The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - Marathon

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

KENYA - 17 Medals

UNITED STATES - 14 Medals

ETHIOPIA - 13 Medals

Medal Table
Marathon 100 Meters
200 Meters
400 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 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
Spiridon Louis - Greece
Kharilaos Vasilakos - Greece
Gyula Kellner - Hungary
1900
Michel Theato - France
Emile Champion - France
Ernst Fast - Sweden
1904
Thomas Hicks - United States
Albert Corey - United States
Arthur Newton - United States
1908
Johnny Hayes - United States
Charles Hefferon - Great Britain
Joseph Forshaw - United States
1912
Ken McArthur - South Africa
Christian Gitsham - South Africa
Gaston Strobino - United States
1920
Hannes Kolehmainen - Finland
Juri Lossmann - Estonia
Valerio Arri - Italy
1924
Albin Stenroos - Finland
Romeo Bertini - Italy
Clarence DeMar - United States
1928
Boughera El Ouafi - France
Manuel Plaza - Chile
Martti Marttelin - Finland
1932
Juan Carlos Zabala - Argentina
Sam Ferris - Great Britain
Armas Toivonen - Finland
1936
Son Kitei - Japan
Ernest Harper - Great Britain
Nan Shoryu - Japan
1948
Delfo Cabrera - Argentina
Tom Richards - Great Britain
Etienne Gailly - Belgium
1952
Emil Zatopek - Czechoslovakia
Reinaldo Gorno - Argentina
Gustaf Jansson - Sweden
1956
Alain Mimoun - France
Franjo Mihalic - Yugoslavia
Veikko Karvonen - Finland
1960
Abebe Bikila - Ethiopia
Rhadi Ben Abdesselam - Morocco
Barry Magee - New Zealand
1964
Abebe Bikila - Ethiopia
Basil Heatley - Great Britain
Kokichi Tsuburaya - Japan
1968
Mamo Wolde - Ethiopia
Kenji Kimihara - Japan
Mike Ryan - New Zealand
1972
Frank Shorter - United States
Karel Lismont - Belgium
Mamo Wolde - Ethiopia
1976
Waldemar Cierpinski - East Germany
Frank Shorter - United States
Karel Lismont - Belgium
1980
Waldemar Cierpinski - East Germany
Gerard Nijboer - Netherlands
Setymkul Dzhumanazarov - Soviet Union
1984
Carlos Lopez - Portugal
John Treacy - Ireland
Charlie Spedding - Great Britain
1988
Gelindo Bordin - Italy
Douglas Wakiihuri - Kenya
Hussein Ahmed Salah - Djibouti
1992
Hwang Young-Cho - South Korea
Koichi Morishita - Japan
Stephan Freigang - Germany
1996
Josia Thugwane - South Africa
Lee Bong-Ju - South Korea
Erick Wainaina - Kenya
2000
Gezahgne Abera - Ethiopia
Erick Wainaina - Kenya
Tesfaye Tola - Ethiopia
2004
Stefano Baldini - Italy
Mebrahtom Keflezighi - United States
Vanderlei de Lima - Brazil
2008
Samuel Wanjiru - Kenya
Jaouad Gharib - Morocco
Tsegay Kebede - Ethiopia
2012
Stephen Kiprotich - Uganda
Abel Kirui - Kenya
Wilson Kiprotich - Kenya
2016
Eliud Kipchoge - Kenya
Feyisa Lilesa - Ethiopia
Galen Rupp - United States
2020
Eliud Kipchoge - Kenya Abdi Nageeye - Netherlands Bashir Abdi - Belgium
2024
Tamirat Tola - Ethiopia
Bashir Abdi - Belgium Benson Kipruto - Kenya

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1984
Joan Benoit - United States
Grete Waitz - Norway
Rosa Mota - Portugal
1988
Rosa Mota - Portugal
Lisa Martin-Ondieki - Australia
Katrin Dorre - East Germany
1992
Valentina Yegorova - Unified Team
Yuko Arimori - Japan
Lorraine Moller - New Zealand
1996
Fatuma Roba - Ethiopia
Valentina Yegorova - Russia
Yuko Arimori - Japan
2000
Naoko Takahashi - Japan
Lidia Simon - Romania
Joyce Chepchumba - Kenya
2004
Mizuki Noguchi - Japan
Catherine Ndereba - Kenya
Deena Kastor - United States
2008
Constantina Dita-Tomescu - Romania
Catherine Ndereba - Kenya
Zhou Chunxiu - China
2012
Tiki Gelana - Ethiopia
Priscah Jeptoo - Kenya
Tatyana Arkhipova - Russia
2016
Jemima Sumgong - Kenya
Eunice Kirwa - Bahrain
Mare Dibaba - Ethiopia
2020
Peres Jepchirchir - Kenya Brigid Kosgei - Kenya Molly Seidel - United States
2024
Sifan Hassan - Netherlands
Tigst Assefa - Ethiopia
Hellen Obiri - Kenya

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
Kenya 5
7
5
17
2
United States
4
3
7
14
3
Ethiopia
7
2
4
13
4
Japan
3
3
3
9
5
Great Britain
0
5
1
6
6
Finland
2
0
3
5
7
Belgium 0
2
3
5
8
France
3
1
0
4
9
Italy
2
1
1
4
10
South Africa
2
1
0
3
11
Argentina
2
1
0
3
12
Portugal
2
0
1
3
13
East Germany
2
0
1
3
14
Netherlands 1
2
0
3
15
New Zealand
0
0
3
3
16
Greece
1
1
0
2
17
South Korea
1
1
0
2
18
Romania
1
1
0
2
19
Morocco
0
2
0
2
20
Russia
0
1
1
2
21
Sweden
0
0
2
2
22
Uganda
1
0
0
1
23
Czechoslovakia
1
0
0
1
24
Unified Team
1
0
0
1
25
Estonia
0
1
0
1
26
Chile
0
1
0
1
27
Ireland
0
1
0
1
28
Norway
0
1
0
1
29
Australia
0
1
0
1
30
Bahrain
0
1
0
1
31
Yugoslavia
0
1
0
1
32
Hungary
0
0
1
1
33
Djibouti
0
0
1
1
34
Germany
0
0
1
1
35
Brazil
0
0
1
1
36
China
0
0
1
1
37
Soviet Union
0
0
1
1