| Olympic Games/World Champs | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| 2023 Men 100m | Noah Lyles |  USA | 9.83s | Letsile Tebogo |  BOT | 9.873s | Zharnel Hughes |  GBR | 9.874s |
| 2022 Men 100m | Fred Kerley | USA | 9.86s | Marvin Bracy | USA | 9.874s | Trayvon Bromell | USA | 9.876s |
| Olympic 2020 Men 100m | Marcell Jacobs |  ITA | 9.80s | Fred Kerley | USA | 9.84s | Andre De Grasse | @CAN | 9.89s |
| 2019 Men 100m | Christian Coleman | USA | 9.76s | Justin Gatlin | USA | 9.89s | Andre De Grasse |  CAN | 9.90s |
| 2017 Men 100m | Justin Gatlin | USA | 9.92s | Christian Coleman | USA | 9.94s | Usain Bolt |  JAM | 9.95s |
| Olympic 2016 Men 100m | Usain Bolt | JAM | 9.81s | Justin Gatlin | USA | 9.89s | Andre de Grasse | CAN | 9.91s |
| 2015 Men 100m | Usain Bolt | JAM | 9.79s | Justin Gatlin | USA | 9.80s | Trayvon Bromell | USA | 9.92s |
| Andre De Grasse | CAN | 9.92s | |||||||
| 2013 Men 100m | Usain Bolt | JAM | 9.77s | Justin Gatlin | USA | 9.85s | Nesta Carter | JAM | 9.95s |
| Olympic 2012 Men 100m | Usain Bolt | JAM | 9.63s | Yohan Blake | JAM | 9.75s | Justin Gatlin | USA | 9.--s |
| 2011 Men 100m | Yohan Blake | JAM | 9.92s | Walter Dix | USA | 10.08s | Kim Collins |  SKN | 10.09s |
| 2009 Men 100m | Usain Bolt | JAM | 9.58s | Tyson Gay | USA | 9.71s | Asafa Powell | JAM | 9.84s |
| Olympic 2008 Men 100m | Usain Bolt | JAM | 9.69s | Richard Thompson |  TRI | 9.89s | Walter Dix | USA | 9.91s |
| 2007 Men 100m | Tyson Gay | USA | 9.85s | Derrick Atkins |  BAH | 9.91s | Asafa Powell | JAM | 9.96s |
| 2005 Men 100m | Justin Gatlin | USA | 9.88s | Michael Frater | JAM | 10.05s | Kim Collins | SKN | 10.05s |
| Olympic 2004 Men 100m | Justin Gatlin | USA | 9.85s | Francis Obikwelu |  POR | 9.86s | Maurice Greene | USA | 9.87s |
| 2003 Men 100m | Kim Collins | SKN | 10.07s | Darrel Brown | TRI | 10.08s | Darren Campbell | GBR | 10.08s |
| 2001 Men 100m | Maurice Greene | USA | 9.82s | Bernard Williams | USA | 9.94s | Ato Boldon | TRI | 9.98s |
| Olympic 2000 Men 100m | Maurice Greene | USA | 9.87s | Ato Boldon | TRI | 9.99s | Obadele Thompson |  BAR | 10.04s |
| 1999 Men 100m | Maurice Greene | USA | 9.80s | Bruny Surin | CAN | 9.84s | Dwain Chambers | GBR | 9.97s |
| 1997 Men 100m | Maurice Greene | USA | 9.86s | Donovan Bailey | CAN | 9.91s | Tim Montgomery | USA | 9.94s |
| Olympic 1996 Men 100m | Donovan Bailey | CAN | 9.84s | Frank Fredericks |  NAM | 9.89s | Ato Boldon | TRI | 9.90s |
| 1995 Men 100m | Donovan Bailey | CAN | 9.97s | Bruny Surin | CAN | 10.03s | Ato Boldon | TRI | 10.03s |
| 1993 Men 100m | Linford Christie | GBR | 9.87s | Andre Cason | USA | 9.92s | Dennis Mitchell | USA | 9.99s |
| Olympic 1992 Men 100m | Linford Christie | GBR | 9.96s | Frank Fredericks | NAM | 10.02s | Dennis Mitchell | USA | 10.04s |
