| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 7) | ||||
| 1. | United States | 2:55.70 | ||
| (Michael Cherry 44.3, Michael Norman 44.0, Bryce Deadmon 44.01, Rai Benjamin 43.40) | ||||
| 2. | Netherlands | 2:57.18 | ||
| (Liemarvin Bonevacia 45.0, Terrence Agard 43.8, Tony van Diepen 44.28, Ramsey Angela 44.12) | ||||
| 3. | Botswana | 2:57.27 | ||
| (Isaac Makwala 43.9, Baboloki Thebe 44.8, Zibani Ngozi 44.40, Bayapo Ndori 44.20) | ||||
| 4. | Belgium | 2:57.88 | ||
| (Alexander Doom 44.9, Jonathan Sacoor 44.1, Dylan Borlée 44.68, Kevin Borlée 44.18) | ||||
| 5. | Poland | 2:58.46 | ||
| (Dariusz Kowaluk 45.0, Karol Zalewski 43.7, Mateusz Rzeźniczak 45.44, Kajetan Duszyński 44.31) | ||||
| 6. | Jamaica | 2:58.76 | ||
| (Demish Gaye 45.3, Christopher Taylor 43.9, Jaheel Hyde 45.15, Nathon Allen 44.41) | ||||
| 7. | Italy | 2:58.81 | ||
| (Davide Re 45.2, Vladimir Aceti 44.2, Edo- ardo Scotti 45.07, Alessandro Sibilio 45.29) | ||||
| 8. | Trinidad | 3:00.85 | ||
| (Deon Lendore 44.4, Jereem Richards 44.6, Dwight St. Hillaire 46.88, Machel Cedenio 44.99) | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 20) | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:57.30 | ||
| (A. Hall 45.0, T. McQuay 43.5, G. Roberts 44.79, L. Merritt 43.97) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 2:58.16 | ||
| (P. Matthews 45.5, N. Allen 44.1, F. Dunkley 44.82, J. Francis 43.78) | ||||
| 3 | Bahamas | 2:58.49 | ||
| (A. Russell 45.3, M. Mathieu 45.2, S. Gardiner 43.79, C. Brown 44.20) | ||||
| 4 | Belgium | 2:58.52 | ||
| (J. Watrin 45.9, J. Borlée 44.2, D. Borlée, 44.71, K. Borlée 43.67) | ||||
| 5 | Botswana | 2:59.06 | ||
| (I. Makwala 44.8, K. Sibanda 44.0, O. Nkobolo 44.94, G. Maotoanong 45.28) | ||||
| 6 | Cuba | 2:59.53 | ||
| (W. Collazo 45.6, A. Chacón 45.0, O. Pellicier 45.33, Y. Lescay 43.60) | ||||
| 7 | Poland | 3:00.50 | ||
| (Ł. Krawczuk 46.0, M. Pietrzak 45.0, J. Krzewina 44.94, R. Omelko 44.59) | ||||
| 8 | Brazil | 3:03.28 | ||
| (P.L. de Oliveira 45.5, A. Ruso 45.5, P. dos Santos 46.18, H. Souza 46.10) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 10) | ||||
| 1 | Bahamas | 2:56.72 | ||
| (Brown 44.8, Pinder 43.6, Mathieu 44.25, Miller 44.01) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 2:57.05 | ||
| (Nellum 45.0, Mance 43.8, McQuay 43.41, Taylor 44.85) | ||||
| 3 | Trinidad | 2:59.40 | ||
| (Gordon 44.9, Solomon 44.3, Alleyne-Forte 45.51, Lendore 44.73) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 2:59.53 | ||
| (Williams 45.1, Green 44.9, Greene 45.53, Rooney 44.09) | ||||
| 5 | Russia | 3:00.09 | ||
| (Dyldin 45.5, Alekseyev 45.1, Krasnov 44.69, Trenikhin 44.83) | ||||
| 6 | Belgium | 3:01.83 | ||
| (K. Borlée 45.3, Gillet 45.7, J. Borlée 44.55, Bulthheel 46.31) | ||||
| 7 | Venezuela | 3:02.18 | ||
