Year Mo Day Location Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal
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(3000 m)
2024 Aug 07 Paris, FRA Soufiane El Bakkali MA Kenneth Rooks USA Abraham Kibiwot KEN
2021 Aug 02 Tokyo, JPN Soufiane El Bakkali MAR Lamecha Girma ETH Benjamin Kigen KEN
2016 Aug 17 Rio de Janeiro, BRA Conseslus Kipruto KEN Evan Jager USA Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA
2012 Aug 05 London, GBR Ezekiel Kemboi KEN Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA Abel Mutai KEN
2008 Aug 18 Beijing, CHN Brimin Kipruto KEN Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA Richard Mateelong KEN
2004 Aug 24 Athens, GRE Ezekiel Kemboi KEN Brimin Kipruto KEN Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN
2000 Sep 29 Sydney, AUS Reuben Kosgei KEN Wilson Boit Kipketer KEN Ali Ezzine MAR
1996 Aug 02 Atlanta, USA Joseph Keter KEN Moses Kiptanui KEN Alessandro Lambruschini ITA
1992 Aug 07 Barcelona, ESP Matthew Birir KEN Patrick Sang KEN William Mutwol KEN
1988 Sep 30 Seoul, KOR Julius Kariuki KEN Peter Koech KEN Mark Rowland GBR
1984 Aug 10 Los Angeles, USA Julius Korir KEN Joseph Mahmoud FRA Brian Diemer USA
1980 Jul 31 Moscow, URS Bronislaw Malinowski POL Filbert Bayi TAN Eshetu Tura ETH
1976 Jul 28 Montreal, CAN Anders Gärderud SWE Bronislaw Malinowski POL Frank Baumgartl GDR
1972 Sep 07 Munich, GER Kip Keino KEN Ben Jipcho KEN Tapio Kantanen FIN
1968 Oct 16 Mexico City, MEX Amos Biwott KEN Benjamin Kogo KEN George Young USA
1964 Oct 17 Tokyo, JAP Gaston Roelants BEL Maurice Herriott GBR Ivan Bieliaiev URS
1960 Sep 03 Rome, ITA Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak POL Nikolay Sokolov URS Semyon Rzhishchin URS
1956 Nov 29 Melbourne, AUS Chris Brasher GBR Sándor Rozsnyói HUN Ernst Larsen NOR
1952 Jul 25 Helsinki, FIN Horace Ashenfelter USA Vladimir Kazantsev URS John Disley GBR
1948 Aug 05 London, GBR Tore Sjöstrand SWE Erik Elmsäter SWE Göte Hagström SWE
1936 Aug 08 Berlin, GER Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN Kalle Tuominen FIN Alfred Dompert GER
1932 Aug 06 Los Angeles, USA Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN Tom Evenson GBR Joe McCluskey USA
1928 Aug 04 Amsterdam, NED Toivo Loukola FIN Paavo Nurmi FIN Ove Andersen FIN
1924 Jul 09 Paris, FRA Ville Ritola FIN Elias Katz FIN Paul Bontemps FRA
1920 Aug 20 Antwerp, BEL Percy Hodge GBR Pat Flynn USA Ernesto Ambrosini ITA
(3200 m)
1908 Jul 18 London, GBR Arthur Russell GBR Arthur Robertson GBR John Eisele USA
(2590 m)
1904 Aug 29 St. Louis, USA Jim Lightbody USA John Daly GBR Arthur Newton USA
(4000 m)
1900 Jul 16 Paris, FRA Jack Rimmer GBR Charles Bennett GBR Sidney Robinson GBR
(2500 m)
