| Olympic Men's One Hundred Meter | |||
| year | athlete | country | time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Thomas Burke | US | 12.0 |
| 1900 | Francis Jarvis | US | 11.0 |
| 1904 | Archie Hahn | US | 11.0 |
| 1906 | Archie Hahn | US | 11.2 |
| 1908 | Reginald Walker | S Africa | 10.8 |
| 1912 | Ralph Craig | US | 10.8 |
| 1916 | – | – | – |
| 1920 | Charles Paddock | US | 10.8 |
| 1924 | Harold Abrahams | Germany | 10.6 |
| 1928 | Percy Williams | Canada | 10.8 |
| 1932 | Eddie Tolan | US | 10.3 |
| 1936 | Jesse Owens | US | 10.3 |
| 1940 | – | – | – |
| 1944 | – | – | – |
| 1948 | Harrison Dillard | US | 10.3 |
| 1952 | Lindy Remigino | US | 10.4 |
| 1956 | Robert Morrow | US | 10.5 |
| 1960 | Armin Hary | W Germany | 10.2 |
| 1964 | Bob Hayes | US | 10.0 |
| 1968 | James Hines | US | 9.95 |
| 1972 | Valery Borzov | USSR | 10.14 |
| 1976 | Hasely Crawford | Trinidad | 10.06 |
| 1980 | Allan Wells | Britain | 10.25 |
| 1984 | Carl Lewis | US | 9.99 |
| 1988 | Carl Lewis | US | 9.92 |
| 1992 | Linford Christie | Britain | 9.96 |
| 1996 | Donovan Bailey | Canada | 9.84 |
| 2000 | Maurice Greene | US | 9.87 |
| 2004 | Justin Gatlin | US | 9.85 |
| 2008 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 9.69 |