| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta 1996 | Medal
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Joseph Keter
Moses Kiptanui
Alessandro Lamruschini |
Kenya
Kenya
Italy
|
8:07.12
8:08.33
8:11.28 |
| Barcelona 1992 | Medal
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Matthew Birir
Patrick Sang
William Mutwol |
Kenya
Kenya
Kenya
|
8:08.84
8:09.55
8:10.72 |
| Seoul 1988 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Julius Kariuki
Peter Koech
Mark Rowland |
Kenya
Kenya
Great Britain
|
8:05.51
8:06.79
8:07.96
|
| Los Angeles 1984 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Julius Korir
Joseph Mahmoud
Brian Diemer |
Kenya
France
United States
|
8:11.80
8:13.31
8:14.06
|
| Moscow 1980 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
B. Malinovski
Filbert Bayi
Eshetu Tura |
Poland
Tanzania
Ethiopia
|
8:09.7
8:12.5
8:13.6
|
| Montreal 1976 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Anders Garderud
B. Malinovski
Frank Baumgartl |
Sweden
Poland
West Germany
|
8:08.2
8:09.2
8:10.4
|
| Munich 1972 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Kip Keino
Benjamin Jipcho
Tapio Kantanen |
Kenya
Kenya
Finland
|
8:23.6
8:24.6
8:24.8
|
| Mexico City 1968 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Amos Biwott
Benjamin Kogo
George Young |
Kenya
Kenya
United States
|
8:51.0
8:51.6
8:51.8
|
| Tokyo 1964 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Gaston Roelants
Maurice Herriott
Ivan Belyayev |
Belgium
Great Britain
Soviet Union
|
8:30.8
8:32.4
8:33.8
|
| Rome 1960 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Z. Krzyszkowiak
Nikolai Sokolov
Semyon Rzhischin |
Poland
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
|
8:34.2
8:36.4
8:42.2
|
| Melbourne 1956 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Christopher Brasher
Sandor Rozsnyol
Ernst Larsen |
Great Britain
Hungary
Norway
|
8:41.2
8:43.6
8:44.0
|
| Helsinki 1952 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Horace Ashenfelter
Vladimir Kazantsev
John Disley |
United States
Soviet Union
Great Britain
|
8:45.4
8:51.6
8:51.8
|
| London 1948 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Thore Sjostrand
Erik Elmsater
Gote Hagstrom |
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden
|
9:04.6
9:08.2
9:11.3
|
| Berlin 1936 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Volmari Iso-Hollo
Kaarlo Tuominen
Alfred Dompert |
Finland
Finland
Germany
|
9:03.8
9:06.8
9:07.2
|
| Los Angeles 1932 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Volmari Iso-Hollo
Thomas Evenson
Joseph McCluskey |
Finland
Great Britain
United States
|
10:33.4
10:46.0
10:46.2
|
| Amsterdam 1928 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Toivo Loukola
Paavo Nurmi
Ove Andersen |
Finland
Finland
Finland
|
9:21.8
9:31.2
9:35.6
|
| Paris 1924 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ville Ritola
Elias Katz
Paul Bontemps |
Finland
Finland
France
|
9:33.6
9:44.0
9:45.2
|
| Antwerp 1920 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Percy Hodge
Patrick Flynn
Ernesto Ambrosini |
Great Britain
United States
Italy
|
10:00.4
no time
no time
|
| London 1908 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Arthur Russell
Archie Robertson
John Eisele |
Great Britain
Great Britain
United States
|
10:47.8
10:48.4
no time
|
| St. Louis 1904 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
James Lightbody
John Daly
Arthur Newton |
United States
Ireland
United States
|
7:39.6
7:40.6
no time
|
| Paris 1900 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
George Orton
Sidney Robinson
Jacques Chastanie |
Canada
Great Britain
France
|
7:34.4
7:38.0
no time
|
