| Year | Host City | Athletes | Score |
| 1896-1900 | Not Held... |
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| 1904* |
St Louis |
Thomas Kiely, Great Britian |
6,036 |
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Adam Gunn, USA |
5,907 |
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Truxton Hare |
5,813 |
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| 1906-1908 |
Not Held... |
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| 1912 |
Stockholm |
Jim Thorpe, USA |
6,765 WR |
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Hugo Wieslander, Sweden |
6,161 |
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Charles Lomberg, Sweden |
5,943 |
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Gosta Holmer, Sweden |
5,956 |
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| 1916 |
Cancelled: WWI |
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| 1920 |
Antwerp |
Helge Loveland, Norway |
5,970 |
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Brutus Hamilton, USA |
5,940 |
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Bertil Ohlson, Sweden |
5,825 |
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| 1924 |
Paris |
Harold Osborne, USA |
6,668 WR |
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Emerson Norton, USA |
6,340 |
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Alexander Klumberg, Estonia |
6,260 |
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| 1928 |
Amsterdam |
Paavo Yrjola, Finland |
6,774 WR |
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Akilles Jarvinen, Finland |
6,815 |
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J. Kenneth Doherty, USA |
6,593 |
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| 1932 |
Los Angeles |
James Bausch, USA |
6,896 WR |
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Akelles Jarvinen, Finland |
7,038 |
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Wolrad Eberle, Germany |
6,830 |
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| 1936 |
Berlin |
Glen Morris, USA |
7,421 WR |
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Robert Clark, USA |
7,226 |
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Jack Parker, USA |
6,918 |
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| 1940 |
Tokyo |
Cancelled WWII |
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| 1944 |
Helsinki |
Cancelled WWII |
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| 1948 |
Londdon |
Bob Mathias, USA |
6,826 |
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Ignace Heinrich, France |
6,740 |
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Floyd Simmons, USA |
6,711 |
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| 1952 |
Helsinki |
Bob Mathias, USA |
7,731 WR |
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Milt Campbell, USA |
7,132 |
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Floyd Simmons, USA |
7,069 |
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| 1956 |
Melbourne |
Milt Campbell, USA |
7,708 OR |
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Rafer Johnson, USA |
7,568 |
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Vassily Kuznyetsov, USSR |
7,461 |
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| 1960 |
Rome |
Rafer Johnson, USA |
8,001 OR |
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Chuan-Kwang Yang, Taiwan |
7,930 |
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Vassily Kuznyetsov, USSR |
7,624 |
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| 1964 |
Tokyo |
Willi Holdorf, West Germany |
7,887 |
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Rein Aun, USSR |
7,842 |
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Hans-Joachim Walde, West Germany |
7,809 |
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| 1968 |
Mexico City |
Bill Toomey, USA |
8,193 WR |
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Hans-Joachim Walde, West Germany |
8,111 |
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Kurt Bendlin, West Germany |
8,064 |
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| 1972 |
Munich |
Nikolai Avilov, USSR |
8,454 WR |
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Leonid Litvinenko, USSR |
8,035 |
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Ryszard Katus, Poland |
7,984 |
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| 1976 |
Montreal |
Bruce Jenner, USA |
8,618 WR |
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Guido Kretschmer, West Germany |
8,411 |
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Nikolai Avilov, USSR |
8,369 |
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| 1980 |
Moscow |
Daley Thompson, Great Britian |
8,495 |
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Yuri Kutsenko, USSR |
8,331 |
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Sergei Zhelanov, USSR |
8,135 |
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| 1984 |
Los Angeles |
Daly Thompson, Great Britian |
8,798 EWR |
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Jurgen Hingsen, West Germany |
8,673 |
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Siegfried Wentz, West Germany |
8,412 |
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| 1988 |
Seoul |
Christian Schenk, East Germany |
8,488 |
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Torsten Voss, East Germany |
8,399 |
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Dave Steen, Canada |
8,328 |
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| 1992 |
Barcelona |
Robert Zmelik, Czechoslovakia |
8,611 |
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Antonio Penalver, Spain |
8,412 |
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Dave Johnson, USA |
8,309 |
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| 1996 |
Atlanta |
Dan O'Brien, USA |
8,824 |
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Frank Busemann, Germany |
8,706 |
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Tomas Dvorak, Czechoslovakia |
8,664 |
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| 2000 |
Sydney |
Erki Nool, Estonia |
8,641 |
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Roman Sebrle, Czechosloviakia |
8,606 |
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Chris Huffins, USA |
8,595 |
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| 2004 |
Athens |
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