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This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming.

Men's events

OR indicates swimmer broke the Olympic Record
WR indicates swimmer broke the World Record (and Olympic Record)

50 metre freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1988 Seoul
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Matt Biondi
  United States
22.14
WR
Tom Jager
  United States
22.36 Gennadiy Prigoda
  Soviet Union
22.71
1992 Barcelona
details
Alexander Popov
  Unified Team
21.91
OR
Matt Biondi
  United States
22.09 Tom Jager
  United States
22.30
1996 Atlanta
details
Alexander Popov
  Russia
22.13 Gary Hall Jr.
  United States
22.26 Fernando Scherer
  Brazil
22.29
2000 Sydney
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Anthony Ervin
  United States
Gary Hall Jr.
  United States
21.98 Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
Pieter van den Hoogenband
  Netherlands
22.03
2004 Athens
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Gary Hall Jr.
  United States
21.93 Duje Draganja
  Croatia
21.94 Roland Mark Schoeman
  South Africa
22.02
2008 Beijing
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César Cielo
  Brazil
21.30
OR
Amaury Leveaux
  France
21.45 Alain Bernard
  France
21.49
2012 London
details
Florent Manaudou
  France
21.34 Cullen Jones
  United States
21.54 César Cielo
  Brazil
21.59
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Anthony Ervin
  United States
21.40 Florent Manaudou
  France
21.41 Nathan Adrian
  United States
21.49
2020 Tokyo
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Caeleb Dressel
  United States
21.07
OR
Florent Manaudou
  France
21.55 Bruno Fratus
  Brazil
21.57
2024 Paris
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100 metre freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
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Alfréd Hajós
  Hungary
1:22.2
OR
Otto Herschmann
  Austria
1:22.8 none awarded
1900–1904 not included in the Olympic program
1908 London
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Charles Daniels
  United States
1:05.6
WR
Zoltán Halmay
  Hungary
1:06.2 Harald Julin
  Sweden
1:08.0
1912 Stockholm
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Duke Kahanamoku
  United States
1:03.4
set WR in semifinal
Cecil Healy
  Australasia
1:04.6 Ken Huszagh
  United States
1:05.6
1920 Antwerp
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Duke Kahanamoku
  United States
1:01.4
set WR in the final before it was re-run due to protest
Pua Kealoha
  United States
1:02.6 Bill Harris
  United States
1:03.0
1924 Paris
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Johnny Weissmuller
  United States
59.0
OR
Duke Kahanamoku
  United States
1:01.4 Samuel Kahanamoku
  United States
1:01.8
1928 Amsterdam
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Johnny Weissmuller
  United States
58.6
OR
István Bárány
  Hungary
59.8 Katsuo Takaishi
  Japan
1:00.0
1932 Los Angeles
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Yasuji Miyazaki
  Japan
58.2
set OR in semifinal
Tatsugo Kawaishi
  Japan
58.6 Albert Schwartz
  United States
58.8
1936 Berlin
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Ferenc Csik
  Hungary
57.6 Masanori Yusa
  Japan
57.9
tied OR in semifinal
Shigeo Arai
  Japan
58.0
1948 London
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Wally Ris
  United States
57.3
OR
Alan Ford
  United States
57.8 Géza Kádas
  Hungary
58.1
1952 Helsinki
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Clarke Scholes
  United States
57.4 Hiroshi Suzuki
  Japan
57.4 Göran Larsson
  Sweden
58.2
1956 Melbourne
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Jon Henricks
  Australia
55.4
WR
John Devitt
  Australia
55.8 Gary Chapman
  Australia
56.7
1960 Rome
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John Devitt
  Australia
55.2
OR
Lance Larson
  United States
55.2
OR
Manuel dos Santos
  Brazil
55.4
1964 Tokyo
details
Don Schollander
  United States
53.4
OR
Robert McGregor
  Great Britain
53.5 Hans-Joachim Klein
  United Team of Germany
54.0
1968 Mexico City
details
Michael Wenden
  Australia
52.2
WR
Ken Walsh
  United States
52.8 Mark Spitz
  United States
53.0
1972 Munich
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Mark Spitz
  United States
51.22
WR
Jerry Heidenreich
  United States
51.65 Vladimir Bure
  Soviet Union
51.77
1976 Montreal
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Jim Montgomery
  United States
49.9
WR
Jack Babashoff
  United States
50.81 Peter Nocke
  West Germany
51.31
1980 Moscow
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Jörg Woithe
  East Germany
50.40 Per Holmertz
  Sweden
50.91 Per Johansson
  Sweden
51.29
1984 Los Angeles
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Rowdy Gaines
  United States
49.80
OR
Mark Stockwell
  Australia
50.24 Per Johansson
  Sweden
50.31
1988 Seoul
details
Matt Biondi
  United States
48.63
OR
Chris Jacobs
  United States
49.08 Stéphan Caron
  France
49.62
1992 Barcelona
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Alexander Popov
  Unified Team
49.02 Gustavo Borges
  Brazil
49.43 Stéphan Caron
  France
49.50
1996 Atlanta
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Alexander Popov
  Russia
48.74 Gary Hall Jr.
  United States
48.81 Gustavo Borges
  Brazil
49.02
2000 Sydney
details
Pieter van den Hoogenband
  Netherlands
48.30
set WR in semifinal
Alexander Popov
  Russia
48.69 Gary Hall Jr.
  United States
48.73
2004 Athens
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Pieter van den Hoogenband
  Netherlands
48.17 Roland Mark Schoeman
  South Africa
48.23 Ian Thorpe
  Australia
48.56
2008 Beijing
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Alain Bernard
  France
47.21 Eamon Sullivan
  Australia
47.32
set WR in semifinal
Jason Lezak
  United States
César Cielo
  Brazil
47.67
2012 London
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Nathan Adrian
  United States
47.52 James Magnussen
  Australia
47.53 Brent Hayden
  Canada
47.80
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Kyle Chalmers
  Australia
47.58 Pieter Timmers
  Belgium
47.80 Nathan Adrian
  United States
47.85
2020 Tokyo
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Caeleb Dressel
  United States
47.02
OR
Kyle Chalmers
  Australia
47.08 Kliment Kolesnikov
  ROC
47.44
2024 Paris
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200 metre freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