1900 Jul 15 Paris, FRA George Orton CAN Sidney Robinson GBR Jean Chastanié FRA
2024 Aug 07 Paris, FRA
1. Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 8:06.05
2. Kenneth Rooks USA 8:06.41
3. Abraham Kibiwot KEN 8:06.47
4. Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui TUN 8:07.73
5. Ahmed Jaziri TUN 8:08.02
6. Samuel Firewu ETH 8:08.87
7. Simon Koech KEN 8:09.26
8. Ryuji Miura JPN 8:11.72
9. Getnet Wale ETH 8:12.33
10. Daniel Arce ESP 8:13.80
11. Avinash Sable IND 8:14.18
12. Mohamed Tindouft MAR 8:14.82
13. Jean-SimonDesgagnes CAN 8:19.31
14. Amos Serem KEN 8:19.74
15. Leonard Chemutai UGA 8:20.03
Lamecha Girma ETH DNF
2021 Aug 02 Tokyo, JPN
1. Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 8:08.90
2. Lamecha Girma ETH 8:10.38
3. Benjamin Kigen KEN 8:11.45
4. Getnet Wale ETH 8:14.97
5. Yemane Haileselassie ERI 8:15.34
6. Matthew Hughes CAN 8:16.03
7. Ryuji Miura JPN 8:16.90
8. Topi Raitanen FIN 8:17.44
9. Ala Zoghlami ITA 8:18.50
10. Abraham Kibiwot KEN 8:19.41
11. Benard Keter USA 8:22.12
12. Alexis Phelut FRA 8:23.14
13. Mohamed Tindouft MAR 8:23.56
14. Ahmed Abdelwahed ITA 8:24.34
15. John Gay CAN 8:35.41
2016 Aug 17 Rio de Janeiro, BRA
1. Conseslus Kipruto KEN 8:03.28 OR
2. Evan Jager USA 8:04.28
3. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 8:11.52
4. Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 8:14.35
5. Yoann Kowal FRA 8:16.75
6. Brimin Kipruto KEN 8:18.79
7. Hillary Bor USA 8:22.74
8. Donald Cabral USA 8:25.81
9. Altobeli da Silva BRA 8:26.30
10. Matthew Hughes CAN 8:36.83
11. Yemane Haileselassie ERI 8:40.68
Jacob Araptany UGA DNF
Hamid Ezzine MAR DNF
Amor Ben Yahia TUN DQ
Ezekiel Kemboi KEN DQ
2012 Aug 09 London, GBR
1. Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 8:18.56
2. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 8:19.08
3. Abel Mutai KEN 8:19.73
4. Roba Gari ETH 8:20.00
5. Brimin Kipruto KEN 8:23.03
6. Evan Jager USA 8:23.87
7. Hamid Ezzine MAR 8:24.90
8. Donn Cabral USA 8:25.91
9. Tarik Akdag TUR 8:27.64
10. Ion Luchianov MDA 8:28.15
11. Brahim Taleb MAR 8:32.40
12. Nahom Mesfin ETH 8:35.12
13. Yuri Floriani ITA 8:40.07
Jukka Keskisalo FIN DNF
Benjamin Kiplagat UGA DQ
2008 Aug 18 Beijing, CHN
1. Brimin Kipruto KEN 8:10.34
2. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 8:10.49
3. Richard Mateelong KEN 8:11.01
4. Yacob Jarso ETH 8:13.47
5. Bob Tahri FRA 8:14.79
6. Youcef Abdi AUS 8:16.36
7. Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 8:16.38
8. Abubaker Ali Kamal QAT 8:16.59
9. Benjamin Kiplagat UGA 8:20.27
10. Mustafa Mohamed SWE 8:20.69
11. Tareq Mubarak Taher BRN 8:21.59
12. Ion Luchianov MDA 8:27.82
13. Anthony Famiglietti USA 8:31.21
14. Ruben Ramolefi RSA 8:34.58
15. Abdelkader Hachlaf MAR 9:02.06
