Closest Indianapolis 500 Finishes

Year	Winner	Runner Up	Margin
1992	Al Unser Jr	Scott Goodyear	0.043 seconds
2014	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Helio Castroneves	0.060 seconds
2006	Sam Hornish Jr	Marco Andretti	0.063 seconds
2023	Josef Newgarden	Marcus Ericsson	0.097 seconds
2015	Juan Montoya	Will Power	0.104 seconds
1982	Gordon Johncock	Rick Mears	0.160 seconds
2017	Takuma Sato	Helio Castroneves	0.201 seconds
2019	Simon Pagenaud	Alexander Rossi	0.208 seconds
2003	Gil de Ferran	Helio Castroneves	0.299 seconds
2024	Josef Newgarden	Pato O’Ward	0.341 seconds
2021	Helio Castroneves	Alex Palou	0.492 seconds
1997	Arie Luyendyk	Scott Goodyear	0.570 seconds
1996	Buddy Lazier	Davy Jones	0.695 seconds