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Frederick Lane
  Australia
2:25.2 Zoltán Halmay
  Hungary
2:31.4 Karl Ruberl
  Austria
2:32.0
set OR in semifinal
1904–1964 not included in the Olympic program
1968 Mexico City
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Michael Wenden
  Australia
1:55.2
OR
Don Schollander
  United States
1:55.8 John Nelson
  United States
1:58.1
1972 Munich
details
Mark Spitz
  United States
1:52.78 WR Steve Genter
  United States
1:53.73 Werner Lampe
  West Germany
1:53.99
1976 Montreal
details
Bruce Furniss
  United States
1:50.29 WR John Naber
  United States
1:50.50 Jim Montgomery
  United States
1:50.58
1980 Moscow
details
Sergey Koplyakov
  Soviet Union
1:49.81 OR Andrey Krylov
  Soviet Union
1:50.76 Graeme Brewer
  Australia
1:51.60
1984 Los Angeles
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Michael Gross
  West Germany
1:47.44 WR Mike Heath
  United States
1:49.10 Thomas Fahrner
  West Germany
1:49.69
1988 Seoul
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Duncan Armstrong
  Australia
1:47.25 WR Anders Holmertz
  Sweden
1:47.89 Matt Biondi
  United States
1:47.99
1992 Barcelona
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Yevgeny Sadovyi
  Unified Team
1:46.70 OR Anders Holmertz
  Sweden
1:46.86 Antti Kasvio
  Finland
1:47.63
1996 Atlanta
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Danyon Loader
  New Zealand
1:47.63 Gustavo Borges
  Brazil
1:48.08 Daniel Kowalski
  Australia
1:48.25
2000 Sydney
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Pieter van den Hoogenband
  Netherlands
1:45.35 WR Ian Thorpe
  Australia
1:45.83 Massimiliano Rosolino
  Italy
1:46.65
2004 Athens
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Ian Thorpe
  Australia
1:44.71 OR Pieter van den Hoogenband
  Netherlands
1:45.23 Michael Phelps
  United States
1:45.32
2008 Beijing
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
1:42.96 WR Park Tae-hwan
  South Korea
1:44.85 Peter Vanderkaay
  United States
1:45.14
2012 London
details
Yannick Agnel
  France
1:43.14 Park Tae-hwan
  South Korea
Sun Yang
  China
1:44.93 none awarded
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Sun Yang
  China
1:44.65 Chad le Clos
  South Africa
1:45.20 Conor Dwyer
  United States
1:45.23
2020 Tokyo
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Tom Dean
  Great Britain
1:44.22 Duncan Scott
  Great Britain
1:44.26 Fernando Scheffer
  Brazil
1:44.66
2024 Paris
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400 metre freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1908 London
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Henry Taylor
  Great Britain
5:36.8
WR
Frank Beaurepaire
  Australasia
5:44.2 Otto Scheff
  Austria
5:46.0
1912 Stockholm
details
George Hodgson
  Canada
5:24.4
WR
Jack Hatfield
  Great Britain
5:35.8 Harold Hardwick
  Australasia
5:31.2
1920 Antwerp
details
Norman Ross
  United States
5:26.8 Ludy Langer
  United States
5:29.0 George Vernot
  Canada
5:29.6
1924 Paris
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Johnny Weissmuller
  United States
5:04.2
OR
Arne Borg
  Sweden
5:05.6 Andrew Charlton
  Australia
5:06.6
1928 Amsterdam
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Alberto Zorrilla
  Argentina
5:01.6
OR
Andrew Charlton
  Australia
5:03.6 Arne Borg
  Sweden
5:04.6
1932 Los Angeles
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Buster Crabbe
  United States
4:48.4
OR
Jean Taris
  France
4:48.5 Tsutomu Ōyokota
  Japan
4:52.3
1936 Berlin
details
Jack Medica
  United States
4:45.5
OR
Shunpei Uto
  Japan
4:45.6 Shozo Makino
  Japan
4:48.1
1948 London
details
Bill Smith
  United States
4:41.0
OR
Jimmy McLane
  United States
4:43.4 John Marshall
  Australia
4:47.4
1952 Helsinki
details
Jean Boiteux
  France
4:30.7
OR
Ford Konno
  United States
4:31.3 Per-Olof Östrand
  Sweden
4:35.2
1956 Melbourne
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Murray Rose
  Australia
4:27.3
OR
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
  Japan
4:30.4 George Breen
  United States
4:32.5
1960 Rome
details
Murray Rose
  Australia
4:18.3
OR
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
  Japan
4:21.4 John Konrads
  Australia
4:21.8
1964 Tokyo
details
Don Schollander
  United States
4:12.2
WR
Frank Wiegand
  United Team of Germany
4:14.9 Allan Wood
  Australia
4:15.1
1968 Mexico City
details
Mike Burton
  United States
4:09.0
OR
Ralph Hutton
  Canada
4:11.7 Alain Mosconi
  France
4:13.3
1972 Munich
details
Brad Cooper
  Australia
4:00.27
OR
Steve Genter
  United States
4:01.94 Tom McBreen
  United States
4:02.64
1976 Montreal
details
Brian Goodell
  United States
3:51.93
WR
Tim Shaw
  United States
3:52.54 Vladimir Raskatov
  Soviet Union
3:55.76
1980 Moscow
details
Vladimir Salnikov
  Soviet Union
3:51.31
OR
Andrey Krylov
  Soviet Union
3:53.24 Ivar Stukolkin
  Soviet Union
3:53.95
1984 Los Angeles
details
George DiCarlo
  United States
3:51.23 John Mykkanen
  United States
3:51.49 Justin Lemberg
  Australia
3:51.79
1988 Seoul
details
Uwe Dassler
  East Germany
3:46.95
WR
Duncan Armstrong
  Australia
3:47.15 Artur Wojdat
  Poland
3:47.34
1992 Barcelona
details
Yevgeny Sadovyi
  Unified Team
3:45.00
WR
Kieren Perkins
  Australia
3:45.16 Anders Holmertz
  Sweden
3:46.77
1996 Atlanta
details
Danyon Loader
  New Zealand
3:47.97 Paul Palmer
  Great Britain
3:49.00 Daniel Kowalski
  Australia
3:49.39
2000 Sydney
details
Ian Thorpe
  Australia
3:40.59
WR
Massimiliano Rosolino
  Italy
3:43.40 Klete Keller
  United States
3:47.00
2004 Athens
details
Ian Thorpe
  Australia
3:43.10 Grant Hackett
  Australia
3:43.36 Klete Keller
  United States
3:44.11
2008 Beijing
details
Park Tae-hwan
  South Korea
3:41.86 Zhang Lin
  China
3:42.44 Larsen Jensen
  United States
3:42.78
2012 London
details
Sun Yang
  China
3:40.14
OR
Park Tae-hwan
  South Korea
3:42.06 Peter Vanderkaay
  United States
3:44.69
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Mack Horton
  Australia
3:41.55 Sun Yang
  China
3:41.68 Gabriele Detti
  Italy
3:43.49
2020 Tokyo
details
Ahmed Hafnaoui
  Tunisia
3:43.36 Jack McLoughlin
  Australia
3:43.52 Kieran Smith
  United States
3:43.94
2024 Paris
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800 metre freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Tokyo
details
Robert Finke
  United States
7:41.87 Gregorio Paltrinieri
  Italy
7:42.11 Mykhailo Romanchuk
  Ukraine
7:42.33
set OR in heats
2024 Paris
details

