1900. Walter Tewksbury | 1904. Archie Hahn | 1908. Bobby Kerr | 1912. Ralph Craig | 1920. Allen Woodring | 1924. Jackson Scholz | 1928. Percy Williams | 1932. Thomas Edward Tolan | 1936. Jesse Owens | 1948. Melvin Patton | 1952. Andy Stanfield | 1956. Bobby Morrow | 1960. Livio Berrutti | 1964. Henry Carr | 1968. Tommie Smith | 1972. Valeri Borzov | 1976. Don Quarrie | 1980. Pietro Mennea | 1984. Carl Lewis | 1988. Joe DeLoach | 1992. Mike Marsh | 1996. Michael Johnson | 2000. Konstantinos Kenteris | 2004. Shawn Crawford | 2008. Usain Bolt | 2012. Usain Bolt | 2016. Usain Bolt