| (Ramírez 46.0, Aguilar 45.6, Bravo 45.11, Longart 45.76) | ||||
| 8 | South Africa | 3:03.46 | ||
| (de Jager 46.4, de Beer 45.1, van Zyl 46.27, Pistorius 45.69) | ||||
| …dnf—Cuba | ||||
| (Collazo 45.5, Acea 44.1, Ruiz [dnf], Cisneros) | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:55.39 | ||
| (Merritt 44.35, Taylor 43.70, Neville 44.16, Wariner 43.18) | ||||
| 2 | Bahamas | 2:58.03 | ||
| (Bain 45.92, Mathieu 44.04, A. Williams 44.02, C. Brown 44.05) | ||||
| 3 | Russia | 2:58.06 | ||
| (Dyldin 45.52, Frolov 44.64, Kokorin 44.34, Alekseyev 43.56) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 2:58.81 | ||
| (Steele 45.69, Tobin 44.78, Bingham 44.61, Rooney 43.73) | ||||
| 5 | Belgium | 2:59.37 | ||
| (K. Borlée 45.43, J. Borlée 43.62, Van Branteghem 44.44, Ghislain 45.88) | ||||
| 6 | Australia | 3:00.02 | ||
| (Wroe 46.07, Steffensen 45.26, Hill 44.41, Milburn 44.28) | ||||
| 7 | Poland | 3:00.32 | ||
| (Wieruszewski 46.02, Klimczyk 44.54, Kedzia 45.10, Plawgo 44.66) | ||||
| 8 | Jamaica | 3:01.45 | ||
| (Blackwood 45.60, Chambers 44.47, Ayre 44.86, Spence 46.52) | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:55.91 | ||
| (Harris 44.5, Brew 43.6, Wariner 43.89, Williamson 43.83) | ||||
| 2 | Australia | 3:00.60 | ||
| (Steffensen 45.9, Omrod 45.0, Dwyer 45.11, Hill 44.61) | ||||
| 3 | Nigeria | 3:00.90 | ||
| (Godday 45.4, Audu 45.4, Weigopwa 44.84, Udo-Obong 45.23) | ||||
| 4 | Japan | 3:00.99 | ||
| (Yamaguchi 45.4, Osakada 45.3, Ito 45.01, Sato 45.33) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:01.07 | ||
| (Benjamin 45.2, Baldock 45.5, Davis 45.14, Elias 45.21) | ||||
| 6 | Bahamas | 3:01.88 | ||
| (McKinney 45.8, Cleare 45.6, A. Williams 45.83, C. Brown 44.66) | ||||
| 7 | Germany | 3:02.22 | ||
| (Schultz 45.4, Gaba 45.8, Feller 45.83, Swillims 45.13) | ||||
| 8 | Botswana | 3:02.49 | ||
| (Kubisa 46.2, Molefe 45.0, Salang 46.37, Kilego 44.93) | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Nigeria | 2:58.68 | ||
| (Chukwu 45.18, Monye 44.49, Bada 44.70, Udo-Obong 44.31) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 2:58.78 | ||
| (Blackwood 45.14, Haughton 44.29, C. Williams 44.73, McFarlane 44.62 | ||||
| 3 | Bahamas | 2:59.23 | ||
| (Moncur 44.65, McIntosh 44.23, Oliver 44.83, C. Brown 45.52) | ||||
| 4 | France | 3:01.02 | ||
| (Front 46.22, Foucan 44.92, Wade 44.46, Raquil 45.42) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:01.22 | ||
| (Deacon 45.63, Caines 44.65, Thomas 45.26, Baulch 45.68) | ||||
| 6 | Poland | 3:03.22 | ||
| (Rysiukiewicz 45.3, Mackowiak 46.3, Dlugosielski 46.2, Haczek 45.4 | ||||
| 7 | Australia | 3:03.91 | ||
| (Jamieson 46.6, Young 45.5, Dwyer 46.0, Hazel 46.0) | ||||
| …retroactive DQ [1] | United States | [2:56.35] | ||
| (A. Harrison 44.36, Pettigrew 44.17 [dq for drugs in ’08], C. Harrison 43.53, M. Johnson 44.29) | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:55.99 | ||