| 1991 Men 100m | Carl Lewis | USA | 9.86s | Leroy Burrell | USA | 9.88s | Dennis Mitchell | USA | 9.91s |
| Olympic 1988 Men 100m | Carl Lewis | USA | 9.88s | Linford Christie | GBR | 9.97s | Calvin Smith | USA | 9.99s |
| 1987 Men 100m | Carl Lewis | USA | 9.93s | Raymond Stewart | JAM | 10.08s | Linford Christie | GBR | 10.14s |
| Olympic 1984 Men 100m | Carl Lewis | USA | 9.99s | Sam Graddy | USA | 10.19s | Ben Johnson | CAN | 10.22s |
| 1983 Men 100m | Carl Lewis | USA | 10.07s | Calvin Smith | USA | 10.21s | Emmit King | USA | 10.24s |
| Olympic 1980 Men 100m | Allan Wells | GBR | 10.25s | Silvio Leonard |  CUB | 10.25s | Petar Petrov |  BUL | 10.39s |
| Olympic 1976 Men 100m | Hasely Crawford | TRI | 10.06s | Don Quarrie | JAM | 10.08s | Valeriy Borzov |  URS | 10.14s |
| Olympic 1972 Men 100m | Valeriy Borzov | URS | 10.14s | Robert Taylor | USA | 10.24s | Lennox Miller | JAM | 10.33s |
| Olympic 1968 Men 100m | Jim Hines | USA | 9.9s | Lennox Miller | JAM | 10.0s | Charlie Greene | USA | 10.0s |
| Olympic 1964 Men 100m | Robert L. Hayes | USA | 10.0s | Enrique Figuerola | CUB | 10.2s | Harry Jerome |  CAn | 10.2s |
| Olympic 1960 Men 100m | Armin Hary |  GER | 10.2s | David Sime | USA | 10.2s | Peter Radford | GBR | 10.3s |
| Olympic 1956 Men 100m | Bobby Joe Morrow | USA | 10.5s | Thane Baker | USA | 10.5s | Hector Hogan |  AUS | 10.6s |
| Olympic 1952 Men 100m | Lindy Remigino | USA | 10.4s | Herbert McKenley | JAM | 10.4s | Emmanuel McDonald-Bailey | GBR | 10.4s |
| Olympic 1948 Men 100m | Harrison Dillard | USA | 10.3s | Norwood Ewell | USA | 10.4s | Lloyd LaBeach |  PAN | 10.6s |
| Olympic 1936 Men 100m | Jesse Owens | USA | 10.3s | Ralph Metcalfe | USA | 10.4s | Martinus Osendarp |  NED | 10.6s |
| Olympic 1932 Men 100m | Eddie Tolan | USA | 10.38s | Ralph Metcalfe | USA | 10.38s | Arthur Jonath |  GeR | 10.50s |
| Olympic 1928 Men 100m | Percy Williams | CAn | 10.8s | Jack London | GBR | 10.9s | Georg Lammers | GeR | 10.9s |
| Olympic 1924 Men 100m | Harold Abrahams | GBR | 10.6s | Jackson Scholz | USA | 10.8s | Arthur Porritt |  NZL | 10.9s |
| Olympic 1920 Men 100m | Charles Paddock | USA | 10.8s | Morris Kirksey | USA | 10.8s | Harry Edwards | GBR | 11.0s |
| Olympic 1912 Men 100m | Ralph Craig | USA | 10.8s | Alvin Meyer | USA | 10.9s | Donald Lippincott | USA | 10.9s |
| Olympic 1908 Men 100m | Reginald Walker |  ZAF | 10.8s | John Rector | USA | 10.9s | Robert Kerr | CAn | 10.9s |
| Olympic 1904 Men 100m | Archie Hahn | USA | 11.2s | Nathaniel Cartmell | USA | 11.2s | William Hogensen | USA | 11.2s |
| Olympic 1900 Men 100m | Francis Jarvis | USA | 11.0s | Walter Tewksbury | USA | 11.1s | Stanley Rowley | AUS | 11.2s |
| Olympic 1896 Men 100m | Thomas Burke | USA | 12.0s | Fritz Hofmann | GeR | 12.2s | Alajos Szokolyi |  HUN | 12.6s |
