This is a list of the men's athletics champions at the

Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

and

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

in the sprint events since the introduction of the

in 1983. Combining the lists of global champions into a single timeline allows patterns of success and dominance to be demonstrated, as well as highlighting the occasional shock results.

List of champions

Each entry has an asterisk (*) linking to the championship of that year. Yellow background is for Olympic races.

Gold medal leaders

The top 10 gold medallists since 1983 in these events are:

References

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International Olympic Committee results database
from IAAF 2013 statistical handbook

GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-20. Sprint (running) Sprint champions Athletics at the Summer Olympics 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships 400 metres at the World Athletics Championships Relays at the World Athletics Championships Athletics sprints