This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in athletics from 1896 to 2012.
See also: List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women), Athletics at the Summer Olympics, and Lists of Olympic medalistsFamous quotes containing the words list and/or olympic:
“Loves boat has been shattered against the life of everyday. You and I are quits, and its useless to draw up a list of mutual hurts, sorrows, and pains.”
—Vladimir Mayakovsky (18931930)
“Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)