| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Distance |
Distance in meters
| Atlanta 1996
| Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Kenny Harrison
Jonathan Edwards
Yoelbi Quesada |
United States
Britain
Cuba
|
18.09
17.88
17.44 |
| Barcelona 1992
| Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Mike Conley
Charlie Simpkins
Frank Rutherford |
United States
United States
Bahamas
|
18.17
17.60
17.36 |
| Seoul 1988 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Hristo Markov
Igor Lapchine
Aleksandr Kovalenko |
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
|
17.61
17.52
17.42
|
| Los Angeles 1984 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Al Joyner
Mike Conley
Keith Connor |
United States
United States
Great Britain
|
17.26
17.18
16.87
|
| Moscow 1980 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Jaak Uudmae
Viktor Saneyev
Joao C. de Olivera |
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Brazil
|
17.35
17.35
16.90
|
| Montreal 1976 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Viktor Saneyev
James Butts
Joao C. de Olivera |
Soviet Union
United States
Brazil
|
17.35
17.18
16.90
|
| Munich 1972 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Viktor Saneyev
Jorg Drehmel
Nelson Prudencio |
Soviet Union
East Germany
Brazil
|
17.35
17.31
17.05
|
| Mexico City 1968 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Viktor Saneyev
Nelson Prudencio
Giuseppe Gentile |
Soviet Union
Brazil
Italy
|
17.39
17.27
17.22
|
| Tokyo 1964 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Jozef Schmidt
Oleg Fyedoseyev
Viktor Kravchenko |
Poland
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
|
16.85
16.58
16.57
|
| Rome 1960 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Jozef Schmidt
Vladimir Goryayev
Vitold Kreyer |
Poland
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
|
16.81
16.63
16.43
|
| Melbourne 1956 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Adhemar F. de Silva
Vilhjalmur Einarsson
Vitold Kreyer |
Brazil
Iceland
Soviet Union
|
16.22
16.26
16.02
|
| Helsinki 1952 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Adhemar F. de Silva
Leonoid Sherbakov
Arnoldo Devonish |
Brazil
Soviet Union
Venezuela
|
16.22
15.98
15.52
|
| London 1948 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Arne Ahman
George Avery
Ruhl Sarialp |
Sweden
Australia
Turkey
|
15.40
15.36
15.02
|
| Berlin 1936 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Naoto Tajima
Masao Harada
John Metcalfe |
Japan
Japan
Australia
|
16.00
15.66
15.50
|
| Los Angeles 1932 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Chuhei Nambu
Eric Svensson
Kenkichi Oshima |
Japan
Sweden
Japan
|
15.72
15.32
15.12
|
| Amsterdam 1928 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Mikio Oda
Levi Casey
Vilo Tuulos |
Japan
United States
Finland
|
15.21
15.17
15.11
|
| Paris 1924 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Anthony Winter
Luis Brunetto
Vilho Tuulos |
Australia
Argentina
Finland
|
15.52
15.42
15.37
|
| Antwerp 1920 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Vilho Tuulos
Folke Jansson
Erik Almlof |
Finland
Sweden
Sweden
|
14.50
14.48
14.27
|
| Stockholm 1912 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Gustaf Lindblom
Georg Aberg
Erik Almlof |
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden
|
14.76
14.51
14.17
|
| London 1908 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Timothy Ahearne
J. G. MacDonald
Edvard Larsen |
Great Britain/Ireland
Canada
Norway
|
14.92
14.76
14.39
|
| St. Louis 1904 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Meyer Prinstein
Fred Englehardt
Robert Stangland |
United States
United States
United States
|
14.35
13.90
13.36
|
| Paris 1900 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Meyer Prinstein
James Connolly
Lewis Sheldon |
United States
United States
United States
|
14.47
13.97
13.64
|
| Athens 1896 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
James Connolly
Alexandre Tuffere
Ioannis Persakis |
United States
France
Greece
|
13.71
12.70
12.52
|