1500 metre freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1908 London
details
Henry Taylor
  Great Britain
22:48.4
WR
Thomas Battersby
  Great Britain
22:51.2 Frank Beaurepaire
  Australasia
22:56.2
1912 Stockholm
details
George Hodgson
  Canada
22:00.0
WR
Jack Hatfield
  Great Britain
22:39.0 Harold Hardwick
  Australasia
23:15.4
1920 Antwerp
details
Norman Ross
  United States
22:23.2 George Vernot
  Canada
22:36.4 Frank Beaurepaire
  Australia
23:04.0
1924 Paris
details
Andrew Charlton
  Australia
20:06.0
WR
Arne Borg
  Sweden
20:41.4 Frank Beaurepaire
  Australia
21:48.4
1928 Amsterdam
details
Arne Borg
  Sweden
19:51.8
OR
Andrew Charlton
  Australia
20:02.6 Buster Crabbe
  United States
20:28.8
1932 Los Angeles
details
Kusuo Kitamura
  Japan
19:12.4
OR
Shozo Makino
  Japan
19:14.1 Jim Cristy
  United States
19:39.5
1936 Berlin
details
Noboru Terada
  Japan
19:13.7 Jack Medica
  United States
19:34.0 Shunpei Uto
  Japan
19:34.5
1948 London
details
Jimmy McLane
  United States
19:18.5 John Marshall
  Australia
19:31.3 György Mitró
  Hungary
19:43.2
1952 Helsinki
details
Ford Konno
  United States
18:30.3
OR
Shiro Hashizume
  Japan
18:41.4 Tetsuo Okamoto
  Brazil
18:51.3
1956 Melbourne
details
Murray Rose
  Australia
17:58.9 Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
  Japan
18:00.3 George Breen
  United States
18:08.2
set WR in semifinal
1960 Rome
details
John Konrads
  Australia
17:19.6
OR
Murray Rose
  Australia
17:21.7 George Breen
  United States
17:30.6
1964 Tokyo
details
Bob Windle
  Australia
17:01.7
OR
John Nelson
  United States
17:03.0 Allan Wood
  Australia
17:07.7
1968 Mexico City
details
Mike Burton
  United States
16:38.9
OR
John Kinsella
  United States
16:57.3 Greg Brough
  Australia
17:04.7
1972 Munich
details
Mike Burton
  United States
15:52.58
WR
Graham Windeatt
  Australia
15:58.48 Doug Northway
  United States
16:09.25
1976 Montreal
details
Brian Goodell
  United States
15:02.40
WR
Bobby Hackett
  United States
15:03.91 Stephen Holland
  Australia
15:04.66
1980 Moscow
details
Vladimir Salnikov
  Soviet Union
14:58.27
WR
Aleksandr Chayev
  Soviet Union
15:14.30 Max Metzker
  Australia
15:14.49
1984 Los Angeles
details
Mike O'Brien
  United States
15:05.20 George DiCarlo
  United States
15:10.59 Stefan Pfeiffer
  West Germany
15:12.77
1988 Seoul
details
Vladimir Salnikov
  Soviet Union
15:00.40 Stefan Pfeiffer
  West Germany
15:02.69 Uwe Dassler
  East Germany
15:06.15
1992 Barcelona
details
Kieren Perkins
  Australia
14:43.48
WR
Glen Housman
  Australia
14:55.29 Jörg Hoffmann
  Germany
15:02.29
1996 Atlanta
details
Kieren Perkins
  Australia
14:56.40 Daniel Kowalski
  Australia
15:02.43 Graeme Smith
  Great Britain
15:02.48
2000 Sydney
details
Grant Hackett
  Australia
14:48.33 Kieren Perkins
  Australia
14:53.59 Chris Thompson
  United States
14:56.81
2004 Athens
details
Grant Hackett
  Australia
14:43.40
OR
Larsen Jensen
  United States
14:45.29 David Davies
  Great Britain
14:45.95
2008 Beijing
details
Oussama Mellouli
  Tunisia
14:40.84 Grant Hackett
  Australia
14:41.53
set OR in heats
Ryan Cochrane
  Canada
14:42.69
2012 London
details
Sun Yang
  China
14:31.02
WR
Ryan Cochrane
  Canada
14:39.63 Oussama Mellouli
  Tunisia
14:40.31
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Gregorio Paltrinieri
  Italy
14:34.57 Connor Jaeger
  United States
14:39.48 Gabriele Detti
  Italy
14:40.86
2020 Tokyo
details
Robert Finke
  United States
14:39.65 Mykhailo Romanchuk
  Ukraine
14:40.66 Florian Wellbrock
  Germany
14:40.91
2024 Paris
details

