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| Athletics Olympic Games Men: Marathon | 
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| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | |||
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Stefano Baldini (ita) | Mebrahtom Keflezighi (usa) | Vanderlei Lima (bra) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Gezahnge Abera (eth) | Eric Wainaina (ken) | Tesfaye Tola (eth) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Josia Thugwane (saf) | Lee Bong-Ju (sko) | Eric Wainaina (ken) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Hwang Young-Cho (sko) | Koichi Morishita (jpn) | Stephan Freigang (ger) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Gelindo Bordin (ita) | Douglas Wakiihuri (ken) | Hussein Ahmed Saleh (dji) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Carlos Lopes (por) | John Treacy (ire) | Charlie Spedding (gbr) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Waldemar Cierpinski (ege) | Gerard Nijboer (net) | Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (sov) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Waldemar Cierpinski (ege) | Frank Shorter (usa) | Karel Lismont (bel) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Frank Shorter (usa) | Karel Lismont (bel) | Mamo Wolde (eth) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Mamo Wolde (eth) | Kenji Kimihara (jpn) | Michael Ryan (nzl) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Abebe Bikila (eth) | Basil Heatley (gbr) | Kokichi Tsuburaya (jpn) |
| 1960 | Roma (ita) | Abebe Bikila (eth) | Rhadi Ben Abdesselem (mor) | Barry Magee (nzl) |
| 1956 | Melbourne (aus) | Alain Mimoun (fra) | Franjo Mihalic (yug) | Veikko Karvonen (fin) |
| 1952 | Helsinki (fin) | Emil Zátopek (czs) | Reinaldo Gorno (arg) | Gustaf Jansson (swe) |
| 1948 | London (gbr) | Delfo Cabrera (arg) | Tom Richards (gbr) | Etienne Gailly (bel) |
| 1936 | Berlin (ger) | Son Gi-Jeong (jpn) | Ernest Harper (gbr) | Nam Seung-Yong (jpn) |
| 1932 | Los Angeles (usa) | Juan Carlos Zabala (arg) | Sam Ferris (gbr) | Armas Toivonen (fin) |
| 1928 | Amsterdam (net) | Mohammed Boughéra el-Ouafi (fra) | Miguel Plaza (chl) | Martti Marttelin (fin) |
| 1924 | Paris (fra) | Albin Stenroos (fin) | Romeo Bertini (ita) | Clarence DeMar (usa) |
| 1920 | Antwerpen (bel) | Hannes Kolehmainen (fin) | Jüri Lossmann (est) | Valerio Arri (ita) |
| 1912 | Stockholm (swe) | Kenneth McArthur (saf) | Christian Gitsham (saf) | Gaston Strobino (usa) |
| 1908 | London (gbr) | John Hayes (usa) | Charles Hefferon (saf) | Joseph Forshaw (usa) |
| 1904 | St. Louis (usa) | Thomas Hicks (usa) | Albert Corey (fra) | Arthur Newton (usa) |
| 1900 | Paris (fra) | Michel Théato (fra) | Emile Champion (fra) | Ernst Fast (swe) |
| 1896 | Athínai (gre) | Spiridon Louis (gre) | Charilaos Vasilakos (gre) | Gyula Kellner (hun) |
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Notes: Distance: 1924-: 42.195 km, 1920: 42.75 km, 1912: 40.2 km, 1908: 42.195 km, 1904: 40 km, 1900: 40.26 km, 1896: 40 km 1936: winner Son Gi-Jeong and 3rd Nam Seung-Yong participated under Japanese flag, but are from then occupied Korea 1908: actual winner Dorando Pietri (ita) was disqualified because he finished the last lap on the course with help from officials 1904: at first Fred Lotz (usa), who quit after 10 km and rode back in a car to the stadium, had been mistaken for the winner by officials; Lotz played along, before the trick was discovered 1900: Michel Théato (fra) was in fact a Luxemburg citizen residing in Paris, but participated for France |
