita Morocco 13:05.59O 1988 John Ngugi Kenya 13:11.70 1992 Dieter Baumann Germany 13:12.52 1996 Venuste Niyongabo Burkina Faso 13:07.96

10,000-Meter Run Year Winner Country Time 1968 Naftali Temu Kenya 29:27.4 1972 Lasse Viren Finland 27:38.4W 1976 Lasse Viren Finland 27:40.38 1980 Miruts Yifter Ethiopia 27:42.7 1984 Alberto Cova Italy 27:47.54 1988 Brahim Boutaib Morocoo 27:21.46O 1992 Khalid Skah Morocco 27:46.70 1996 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 27:07.34O

Marathon Year Winner Country Time 1968 Mamo Wolde Ethiopia 2:20:26.4 1972 Frank Shorter United States 2:12:19.8 1976 Waldemar Cierpinski East Germany 2:09:55.0O 1980 Waldemar Cierpinski East Germany 2:11:03.0 1984 Carlos Lopes Portugal 2:09:21.0O 1988 Gelindo Bordin Italy 2:10:32 1992 Hwang Young-Cho South Korea 2:13:23 1996 Josia Thugwane South Africa 2:12:36

110-Meter Hurdles Year Winner Country Time 1968 Willie Davenport United States 13.3O 1972 Rod Milburn United States 13.24W 1976 Guy Drut France 13.30 1980 Thomas Munkelt East Germany 13.39 1984 Roger Kingdom United States 13.20O 1988 Roger Kingdom United States 12.98O 1992 Mark McKoy Canada 13.12 1996 Allen Johnson United States 12.95O

400-Meter Hurdles Year Winner Country Time 1968 David Hemery Great Britain 48.12W 1972 John Akii-Bua Uganda 47.82W 1976 Edwin Moses United States 47.64W 1980 Volker Beck East Germany 48.70 1984 Edwin Moses United States 47.75 1988 Andre Phillips United States 47.19O 1992 Kevin Young United States 46.78W 1996 Derrick Adkins United States 47.54

3000-Meter Steeplechase Year Winner Country Time 1968 Amos Biwott Kenya 8:51.0 1972 Kip Keino Kenya 8:23.6O 1976 Anders Gaarderud Sweden 8:08.2W 1980 Bronislaw Malinowski Poland 8:09.7 1984 Julius Korir Kenya 8:11.80 1988 Julius Kariuki Kenya 8:05.51O 1992 Matthew Birir Kenya 8:08.84 1996 Joseph Keter Kenya 8:07.12

4x100-Meter Relay Year Winner Time 1968 United States 38.23W 1972 United States 38.19W 1976 United States 38.33 1980 Soviet Union 38.26 1984 United States 37.83W 1988 Soviet Union 38.19 1992 United States 37.40W 1996 Canada 37.69

4x400-Meter Relay Year Winner Time 1968 United States 2:56.16W 1972 Kenya 2:59.8 1976 United States 2:58.65 1980 Soviet Union 3:01.1 1984 United States 2:57.91 1988 United States 2:56.16W 1992 United States 2:55.74W 1996 United States 2:55.99

20-Kilometer Walk Year Winner Country Time 1968 Vladimir Golubnichiy Soviet Union 1:33:58.4 1972 Peter Frenkel East Germany 1:26:42.4O 1976 Daniel Bautista Mexico 1:24:40.6O 1980 Maurizio Damilano Italy 1:23:35.5O 1984 Ernesto Canadato Mexico 1:23:13O 1988 Jozef Pribilinec Czech Republic 1:19:57O 1992 Daniel Plaza Montero Spain 1:21:45 1996 Jefferson Perez Ecuador 1:20:07

50-Kilometer Walk Year Winner Country Time 1968 Christoph Hoehne East Germany 4:20:13.6 1972 Bernd Kannenberg West Germany 3:56:11.6O 1976 NOT HELD 1980 Hartwig Gauder East Germany 3:49:24.0O 1984 Raul Gonzalez Mexico 3:47:26O 1988 Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union 3:38:29O 1992 Andrei Perlov Unified Team 3:50:13 1996 Robert Korzeniowski Poland 3:43:30