100 metre backstroke

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1908 London
details
Arno Bieberstein
  Germany
1:24.6
WR
Ludvig Dam
  Denmark
1:26.6 Herbert Haresnape
  Great Britain
1:27.0
1912 Stockholm
details
Harry Hebner
  United States
1:21.2
set OR in semifinal
Otto Fahr
  Germany
1:22.4 Paul Kellner
  Germany
1:24.0
1920 Antwerp
details
Warren Kealoha
  United States
1:15.2
set WR in semifinal
Ray Kegeris
  United States
1:16.8 Gérard Blitz
  Belgium
1:19.0
1924 Paris
details
Warren Kealoha
  United States
1:13.2
OR
Paul Wyatt
  United States
1:15.4 Károly Bartha
  Hungary
1:17.8
1928 Amsterdam
details
George Kojac
  United States
1:08.2
WR
Walter Laufer
  United States
1:10.0 Paul Wyatt
  United States
1:12.0
1932 Los Angeles
details
Masaji Kiyokawa
  Japan
1:08.6 Toshio Irie
  Japan
1:09.8 Kentaro Kawatsu
  Japan
1:10.0
1936 Berlin
details
Adolph Kiefer
  United States
1:05.9
OR
Al Vande Weghe
  United States
1:07.7 Masaji Kiyokawa
  Japan
1:08.4
1948 London
details
Allen Stack
  United States
1:06.4 Bob Cowell
  United States
1:06.5 Georges Vallerey Jr.
  France
1:07.8
1952 Helsinki
details
Yoshi Oyakawa
  United States
1:05.4
OR
Gilbert Bozon
  France
1:06.2 Jack Taylor
  United States
1:06.4
1956 Melbourne
details
David Theile
  Australia
1:02.2
WR
Jon Monckton
  Australia
1:03.2 Frank McKinney
  United States
1:04.5
1960 Rome
details
David Theile
  Australia
1:01.9
OR
Frank McKinney
  United States
1:02.1 Bob Bennett
  United States
1:02.3
1964 Tokyo not included in the Olympic program
1968 Mexico City
details
Roland Matthes
  East Germany
58.7
OR
Charlie Hickcox
  United States
1:00.2 Ronnie Mills
  United States
1:00.5
1972 Munich
details
Roland Matthes
  East Germany
56.58
OR
Mike Stamm
  United States
57.70 John Murphy
  United States
58.35
1976 Montreal
details
John Naber
  United States
55.49
WR
Peter Rocca
  United States
56.34 Roland Matthes
  East Germany
57.22
1980 Moscow
details
Bengt Baron
  Sweden
56.53 Viktor Kuznetsov
  Soviet Union
56.99 Vladimir Dolgov
  Soviet Union
57.63
1984 Los Angeles
details
Rick Carey
  United States
55.79 Dave Wilson
  United States
56.35 Mike West
  Canada
56.49
1988 Seoul
details
Daichi Suzuki
  Japan
55.05 David Berkoff
  United States
55.18
set WR in heats
Igor Polyansky
  Soviet Union
55.20
1992 Barcelona
details
Mark Tewksbury
  Canada
53.98
OR
Jeff Rouse
  United States
54.04 David Berkoff
  United States
54.78
1996 Atlanta
details
Jeff Rouse
  United States
54.10 Rodolfo Falcón
  Cuba
54.98 Neisser Bent
  Cuba
55.02
2000 Sydney
details
Lenny Krayzelburg
  United States
53.72
OR
Matt Welsh
  Australia
54.07 Stev Theloke
  Germany
54.82
2004 Athens
details
Aaron Peirsol
  United States
54.06 Markus Rogan
  Austria
54.35 Tomomi Morita
  Japan
54.36
2008 Beijing
details
Aaron Peirsol
  United States
52.54
WR
Matt Grevers
  United States
53.11 Arkady Vyatchanin
  Russia
Hayden Stoeckel
  Australia
53.18
2012 London
details
Matt Grevers
  United States
52.16
OR
Nick Thoman
  United States
52.92 Ryosuke Irie
  Japan
52.97
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Ryan Murphy
  United States
51.97
OR
Xu Jiayu
  China
52.31 David Plummer
  United States
52.40
2020 Tokyo
details
Evgeny Rylov
  ROC
51.98 Kliment Kolesnikov
  ROC
52.00 Ryan Murphy
  United States
52.19
2024 Paris
details

200 metre backstroke

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
details
Ernst Hoppenberg
  Germany
2:47.0
OR
Karl Ruberl
  Austria
2:56.0 Johannes Drost
  Netherlands
3:01.0
1904–1960 not included in the Olympic program
1964 Tokyo
details
Jed Graef
  United States
2:10.3
WR
Gary Dilley
  United States
2:10.5 Bob Bennett
  United States
2:13.1
1968 Mexico City
details
Roland Matthes
  East Germany
2:09.6
OR
Mitch Ivey
  United States
2:10.6 Jack Horsley
  United States
2:10.9
1972 Munich
details
Roland Matthes
  East Germany
2:02.82
WR
Mike Stamm
  United States
2:04.09 Mitch Ivey
  United States
2:04.33
1976 Montreal
details
John Naber
  United States
1:59.19
WR
Peter Rocca
  United States
2:00.55 Dan Harrigan
  United States
2:01.35
1980 Moscow
details
Sándor Wladár
  Hungary
2:01.93 Zoltán Verrasztó
  Hungary
2:02.40 Mark Kerry
  Australia
2:03.14
1984 Los Angeles
details
Rick Carey
  United States
2:00.23
set OR in heats
Frédéric Delcourt
  France
2:01.75 Cameron Henning
  Canada
2:02.37
1988 Seoul
details
Igor Polyansky
  Soviet Union
1:59.37 Frank Baltrusch
  East Germany
1:59.60 Paul Kingsman
  New Zealand
2:00.48
1992 Barcelona
details
Martín López-Zubero
  Spain
1:58.47
OR
Vladimir Selkov
  Unified Team
1:58.87 Stefano Battistelli
  Italy
1:59.40
1996 Atlanta
details
Brad Bridgewater
  United States
1:58.54 Tripp Schwenk
  United States
1:58.99 Emanuele Merisi
  Italy
1:59.18
2000 Sydney
details
Lenny Krayzelburg
  United States
1:56.76
OR
Aaron Peirsol
  United States
1:57.35 Matt Welsh
  Australia
1:57.59
2004 Athens
details
Aaron Peirsol
  United States
1:54.95
OR
Markus Rogan
  Austria
1:57.35 Răzvan Florea
  Romania
1:57.56
2008 Beijing
details
Ryan Lochte
  United States
1:53.94
WR
Aaron Peirsol
  United States
1:54.33 Arkady Vyatchanin
  Russia
1:54.93
2012 London
details
Tyler Clary
  United States
1:53.41
OR
Ryosuke Irie
  Japan
1:53.78 Ryan Lochte
  United States
1:53.94
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Ryan Murphy
  United States
1:53.62 Mitch Larkin
  Australia
1:53.96 Evgeny Rylov
  Russia
1:53.97
2020 Tokyo
details
Evgeny Rylov
  ROC
1:53.27
OR
Ryan Murphy
  United States
1:54.15 Luke Greenbank
  Great Britain
1:54.72
2024 Paris
details