| (L. Smith 44.62, A. Harrison 43.84, Mills 43.66, Maybank 43.87) | ||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 2:56.60 | ||
| (Thomas 44.62, Baulch 44.19, Richardson 43.62, Black 43.87) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 2:59.42 | ||
| (McDonald 45.05, Martin 43.81, Haughton 45.87, Clarke 44.69) | ||||
| 4 | Senegal | 3:00.64 | ||
| (M. Diarra 46.53, Dia 44.94, Ndiaye 44.70, Faye 44.47) | ||||
| 5 | Japan | 3:00.76 | ||
| (Karube 45.88, Ito 44.86, Osakada 45.08, Omori 44.94) | ||||
| 6 | Poland | 3:00.96 | ||
| (Rysiukiewicz 46.03, Jedrusik 45.34, Haczek 44.97, Mackowiak 44.62) | ||||
| 7 | Bahamas | 3:02.71 | ||
| (Oliver 47.28, McIntosh 44.90, Darling 45.28, T. Munnings 45.25) | ||||
| …dnc—Kenya | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:55.74 | ||
| (Valmon 44.5, Watts 43.1, M. Johnson 44.7, Lewis 43.4) | ||||
| 2 | Cuba | 2:59.51 | ||
| (Martínez 46.0, Herrera 44.1, Tellez 45.0, Hernández 44.4) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 2:59.73 | ||
| (Black 44.9, Grindley 44.7, Akabusi 45.1, Regis 45.0) | ||||
| 4 | Brazil | 3:01.61 | ||
| (R. da Silva 45.4, Tenório 45.7, Menézes 45.6, Telles 44.9) | ||||
| 5 | Nigeria | 3:01.71 | ||
| (Ekpeyong 46.4, Okoli 45.1, Bosso 45.5, Bada 44.7) | ||||
| 6 | Italy | 3:02.18 | ||
| (Aimar 46.5, Vaccari 45.2, Grossi 45.7, Nuti 44/8) | ||||
| 7 | Trinidad | 3:03.31 | ||
| (Daniel 46,3, Delice 46.4, De Silva 45,2, Morris 45.4) | ||||
| … dnf—Kenya | ||||
| (S. Kitur, Matilu, Kipkemboi, Kemboi) | ||||
| [U.S. 2:55.74 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:56.16 | ||
| (Everett 43.79, S. Lewis 43.69, Robinzine 44.44, Reynolds 43.74) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 3:00.30 | ||
| (Davis 45.06, Morris 44.90, W. Graham 45.80, Cameron 44.55) | ||||
| 3 | West Germany | 3:00.56 | ||
| (Dobeleit 45.30, Itt 45.10, Vaihinger 45.52, Lübke 44.64) | ||||
| 4 | East Germany | 3:01.13 | ||
| (Carlowitz 44.74, Schersing 45.00, Möller 46.52, Schönlebe 44.87) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:02.00 | ||
| (Whittle 45.70, Akabusi 44.73, Bennett 46.13, Brown 45.44) | ||||
| 6 | Australia | 3:02.49 | ||
| (Ballard 46.03, Garner 45.37, Murphy 46.58, Clark 44/51) | ||||
| 7 | Nigeria | 3:02.50 | ||
| (Uti 44.81, Ugbisie 45.76, Amike 46.06, Egbunike 45.87) | ||||
| 8 | Kenya | 3:04.69 | ||
| (Sawe 46.25, L. Sang 45.08, Ereng 47.00, Kipkemboi 46.36) | ||||
| [U.S. 2:56.16 =WR, =OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:57.91 | ||
| (Nix 45.59, Armstead 43.97, Babers 43.75, McKay 44.60) | ||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 2:59.13 | ||
| (Akabusi 45.87, Cook 44.74, Bennett 44.17, Brown 44.35) | ||||
| 3 | Nigeria | 2:59.32 | ||
