Year  City  Name Land Time
1896  Athen Loues Spiridon Greece 2.58.50.
1900 Paris Michel Teato France 2.59.45
1904 St. Louis Thomas Hicks US 3.28.53
1908 London John Hayes USA 2.55.15
1912 Stockholm Kenneth MacArthur South Africa 2.55.15
1920 Antwerpen Hannes Kolehmainen Finland 2.32.36
1924 Paris Albin StenrosFinland 2.41.22
1928 Amsterdam El Quafi France 2.32.57
1932 Los Angeles Juan Zaballa Argentina 2.31.36
1936 Berlin Son Keitei Japan 2.29.19 
1948 London Delfo Cabrera Argentina 2.34.51
1952 Helsingfors Emil Zatopek Thekkoslovakia 2.23.03
1956 Melbourne Alain Mimoun France 2.25.00
1960 Rom Abebe Bikela Ethiopien 2.15.16
1964 Tokyo Abebe Bikela Ethiopien 2.12.11
1968 Mexico Mamo Wold Ethiopien 2.20.26
1972 München Frank Shorter USA 2.12.20
1976 Montreal Waldemar Cierpinski DDR 2.09.55
1980 Moskva Waldemar Cierpinski DDR 2.11.03
1984 Los Angeles Carlos Lopes Portugal 2.09.21
1988 Seoul Gelindo Bordin Italy 2.10.32
1992 Barcelona Hwang Hoo Cho Sydkorea 2.13.23
1996 Atlanta Josia Thuywane South Africa 2.12.36
2000 Sydney Gezahgne Abera Ethiopien 2.10.11
2004 Athen Stefano Baldini Italy 2.10.55


Medalists Countries
Country  Gold  Silver  Bronze
Ethiopia 4 0 2
France 4 1 0
Finland 2 0 3
DDR 2 0 0
Italy 2 1 1
South Africa 2 2 0
USA 2 3 4
Argentina 2 1 0
Portugal 1 0 0
Japan 1 2 2
South Corea 1 1 0
Greece 1 1 0
Tjekkoslovakia 1 0 0
Hungary 0 0 1
Sweden 0 0 2
Estonia 0 1 0
Chile 0 1 0
Great Britania 0 4 1
Belgium 0 1 2
Jugoslavia 0 1 0
Marokko 0 1 0
Newzeland 0 0 2
Nederland 0 1 0
Sovjet Union 0 0 1
Ireland 0 1 0
Kenya 0 2 1
Djibouti 0 0 1
Germany 0 0 1
Brasilia 0 0 1