100 metre breaststroke

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Mexico City
details
Don McKenzie
  United States
1:07.7
OR
Vladimir Kosinsky
  Soviet Union
1:08.0 Nikolai Pankin
  Soviet Union
1:08.0
1972 Munich
details
Nobutaka Taguchi
  Japan
1:04.94
WR
Tom Bruce
  United States
1:05.43 John Hencken
  United States
1:05.61
1976 Montreal
details
John Hencken
  United States
1:03.11
WR
David Wilkie
  Great Britain
1:03.43 Arvydas Juozaitis
  Soviet Union
1:04.23
1980 Moscow
details
Duncan Goodhew
  Great Britain
1:03.34 Arsens Miskarovs
  Soviet Union
1:03.82 Peter Evans
  Australia
1:03.96
1984 Los Angeles
details
Steve Lundquist
  United States
1:01.65
WR
Victor Davis
  Canada
1:01.99 Peter Evans
  Australia
1:02.97
1988 Seoul
details
Adrian Moorhouse
  Great Britain
1:02.04 Károly Güttler
  Hungary
1:02.05 Dmitry Volkov
  Soviet Union
1:02.20
1992 Barcelona
details
Nelson Diebel
  United States
1:01.50
OR
Norbert Rózsa
  Hungary
1:01.68 Phil Rogers
  Australia
1:01.76
1996 Atlanta
details
Frédérik Deburghgraeve
  Belgium
1:00.65
set WR in heats
Jeremy Linn
  United States
1:00.77 Mark Warnecke
  Germany
1:01.33
2000 Sydney
details
Domenico Fioravanti
  Italy
1:00.46
OR
Ed Moses
  United States
1:00.73 Roman Sloudnov
  Russia
1:00.91
2004 Athens
details
Kosuke Kitajima
  Japan
1:00.08 Brendan Hansen
  United States
1:00.25
set OR in semifinal
Hugues Duboscq
  France
1:00.88
2008 Beijing
details
Kosuke Kitajima
  Japan
58.91
WR
Alexander Dale Oen
  Norway
59.20 Hugues Duboscq
  France
59.37
2012 London
details
Cameron van der Burgh
  South Africa
58.46
WR
Christian Sprenger
  Australia
58.93 Brendan Hansen
  United States
59.49
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Adam Peaty
  Great Britain
57.13
WR
Cameron van der Burgh
  South Africa
58.69 Cody Miller
  United States
58.87
2020 Tokyo
details
Adam Peaty
  Great Britain
57.37 Arno Kamminga
  Netherlands
58.00 Nicolò Martinenghi
  Italy
58.33
2024 Paris
details

200 metre breaststroke

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1908 London
details
Frederick Holman
  Great Britain
3:09.2
WR
William Robinson
  Great Britain
3:12.8 Pontus Hanson
  Sweden
3:14.6
1912 Stockholm
details
Walter Bathe
  Germany
3:01.8
OR
Wilhelm Lützow
  Germany
3:05.0 Paul Malisch
  Germany
3:08.0
1920 Antwerp
details
Håkan Malmrot
  Sweden
3:04.4 Thor Henning
  Sweden
3:09.2 Arvo Aaltonen
  Finland
3:12.2
1924 Paris
details
Robert Skelton
  United States
2:56.6
set OR in heats
Joseph De Combe
  Belgium
2:59.2 Bill Kirschbaum
  United States
3:01.0
1928 Amsterdam
details
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta
  Japan
2:48.8
OR
Erich Rademacher
  Germany
2:50.6 Teófilo Yldefonso
  Philippines
2:56.4
1932 Los Angeles
details
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta
  Japan
2:45.4 Reizo Koike
  Japan
2:46.6
set OR in semifinal
Teófilo Yldefonso
  Philippines
2:47.1
1936 Berlin
details
Tetsuo Hamuro
  Japan
2:41.5
OR
Erwin Sietas
  Germany
2:42.9 Reizo Koike
  Japan
2:44.2
1948 London
details
Joe Verdeur
  United States
2:39.3
OR
Keith Carter
  United States
2:40.2 Bob Sohl
  United States
2:43.9
1952 Helsinki
details
John Davies
  Australia
2:34.4
OR
Bowen Stassforth
  United States
2:34.7 Herbert Klein
  Germany
2:35.9
1956 Melbourne
details
Masaru Furukawa
  Japan
2:34.7 Masahiro Yoshimura
  Japan
2:36.7 Kharis Yunichev
  Soviet Union
2:36.8
1960 Rome
details
Bill Mulliken
  United States
2:37.4 Yoshihiko Osaki
  Japan
2:38.0 Wieger Mensonides
  Netherlands
2:39.7
1964 Tokyo
details
Ian O'Brien
  Australia
2:27.8
WR
Georgy Prokopenko
  Soviet Union
2:28.2 Chet Jastremski
  United States
2:29.6
1968 Mexico City
details
Felipe Muñoz
  Mexico
2:28.7 Vladimir Kosinsky
  Soviet Union
2:29.2 Brian Job
  United States
2:29.9
1972 Munich
details
John Hencken
  United States
2:21.55
WR
David Wilkie
  Great Britain
2:23.67 Nobutaka Taguchi
  Japan
2:23.88
1976 Montreal
details
David Wilkie
  Great Britain
2:15.11
WR
John Hencken
  United States
2:17.26 Rick Colella
  United States
2:19.20
1980 Moscow
details
Robertas Žulpa
  Soviet Union
2:15.85 Albán Vermes
  Hungary
2:16.93 Arsens Miskarovs
  Soviet Union
2:17.28
1984 Los Angeles
details
Victor Davis
  Canada
2:13.34
WR
Glenn Beringen
  Australia
2:15.79 Étienne Dagon
  Switzerland
2:17.41
1988 Seoul
details
József Szabó
  Hungary
2:13.52 Nick Gillingham
  Great Britain
2:14.12 Sergio López
  Spain
2:15.21
1992 Barcelona
details
Mike Barrowman
  United States
2:10.16
WR
Norbert Rózsa
  Hungary
2:11.23 Nick Gillingham
  Great Britain
2:11.29
1996 Atlanta
details
Norbert Rózsa
  Hungary
2:12.57 Károly Güttler
  Hungary
2:13.03 Andrey Korneyev
  Russia
2:13.17
2000 Sydney
details
Domenico Fioravanti
  Italy
2:10.87 Terence Parkin
  South Africa
2:12.50 Davide Rummolo
  Italy
2:12.73
2004 Athens
details
Kosuke Kitajima
  Japan
2:09.44
OR
Dániel Gyurta
  Hungary
2:10.80 Brendan Hansen
  United States
2:10.87
2008 Beijing
details
Kosuke Kitajima
  Japan
2:07.64
OR
Brenton Rickard
  Australia
2:08.88 Hugues Duboscq
  France
2:08.94
2012 London
details
Dániel Gyurta
  Hungary
2:07.28
WR
Michael Jamieson
  Great Britain
2:07.43 Ryo Tateishi
  Japan
2:08.29
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Dmitriy Balandin
  Kazakhstan
2:07.46 Josh Prenot
  United States
2:07.53 Anton Chupkov
  Russia
2:07.70
2020 Tokyo
details
Zac Stubblety-Cook
  Australia
2:06.38
OR
Arno Kamminga
  Netherlands
2:07.01 Matti Mattsson
  Finland
2:07.13
2024 Paris
details