| (Uti 45.34, Ugbisie 44.48, Peters 44.94, Egbunike 44.56) | ||||
| 4 | Australia | 2:59.70 | ||
| (Frayne 45.38, Clark 43.86, Minihan 45.07, Mitchell 45.39) | ||||
| 5 | Italy | 3:01.44 | ||
| (Tozzi 45.69, Nocco 45.07, Ribaud 45.73, Mennea 44.95) | ||||
| 6 | Barbados | 3:01.60 | ||
| (Louis 46.67, Peltier 44.97, Edwards 45.04, Forde 44.92) | ||||
| 7 | Uganda | 3:02.09 | ||
| (Govlie 46.72, Kyeswa 44.60, Rwamuhanda 46.40, Okot 44.37) | ||||
| 8 | Canada | 3:02.82 | ||
| (Sokolowski 46.09, Hinds 45.04, Saunders 45.43, Bethune 46.26) | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3:01.08 | ||
| (Valiulis 45.7, Linge 45.4, Chernyetskiy 44.8, Markin 45.2) | ||||
| 2 | East Germany | 3:01.26 | ||
| (Thiele 45.8, Knebel 45.3, Schaffer 44.8, Beck 45.4) | ||||
| 3 | Italy | 3:04.3 | ||
| (Malinverni 46.8, Zuliani 45.9, Tozzi 46.4, Mennea 45.2) | ||||
| 4 | France | 3:04.8 | ||
| (Felice 46.6, Froissart 46.7, Dubois 45.7, Demarthon 45.8) | ||||
| 5 | Brazil | 3:05.9 | ||
| (Correia 47.4, Ferreira 45.4, Guymares 46.2, Pegado 46.9) | ||||
| 6 | Trinidad | 3:06.6 | ||
| (Coombs 45.9, Joseph 45.9, Mohammed 48.1, Solomon 46.7) | ||||
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 3:07.0 | ||
| (Lomecky 47.3, Malovec 46.4, Brecka 46.7, Kolar 46.6) | ||||
| … dnf—Great Britain | ||||
| (Bell, Whitehead, Milne, Cohen) | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:58.65 | ||
| (Frazier 45.3, B. Brown 44.6, Newhouse 43.8, Parks 45.0) | ||||
| 2 | Poland | 3:01.43 | ||
| (Podlas 46.7, Werner 44.0, Jaremski 45.5, Pietrzyk 45.2) | ||||
| 3 | West Germany | 3:01.98 | ||
| (Hofmeister 46.0, Krieg 45.3, Schmid 45.8, Herrmann 44.9) | ||||
| 4 | Canada | 3:02.64 | ||
| (Seale 47.0, Domansky 45.3, Hope 45.5, Saunders 44.8) | ||||
| 5 | Jamaica | 3:02.84 | ||
| (Priestley 46.4, Bradford 46.3, Daley 46.3, Newman 43.8) | ||||
| 6 | Trinidad | 3:03.46 | ||
| (Solomon 46.0, Tuitt 45.4, Coombs 46.2, Joseph 45.9) | ||||
| 7 | Cuba | 3:03.81 | ||
| (Gutierrez 46.0, Damaso 46.7, Alvarez 46.4, Juantorena 44.7) | ||||
| 8 | Finland | 3:06.51 | ||
| (Makela 46.3, Karttunen 46.7, Lönnqvist 46.9, Kukkoaho 46.6) | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | Kenya | 2:59.83 | ||
| (Asati 45.5, Nyamau 45.5, Ouko 45.3, J. Sang 43.5) | ||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 3:00.46 | ||
| (Reynolds 46.2, Pascoe 45.1, Hemery 45.1, Jenkins 44.1) | ||||
| 3 | France | 3:00.65 | ||
| (Bertould 46.4, Vélasquez 44.8, Kerbiriou 45.2, Carette 44.3) | ||||
| 4 | West Germany | 3:00.88 | ||
| (Herrmann 46.1, Schlöske 44.2, Köhler 45.6, Honz 45.0) | ||||
| 5 | Poland | 3:01.05 | ||
| (Werner 45.8, Balachowski 45.2, Jaremski 45.2, Badenski 44.9) | ||||
| 6 | Finland | 3:01.12 | ||
| (Lönnqvist 46.5, Salin 45.1, Karttunen 45.1, Kukkoaho 44.4) | ||||
| 7 | Sweden | 3:02.57 | ||
