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| Athletics Olympic Games Men: 400 m | 
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| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | |||
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Jeremy Wariner (usa) | Otis Harris (usa) | Derrick Brew (usa) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Michael Johnson (usa) | Alvin Harrison (usa) | Greg Haughton (jam) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Michael Johnson (usa) | Roger Black (gbr) | Davis Kamoga (uga) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Quincy Watts (usa) | Steve Lewis (usa) | Samson Kitur (ken) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Steve Lewis (usa) | Harry Reynolds (usa) | Danny Everett (usa) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Alonzo Babers (usa) | Gabriel Tiacoh (ivo) | Antonio McKay (usa) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Viktor Markin (sov) | Rick Mitchell (aus) | Frank Schaffer (ege) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Alberto Juantorena (cub) | Fred Newhouse (usa) | Herman Frazier (usa) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Vince Matthews (usa) | Wayne Collett (usa) | Julius Sang (ken) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Lee Evans (usa) | Larry James (usa) | Ron Freeman (usa) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Mike Larrabee (usa) | Wendell Mottley (tri) | Andrzej Badenski (pol) |
| 1960 | Roma (ita) | Otis Davis (usa) | Carl Kaufmann (ger) | Mal Spence (saf) |
| 1956 | Melbourne (aus) | Charlie Jenkins (usa) | Karl-Friedrich Haas (ger) | Voitto Hellsten (fin) |
| Ardalion Ignatyev (sov) | ||||
| 1952 | Helsinki (fin) | George Rhoden (jam) | Herb McKenley (jam) | Ollie Matson (usa) |
| 1948 | London (gbr) | Arthur Wint (jam) | Herb McKenley (jam) | Mal Whitfield (usa) |
| 1936 | Berlin (ger) | Archie Williams (usa) | Godfrey Brown (gbr) | James LuValle (usa) |
| 1932 | Los Angeles (usa) | Bill Carr (usa) | Ben Eastman (usa) | Alexander Wilson (can) |
| 1928 | Amsterdam (net) | Ray Barbuti (usa) | James Ball (can) | Joachim Büchner (ger) |
| 1924 | Paris (fra) | Eric Liddell (gbr) | Horatio Fitch (usa) | Guy Butler (gbr) |
| 1920 | Antwerpen (bel) | Bevil Rudd (saf) | Guy Butler (gbr) | Nils Engdahl (swe) |
| 1912 | Stockholm (swe) | Charles Reidpath (usa) | Hanns Braun (ger) | Edward Lindberg (usa) |
| 1908 | London (gbr) | Wyndham Halswelle (gbr) | -- | -- |
| 1904 | St. Louis (usa) | Harry Hillman (usa) | Frank Waller (usa) | Herman Groman (usa) |
| 1900 | Paris (fra) | Maxwell Long (usa) | William Holland (usa) | Ernst Schulz (den) |
| 1896 | Athínai (gre) | Tom Burke (usa) | Herbert Jamison (usa) | Charles Gmelin (gbr) |
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Note: 1908: final was rerun after John Carpenter (usa) was disqualified in the final, Wyndham Halswelle (gbr) was the only one to attend the rerun |