100 metre butterfly

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Mexico City
details
Doug Russell
  United States
55.9
OR
Mark Spitz
  United States
56.4 Ross Wales
  United States
57.2
1972 Munich
details
Mark Spitz
  United States
54.27
WR
Bruce Robertson
  Canada
55.56 Jerry Heidenreich
  United States
55.74
1976 Montreal
details
Matt Vogel
  United States
54.35 Joe Bottom
  United States
54.50 Gary Hall Sr.
  United States
54.65
1980 Moscow
details
Pär Arvidsson
  Sweden
54.92 Roger Pyttel
  East Germany
54.94 David López-Zubero
  Spain
55.13
1984 Los Angeles
details
Michael Gross
  West Germany
53.08
WR
Pablo Morales
  United States
53.23 Glenn Buchanan
  Australia
53.85
1988 Seoul
details
Anthony Nesty
  Suriname
53.00
OR
Matt Biondi
  United States
53.01 Andy Jameson
  Great Britain
53.30
1992 Barcelona
details
Pablo Morales
  United States
53.32 Rafał Szukała
  Poland
53.35 Anthony Nesty
  Suriname
53.41
1996 Atlanta
details
Denis Pankratov
  Russia
52.27
WR
Scott Miller
  Australia
52.53 Vladislav Kulikov
  Russia
53.13
2000 Sydney
details
Lars Frölander
  Sweden
52.00 Michael Klim
  Australia
52.18 Geoff Huegill
  Australia
52.22
2004 Athens
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
51.25
OR
Ian Crocker
  United States
51.29 Andriy Serdinov
  Ukraine
51.36
2008 Beijing
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
50.58
OR
Milorad Čavić
  Serbia
50.59 Andrew Lauterstein
  Australia
51.12
2012 London
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
51.21 Chad le Clos
  South Africa
Yevgeny Korotyshkin
  Russia
51.44 none awarded
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Joseph Schooling
  Singapore
50.39
OR
László Cseh
  Hungary
Chad le Clos
  South Africa
Michael Phelps
  United States
51.14 none awarded
2020 Tokyo
details
Caeleb Dressel
  United States
49.45
WR
Kristóf Milák
  Hungary
49.68 Noe Ponti
  Switzerland
50.74
2024 Paris
details

200 metre butterfly

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1956 Melbourne
details
William Yorzyk
  United States
2:19.3 Takashi Ishimoto
  Japan
2:23.8 György Tumpek
  Hungary
2:23.9
1960 Rome
details
Mike Troy
  United States
2:12.8
WR
Neville Hayes
  Australia
2:14.6 Dave Gillanders
  United States
2:15.3
1964 Tokyo
details
Kevin Berry
  Australia
2:06.6
WR
Carl Robie
  United States
2:07.5 Fred Schmidt
  United States
2:09.3
1968 Mexico City
details
Carl Robie
  United States
2:08.7 Martyn Woodroffe
  Great Britain
2:09.0 John Ferris
  United States
2:09.3
1972 Munich
details
Mark Spitz
  United States
2:00.70
WR
Gary Hall Sr.
  United States
2:02.86 Robin Backhaus
  United States
2:03.23
1976 Montreal
details
Mike Bruner
  United States
1:59.23
WR
Steve Gregg
  United States
1:59.54 Bill Forrester
  United States
1:59.96
1980 Moscow
details
Sergey Fesenko Sr.
  Soviet Union
1:59.76 Philip Hubble
  Great Britain
2:01.20 Roger Pyttel
  East Germany
2:01.39
1984 Los Angeles
details
Jon Sieben
  Australia
1:57.04
WR
Michael Gross
  West Germany
1:57.40 Rafael Vidal
  Venezuela
1:57.51
1988 Seoul
details
Michael Gross
  West Germany
1:56.94
WR
Benny Nielsen
  Denmark
1:58.24 Anthony Mosse
  New Zealand
1:58.28
1992 Barcelona
details
Melvin Stewart
  United States
1:56.26
OR
Danyon Loader
  New Zealand
1:57.93 Franck Esposito
  France
1:58.51
1996 Atlanta
details
Denis Pankratov
  Russia
1:56.51 Tom Malchow
  United States
1:57.44 Scott Goodman
  Australia
1:57.48
2000 Sydney
details
Tom Malchow
  United States
1:55.35
OR
Denys Sylantyev
  Ukraine
1:55.76 Justin Norris
  Australia
1:56.17
2004 Athens
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
1:54.04
OR
Takashi Yamamoto
  Japan
1:54.56 Steve Parry
  Great Britain
1:55.52
2008 Beijing
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
1:52.03
WR
László Cseh
  Hungary
1:52.70 Takeshi Matsuda
  Japan
1:52.97
2012 London
details
Chad le Clos
  South Africa
1:52.96 Michael Phelps
  United States
1:53.01 Takeshi Matsuda
  Japan
1:53.21
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
1:53.36 Masato Sakai
  Japan
1:53.40 Tamás Kenderesi
  Hungary
1:53.62
2020 Tokyo
details
Kristóf Milák
  Hungary
1:51.25
OR
Tomoru Honda
  Japan
1:53.73 Federico Burdisso
  Italy
1:54.45
2024 Paris
details