2004 Aug 24 Athens, GRE
1. Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 8:05.81
2. Brimin Kipruto KEN 8:06.11
3. Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 8:06.64
4. Musa Amer QAT 8:07.18
5. Luis Miguel Martín ESP 8:11.64
6. Simon Vroemen NED 8:13.25
7. Bob Tahri FRA 8:14.26
8. Ali Ezzine MAR 8:15.58
9. Eliseo Martín ESP 8:15.77
10. Vincent Le Dauphin FRA 8:16.15
11. Daniel Lincoln USA 8:16.86
12. Radoslaw Poplawski POL 8:17.32
13. Mustafa Mohamed SWE 8:18.05
14. Antonio Jiménez ESP 8:22.63
15. Khamis Abdullah Seifeddine QAT 8:36.66
2000 Sep 29 Sydney, AUS
1. Reuben Kosgei KEN 8:21.43
2. Wilson Boit Kipketer KEN 8:21.77
3. Ali Ezzine MAR 8:22.15
4. Bernard Barmasai KEN 8:22.23
5. Luis Miguel Martín ESP 8:22.75
6. Eliseo Martín ESP 8:23.00
7. Brahim Boulami MAR 8:24.32
8. Günther Weidlinger AUT 8:26.70
9. Jim Svenøy NOR 8:27.20
10. Khamis Abdullah Seifeddine QAT 8:30.89
11. Laïd Bessou ALG 8:33.07
12. Simon Vroemen NED 8:37.87
13. Manuel da Silva POR 8:38.63
14. Gaël Pencréach FRA 8:41.19
15. Damian Kallabis GER 9:09.78
1996 Aug 02 Atlanta, USA
1. Joseph Keter KEN 8:07.12
2. Moses Kiptanui KEN 8:08.33
3. Alessandro Lambruschini ITA 8:11.28
4. Matthew Birir KEN 8:17.18
5. Mark Croghan USA 8:17.84
6. Steffen Brand GER 8:18.52
7. Brahim Boulami MAR 8:23.13
8. Jim Svenøy NOR 8:23.39
9. Angelo Carosi ITA 8:29.67
10. Martin Strege GER 8:30.31
11. Hicham Bouaouiche MAR 8:46.22
12. Marc Davis USA 9:51.96
1992 Aug 07 Barcelona, ESP
1. Matthew Birir KEN 8:08.84
2. Patrick Sang KEN 8:09.55
3. William Mutwol KEN 8:10.74
4. Alessandro Lambruschini ITA 8:15.52
5. Steffen Brand GER 8:16.60
6. Tom Hanlon GBR 8:18.14
7. Brian Diemer USA 8:18.77
8. Azzedine Brahmi ALG 8:20.71
9. William Van Dijck BEL 8:22.51
10. El-Arbi Khattabi MAR 8:23.82
11. Clodoaldo do Carmo BRA 8:25.92
12. Ricardo Vera URU 8:26.35
1988 Sep 30 Seoul, KOR
1. Julius Kariuki KEN 8:05.51 OR
2. Peter Koech KEN 8:06.79
3. Mark Rowland GBR 8:07.96
4. Alessandro Lambruschini ITA 8:12.17
5. William Van Dijck BEL 8:13.99
6. Henry Marsh USA 8:14.39
7. Patrick Sang KEN 8:15.22
8. Boguslaw Maminski POL 8:15.97
9. Francesco Panetta ITA 8:17.79
10. Hagen Melzer GDR 8:19.82
11. Graeme Fell CAN 8:21.73
12. Raymond Pannier FRA 8:23.80
13. Azzedine Brahmi ALG 8:26.68
1984 Aug 10 Los Angeles, USA
1. Julius Korir KEN 8:11.80
2. Joseph Mahmoud FRA 8:13.31
3. Brian Diemer USA 8:14.06
4. Henry Marsh USA 8:14.25
5. Colin Reitz GBR 8:15.48
6. Domingo Ramón ESP 8:17.27
7. Julius Kariuki KEN 8:17.47
8. Pascal Debacker FRA 8:21.51
9. Tommy Ekblom FIN 8:23.95
10. Roger Hackney GBR 8:27.10
11. Peter Renner NZL 8:29.81
12. Fethi Baccouche TUN 8:43.40
1980 Jul 31 Moscow, URS
1. Bronislaw Malinowski POL 8:09.7
2. Filbert Bayi TAN 8:12.5
