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Men's Olympic Track & Field

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

800 meters

1500 meters

5000 meters

10,000 meters

Marathon

110-meter Hurdles

400-meter Hurdles

3000-meter Steeplechase

4x100-meter Relay

4x400-meter Relay

20-kilometer Walk

50-kilometer Walk

High Jump

Pole Vault

Long Jump

Triple Jump

Shot Put

Discus Throw

Hammer Throw

Javelin Throw

Decathlon

At least 4 gold medals (including relays and discontinued events): Ray Ewry (10); Carl Lewis and Paavo Nurmi (9); Ville Ritola and Martin Sheridan (5); Harrison Dillard, Archie Hahn, Michael Johnson, Hannes Kolehmainen, Alvin Kraenzlein, Eric Lemming, Jim Lightbody, Al Oerter, Jesse Owens, Meyer Prinstein, Mel Sheppard, Lasse Viren and Emil Zátopek (4). Note that all of Ewry’s gold medals came before 1912, in the Standing High Jump, Standing Long Jump and Standing Triple Jump. 100 meters


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