The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - 1500 Meters

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

GREAT BRITAIN - 16 Medals

UNITED STATES - 15 Medals

KENYA - 12 Medals

Medal Table
1500 Meters
100 Meters
200 Meters
400 Meters
800 Meters
5000 Meters
10000 Meters
100 Meter Hurdles
110 Meter Hurdles
400 Meter Hurdles 3000 Meter Steeplechase 4X100 Relay
4X400 Relay Marathon 20 KM Walk
50 KM Walk High Jump Pole Vault
Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put
Discus Hammer Throw Javelin
Decathlon Heptathlon

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1896
Edwin Flack - Australia
Arthur Blake - United States
Albin Lermusiaux - France
1900
Charles Bennett - Great Britain
Henri Deloge - France
John Bray - United States
1904
James Lightbody - United States
Frank Verner - United States
Lacey Hearn - United States
1908
Mel Sheppard - United States
Harold Wilson - Great Britain
Norman Hallows - Great Britain
1912
Arnold Jackson - Great Britain
Abel Kiviat - United States
Norman Taber - United States
1920
Albert Hill - Great Britain
Philip Noel-Baker - Great Britain
Lawrence Shields - United States
1924
Paavo Nurmi - Finland
Willy Scharer - Switzerland
Henry Stallard - Great Britain
1928
Harri Larva - Finland
Jules Ladoumegue - France
Eino Purje - Finland
1932
Luigi Beccali - Italy
Jerry Cornes - Great Britain
Phil Edwards - Canada
1936
Jack Lovelock - New Zealand
Glenn Cunningham - United States
Luigi Beccali - Italy
1948
Henry Eriksson - Sweden
Lennart Strand - Sweden
Wim Slijkhuis - Netherlands
1952
Josy Barthel - Luxembourg
Bob McMillen - United States
Werner Lueg - Germany
1956
Ron Delany - Ireland
Klaus Richtzenhain - United Team of Germany
John Landy - Australia
1960
Herb Elliott - Australia
Michel Jazy - France
Istvan Rozsavolgyi - Hungary
1964
Peter Snell - New Zealand
Josef Odlozil - Czechoslovakia
John Davies - New Zealand
1968
Kipchoge Keino - Kenya
Jim Ryun - United States
Bodo Tummler - West Germany
1972
Pekka Vesala - Finland
Kipchonge Keino - Kenya
Rod Dixon - New Zealand
1976
John Walker - New Zealand
Ivo van Damme - Belgium
Paul-Heinz Wellmann - West Germany
1980
Sebastian Coe - Great Britain
Jurgen Straub - East Germany
Steve Ovett - Great Britain
1984
Sebastian Coe - Great Britain
Steve Cram - Great Britain
Jose Manuel Abascal - Spain
1988
Peter Rono - Kenya
Peter Elliott - Great Britain
Jens-Peter Herold - East Germany
1992
Fermin Cacho Ruiz - Spain
Rachid El Basir - Morocco
Mohammad Suleiman - Qatar
1996
Noureddine Morceli - Algeria
Fermin Cacho - Spain
Steohen Kipkorir - Kenya
2000
Noah Ngeny - Kenya
Hicham El Guerrouj - Morocco
Bernard Lagat - Kenya
2004
Hicham El Guerrouj - Morocco
Bernad Lagat - Kenya
Rui Silva - Portugal
2008
Asbel Kipruto Kiprop - Kenya
Nicholas Willis - New Zealand
Mehdi Baala - France
2012
Taoufik Makhloufi - Algeria
Leonel Manzano - United States
Abdalaati Iguider - Morocco
2016
Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. - United States
Taoufik Makhloufi - Algeria Nick Willis - New Zealand
2020
Jakob Ingebrigtsen - Norway Timothy Cheruiyot - Kenya Josh Kerr - Great Britain

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1972
Ludmila Bragina - Soviet Union
Gunhild Hoffmeister - East Germany
Paola Pigni - Italy
1976
Tatyana Kazankina - Soviet Union
Gunhild Hoffmeister - East Germany
Ulrike Klapezynski - East Germany
1980
Tatyana Kazankina - Soviet Union
Christiane Wartenberg - East Germany
Nadezhda Olizarenko - Soviet Union
1984
Gabriella Dorio - Italy
Doina Melinte - Romania
Maricica Puica - Romania
1988
Paula Ilie-Ivan - Romania
Laimute Baikauskaite - Soviet Union
Tetyana Samolenko - Soviet Union
1992
Hassiba Boulmerka - Algeria
Lyudmila Rogachova - Unified Team
Qu Yunxia - China
1996
Svetlana Masterkova - Russia
Gabriela Szabo - Romania
Therisia Kiesl - Austria
2000
Nouria Merah-Benida - Algeria
Violeta Beclea - Romania
Gabriela Szabo - Romania
2004
Kelly Holmes - Great Britain
Tatyana Tomashova - Russia
Maria Cioncan - Romania
2008
Nancy Jebet Lagat - Kenya
Iryna Lishchynska - Ukraine
Nataliya Tobias - Ukraine
2012
Maryam Yusuf Jamal - Bahrain Tatyana Tomashova - Russia Abeba Aregawi - Ethiopia
2016
Faith Kipyegon - Kenya
Genzebe Dibaba - Ethiopia
Jennifer Simpson - United States
2020
Faith Kipyegon - Kenya Laura Muir - Great Britain Sifan Hassan - Netherlands

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
Great Britain 6
6
4
16
2
United States
3
7
5
15
3
Kenya
7
3
2
12
4
New Zealand
3
1
3
7
5
Romania
1
3
3
7
6
Soviet Union
3
1
2
6
7
East Germany
0
4
2
6
8
Algeria
4
1
0
5
9
France
0
3
2
5
10
Finland
3
0
1
4
11
Italy
2
0
2
4
12
Morocco
1
2
1
4
13
Australia
2
0
1
3
14
Russia 1
2
0
3
15
Spain
1
1
1
3
16
Sweden
1
1
0
2
17
Ukraine
0
1
1
2
18
Ethiopia 0
1
1
2
19
Netherlands 0
0
2
2
20
West Germany
0
0
2
2
21
Luxembourg
1
0
0
1
22
Ireland
1
0
0
1
23
Bahrain 1
0
0
1
24
Norway
1
0
0
1
25
Switzerland
0
1
0
1
26
Belgium
0
1
0
1
27
Czechoslovakia
0
1
0
1
28
Unified Team of Germany
0
1
0
1
29
Unified Team
0
1
0
1
30
Germany
0
0
1
1
31
Canada
0
0
1
1
32
Hungary
0
0
1
1
33
Qatar
0
0
1
1
34
China
0
0
1
1
35
Austria
0
0
1
1
36
Portugal
0
0
1
1