Template:Olympic medalists in the men's marathon

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens details	Spiridon Louis (GRE)	Kharilaos Vasilakos (GRE)	Gyula Kellner (HUN)
1900 Paris details	Michel Théato (FRA)^[1]	Émile Champion (FRA)	Ernst Fast (SWE)
1904 St. Louis details	Thomas Hicks (USA)	Albert Corey (USA)^[2]	Arthur Newton (USA)
1908 London details	Johnny Hayes (USA)	Charles Hefferon (RSA)	Joseph Forshaw (USA)
1912 Stockholm details	Ken McArthur (RSA)	Christian Gitsham (RSA)	Gaston Strobino (USA)
1920 Antwerp details	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	Jüri Lossmann (EST)	Valerio Arri (ITA)
1924 Paris details	Albin Stenroos (FIN)	Romeo Bertini (ITA)	Clarence DeMar (USA)
1928 Amsterdam details	Boughera El Ouafi (FRA)	Manuel Plaza (CHI)	Martti Marttelin (FIN)
1932 Los Angeles details	Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG)	Sam Ferris (GBR)	Armas Toivonen (FIN)
1936 Berlin details	Sohn Kee-chung (JPN)^[3]	Ernest Harper (GBR)	Nan Shoryu (JPN)^[3]
1948 London details	Delfo Cabrera (ARG)	Tom Richards (GBR)	Etienne Gailly (BEL)
1952 Helsinki details	Emil Zátopek (TCH)	Reinaldo Gorno (ARG)	Gustaf Jansson (SWE)
1956 Melbourne details	Alain Mimoun (FRA)	Franjo Mihalić (YUG)	Veikko Karvonen (FIN)
1960 Rome details	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (MAR)	Barry Magee (NZL)
1964 Tokyo details	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	Basil Heatley (GBR)	Kokichi Tsuburaya (JPN)
1968 Mexico City details	Mamo Wolde (ETH)	Kenji Kimihara (JPN)	Mike Ryan (NZL)
1972 Munich details	Frank Shorter (USA)	Karel Lismont (BEL)	Mamo Wolde (ETH)
1976 Montreal details	Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR)	Frank Shorter (USA)	Karel Lismont (BEL)
1980 Moscow details	Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR)	Gerard Nijboer (NED)	Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (URS)
1984 Los Angeles details	Carlos Lopes (POR)	John Treacy (IRL)	Charlie Spedding (GBR)
1988 Seoul details	Gelindo Bordin (ITA)	Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN)	Ahmed Salah (DJI)
1992 Barcelona details	Hwang Young-cho (KOR)	Koichi Morishita (JPN)	Stephan Freigang (GER)
1996 Atlanta details	Josia Thugwane (RSA)	Lee Bong-ju (KOR)	Erick Wainaina (KEN)
2000 Sydney details	Gezahegne Abera (ETH)	Erick Wainaina (KEN)	Tesfaye Tola (ETH)
2004 Athens details	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA)	Vanderlei de Lima (BRA)
2008 Beijing details	Samuel Wanjiru (KEN)	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	Tsegay Kebede (ETH)
2012 London details	Stephen Kiprotich (UGA)	Abel Kirui (KEN)	Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN)

References

^ The IOC attributes Théato's medal to France, despite later sources finding that his nationality was Luxembourgish.
^ Corey is described in the 1904 Games report as a "Frenchman wearing the colors of the Chicago Athletic Association", but the IOC attributes his medal to the United States.
^ ^a ^b Both Sohn Kee-chung (Son Kitei) and Nam Sung-yong (Nan Shoryu) were from Korea. The IOC attributes both medals to Japan due to Korea being a Japanese colony at the time. All Korean Olympians during the Japanese colonial rule could only participate in the games as a representative of Japan and had to compete with Japanese names instead of their original Korean names. However, some sources still refer to Son Kitei as the first Korean to win an Olympic marathon today.

[Theato-1] The IOC attributes Théato's medal to France, despite later sources finding that his nationality was Luxembourgish.

[Coray-2] Corey is described in the 1904 Games report as a "Frenchman wearing the colors of the Chicago Athletic Association", but the IOC attributes his medal to the United States.

[Son-3] Both Sohn Kee-chung (Son Kitei) and Nam Sung-yong (Nan Shoryu) were from Korea. The IOC attributes both medals to Japan due to Korea being a Japanese colony at the time. All Korean Olympians during the Japanese colonial rule could only participate in the games as a representative of Japan and had to compete with Japanese names instead of their original Korean names. However, some sources still refer to Son Kitei as the first Korean to win an Olympic marathon today.

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