| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 4; wind -0.5) | ||||
| 1. | Andre De Grasse (Canada) | 19.62 | ||
| 2. | Kenny Bednarek (USA) | 19.68 | ||
| 3. | Noah Lyles (USA) | 19.74 | ||
| 4. | Erriyon Knighton (USA) | 19.93 | ||
| 5. | Joe Fahnbulleh (Liberia) | 19.98 | ||
| 6. | Aaron Brown (Canada) | 20.20 | ||
| 7. | Rasheed Dwyer (Jamaica) | 20.21 | ||
| 8. | Jereem Richards (Trinidad) | 20.39 | ||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 18; wind -0.5) | ||||
| 1 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | 19.78 | ||
| 2 | Andre De Grasse (Canada) | 20.02 | ||
| 3 | Christophe Lemaitre (France) | 20.12 | ||
| 4 | Adam Gemili (Great Britain) | 20.12 | ||
| 5 | Churandy Martina (Holland) | 20.13 | ||
| 6 | LaShawn Merritt (USA) | 20.19 | ||
| 7 | Alonso Edward (Panama) | 20.23 | ||
| 8 | Ramil Guliyev (Turkey) | 20.43 | ||
| [Justin Gatlin (USA) 3rd in semi] | ||||
| [Ameer Webb (USA) 6th in semi] | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 9; wind 0.4) | ||||
| 1 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | 19.32 | ||
| 2 | Yohan Blake (Jamaica) | 19.44 | ||
| 3 | Warren Weir (Jamaica) | 19.84 | ||
| 4 | Wallace Spearmon (USA) | 19.90 | ||
| 5 | Churandy Martina (Holland) | 20.00 | ||
| 6 | Christophe Lemaitre (France) | 20.19 | ||
| 7 | Alex Quiñonez (Ecuador) | 20.57 | ||
| 8 | Anaso Jobodwana (South Africa) | 20.69 | ||
| [Maurice Mitchell (USA) 4th semi III] | ||||
| [Isiah Young (USA) 8th semi II] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| (Wind -0.9) | ||||
| 1 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | 19.30 | WR/OR | |
| 2 | Shawn Crawford (USA) | 19.96 | ||
| 3 | Walter Dix (USA) | 19.98 | ||
| 4 | Brian Dzingai (Zimbabwe) | 20.22 | ||
| 5 | Christian Malcolm (Great Britain) | 20.40 | ||
| 6 | Kim Collins (St. Kitts) | 20.59 | ||
| DQ[lane]—[2]Churandy Martina (Netherlands Antilles) | ||||
| [19.82] | ||||
| DQ[lane]—[3]Wallace Spearmon (USA) [19.95] | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| (Wind +1.2) | ||||
| 1 | Shawn Crawford (USA) | 19.79 | ||
| 2 | Bernard Williams (USA) | 20.01 | ||
| 3 | Justin Gatlin (USA) | 20.03 | ||
| 4 | Frank Fredericks (Namibia) | 20.14 | ||
| 5 | Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) | 20.14 | ||
| 6 | Stéphane Buckland (Mauritius) | 20.24 | ||
| 7 | Tobias Unger (Germany) | 20.64 | ||
| DNC—Asafa Powell (Jamaica) | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| (Wind -0.6) | ||||
| 1 | Kostás Kedéris (Greece) | 20.09 | ||
| 2 | Darren Campbell (Great Britain) | 20.14 | ||
| 3 | Ato Boldon (Trinidad) | 20.20 | ||
| 4 | Obadele Thompson (Barbados) | 20.20 | ||
| 5 | Christian Malcolm (Great Britain) | 20.23 | ||
| 6 | Claudinei da Silva (Brazil) | 20.28 | ||
| 7 | Coby Miller (USA) | 20.35 | ||
| 8 | John Capel (USA) | 20.49 | ||
| [Floyd Heard (USA) 6th in semi] | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| (Wind +0.4) | ||||
| 1 | Michael Johnson (USA) | 19.32 | ||
| 2 | Frank Fredericks (Namibia) | 19.68 | ||
| 3 | Ato Boldon (Trinidad) | 19.80 | ||
