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Tokyo 2020 All-time By event Individual

STATISTICS MEN

The Men´s Olympic Program has remained unchanging since 1932, with the only exception of the 20 km Walk; which entered in 1956 as a substitute for the 10000 Metres Track Walk. Between Paris 1900 and Paris 1924, some "weird" events as standing jumps or throws with both hands were also held. The discontinued events make a total of 47 (not included in the table below); of which USA won 21 gold medals; FIN 10; GBR 6; SWE 4; ITA 3; CAN 2 & GRE 1. Mixed relays (introduced at Tokyo 2020) are not included.

Paris 2024 (Top Six) top

Ps CNT GD SV BZ Tot
1. USA 7 6 5 18
2. NOR 2 1 0 3
. CAN 2 1 0 3
4. JAM 1 2 2 5
5. KEN 1 1 2 4
6. BOT 1 1 0 2
. ETH 1 1 0 2
...
(31) TOT 23 23 23 69

All-Time Medal Table: MEN (1896-2024) top

* All the events currently included in the Olympic Program (see above)
* Countries no longer existing are in small letters.
* Former Soviet republics already considered on their own in 1992 (except relay events).

Ps Country CNT GD SV BZ TOT
1. United States USA 265 207 165 637
2. Great Britain GBR 39 52 43 134
3. Finland FIN 37 30 26 93
4. Soviet Union urs 34 35 39 108
5. Kenya KEN 28 28 25 81
6. Poland POL 18 10 8 36
7. Italy ITA 17 8 23 48
8. Sweden SWE 15 18 30 63
9. Jamaica JAM 15 18 9 42
10. Canada CAN 14 14 20 48
11. East Germany gdr 14 14 14 42
12. Ethiopia ETH 14 7 13 34
13. Germany GER 12 26 28 66
14. Norway NOR 9 4 6 19
15. France FRA 8 23 21 52
16. Russia RUS 6 6 11 23
17. Czechoslovakia tch 8 6 3 17
18. New Zealand NZL 8 2 9 19
19. Australia AUS 8 13 14 35
20. Hungary HUN 7 11 14 32
21. Morocco MAR 7 4 6 17
22. Cuba CUB 6 10 10 26
23. South Africa RSA 6 9 4 19
24. Japan JPN 5 8 9 22
25. West Germany frg 4 8 12 24
26. Brazil BRA 4 4 11 19
27. Greece GRE 4 3 9 16
28. Uganda UGA 4 1 2 7
29. Ireland IRL 4 1 1 6
30. Spain ESP 3 5 6 14
31. Trinidad & Tobago TTO 3 4 8 15
32. Mexico MEX 3 4 2 9
33. China CHN 3 3 4 10
34. Czech Republic CZE 3 2 4 9
35. Portugal POR 3 2 2 7
36. Lithuania LTU 3 1 1 5
37. Belgium BEL 2 6 3 11
38. Algeria ALG 2 3 3 8
39. Argentina ARG 2 2 0 4
40. Bahamas BAH 2 1 4 7
41. Estonia EST 2 1 3 6
42. Dominican Republic DOM 2 1 0 3
. Ecuador ECU 2 1 0 3
44. Tajikistan TJK 2 0 0 2
45. Qatar QAT 1 2 2 5
46. Tunisia TUN 1 2 1 4
. Botswana BOT 1 2 1 4
48. India IND 1 2 0 3
49. Nigeria NGR 1 1 3 5
. Grenada GRN 1 1 3 5
51. South Korea KOR 1 1 0 2
. Slovenia SLO 1 1 0 2
53. Panama PAN 1 0 2 3
54. Bulgaria BUL 1 0 1 2
55. Burundi BDI 1 0 0 1
. Luxembourg LUX 1 0 0 1
. Slovakia SVK 1 0 0 1
. Pakistan PAK 1 0 0 1
59. Belarus BLR 0 5 4 9
60. Switzerland SUI 0 5 1 6
61. Latvia LAT 0 4 1 5
62. Namibia NAM 0 4 0 4
63. Netherlands NED 0 3 5 8
64. Denmark DEN 0 3 2 5
65. Tanzania TAN 0 2 0 2
. Yugoslavia yug 0 2 0 2
67. Romania ROU 0 1 1 2
. Zambia ZAM 0 1 1 2
69. Bohemia boh 0 1 0 1
. Ceylon [Sri Lanka] cey 0 1 0 1
. Chile CHI 0 1 0 1
. Ivory Coast CIV 0 1 0 1
. Haiti HAI 0 1 0 1
. Iceland ISL 0 1 0 1
. Saudi Arabia KSA 0 1 0 1
. Senegal SEN 0 1 0 1
. Taipei TPE 0 1 0 1
. Sudan SUD 0 1 0 1
. Iran IRI 0 1 0 1
. Guatemala GUA 0 1 0 1
. Colombia COL 0 1 0 1
82. Ukraine UKR 0 0 5 5
83. Turkey TUR 0 0 2 2
84. British West Indies bwi 0 0 2 2
. Philippines PHI 0 0 2 2
86. Barbados BAR 0 0 1 1
. Djibouti DJI 0 0 1 1
. Eritrea ERI 0 0 1 1
. Kazajstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
. Venezuela VEN 0 0 1 1
. Puerto Rico PUR 0 0 1 1
. Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
. Burkina Faso BUR 0 0 1 1
 
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Most Gold Medals by Event: MEN (1896-2024) top

* The 2nd column indicates how many times the event has been held.