| (Carlgren 46.0, Faager 45.5, Öhman 45.3, Rönner 45.8) | ||||
| 8 | Trinidad | 3:03.60 | ||
| (Cooper 46.7, Marshall 46.0, Joseph 44.5, Roberts 46.4) | ||||
| [USA DNC in heat] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:56.1(A) | (2:56.16) | |
| (Matthews 45.0, Freeman 43.2, James 43.8, Evans 44.1) | ||||
| 2 | Kenya | 2:59.6 | (2:59.64) | |
| (Asati 44.4, Nyamau 45.5, Bon 45.1, Rudisha 44.6) | ||||
| 3 | West Germany | 3:00.5 | (3:00.57) | |
| (Müller 46.4, Hennige 44.7, Kinder 44.7, Jellinghaus 44.7) | ||||
| 4 | Poland | 3:00.5 | (3:00.58) | |
| (Gredzinski 46.8, Balachowski 44.7, Werner 44.5, Badenski 44.5) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:01.2 | (3:01.21) | |
| (Winbolt-Lewis 46.2, Campbell 44.9, | ||||
| Hemery 44.6, Sherwood 45.5) | ||||
| 6 | Trinidad | 3:04.5 | (3:04.54) | |
| (Simon 46.1, Bobb 46.7, Cayenne 45.9, Roberts 45.8) | ||||
| 7 | Italy | 3:04.6 | (3:04.64) | |
| (Ottolina 46.4, Puosi 45.8, Fusi 46.5, Bello 45.9) | ||||
| 8 | France | 3:07.5 | (3:07.51) | |
| (Nallet 46.6, Carette 45.8, Bertould 47.1, Boccardo 48.0) | ||||
| [U.S. 3:00.7 (3:00.71) =OR {heat}, 2:56.16 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:00.7 | ||
| (Cassell 46.0, Larrabee 44.8, U. Williams 45.4, Carr 44.5) | ||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 3:01.6 | ||
| (Graham 45.9, Metcalfe 45.5, Cooper 45.4, Brightwell 44.8) | ||||
| 3 | Trinidad | 3:01.7 | ||
| (Skinner 46.0, Bernard 45.3, Roberts 45.4, Mottley 45.0) | ||||
| 4 | Jamaica | 3:02.3 | ||
| (Kahn 46.1, Mal Spence 45.4, Mel Spence 45.2, Kerr 45.6) | ||||
| 5 | Germany | 3:04.3 | ||
| (Jüttner 47.1, Schulz 45.7, Schmitt 45.9, Kinder 45.6) | ||||
| 6 | Poland | 3:05.3 | ||
| (Filipiuk 47.5, Kluczek 46.0, Swatowski 46.3, Badenski 45.5) | ||||
| 7 | Soviet Union | 3:05.9 | ||
| (Sverbyetov 46.8, Bychkov 46.3, Anisimov 46.5, Arkhipchuk 46.3) | ||||
| 8 | France | 3:07.4 | ||
| (Hiblot 47.1, Martin 46.4, Nelzy 47.1, Boccardo 46.8) | ||||
| [U.S. 3:00.7 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:02.2 | (3:02.37) | |
| (Yerman 46.2, Young 45.6, G. Davis 45.4, O. Davis 45.0) | ||||
| 2 | West Germany | 3:02.7 | (3:02.84) | |
| (Reske 47.0, Kinder 44.9, Kaiser 45.9, Kaufmann 44.9) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 3:04.0 | (3:04.13) | |
| (Mal Spence 46.5, Wedderburn 46.4, Gardner 45.8, Kerr 45.4) | ||||
| 4 | South Africa | 3:05.0 | (3:05.18) | |
| (Jefferys 46.7, Davis 46.1, Day 46.5, Spence 45.6) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:08.3 | (3:08.27) | |
| (Yardley 47.1, Jackson 47.1, Wrighton 47.6, Brightwell 46.5) | ||||
| 6 | Switzerland | 3:09.4 | (3:09.55) | |
| (Weber 48.3, Zaugg 46.8, Bruder 47.8, Wägli 46.5) | ||||
| [U.S. 3:02.2 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:04.7 | (3:04.81) | |
| (Jones 47.1, Mashburn 46.4, Jenkins 45.5, Courtney 45.7) | ||||