| 4 | Obadele Thompson (Barbados) | 20.14 | ||
| 5 | Jeff Williams (USA) | 20.17 | ||
| 6 | Iván García (Cuba) | 20.21 | ||
| 7 | Patrick Stevens (Belgium) | 20.27 | ||
| 8 | Mike Marsh (USA) | 20.48 | ||
| [Johnson 19.32 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| (Wind -1.0) | ||||
| 1 | Mike Marsh (USA) | 20.01 | ||
| 2 | Frank Fredericks (Namibia) | 20.13 | ||
| 3 | Michael Bates (USA) | 20.38 | ||
| 4 | Robson da Silva (Brazil) | 20.45 | ||
| 5 | Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) | 20.50 | ||
| 6 | John Regis (Great Britain) | 20.55 | ||
| 7 | Oluyemi Kayode (Nigeria) | 20.67 | ||
| 8 | Marcus Adam (Great Britain) | 20.80 | ||
| [Michael Johnson (USA) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [Marsh 19.73 OR {semi}] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| (Wind +1.7) | ||||
| 1 | Joe DeLoach (USA) | 19.75 | ||
| 2 | Carl Lewis (USA) | 19.79 | ||
| 3 | Robson da Silva (Brazil) | 20.04 | ||
| 4 | Linford Christie (Great Britain) | 20.09 | ||
| 5 | Atlee Mahorn (Canada) | 20.39 | ||
| 6 | Gilles Quénéhervé (France) | 20.40 | ||
| 7 | Michael Rosswess (Great Britain) | 20.51 | ||
| 8 | Bruno Marie-Rose (France) | 20.58 | ||
| [Roy Martin (USA) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [DeLoach 19.75 OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| (Wind -0.9) | ||||
| 1 | Carl Lewis (USA) | 19.80 | ||
| 2 | Kirk Baptiste (USA) | 19.96 | ||
| 3 | Thomas Jefferson (USA) | 20.26 | ||
| 4 | João Batista da Silva (Brazil) | 20.30 | ||
| 5 | Ralf Lübke (West Germany) | 20.51 | ||
| 6 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart (France) | 20.55 | ||
| 7 | Pietro Mennea (Italy) | 20.55 | ||
| 8 | Ade Mafe (Great Britain) | 20.85 | ||
| [Lewis 19.80 OR] | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| (Wind +0.9) | ||||
| 1 | Pietro Mennea (Italy) | 20.19 | ||
| 2 | Allan Wells (Great Britain) | 20.21 | ||
| 3 | Don Quarrie (Jamaica) | 20.29 | ||
| 4 | Silvio Leonard (Cuba) | 20.30 | ||
| 5 | Bernhard Hoff (East Germany) | 20.50 | ||
| 6 | Leszek Dunecki (Poland) | 20.68 | ||
| 7 | Marian Woronin (Poland) | 20.81 | ||
| 8 | Osvaldo Lara (Cuba) | 21.19 | ||
| 1976 | ||||
| (Wind +0.7) | ||||
| 1 | Don Quarrie (Jamaica) | 20.22 | ||
| 2 | Millard Hampton (USA) | 20.29 | ||
| 3 | Dwayne Evans (USA) | 20.43 | ||
| 4 | Pietro Mennea (Italy) | 20.54 | ||
| 5 | Ruy da Silva (Brazil) | 20.84 | ||
| 6 | Bogdan Grzejszczak (Poland) | 20.91 | ||
| 7 | Colin Bradford (Jamaica) | 21.17 | ||
| 8 | Hasely Crawford (Trinidad) | 1:19.6 (inj) | ||
| [Mark Lutz (USA) 5th in heat] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| (Wind 0.0) | ||||
| 1 | Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union) | 20.00 | ||
| 2 | Larry Black (USA) | 20.19 | ||
| 3 | Pietro Mennea (Italy) | 20.30 | ||
| 4 | Larry Burton (USA) | 20.37 | ||
| 5 | Chuck Smith (USA) | 20.55 | ||
| 6 | Siegfried Schenke (East Germany) | 20.56 | ||
| 7 | Martin Jellinghaus (West Germany) | 20.65 | ||
| 8 | Hans-Joachim Zenk (East Germany) | 21.05 | ||
| 1968 | ||||