Event Ed 1st Medals 2nd Medals
100 30 United States 17 Great Britain / Jamaica 3
200 29 United States 17 Jamaica 3
400 30 United States 20 Great Britain / Jamaica 2
800 30 United States 8 Kenya 7
1.500 30 Great Britain 5 Kenya / USA 4
5.000 26 Finland 8 Ethiopia 3
10.000 27 Finland 7 Ethiopia 6
Mar 30 Ethiopia 5 FRA / USA / KEN 3
110 h 30 United States 20 CAN / CUB / JAM 2
400 h 28 United States 20 GBR / DOM 2
3000st 27 Kenya 11 Finland 4
4×100 26 United States 15 URS / GBR / JAM / CAN 2
4×400 26 United States 19 Great Britain 2
HJ 30 United States 14 Soviet Union 4
PV 30 United States 18 France 3
LJ 30 United States 22 Great Britain / Greece 2
TJ 30 United States 8 Soviet Union 4
SP 30 United States 20 Poland 3
DT 30 United States 13 Lithuania / Germany 3
HT 29 United States / Soviet Union 7 Hungary 5
JT 27 Finland 7 SWE / URS / NOR 3
20KW 18 Soviet Union / Italy 3 MEX / CHN / ECU 2
50KW 20 Poland 4 Great Britain / Italy 3
Dec 26 United States 14 Great Britain / Norway 2

Medal Table by Athlete top

* All events between 1896 and 2024, including those not currently held.

Ps Name GD SV BZ Medal Details
1. Paavo Nurmi, FIN 9 3 - 20: 10000-CR-CRTM; 24: 1500-5000-3000TM-CR-CRTM; 28: 10000 // 20: 5000; 28: 5000-3000st // None
2. Carl Lewis, USA 9 1 - 84: 100-200-4x100-LJ; 88: 100-LJ; 92: 4X100-LJ; 96: LJ // 88: 200 // None
3. Ray Ewry, USA 8 - - 1900: SHJ-SLJ-STJ; 1904: SHJ-SLJ-STJ; 1908: SHJ-SLJ // None // None
. Usain Bolt, JAM 8 - - 08: 100-200-(DQ4x100); 12: 100-200-4x100; 16: 100-200-4x100 // None // None
5. Vilho Ritola, FIN 5 3 - 24: 10000-3000TM-CRTM-3000st; 28: 5000 // 24: 5000; 28: 10000 // None
6. Michael Johnson, USA 5 - - 92: 4x400; 96: 200-400; 00: 400-(DQ4x400) // None // None
7. Melvin Sheppard, USA 4 1 - 08: 800-1500-4x400; 12: 4x400 // 12: 800 // None
. Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN 4 1 - 12: 5000-10000-CR; 20: Mar // 12: 10000 // None
. Emil Zatopek, TCH 4 1 - 48: 10000; 52: 5000-10000-Mar // 48: 5000 // None
10. Alvin Kraezlin, USA 4 - - 1900: 60-110h-200h-LJ // None // None
. Jesse Owens, USA 4 - - 36: 100-200-4x100-LJ // None // None
. Harrison Dillard, USA 4 - - 48: 100-4x100; 52: 110h-4x100 // None // None
. Al Oerter, USA 4 - - DT: 56-60-64-68 // None // None
. Lasse Viren, FIN 4 - - 72: 5000-10000; 76: 5000-10000 // None // None
. Robert Korzeniowski, POL 4 - - 20KW: 00; 50KW: 96-00-04 // None // None
. Mo Farah, GBR 4 - - 12: 5000-10000; 16: 5000-10000 // None // None
17. Ralph Rose, USA 3 2 1 04: SP; 08: SP; 12: SPboth-hands // 04: DT; 12: SP // 04: HT
18. Malvin Whitfield, USA 3 1 1 48: 800-4x400; 52: 800 // 52: 4x400 // 48: 400
19. John Flanagan, USA 3 1 - HT: 00-04-08 // 04: SP25kg // None
. Viktor Saneyev, URS 3 1 - TJ: 68-72-76 // TJ: 80 // None
. Steven Lewis, USA 3 1 - 88: 400-4x400; 92: 4x400 // 92: 400 // None
. Jan Zelezny, TCH/CZE 3 1 - JT: 92-96-00 // JT: 88 // None
. Kenenisa Bekele, ETH 3 1 - 04: 10000; 08: 5000-10000 // 04: 5000 // None
. Jeremy Wariner, USA 3 1 - 04: 400-4x400; 08: 4x400 // 08: 400 // None
. Rai Benjamin, USA 3 1 - 400h: 24; 4x400: 20-24 // 400h: 20 // None
26. LaShawn Merritt, USA 3 - 1 08: 400-4x400; 16: 4x400 // None // 16: 400
27. Eric Lemming, SWE 3 - - 08: JT-JTfreestyle; 12: JT // None // None
. Frank Wykoff, USA 3 - - 4x100: 28-32-36 // None // None
. Bobby Morrow, USA 3 - - 56: 100-200-4x100 // None // None
. Glen Davis, USA 3 - - 56: 400h; 60: 400h-4x400 // None // None
. Peter Snell, NZL 3 - - 60: 800; 64: 800-1500 // None // None
. Angelo Taylor, USA 3 - - 00: 400h; 08: 400h-4x400 // None // None
(33) Ryan Crouser, USA 3 - - SP: 16-20-24 // None // None

Abbreviations top

ABR Event ABR Event ABR Event
Mar Marathon HJ High Jump SP Shot Put
h hurdles PV Pole Vault DT Discus Throw
KW Kilometres Walk LJ Long Jump HT Hammer Throw
Dec Decathlon TJ Triple Jump JT Javelin Throw
__ an underline result stands for World Record

* SHJ / SLJ / STJ: Standing High Jump-Long Jump-Triple Jump
* CR: Cross-Country
* TM: Team competition

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