200 metre individual medley

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Mexico City
details
Charlie Hickcox
  United States
Greg Buckingham
  United States
John Ferris
  United States
1972 Munich
details
Gunnar Larsson
  Sweden
Tim McKee
  United States
Steve Furniss
  United States
1976–1980 not included in the Olympic program
1984 Los Angeles
details
Alex Baumann
  Canada
Pablo Morales
  United States
Neil Cochran
  Great Britain
1988 Seoul
details
Tamás Darnyi
  Hungary
Patrick Kühl
  East Germany
Vadim Yaroshchuk
  Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
details
Tamás Darnyi
  Hungary
Greg Burgess
  United States
Attila Czene
  Hungary
1996 Atlanta
details
Attila Czene
  Hungary
Jani Sievinen
  Finland
Curtis Myden
  Canada
2000 Sydney
details
Massimiliano Rosolino
  Italy
Tom Dolan
  United States
Tom Wilkens
  United States
2004 Athens
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
Ryan Lochte
  United States
George Bovell
  Trinidad and Tobago
2008 Beijing
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
László Cseh
  Hungary
Ryan Lochte
  United States
2012 London
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
Ryan Lochte
  United States
László Cseh
  Hungary
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
Kosuke Hagino
  Japan
Wang Shun
  China
2020 Tokyo
details
Wang Shun
  China
Duncan Scott
  Great Britain
Jérémy Desplanches
  Switzerland
2024 Paris
details

400 metre individual medley

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Tokyo
details
Dick Roth
  United States
Roy Saari
  United States
Gerhard Hetz
  United Team of Germany
1968 Mexico City
details
Charlie Hickcox
  United States
Gary Hall Sr.
  United States
Michael Holthaus
  West Germany
1972 Munich
details
Gunnar Larsson
  Sweden
Tim McKee
  United States
András Hargitay
  Hungary
1976 Montreal
details
Rod Strachan
  United States
Tim McKee
  United States
Andrey Smirnov
  Soviet Union
1980 Moscow
details
Oleksandr Sydorenko
  Soviet Union
Sergey Fesenko Sr.
  Soviet Union
Zoltán Verrasztó
  Hungary
1984 Los Angeles
details
Alex Baumann
  Canada
Ricardo Prado
  Brazil
Rob Woodhouse
  Australia
1988 Seoul
details
Tamás Darnyi
  Hungary
David Wharton
  United States
Stefano Battistelli
  Italy
1992 Barcelona
details
Tamás Darnyi
  Hungary
Eric Namesnik
  United States
Luca Sacchi
  Italy
1996 Atlanta
details
Tom Dolan
  United States
Eric Namesnik
  United States
Curtis Myden
  Canada
2000 Sydney
details
Tom Dolan
  United States
Erik Vendt
  United States
Curtis Myden
  Canada
2004 Athens
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
Erik Vendt
  United States
László Cseh
  Hungary
2008 Beijing
details
Michael Phelps
  United States
László Cseh
  Hungary
Ryan Lochte
  United States
2012 London
details
Ryan Lochte
  United States
Thiago Pereira
  Brazil
Kosuke Hagino
  Japan
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Kosuke Hagino
  Japan
Chase Kalisz
  United States
Daiya Seto
  Japan
2020 Tokyo
details
Chase Kalisz
  United States
Jay Litherland
  United States
Brendon Smith
  Australia
2024 Paris
details

