| 1896 |
Thomas Curtis, United States |
17.60 |
| 1900 |
Alvin Kraenzlein, United States |
15.40 |
| 1904 |
Frederick Schule, United States |
16.00 |
| 1906 |
R.G. Leavitt, United States |
16.20 |
| 1908 |
Forrest Smithson, United States |
15.00 |
| 1912 |
Frederick Kelly, United States |
15.10 |
| 1920 |
Earl Thomson, Canada |
14.80 |
| 1924 |
Daniel Kinsey, United States |
15.00 |
| 1928 |
Sydney Atkinson, South Africa |
14.80 |
| 1932 |
George Saling, United States |
14.60 |
| 1936 |
Forrest Towns, United States |
14.20 |
| 1948 |
William Porter, United States |
13.90 |
| 1952 |
Harrison Dillard, United States |
13.70 |
| 1956 |
Lee Calhoun, United States |
13.50 |
| 1960 |
Lee Calhoun, United States |
13.80 |
| 1964 |
Hayes Jones, United States |
13.60 |
| 1968 |
Willie Davenport, United States |
13.30 |
| 1972 |
Rodney Milburn, United States |
13.24 |
| 1976 |
Guy Drut, France |
13.30 |
| 1980 |
Thomas Munkett, East Germany |
13.20 |
| 1984 |
Roger Kingdom, United States |
13.20 |
| 1988 |
Roger Kingdom, United States |
12.98 |
| 1992 |
Mark McCoy, Canada |
13.12 |
| 1996 |
Allen Johnson, United States |
12.95 |
| 2000 |
Anier Garcia, Cuba |
13.00 |
| 2004 |
Xiang Liu, China |
12.91 |
| 2008 |
Dayron Robles, Cuba |
12.93 |