High Jump Year Winner Country Height 1968 Dick Fosbury United States 7-4 1/4O 1972 Yuri Tarmak Soviet Union 7-3 3/4 1976 Jacek Wszola Poland 7-4 1/2O 1980 Gerd Wessig East Germany 7-8 3/4W 1984 Dietmar Moegenburg West Germany 7-8 1/2 1988 Gennady Avdeyenko Soviet Union 7-9 3/4O 1992 Javier Sotomayor Cuba 7-8 1996 Charles Austin United States 7-10O

Pole Vault Year Winner Country Height 1968 Bob Seagren United States 17-8 1/2O 1972 Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany 18-0 1/2O 1976 Tadeusz Slusarski Poland 18-0 1/2O 1980 Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz Poland 18-11 1/2W 1984 Pierre Quinon France 18-10 1/4 1988 Sergey Bubka Soviet Union 19-4 1/4O 1992 Maksim Tarasov Unified Team 19-0 1/4 1996 Jean Galfione France 19-5 1/4O

Long Jump Year Winner Country Distance 1968 Bob Beamon United States 29-2 1/2W 1972 Randy Williams United States 27-0 1/2 1976 Arnie Robinson United States 27-4 3/4 1980 Lutz Dombrowski East Germany 28-0 1/4 1984 Carl Lewis United States 28-0 1/4 1988 Carl Lewis United States 28-7 1/4 1992 Carl Lewis United States 28-5 1/2 1996 Carl Lewis United States 27-10 3/4

Triple Jump Year Winner Country Distance 1968 Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union 57-0 3/4W 1972 Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union 56-11 1/4 1976 Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union 56-8 3/4 1980 Jaak Uudmae Soviet Union 56-11 1/4 1984 Al Joyner United States 56-7 1/2 1988 Khristo Markov Bulgaria 57-9 1/4O 1992 Mike Conley United States 57-10 1/4O 1996 Kenny Harrison United States 59-4 1/4O

Shot Put Year Winner Country Distance 1968 Randy Matson United States 67-4 3/4 1972 Wladyslaw Komar Poland 69-6O 1976 Udo Beyer East Germnay 69-0 3/4 1980 Vladimir Kiselyov Soviet Union 70-0 1/2O 1984 Alessandro Andrei Italy 69-9 1988 Ulf Timmermann East Germany 73-8 3/4O 1992 Mike Stulce United States 71-2 1/2 1996 Randy Barnes United States 70-11 1/4

Discus Throw Year Winner Country Distance 1968 Al Oerter United States 212-6O 1972 Ludvik Danek Czech Republic 211-3 1976 Mac Wilkins United States 221-5 1980 Viktor Rashchupkin Soviet Union 218-8 1984 Rolf Danneberg West Germany 218-6 1988 Juergen Schult East Germany 225-9O 1992 Romas Ubartas Lithuania 213-8 1996 Lars Riedel Germany 227-8

Hammer Throw Year Winner Country Distance 1968 Gyula Zsivotzky Hungary 240-8O 1972 Anatoly Bondarchuk Soviet Union 247-8O 1976 Yuri Sedykh Soviet Union 254-4O 1980 Yuri Sedykh Soviet Union 268-4W 1984 Juha Tiainen Finland 256-2 1988 Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union 278-2O 1992 Andrei Abduvaliyev Unified Team 270-9 1996 Balazs Kiss Hungary 266-6

Javelin Throw Year Winner Country Distance 1968 Janis Lusis Soviet Union 295-7O 1972 Klaus Wolfermann West Germany 296-10O 1976 Miklos Nemeth Hungary 310-4W 1980 Dainis Kula Soviet Union 299-2 1984 Arto Haarkonen Finland 284-8 1988 Tapio Korjus Finland 276-6 1992 Jan Zelezny Czech Republic 294-2O 1996 Jan Zelezny Czech Republic 289-3

Decathlon Year Winner Country Points 1968 Bill Toomey United States 8193O 1972 Nikolai Avilov Soviet Union 8454W 1976 Bruce Jenner United States 8617W 1980 Daley Thompson Great Britain 8495 1984 Daley Thompson Great Britain 8798W 1988 Christian Schenk East Germany 8488 1992 Robert Zmelik Czech Republic 8611 1996 Dan O'Brien United States 8824 Check out other Medalists