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This is a list of the men's athletics champions at the Olympics and World Championships in the sprint events since the introduction of the World Championships in 1983. Combining the lists of global champions into a single timeline allows patterns of success and dominance to be demonstrated, as well as highlighting the occasional shock results.
List of champions
editEach entry has an asterisk (*) linking to the championship of that year. Yellow background is for Olympic races.
Gold medal leaders
editThe top gold medallists since 1983 in these events are:
Rank | Athlete | Total | 100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 4 × 100 m | 4 × 400 m |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Usain Bolt | 19 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2 | Michael Johnson | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Carl Lewis | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
4 | LaShawn Merritt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
5 | Jeremy Wariner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
6 | Maurice Greene | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Noah Lyles | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
8 | Vernon Norwood | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6**** |
9 | Justin Gatlin | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Donovan Bailey | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Nesta Carter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
12 | Yohan Blake | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Calvin Smith | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Michael Frater | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Asafa Powell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Butch Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Angelo Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Rai Benjamin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
**** including four gold medals in the relay events in which he participated in the heats only.
References
edit- International Olympic Committee results database
- Olympic listings from IAAF 2013 statistical handbook
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-20.