Through the 2008 Games - 1) Jack Lovelock - 1936
2) Peter Snell - 1964
3) John Walker - 1976
1904 Games in St. Louis in men's marathon. He did not finish the race.
Men: 3:32.07 by Noah Ngeny of Kenya at the 2000 Games in Sydney. Women: 3:53.96 by Paula Ilie-Ivan of Romania at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
Kieren Perkins
the reason that there are different events for men and women is because men sports its much more brutal. for instance in hockey they split men and women because in mens hockey you can body check( nocking the other person down).
Australia's Kieren John Perkins won gold medals in men's 1500m freestyle at both Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996).
The MarathonThe longest running race is the marathon at 42.195KM (26miles 385yards)The longest foot race is the mens 50K walkThe longest race is the triathalon - 1500M swim + 40KM cycle + 10KM run
there are 2222222222222 men events
Ryan Cochrane Canada (CAN)
The gold medal winner in the Men's 1500m Freestyle event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was Gregorio Paltrinieri.
Connor Jaeger was the winner of the silver medal in the Men's 1500m Freestyle event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Men's field hockey (Black Sticks) and Men's 1500m (John Walker).
Oussama Mellouli Tunisia (TUN)
Sun Yang China (CHN)
Italy was the country receiving the gold medal in the Men's 1500m Freestyle event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The silver medal for the Men's 1500m Freestyle event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was given to the United States of America.
Canada won the mens hockey olympics.
Yes! Mens beach volleyball is in the olympics!