3. Eshetu Tura ETH 8:13.6
4. Domingo Ramón ESP 8:15.8
5. Francisco Sánchez ESP 8:18.0
6. Giuseppe Gerbi ITA 8:18.5
7. Boguslaw Maminski POL 8:19.5
8. Anatoly Dimov URS 8:19.8
9. Vasile Bichea ROU 8:23.9
10. Dušan Moravcík TCH 8:29.1
11. Lahcen Babaci ALG 8:31.8
12. Tommy Ekblom FIN 8:40.9
1976 Jul 28 Montreal, CAN
1. Anders Gärderud SWE 8:08.02 WR,OR
2. Bronislaw Malinowski POL 8:09.11
3. Frank Baumgartl GDR 8:10.36
4. Tapio Kantanen FIN 8:12.60
5. Michael Karst FRG 8:20.14
6. Euan Robertson NZL 8:21.08
7. Dan Glans SWE 8:21.53
8. Antonio Campos ESP 8:22.65
9. Dennis Coates GBR 8:22.99
10. Henry Marsh USA 8:23.99
11. Tony Staynings GBR 8:33.66
12. Ismo Toukonen FIN 8:42.74
1972 Sep 07 Munich, GER
1. Kip Keino KEN 8:23.64 OR
2. Ben Jipcho KEN 8:24.62
3. Tapio Kantanen FIN 8:24.66
4. Bronislaw Malinowski POL 8:27.92
5. Dušan Moravcík TCH 8:29.06
6. Amos Biwott KEN 8:33.48
7. Romualdas Bite URS 8:34.64
8. Pekka Päivärinta FIN 8:37.17
9. Takaharu Koyama JPN 8:37.66
10. Mikko Ala-Leppilampi FIN 8:41.03
11. Jean-Paul Villain FRA 8:46.72
12. Mikhail Zhelev BUL 9:02.59
1968 Oct 16 Mexico City, MEX
1. Amos Biwott KEN 8:51.0
2. Benjamin Kogo KEN 8:51.6
3. George Young USA 8:51.8
4. Kerry O'Brien AUS 8:52.0
5. Aleksandr Morozov URS 8:55.8
6. Mikhail Zhelev BUL 8:58.4
7. Gaston Roelants BEL 8:59.4
8. Arne Risa NOR 9:09.0
9. Jean-Paul Villain FRA 9:16.2
10. Bengt Persson SWE 9:20.6
11. Javier Álvarez ESP 9:24.6
Viktor Kudynskiy URS DNF
1964 Oct 17 Tokyo, JAP
1. Gaston Roelants BEL 8:30.8 OR
2. Maurice Herriott GBR 8:32.4
3. Ivan Bieliaiev URS 8:33.8
4. Manuel de Oliveira POR 8:36.2
5. George Young USA 8:38.2
6. Guy Texereau FRA 8:38.6
7. Adolfas Aleksejunas URS 8:39.0
8. Lars-Erik Gustafsson SWE 8:41.8
9. Ben Assou El-Ghazi MAR 8:43.6
10. Ernie Pomfret GBR 8:43.8
1960 Sep 03 Rome, ITA
1. Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak POL 8:34.2 OR
2. Nikolay Sokolov URS 8:36.4
3. Semyon Rzhishchin URS 8:42.2
4. Gaston Roelants BEL 8:47.6
5. Gunnar Karlsson-Tjörnebo SWE 8:58.6
6. Ludwig Müller GER 9:01.6
7. Deacon Jones USA 9:18.2
8. Aleksey Konov URS 9:18.2
Hans Hüneke GER DNF
1956 Nov 29 Melbourne, AUS
1. Chris Brasher GBR 8:41.2 OR
2. Sándor Rozsnyói HUN 8:43.6
3. Ernst Larsen NOR 8:44.0
4. Heinz Laufer GER 8:44.4
5. Semyon Rzhishchin URS 8:44.6
6. John Disley GBR 8:44.6
7. Neil Robbins AUS 8:50.0
8. Eric Shirley GBR 8:57.0
9. Deacon Jones USA 9:13.0
1952 Jul 25 Helsinki, FIN
1. Horace Ashenfelter USA 8:45.4 WR,OR
2. Vladimir Kazantsev URS 8:51.6
3. John Disley GBR 8:51.8
4. Olavi Rinteenpää FIN 8:55.2
5. Curt Söderberg SWE 8:55.6
6. Günter Heßelmann GER 8:55.8
7. Mikhail Saltykov URS 8:56.2
8. Helmut Gude GER 9:01.4
9. József Apró HUN 9:04.2
10. Cahit Önel TUR 9:04.4