| 2 | Australia | 3:06.1 | (3:06.19) | |
| (Gregory 47.2, Lean 46.3, Gipson 46.6, Gosper 46.1) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:07.2 | (3:07.19) | |
| (Salisbury 47.6, Wheeler 46.8, Higgins 46.2, Johnson 46.5) | ||||
| 4 | West Germany | 3:08.1 | (3:08.27) | |
| (Kühl 47.5, Oberste 47.3, Pörschke 47.0, Haas 46.3) | ||||
| 5 | Canada | 3:10.2 | (3:10.32) | |
| (Sloan 48.2, Cockburn 47.8, Clement 47.5, Tobacco 46.7) | ||||
| … dq—Jamaica [3:11.6] [3:11.50] | ||||
| (Gardner, Kerr, Mal. Spence, Mel. Spence) | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| 1 | Jamaica | 3:03.9 | (3:04.04) | |
| (Wint 46.8, Laing 47.0, McKenley 44.6, Rhoden 45.5) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 3:04.0 | (3:04.21) | |
| (Matson 46.7, Cole 45.5, Moore 46.3, Whitfield 45.5) | ||||
| 3 | West Germany | 3:06.6 | (3:06.78) | |
| (Geister 47.3, Steines 46.9, Ulzheimer 46.5, Haas 45.9) | ||||
| 4 | Canada | 3:09.3 | (3:09.37) | |
| (Clement 49.0, Hutchins 47.0, Carroll 46.0, Lavery 47.3) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:10.0 | (3:10.23) | |
| (Lewis 47.9, Dick 47.4, Higgins 47.4, Stacey 47.3) | ||||
| 6 | France | 3:10.1 | (3:10.33) | |
| (Goudeau 48.5, Bart 47.5, Degats 47.3, du Gard 46.8) | ||||
| [Jamaica 3:03.9 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:10.4 | ||
| (Harnden 48.0, Bourland 47.3, Cochran 47.8, Whitfield 47.3) | ||||
| 2 | France | 3:14.8 | ||
| (Kerebel, Schewetta, Chef d’Hôtel, Lunis) | ||||
| 3 | Sweden | 3:16.0 | ||
| (Lundkvist, Wolfbrandt, Alnevik, Larsson) | ||||
| 4 | Finland | 3:24.8 | ||
| (Suvanto, Talja, Holmberg, Storskrubb) | ||||
| … dnf—Italy | ||||
| (Rocca, Missoni, Paterlini, Siddi) | ||||
| … dnf—Jamaica | ||||
| (Rhoden, Laing, Wint, McKenley) | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| 1 | Great Britain | 3:09.0 | ||
| (Wolff 49.2, Rampling 46.7, Roberts 46.4, Brown 46.7) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 3:11.0 | ||
| (Cagle 48.7, Young 47.6, O’Brien 46.7, Fitch 48.0) | ||||
| 3 | Germany | 3:11.8 | ||
| (Hamann 49.3, von Stülpnagel 48.3, Voigt 46.6, Harbig 47.6) | ||||
| 4 | Canada | 3:11.8 | ||
| (Limon 47.9, Edwards 48.5, Fritz 48.3, Loaring 47.1) | ||||
| 5 | Sweden | 3:13.0 | ||
| (Strömberg, Edfeldt, Danielsson, von Wachenfeldt) | ||||
| 6 | Hungary | 3:14.8 | ||
| (Ribényi, Zsitvai, Vadas, Kovács) | ||||
| 1932 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:08.2 | (3:08.14) | |
| (Fuqua 47.1, Ablowich 47.6, Werner 47.3, Carr 46.2) | ||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 3:11.2 | ||
| (Stoneley 48.8, Hampson 47.6, Burghley 46.7, Rampling 48.1) | ||||
| 3 | Canada | 3:12.8 | ||
| (Lewis 49.5, Ball 47.9, Edwards 48.1, Wilson 47.3) | ||||
| 4 | Germany | 3:14.4 | ||
| (Büchner 48.0, Nehb 48.2, Metzner 49.1, Peltzer 49.1) | ||||