| (Wind +0.9; high-altitude) | ||||
| 1 | Tommie Smith (USA) | 19.8 (19.83) | ||
| 2 | Peter Norman (Australia) | 20.0 (20.06) | ||
| 3 | John Carlos (USA) | 20.0 (20.10) | ||
| 4 | Edwin Roberts (Trinidad) | 20.3 (20.34) | ||
| 5 | Roger Bambuck (France) | 20.5 (20.51) | ||
| 6 | Larry Questad (USA) | 20.6 (20.62) | ||
| 7 | Mike Fray (Jamaica) | 20.6 (20.63) | ||
| 8 | Jochen Eigenherr (West Germany) | 20.6 (20.66) | ||
| [Smith 20.3 (20.37) =OR {heat}; Norman 20.2 (20.23) OR {heat}; | ||||
| Smith 20.2 (20.29) =OR {quarter}; Carlos 20.1 (20.12) OR | ||||
| {semi}; Smith 20.1 (20.13) =OR {semi}, 19.8 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| (Wind -0.8) | ||||
| 1 | Henry Carr (USA) | 20.3 (20.36) | ||
| 2 | Paul Drayton (USA) | 20.5 (20.58) | ||
| 3 | Edwin Roberts (Trinidad) | 20.6 (20.63) | ||
| 4 | Harry Jerome (Canada) | 20.7 (20.79) | ||
| 5 | Livio Berruti (Italy) | 20.8 (20.83) | ||
| 6 | Marian Foik (Poland) | 20.8 (20.83) | ||
| 7 | Richard Stebbins (USA) | 20.8 (20.89) | ||
| 8 | Sergio Ottolina (Italy) | 20.9 (20.94) | ||
| [Drayton 20.5 (20.58) OR {semi}; Carr 20.3 OR] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| (Wind “legal”) | ||||
| 1 | Livio Berruti (Italy) | 20.5 (20.62) | ||
| 2 | Les Carney (USA) | 20.6 (20.69) | ||
| 3 | Abdoulaye Seye (France) | 20.7 (20.83) | ||
| 4 | Marian Foik (Poland) | 20.8 (20.90) | ||
| 5 | Stone Johnson (USA) | 20.8 (20.93) | ||
| 6 | Ray Norton (USA) | 20.9 (21.09) | ||
| [Berruti 20.5 (20.65) =WR, OR {semi}, 20.5 =WR, =OR] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| (Wind “legal”) | ||||
| 1 | Bobby Morrow (USA) | 20.6 (20.75) | ||
| 2 | Andy Stanfield (USA) | 20.7 (20.97) | ||
| 3 | Thane Baker (USA) | 20.9 (21.05) | ||
| 4 | Mike Agostini (Trinidad) | 21.1 (21.35) | ||
| 5 | Boris Tokarev (Soviet Union) | 21.2 (21.42) | ||
| 6 | Jose Telles de Conceição (Brazil) | 21.3 (21.42) | ||
| [Morrow 20.6 OR] | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| (Wind +1.0) | ||||
| 1 | Andy Stanfield (USA) | 20.7 (20.81) | ||
| 2 | Thane Baker (USA) | 20.8 (20.97) | ||
| 3 | Jim Gathers (USA) | 20.8 (21.08) | ||
| 4 | Emmanuel McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 21.0 (21.14) | |||
| 5 | Les Laing (Jamaica) | 21.2 (21.45) | ||
| 6 | Gerardo Bönnhoff (Argentina) | 21.3 (21.56) | ||
| [Stanfield 20.7 =OR] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| (headwind) | ||||
| 1 | Mel Patton (USA) | 21.1 | ||
| 2 | Barney Ewell (USA) | 21.1 (0.05 behind) | ||
| 3 | Lloyd LaBeach (Panama) | 21.2 (0.20) | ||
| 4 | Herb McKenley (Jamaica) | c21.3 (0.24) | ||
| 5 | Cliff Bourland (USA) | c21.3 (0.27) | ||
| 6 | Les Laing (Jamaica) | c21.8 (0.72) | ||
| 1936 | ||||
| (rear crosswind) | ||||
| 1 | Jesse Owens (USA) | 20.7 | ||
| 2 | Mack Robinson (USA) | 21.1 | ||
| 3 | Martinus Osendarp (Holland) | 21.3 | ||
| 4 | Paul Hänni (Switzerland) | 21.6 | ||
| 5 | Lee Orr (Canada) | 21.6 | ||
| 6 | Wijnand van Beveran (Holland) | 21.9 | ||
| [Robert Packard (USA) 4th in semi] | ||||
| [Owens 21.1 OR {heat}, 21.1w {quarter}, 20.7 OR] | ||||
