1896. Ellery Clark | 1900. Alvin Kraenzlein | 1904. Meyer Prinstein | 1906. Meyer Prinstein | 1908. Frank Irons | 1912. Albert Gutterson | 1920. William Petersson | 1924. William DeHart Hubbard | 1928. Edward Hamm | 1932. Edward Gordon | 1936. Jesse Owens | 1948. Willie Steele | 1952. Jerome Biffle | 1956. Gregory Bell | 1960. Ralph Boston | 1964. Lynn Davies | 1968. Bob Beamon | 1972. Randy Williams | 1976. Arnie Robinson | 1980. Lutz Dombrowski | 1984. Carl Lewis | 1988. Carl Lewis | 1992. Carl Lewis | 1996. Carl Lewis | 2000. Iván Pedroso | 2004. Dwight Phillips | 2008. Irving Saladino | 2012. Greg Rutherford | 2016. Jeff Henderson | 2020. Miltiadis Tendoglou | 2024. Miltiadis Tendoglou |