| Olympic Games/World Champs | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| 2022 Men 200m | Noah Lyles |  USA | 19.31s | Kenneth Bednarek | USA | 19.77s | Erriyon Knighton | USA | 19.80s |
| Olympic 2020 Men 200m | |||||||||
| 2019 Men 200m | Noah Lyles | USA | 19.83s | Andre De Grasse |  CAN | 19.95s | Alex Quiñónez |  ECU | 19.98s |
| 2017 Men 200m | Ramil Guliyev |  TUR | 20.09s | Wayde van Niekerk |  RSA | 20.11s | Jereem Richards |  TTO | 20.11s |
| Olympic 2016 Men 200m | Usain Bolt |  JAM | 19.78s | Andre De Grasse | CAN | 20.02s | Christophe Lemaitre |  FRA | 20.12s |
| 2015 Men 200m | Usain Bolt | JAM | JAM | Justin Gatlin | USA | USA | Anaso Jobodwana | RSA | RSA |
| 2013 Men 200m | Usain Bolt | JAM | JAM | Warren Weir | JAM | JAM | Curtis Mitchell | USA | USA |
| Olympic 2012 Men 200m | Usain Bolt | JAM | JAM | Yohan Blake | JAM | JAM | Warren Weir | JAM | JAM |
| 2011 Men 200m | Usain Bolt | JAM | JAM | Walter Dix | USA | USA | Christophe Lemaitre | FRA | FRA |
| 2009 Men 200m | Usain Bolt | JAM | JAM | Alonso Edward |  PAN | Wallace Spearmon | USA | USA | |
| Olympic 2008 Men 200m | Usain Bolt | JAM | JAM | Shawn Crawford | USA | USA | Walter Dix | USA | USA |
| 2007 Men 200m | Tyson Gay | USA | USA | Usain Bolt | JAM | JAM | Wallace Spearmon | USA | USA |
| 2005 Men 200m | Justin Gatlin | USA | USA | Wallace Spearmon | USA | USA | John Capel | USA | USA |
| Olympic 2004 Men 200m | Shawn Crawford | USA | USA | Bernard Williams | USA | USA | Justin Gatlin | USA | USA |
| 2003 Men 200m | John Capel | USA | USA | Darvis Patton | USA | USA | Shingo Suetsugu |  JPN | JPN |
| 2001 Men 200m | Konstadinos Kederis |  GRE | GRE | Christopher Williams | JAM | JAM | Kim Collins |  SKN | SKN |
| Olympic 2000 Men 200m | Konstadinos Kederis | GRE | GRE | Darren Campbell |  GBR | GBR | Ato Boldon |  TRI | |
| 1999 Men 200m | Maurice Greene | USA | USA | Claudinei Quirino Da Silva |  BRA | Francis Obikwelu |  NGR | ||
| 1997 Men 200m | Ato Boldon | TRI | Frank Fredericks |  NAM | Claudinei Quirino Da Silva | BRA | |||
| Olympic 1996 Men 200m | Michael Johnson | USA | USA | Frank Fredericks | NAM | Ato Boldon | TRI | ||
| 1995 Men 200m | Michael Johnson | USA | USA | Frank Fredericks | NAM | Jeff Williams | USA | USA | |
| 1993 Men 200m | Frank Fredericks | NAM | John Regis | GBR | GBR | Carl Lewis | USA | USA | |
| Olympic 1992 Men 200m | Mike Marsh | USA | USA | Frank Fredericks | NAM | Michael Bates | USA | USA | |
| 1991 Men 200m | Michael Johnson | USA | USA | Frank Fredericks | NAM | Atlee Mahorn | CAN | CAN | |
| Olympic 1988 Men 200m | Joe Deloach | USA | USA | Carl Lewis | USA | USA | Robson Silva | BRA | |
| 1987 Men 200m | Calvin Smith | USA | USA | Gilles Queneherve | FRA | FRA | John Regis | GBR | GBR |
| Olympic 1984 Men 200m | Carl Lewis | USA | USA | Kirk Baptiste | USA | USA | Thomas Jefferson | USA | USA |
| 1983 Men 200m | Calvin Smith | USA | USA | Elliott Quow | USA | USA | Pietro Mennea |  ITA | ITA |
| Olympic 1980 Men 200m | Pietro Mennea | ITA | ITA | Allan Wells | GBR | GBR | Donald Quarrie | JAM | JAM |
| Olympic 1976 Men 200m | Don Quarrie | JAM | JAM | Millard Hampton | USA | USA | Dwayne Evans | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1972 Men 200m | Valeriy Borzov |  URS | URS | Larry Black | USA | USA | Pietro Mennea | ITA | ITA |
| Olympic 1968 Men 200m | Tommie Smith | USA | USA | Peter Norman |  AUS | AUS | John Carlos | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1964 Men 200m | Henry Carr | USA | USA | Otis Paul Drayton | USA | USA | Edwin Roberts | TRI | |
| Olympic 1960 Men 200m | Livio Berutti | ITA | ITA | Lester Carney | USA | USA | Abdoulaye Seye | FRA | FRA |
| Olympic 1956 Men 200m | Bobby Joe Morrow | USA | USA | Andrew Stanfield | USA | USA | Thane Baker | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1952 Men 200m | Andrew Stanfield | USA | USA | Thane Baker | USA | USA | James Gathers | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1948 Men 200m | Melvin Patton | USA | USA | Norwood Ewell | USA | USA | Lloyd LaBeach | PAN | |
| Olympic 1936 Men 200m | Jesse Owens | USA | USA | Mack Robinson | USA | USA | Martinus Osendarp |  NED | NED |
| Olympic 1932 Men 200m | Eddie Tolan | USA | USA | George Simpson | USA | USA | Ralph Metcalfe | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1928 Men 200m | Percy Williams | CAN | CAN | Walter Rangeley | GBR | GBR | Helmut Kornig |  GER | GER |
| Olympic 1924 Men 200m | Jackson Scholz | USA | USA | Charles Paddock | USA | USA | Eric Liddell | GBR | GBR |
| Olympic 1920 Men 200m | Allen Woodring | USA | USA | Charles Paddock | USA | USA | Harry Edwards | GBR | GBR |
| Olympic 1912 Men 200m | Ralph Craig | USA | USA | Donald Lippincott | USA | USA | William Applegarth | GBR | GBR |
| Olympic 1908 Men 200m | Robert Kerr | CAN | CAN | Robert Cloughen | USA | USA | Nathaniel Cartmell | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1904 Men 200m | Archie Hahn | USA | USA | Nathaniel Cartmell | USA | USA | William Hogensen | USA | USA |
| Olympic 1900 Men 200m | Walter Tewksbury | USA | USA | Norman Pritchard |  INd | Stanley Rowley | AUS | AUS | |