| 5 | Japan | 3:14.6 | ||
| (Nakajima 49.0, Masuda 48.8, Oki 47.7, Nishi 49.1) | ||||
| 6 | Italy | 3:17.8 | ||
| (Carlini, Turba, De Negri, Facelli) | ||||
| [U.S. 3:11.8 WR, OR {heat}, 3:08.2 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:14.2 | ||
| (Baird 48.2, Spencer 47.8, Alderman 49.4, Barbuti 48.8) | ||||
| 2 | Germany | 3:14.8 | ||
| (Neumann 48.8, Krebs 49.2, Storz 48.2, Englehard 48.6) | ||||
| 3 | Canada | 3:15.4 | ||
| (Wilson 49.2, Edwards 48.6, Glover 50.0, Ball 47.6) | ||||
| 4 | Sweden | 3:15.8 | ||
| (Kugelberg 51.0, von Wachenfeldt 49.4, Byléhn 47.4, | ||||
| Pettersson 48.0) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:16.4 | ||
| (Leigh-Wood 48.9, Craner 51.4, Rinkel 48.5, Lowe 47.6) | ||||
| 6 | France | 3:19.4 | ||
| (Krotoff, Jackson, Dupont, Féger) | ||||
| [U.S. 3:14.2 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1924 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:16.0 | ||
| (Cochrane 50.1, Stevenson 49.2, McDonald 48.5, Helffrich 48.2) | ||||
| 2 | Sweden | 3:17.0 | ||
| (Svensson 50.1, Byléhn 49.8, Wejnarth 48.7, Engdahl 48.4) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:17.4 | ||
| (Toms 49.8, Renwick 50.2, Ripley 48.5, Butler 48.9) | ||||
| 4 | Canada | 3:22.8 | ||
| (Aylwin, Christie, Johnston, Maynes) | ||||
| 5 | France | 3:23.4 | ||
| (Fritz, Féry, Galtier, Favaudon) | ||||
| 6 | Italy | 3:28.0 | ||
| (Cominotto, Gargiullo, Maffiollini, Facelli) | ||||
| [U.S. 3:16.0 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1920 | ||||
| 1 | Great Britain | 3:22.2 | ||
| (Griffiths 48.9, Lindsay, Ainsworth‑Davis, Butler) | ||||
| 2 | South Africa | c3:23.4 | ||
| (Dafael, Oldfield, Oosterlaak, Rudd) | ||||
| [Butler=Davel; Zur M=Dafel] | ||||
| 3 | France | c3:23.5 | ||
| (André, Féry, Delvart, Devaux) | ||||
| 4 | United States | c3:23.6 | ||
| (Schiller, Bretnall, Meredith, Shea) | ||||
| 5 | Sweden | c3:24.3 | ||
| (Krokström, Malm, Sundblad, Engdahl) | ||||
| 6 | Belgium | c3:24.9 | ||
| (Nugeat, Corteyn, Smets, Morren) | ||||
| 1912 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:16.6 | ||
| (Sheppard, Lindberg, Meredith, Reidpath) | ||||
| 2 | France | 3:20.7 | ||
| (Lelong, Schurrer, Failliot, Poulenard) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:23.2 | ||
| (Nicol, Henley, Soutter, Seedhouse) | ||||
| [Great Britain 3:19.0 OR {heat}; United States 3:16.6 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1908 | ||||
| (sprint medley: 200, 200, 400, 800) | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:29.4 | ||
| (Hamilton, Cartmell, Taylor, Sheppard) | ||||
| 2 | Germany | 3:32.4 | ||
| (Hoffmann, Eicke, Trieloff, Braun) | ||||
| 3 | Hungary | 3:32.5 | ||
| (Simon, Mezei‑Wiesner, Nagy, Bodor) | ||||
| 1896–1904 | ||||
| (not contested before 1908) |