| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta 1996 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Noureddine Morceli
Fermin Cacho
Stephen Kipkorir |
Algeria
Spain
Kenya
|
3:35.78
3:36.40
3:36.72 |
| Barcelona 1992 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Fermin Cacho
Rashid El-Basir
Mohammed Sulaiman |
Spain
Morocco
Qatar
|
3:40.12
3:40.62
3:40.69 |
| Seoul 1988 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Peter Rono
Peter Elliott
Jens-Peter Herold
|
Kenya
Great Britain
East Germany
|
3:35.96
3:36.15
3:36.21
|
| Los Angeles 1984 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Sebastian Coe
Steve Cram
Jose Abascal
|
Great Britain
Great Britain
Spain
|
3:32.53
3:33.40
3:34.30
|
| Moscow 1980 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Sebastian Coe
Jurgen Straub
Steven Ovett
|
Great Britain
East Germany
Great Britain
|
3:38.4
3:38.8
3:39.0
|
| Montreal 1976 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
John Walker
Ivo van Damme
Paul-Heinz Wellmann
|
New Zealand
Belgium
West Germany
|
3:39.17
3:39.27
3:39.33
|
| Munich 1972 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Pekka Vasala
Kip Keino
Rod Dixon
|
Finland
Kenya
New Zealand
|
3:36.3
3:36.8
3:37.5
|
| Mexico City 1968 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Kip Keino
Jim Ryun
Bodo Tummler
|
Kenya
United States
East Germany
|
3:34.9
3:37.8
3:39.0
|
| Tokyo 1964 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Peter Snell
Josef Odlozil
John Davies
|
New Zealand
Czechoslovakia
New Zealand
|
3:38.1
3:39.6
3:39.6
|
| Rome 1960 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Herbert Elliott
Michel Jazy
Istvan Rozsavolgyi
|
Australia
France
Hungary
|
3:35.6
3:38.4
3:39.2
|
| Melbourne 1956 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ron Delany
Klaus Richtzenhain
John Landy
|
Ireland
East Germany
Australia
|
3:41.2
3:42.0
3:42.0
|
| Helsinki 1952 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Josef Bartel
Robert McMillen
Werner Lueg
|
Luxembourg
United States
West Germany
|
3:45.1
3:45.2
3:45.4
|
| London 1948 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Henry Eriksson
Lennart Strand
Willem Slijkhuis
|
Sweden
Sweden
Netherlands
|
3:49.8
3:50.4
3:50.4
|
| Berlin 1936 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
John Lovelock
Glenn Cunningham
Luigi Beccali
|
New Zealand
United States
Italy
|
3:47.8
3:48.4
3:49.2
|
| Los Angeles 1932 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Luigi Beccali
John Cornes
Philip Edwards
|
Italy
Great Britain
Canada
|
3:51.2
3:52.6
3:52.8
|
| Amsterdam 1928 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Harry Larva
Jules Ladoumegue
Eino Purje-Borg
|
Finland
France
Finland
|
3:53.2
3:53.8
3:56.4
|
| Paris 1924 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Paavo Nurmi
Willy Scharer
Henry Stallard
|
Finland
Switzerland
Great Britain
|
3:53.6
3:55.0
3:55.6
|
| Antwerp 1920 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Albert Hill
Philip Baker
Lawrence Shields
|
Great Britain
Great Britain
United States
|
4:01.8
4:02.4
4:03.1
|
| Stockholm 1912 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Arnold Jackson
Abel Kiviat
Norman Taber
|
Great Britain
United States
United States
|
3:56.8
3:56.9
3:56.9
|
| London 1908 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Melvin Sheppard
Harold Wilson
Norman Hallows
|
United States
Great Britain
Great Britain
|
4:03.4
4:03.6
4:04.0
|
| St. Louis 1904 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
James Lightbody
William Frank Verner
Lacey Hearn
|
United States
United States
United States
|
4:05.4
4:06.8
no time
|
| Paris 1900 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Charles Bennett
Henri Deloge
John Bray
|
Great Britain
France
United States
|
4:06.2
4:06.6
4:07.2
|
| Athens 1896 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Edwin Flack
Arthur Balke
Albin Lermusiaux
|
Australia
United States
France
|
4:33.2
4:34.0
4:36.0
|
