| 1900 |
John Tewksbury, United States |
57.60 |
|
| 1904 |
Harry Hillman, United States |
53.00 |
|
| 1908 |
Charles Bacon, United States |
55.00 |
|
| 1920 |
Frank Loomis, United States |
54.00 |
|
| 1924 |
F. Morgan Taylor, United States |
52.60 |
|
| 1928 |
Lord David Burghley, Great
Britain |
53.40 |
|
| 1932 |
Robert Tisdall, Ireland |
51.80 |
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|
| 1936 |
Glenn Hardin, United States |
52.40 |
|
| 1948 |
Roy Cochran, United States |
51.10 |
|
| 1952 |
Charles Moore, United States |
50.80 |
|
| 1956 |
Glenn Davis, United States |
50.10 |
|
| 1960 |
Glenn Davis, United States |
49.30 |
|
| 1964 |
Rex Cawley, United States |
49.60 |
|
| 1968 |
David Hemery, Great Britain |
48.10 |
|
| 1972 |
John Akii-Bua, Uganda |
47.80 |
|
| 1976 |
Edwin Moses, United States |
47.64 |
|
| 1980 |
Volker Beck, East Germany |
48.70 |
|
| 1984 |
Edwin Moses, United States |
47.75 |
|
| 1988 |
Andre Phillips, United States |
47.19 |
|
| 1992 |
Kevin Young, United States |
46.78 |
|
| 1996 |
Derrick Adkins, United States |
47.54 |
|
| 2000 |
Angelo Taylor, United States |
47.50 |
|
| 2004 |
Felix Sanchez, Dominican Republic |
47.63 |
|
| 2008 |
Angelo Taylor, United States |
47.25 |
|
1. Record not allowed.