11. Chris Brasher GBR 9:14.0
12. Gunnar Karlsson-Tjörnebo SWE 10:26.4
1948 Aug 05 London, GBR
1. Tore Sjöstrand SWE 9:04.6
2. Erik Elmsäter SWE 9:08.2
3. Göte Hagström SWE 9:11.8
4. Alexis Guyodo FRA 9:13.6
5. Pentti Siltaloppi FIN 9:19.6
6. Petar Šegedin YUG 9:20.4
7. Browning Ross USA 9:24.1
8. Constantino Miranda ESP 9:26.6
9. Robert Everaert BEL 9:28.2
10. Aarne Kainlauri FIN 9:29.0
11. Roger Chesneau FRA 9:30.2
Raphaël Pujazon FRA DNF
1936 Aug 08 Berlin, GER
1. Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN 9:03.8 WR,OR
2. Kalle Tuominen FIN 9:06.8
3. Alfred Dompert GER 9:07.2
4. Martti Matilainen FIN 9:09.0
5. Harold Manning USA 9:11.2
6. Lars Larsson SWE 9:16.6
7. Voldemars Vitols LAT 9:18.8
8. Glen Dawson USA 9:21.1
9. Willi Heyn GER 9:26.4
10. Joe McCluskey USA 9:29.4
11. Roger Rérolle FRA 9:40.8
Harry Holmqvist SWE DNF
1932 Aug 06 Los Angeles, USA
1. Volmari Iso-Hollo FIN 10:33.4
2. Tom Evenson GBR 10:46.0
3. Joe McCluskey USA 10:46.2
4. Martti Matilainen FIN 10:52.4
5. George Bailey GBR 10:53.2
6. Glen Dawson USA 10:58.0
7. Giuseppe Lippi ITA 11:04.0
8. Walter Pritchard USA 11:04.5
9. Verner Toivonen FIN 11:10.2
10. Nello Bartolini ITA 11:29.0
1928 Aug 04 Amsterdam, NED
1. Toivo Loukola FIN 9:21.8 WR,OR
2. Paavo Nurmi FIN 9:31.2
3. Ove Andersen FIN 9:35.6
4. Nils Eklöf SWE 9:38.0
5. Henri Dartigues FRA 9:40.0
6. Lucien Duquesne FRA 9:40.5
7. Melvin Dalton USA
8. William Spencer USA
Ville Ritola FIN DNF
1924 Jul 09 Paris, FRA
1. Ville Ritola FIN 9:33.6 OR
2. Elias Katz FIN 9:44.0
3. Paul Bontemps FRA 9:45.2
4. Marvin Rick USA 9:56.4
5. Kalle Ebb FIN 9:57.5
6. Evelyn Montague GBR 9:58.0
7. Mike Devaney USA 10:01.0
8. Albert Isola FRA 10:14.8
Sidney Newey GBR DNF
1920 Aug 20 Antwerp, BEL
1. Percy Hodge GBR 10:00.4 OR
2. Pat Flynn USA
3. Ernesto Ambrosini ITA
4. Gustaf Mattsson SWE
5. Mike Devaney USA
6. Albert Hulsebosch USA
7. Lars Hedwall SWE
8. Ray Watson USA
1908 Jul 18 London, GBR [3200 m]
1. Arthur Russell GBR 10:47.8
2. Arthur Robertson GBR
3. John Eisele USA
4. Guy Holdaway GBR
5. Harry Sewell GBR
6. William Galbraith CAN
1904 Aug 29 St. Louis, USA [2590 m]
1. Jim Lightbody USA 7:39.6
2. John Daly GBR 7:40.6
3. Arthur Newton USA
4. Bill Verner USA
Harvey Cohn USA
David Munson USA
Richard Sanford USA
1900 Jul 16 Paris, FRA [4000 m]
1. Jack Rimmer GBR 12:58.4
2. Charles Bennett GBR
3. Sidney Robinson GBR
4. Jean Chastanié FRA
5. George Orton CAN
6. Franz Duhne GER
Alex Grant CAN DNF
Thaddeus McClain USA DNF
1900 Jul 15 Paris, FRA [2500 m]
1. George Orton CAN 7:34.4
2. Sidney Robinson GBR
3. Jean Chastanié FRA
4. Arthur Newton USA
5. Hermann Wraschtil AUT
6. Franz Duhne GER
WR = world record
OR = Olympic Record
DNF = did not finish
DNS = did not start