The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - 400 Meters

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 53 Medals
GREAT BRITAIN - 14 Medals
JAMAICA - 8 Medals

Medal Table
400 Meters
 100 Meters
 200 Meters
800 Meters
 1500 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 Mixed Marathon Walk Relay

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1896
 Thomas Burke - United States
 Herbert Jamison - United States
 Charles Gmelin - Great Britain
1900
 Maxie Long - United States
 William Holland - United States
 Ernst Schultz - Denmark
1904
 Harry Hillman - United States
 Frank Waller - United States
 Herman Groman - United States
1908
 Wyndham Hallswelle - Great Britain
 NONE
 NONE
1912
 Charles Reidpath - United States
 Hanns Braun - Germany
 Edward Lindberg - United States
1920
 Bevil Rudd - South Africa
 Guy Butler - Great Britain
 Nils Engdahl - Sweden
1924
 Eric Liddell - Great Britain
 Horatio Fitch - United States
 Guy Butler - Great Britain
1928
 Ray Barbuti - United States
 James Ball - Canada
 Joachim Buchner - Germany
1932
 Bill Carr - United States
 Ben Eastman - United States
 Alex Wilson - Canada
1936
 Archie Williams - United States
 Godfrey Brown - Great Britain
 James LuValle - United States
1948
 Arthur Wint - Jamaica
 Herb McKenley - Jamaica
 Mal Whitfield - United States
1952
 George Rhoden - Jamaica
 Herb McKenley - Jamaica
 Ollie Matson - United States
1956
 Charles Jenkins - United States
 Karl-Friedrich Haas - United Team of Germany
 Voitto Hellsten - Finland
Ardalion Ignatyev - Soviet Union
1960
 Otis Davis - United States
 Carl Kaufmann - United Team of Germany
 Malcom Spence - South Africa
1964
 Mike Larrabee - United States
 Wendell Mottley - Trinidad & Tobago
 Andrzej Baderiski - Poland
1968
 Lee Evans - United States
 Larry James - United States
 Ron Freeman - United States
1972
 Vincent Matthews - United States
 Wayne Collett - United States
 Julius Sang - Kenya
1976
 Alberto Juantorena - Cuba
 Fred Newhouse - United States
 Herman Frazier - United States
1980
 Viktor Markin - Soviet Union
 Rick Mitchell - Australia
 Frank Schaffer - East Germany
1984
 Alonzo Babers - United States
 Gabriel Tiacoh - Ivory Coast
 Antonio McKay - United States
1988
 Steve Lewis - United States
 Butch Reynolds - United States
 Danny Everett - United States
1992
 Quincy Watts - United States
 Steve Lewis - United States
 Samson Kitur - Kenya
1996
 Michael Johnson - United States
 Roger Black - Great Britain
 Davis Kamoga -Uganda
2000
 Michael Johnson - United States
 Alvin Harrison - United States
 Greg Haughton - Jamaica
2004
 Jeremy Wariner - United States
 Otis Harris - United States
 Derrick Brew - United States
2008
 LaShawn Merritt - United States
 Jeremy Wariner - United States
 David Neville - United States
2012
 Kirani James - Grenada
 Luguelin Santos - Dominican Republic
 Lalonde Gordon - Trinidad & Tobago
2016
 Wayde van Niekerk - South Africa
 Kirani James - Grenada LaShawn Merritt - United States
2020
 Steven Gardiner - Bahamas Anthony Zambrano - Colombia Kirani James - Grenada
2024
 Quincy Hall - United States
 Matthew Hudson-Smith - Great Britain
 Muzala Samukonga - Zambia

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1964
 Betty Cuthbert - Australia
 Ann Packer - Great Britain
 Judy Amoore - Australia
1968
 Colette Besson - France
 Lillian Board - Great Britain
 Natalya Pechonkina - Soviet Union
1972
 Monika Zehrt - East Germany
 Rita Wilden - West Germany
 Katy Hammond - United States
1976
 Irena Szewinska - Poland
 Christina Brehmer - East Germany
 Ellen Steidt - East Germany
1980
 Marita Koch - East Germany
 Jarmila Kratochvilova - Czechoslovakia
 Christina Lathan - East Germany
1984
 Valerie Brisco-Hooks - United States
 Chandra Cheeseborough - United States
 Kathy Smallwood-Cook - Great Britain
1988
 Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina - Soviet Union
 Petra Muller - East Germany
 Olga Nazarova - Soviet Union
1992
 Marie Jose-Perec - France
 Olga Bryzgina - Unified Team
 Ximena Restrepo - Colombia
1996
 Marie Jose-Perec - France
 Cathy Freeman - Australia
 Falilat Ogunkoya - Nigeria
2000
 Cathy Freeman - Australia
 Lorraine Graham - Jamaica
 Katherine Merry - Great Britain
2004
 Tonique Williams-Darling - Bahamas
 Ana Guevara - Mexico
 Natalya Antyukh - Russia
2008
 Christine Ohuruogu - Great Britain
 Shericka Williams - Jamaica
 Sanya Richards - United States
2012
 Sanya Richards-Ross - United States
 Christine Ohuruogu - Great Britain
 DeeDee Trotter - United States
2016
 Shaunae Miller - Bahamas
 Allyson Felix - United States
 Shericka Jackson - Jamaica
2020
 Shaunae Miller-Uibo - Bahamas Marileidy Paulino - Dominican Republic Allyson Felix - United States
2024
 Marileidy Paulino - Dominican Republic Salwa Eid Naser - Bahrain
 Natalia Kaczmarek - Poland

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 22
 15
 16
 53
2
 Great Britain
 3
 7
 4
 14
3
 Jamaica
 2
 4
 2
 8
4
 East Germany
 2
 2
 3
 7
5
 Australia
 2
 2
 1
 5
6
 Soviet Union
 2
 0
 3
 5
7
 Bahamas 4
 0
 0
 4
8
 France
 3
 0
 0
 3
9
 South Africa
 2
 0
 1
 3
10
 Dominican Republic 1
 2
 0
 3
11
 Grenada 1
 1
 1
 3
12
 Poland
 1
 0
 2
 3
13
 United Team of Germany
 0
 2
 0
 2
14
 Canada
 0
 1
 1
 2
15
 Trinidad & Tobago
 0
 1
 1
 2
16
 Germany
 0
 0
 2
 2
17
 Kenya
 0
 0
 2
 2
18
 Colombia 0
 0
 2
 2
19
 Cuba
 1
 0
 0
 1
20
 Ivory Coast
 0
 1
 0
 1
21
 Mexico
 0
 1
 0
 1
22
 West Germany
 0
 1
 0
 1
23
 Czechoslovakia
 0
 1
 0
 1
24
 Unified Team
 0
 1
 0
 1
25
 Denmark
 0
 0
 1
 1
26
 Sweden
 0
 0
 1
 1
27
 Finland
 0
 0
 1
 1
28
 Uganda
 0
 0
 1
 1
29
 Nigeria
 0
 0
 1
 1
30
 Russia
 0
 0
 1
 1
31
 Zambia
 0
 0
 1
 1
32
 Bahrain
 0
 0
 1
 1