Athletics — 100 metres, Men

Times held	30
Total participants	1708
Total countries	199

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
1896	100 metres, Men	Olympic	15	8
1900	100 metres, Men	Olympic	20	9
1904	100 metres, Men	Olympic	11	3
1906	100 metres, Men	Intercalated	42	13
1908	100 metres, Men	Olympic	60	16
1912	100 metres, Men	Olympic	70	22
1920	100 metres, Men	Olympic	61	22
1924	100 metres, Men	Olympic	86	34
1928	100 metres, Men	Olympic	76	32
1932	100 metres, Men	Olympic	33	17
1936	100 metres, Men	Olympic	63	30
1948	100 metres, Men	Olympic	63	33
1952	100 metres, Men	Olympic	72	33
1956	100 metres, Men	Olympic	65	31
1960	100 metres, Men	Olympic	61	45
1964	100 metres, Men	Olympic	73	49
1968	100 metres, Men	Olympic	67	42
1972	100 metres, Men	Olympic	85	55
1976	100 metres, Men	Olympic	63	40
1980	100 metres, Men	Olympic	65	40
1984	100 metres, Men	Olympic	82	59
1988	100 metres, Men	Olympic	102	69
1992	100 metres, Men	Olympic	81	66
1996	100 metres, Men	Olympic	106	75
2000	100 metres, Men	Olympic	97	71
2004	100 metres, Men	Olympic	82	62
2008	100 metres, Men	Olympic	80	64
2012	100 metres, Men	Olympic	74	61
2016	100 metres, Men	Olympic	84	57
2020	100 metres, Men	Olympic	78	59

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1896	Tom Burke	USA	Fritz Hofmann	GER	Alajos Szokoly Frank Lane	HUN USA
1900	Frank Jarvis	USA	Walter Tewksbury	USA	Stan Rowley	AUS
1904	Archie Hahn	USA	Nate Cartmell	USA	Bill Hogenson	USA
1906	Archie Hahn	USA	Fay Moulton	USA	Nigel Barker	AUS
1908	Reggie Walker	RSA	James Rector	USA	Bobby Kerr	CAN
1912	Ralph Craig	USA	Alvah Meyer	USA	Donald Lippincott	USA
1920	Charley Paddock	USA	Morris Kirksey	USA	Harry Edward	GBR
1924	Harold Abrahams	GBR	Jackson Scholz	USA	Arthur Porritt	NZL
1928	Percy Williams	CAN	Jack London	GBR	Georg Lammers	GER
1932	Eddie Tolan	USA	Ralph Metcalfe	USA	Arthur Jonath	GER
1936	Jesse Owens	USA	Ralph Metcalfe	USA	Tinus Osendarp	NED
1948	Harrison Dillard	USA	Barney Ewell	USA	Lloyd LaBeach	PAN
1952	Lindy Remigino	USA	Herb McKenley	JAM	McDonald Bailey	GBR
1956	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	Thane Baker	USA	Hec Hogan	AUS
1960	Armin Hary	GER	Dave Sime	USA	Peter Radford	GBR
1964	Bob Hayes	USA	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	Harry Jerome	CAN
1968	Jim Hines	USA	Lennox Miller	JAM	Charlie Greene	USA
1972	Valery Borzov	URS	Robert Taylor	USA	Lennox Miller	JAM
1976	Hasely Crawford	TTO	Don Quarrie	JAM	Valery Borzov	URS
1980	Allan Wells	GBR	Silvio Leonard	CUB	Petar Petrov	BUL
1984	Carl Lewis	USA	Sam Graddy	USA	Ben Johnson	CAN
1988	Carl Lewis	USA	Linford Christie	GBR	Calvin Smith	USA
1992	Linford Christie	GBR	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	Dennis Mitchell	USA
1996	Donovan Bailey	CAN	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	Ato Boldon	TTO
2000	Maurice Greene	USA	Ato Boldon	TTO	Obadele Thompson	BAR
2004	Justin Gatlin	USA	Francis Obikwelu	POR	Maurice Greene	USA
2008	Usain Bolt	JAM	Richard Thompson	TTO	Walter Dix	USA
2012	Usain Bolt	JAM	Yohan Blake	JAM	Justin Gatlin	USA
2016	Usain Bolt	JAM	Justin Gatlin	USA	Andre De Grasse	CAN
2020	Lamont Marcell Jacobs	ITA	Fred Kerley	USA	Andre De Grasse	CAN

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	USA	17	16	9	42
Jamaica	JAM	3	4	1	8
Great Britain	GBR	3	2	3	8
Canada	CAN	2	0	5	7
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	1	2	1	4
Germany	GER	1	1	2	4
Soviet Union	URS	1	0	1	2
Italy	ITA	1	0	0	1
South Africa	RSA	1	0	0	1
Cuba	CUB	0	2	0	2
Namibia	NAM	0	2	0	2
Portugal	POR	0	1	0	1
Australia	AUS	0	0	3	3
Barbados	BAR	0	0	1	1
Bulgaria	BUL	0	0	1	1
Hungary	HUN	0	0	1	1
Netherlands	NED	0	0	1	1
New Zealand	NZL	0	0	1	1
Panama	PAN	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Usain Bolt	JAM	3	0	0	3
Archie Hahn	USA	2	0	0	2
Carl Lewis	USA	2	0	0	2
Justin Gatlin	USA	1	1	1	3
Linford Christie	GBR	1	1	0	2