| 1932 | ||||
| 1 | Eddie Tolan (USA) | 21.2 (21.12) | ||
| 2 | George Simpson (USA) | 21.4 | ||
| 3 | Ralph Metcalfe (USA) | 21.5 | ||
| 4 | Arthur Jonath (Germany) | 21.6 | ||
| 5 | Carlos Bianchi Lutti (Argentina) | 21.7 | ||
| 6 | William Walters (South Africa) | 21.9 | ||
| [Metcalfe 21.5 (21.59) OR {quarter}; Tolan 21.5 (21.56) =OR | ||||
| {quarter}; Lutti 21.5 (21.46) =OR {quarter}; Jonath 21.4 | ||||
| (21.48) OR {quarter}; Tolan 21.2 OR] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
| 1 | Percy Williams (Canada) | 21.8 | ||
| 2 | Walter Rangeley (Great Britain) | 21.9 | ||
| 3 | Helmut Körnig (Germany) | 21.9 | ||
| 4 | Jackson Scholz (USA) | 21.9 | ||
| 5 | John Fitzpatrick (Canada) | 22.1 | ||
| 6 | Jakob Schüller (Germany) | 22.2 | ||
| [Charley Paddock (USA) 4th in semi] | ||||
| [Henry Cummings (USA) 4th in semi] | ||||
| [Charles Borah (USA) 3rd in quarter] | ||||
| [Körnig 21.6 =OR {quarter}] | ||||
| 1924 | ||||
| 1 | Jackson Scholz (USA) | 21.6 | ||
| 2 | Charley Paddock (USA) | 21.7 | ||
| 3 | Eric Liddell (Great Britain) | 21.9 | ||
| 4 | George Hill (USA) | 22.0 | ||
| 5 | Bayes Norton (USA) | 22.0 | ||
| 6 | Harold Abrahams (Great Britain) | 22.3 | ||
| [Scholz 21.6 OR] | ||||
| 1920 | ||||
| 1 | Allen Woodring (USA) | 22.0 | ||
| 2 | Charley Paddock (USA) | c22.0 | ||
| 3 | Harry Edward (Great Britain) | c22.1 | ||
| 4 | Loren Murchison (USA) | c22.2 | ||
| 5 | George Davidson (New Zealand) | c22.4 | ||
| 6 | Jack Oosterlaak (South Africa) | c22.4 | ||
| [Morris Kirksey (USA) 4th in semi] | ||||
| 1912 | ||||
| 1 | Ralph Craig (USA) | 21.7 | ||
| 2 | Donald Lippincott (USA) | 21.8 | ||
| 3 | Willie Applegarth (Great Britain) | 22.0 | ||
| 4 | Richard Rau (Germany) | 22.2 | ||
| 5 | Charlie Reidpath (USA) | 22.3 | ||
| 6 | Donnell Young (USA) | 22.3 | ||
| [Ira Courtney (USA) 3rd in semi] | ||||
| [Clement Wilson (USA) 2nd in semi] | ||||
| [Harold Heiland (USA) 5th in semi] | ||||
| [Carl Cooke (USA) 2nd in semi] | ||||
| [Alvah Meyer (USA) 2nd in semi] | ||||
| [Peter Gerhardt (USA) 2nd in semi] | ||||
| [Craig 21.9 OR {semi}; Applegarth 21.9 =OR {semi}, Craig 21.7 | ||||
| OR] | ||||
| 1908 | ||||
| 1 | Bob Kerr (Canada) | 22.6 | ||
| 2 | Robert Cloughen (USA) | 22.6 | ||
| 3 | Nate Cartmell (USA) | 22.7 | ||
| 4 | George Hawkins (Great Britain) | c22.8 | ||
| [William Hamilton (USA) 2nd in semi] | ||||
| [Nathaniel Sherman (USA) 2nd in semi] | ||||
| [Harry Huff (USA) 3rd in semi] | ||||
| [Lawson Robertson (USA) 2nd in heat] | ||||
| [William May (USA) 2nd in heat] | ||||
| [Kerr 22.2 =OR {heat} | ||||
| 1904 | ||||
| 1 | Archie Hahn (USA) | 21.6 | ||
| 2 | Nate Cartmell (USA) | 21.9 | ||
| 3 | William Hogenson (USA) | nt | ||
| 4 | Fay Moulton (USA) | nt | ||
| [straightaway—Hahn 22.2 {heat}, 21.6] | ||||
| 1900 | ||||
| 1 | Walter Tewksbury (USA) | 22.2 | ||
| 2 | Norman Pritchard (India) | c22.8 | ||
| 3 | Stanley Rowley (Australia) | c22.9 | ||
| 4 | William Holland (USA) | c22.9 | ||
| [Holland 24.0 OR {heat} Tewksbury 22.2 OR] | ||||
| 1896 | ||||
| (not contested) |