1896: Thomas Burke | 1900: Maxwell Long | 1904: Harry Hillman | 1908: Wyndham Halswelle | 1912: Charles Reidpath | 1920: Bevil Rudd | 1924: Eric Liddell | 1928: Raymond Barbuti | 1932: William Carr | 1936: Archibald Williams | 1948: Arthur Wint | 1952: George Rhoden | 1956: Charles Jenkins | 1960: Otis Davis | 1964: Michael Larrabee | 1968: Lee Evans | 1972: Vincent Matthews | 1976: Alberto Juantorena | 1980: Wiktor Markin | 1984: Alonzo Babers | 1988: Steve Lewis | 1992: Quincy Watts | 1996: Michael Johnson | 2000: Michael Johnson | 2004: Jeremy Wariner | 2008: LaShawn Merritt | 2012: Kirani James | 2016: Wayde van Niekerk | 2020: Steven Gardiner | 2024: Quincy Hall