4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Tokyo
details
  United States (USA)
Steve Clark
Mike Austin
Gary Ilman
Don Schollander
Lary Schulhof
  United Team of Germany (EUA)
Horst Löffler
Frank Wiegand
Uwe Jacobsen
Hans-Joachim Klein
  Australia (AUS)
David Dickson
Peter Doak
John Ryan
Bob Windle
1968 Mexico City
details
  United States (USA)
Zac Zorn
Stephen Rerych
Mark Spitz
Ken Walsh
Don Schollander
William Johnson
David Johnson
Michael Wall
  Soviet Union (URS)
Semyon Belits-Geiman
Viktor Mazanov
Georgi Kulikov
Leonid Ilyichov
  Australia (AUS)
Greg Rogers
Bob Windle
Robert Cusack
Michael Wenden
1972 Munich
details
  United States (USA)
David Edgar
John Murphy
Jerry Heidenreich
Mark Spitz
Dave Fairbank
Gary Conelly
  Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Bure
Viktor Mazanov
Viktor Aboimov
Igor Grivennikov
  East Germany (GDR)
Roland Matthes
Wilfried Hartung
Peter Bruch
Lutz Unger
1976–1980 not included in the Olympic program
1984 Los Angeles
details
  United States (USA)
Chris Cavanaugh
Mike Heath
Matt Biondi
Rowdy Gaines
Tom Jager
Robin Leamy
  Australia (AUS)
Greg Fasala
Neil Brooks
Michael Delany
Mark Stockwell
  Sweden (SWE)
Thomas Lejdström
Bengt Baron
Mikael Örn
Per Johansson
1988 Seoul
details
  United States (USA)
Chris Jacobs
Troy Dalbey
Tom Jager
Matt Biondi
Shaun Jordan
Doug Gjertsen
Brent Lang
  Soviet Union (URS)
Gennadiy Prigoda
Yuri Bashkatov
Nikolay Yevseyev
Vladimir Tkacenko
  East Germany (GDR)
Dirk Richter
Thomas Flemming
Lars Hinneburg
Steffen Zesner
1992 Barcelona
details
  United States (USA)
Joe Hudepohl
Matt Biondi
Tom Jager
Jon Olsen
Shaun Jordan
Joel Thomas
  Unified Team (EUN)
Pavlo Khnykin
Gennadiy Prigoda
Yuri Bashkatov
Alexander Popov
Vladimir Pyshnenko
Veniamin Tayanovich
  Germany (GER)
Christian Tröger
Dirk Richter
Steffen Zesner
Mark Pinger
Andreas Szigat
Bengt Zikarsky
1996 Atlanta
details
  United States (USA)
Jon Olsen
Josh Davis
Brad Schumacher
Gary Hall Jr.
David Fox
Scott Tucker
  Russia (RUS)
Vladimir Pyshnenko
Alexander Popov
Roman Yegorov
Vladimir Predkin
Denis Pimankov
  Germany (GER)
Mark Pinger
Björn Zikarsky
Christian Tröger
Bengt Zikarsky
Alexander Lüderitz
2000 Sydney
details
  Australia (AUS)
Michael Klim
Chris Fydler
Ashley Callus
Ian Thorpe
Todd Pearson
Adam Pine
  United States (USA)
Anthony Ervin
Neil Walker
Jason Lezak
Gary Hall Jr.
Scott Tucker
Josh Davis
  Brazil (BRA)
Fernando Scherer
Gustavo Borges
Carlos Jayme
Edvaldo Valério
2004 Athens
details
  South Africa (RSA)
Roland Schoeman
Lyndon Ferns
Darian Townsend
Ryk Neethling
  Netherlands (NED)
Johan Kenkhuis
Mitja Zastrow
Klaas-Erik Zwering
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Mark Veens
  United States (USA)
Ian Crocker
Michael Phelps
Neil Walker
Jason Lezak
Gabe Woodward
Nate Dusing
Gary Hall Jr.
2008 Beijing
details
  United States (USA)
Michael Phelps
Garrett Weber-Gale
Cullen Jones
Jason Lezak
Nathan Adrian
Ben Wildman-Tobriner
Matt Grevers
  France (FRA)
Amaury Leveaux
Fabien Gilot
Frédérick Bousquet
Alain Bernard
Grégory Mallet
Boris Steimetz
  Australia (AUS)
Eamon Sullivan
Andrew Lauterstein
Ashley Callus
Matt Targett
Leith Brodie
Patrick Murphy
2012 London
details
  France (FRA)
Amaury Leveaux
Fabien Gilot
Clément Lefert
Yannick Agnel
Alain Bernard
Jérémy Stravius
  United States (USA)
Nathan Adrian
Michael Phelps
Cullen Jones
Ryan Lochte
Jimmy Feigen
Matt Grevers
Ricky Berens
Jason Lezak
  Russia (RUS)
Andrey Grechin
Nikita Lobintsev
Vladimir Morozov
Danila Izotov
Yevgeny Lagunov
Sergey Fesikov
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
  United States (USA)
Caeleb Dressel
Michael Phelps
Ryan Held
Nathan Adrian
Jimmy Feigen
Blake Pieroni
Anthony Ervin
  France (FRA)
Mehdy Metella
Fabien Gilot
Florent Manaudou
Jérémy Stravius
Clément Mignon
William Meynard
  Australia (AUS)
James Roberts
Kyle Chalmers
James Magnussen
Cameron McEvoy
Matthew Abood
2020 Tokyo
details
  United States (USA)
Caeleb Dressel
Blake Pieroni
Bowe Becker
Zach Apple
Brooks Curry
  Italy (ITA)
Alessandro Miressi
Thomas Ceccon
Lorenzo Zazzeri
Manuel Frigo
Santo Condorelli
  Australia (AUS)
Matthew Temple
Zac Incerti
Alexander Graham
Kyle Chalmers
Cameron McEvoy
2024 Paris
details

Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.

4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1908 London
details
  Great Britain (GBR)
John Derbyshire
Paul Radmilovic
William Foster
Henry Taylor
  Hungary (HUN)
József Munk
Imre Zachár
Béla Las Torres
Zoltán Halmay
  United States (USA)
Harry Hebner
Leo Goodwin
Charles Daniels
Leslie Rich
1912 Stockholm
details
  Australasia (ANZ)
Cecil Healy
Malcolm Champion
Leslie Boardman
Harold Hardwick
  United States (USA)
Ken Huszagh
Harry Hebner
Perry McGillivray
Duke Kahanamoku
  Great Britain (GBR)
William Foster
Thomas Battersby
Jack Hatfield
Henry Taylor
1920 Antwerp
details
  United States (USA)
Perry McGillivray
Pua Kealoha
Norman Ross
Duke Kahanamoku
  Australia (AUS)
Henry Hay
William Herald
Ivan Stedman
Frank Beaurepaire
  Great Britain (GBR)
Leslie Savage
Percy Peter
Henry Taylor
Harold Annison
1924 Paris
details
  United States (USA)
Wally O'Connor
Harry Glancy
Ralph Breyer
Johnny Weissmuller
  Australia (AUS)
Maurice Christie
Ernest Henry
Frank Beaurepaire
Andrew Charlton
  Sweden (SWE)
Georg Werner
Orvar Trolle
Åke Borg
Arne Borg
1928 Amsterdam
details
  United States (USA)
Austin Clapp
Walter Laufer
George Kojac
Johnny Weissmuller
  Japan (JPN)
Nobuo Arai
Tokuhei Sada
Katsuo Takaishi
Hiroshi Yoneyama
  Canada (CAN)
Garnet Ault
Munroe Bourne
James Thompson
Walter Spence
1932 Los Angeles
details
  Japan (JPN)
Yasuji Miyazaki
Masanori Yusa
Takashi Yokoyama
Hisakichi Toyoda
  United States (USA)
Frank Booth
George Fissler
Maiola Kalili
Manuella Kalili
  Hungary (HUN)
András Wanié
László Szabados
András Székely
István Bárány
1936 Berlin
details
  Japan (JPN)
Masanori Yusa
Shigeo Sugiura
Masaharu Taguchi
Shigeo Arai
  United States (USA)
Ralph Flanagan
John Macionis
Paul Wolf
Jack Medica
  Hungary (HUN)
Árpád Lengyel
Oszkár Abay-Nemes
Ödön Gróf
Ferenc Csik
1948 London
details
  United States (USA)
Wally Ris
Jimmy McLane
Wally Wolf
Bill Smith
  Hungary (HUN)
Elemér Szathmáry
György Mitró
Imre Nyéki
Géza Kádas
  France (FRA)
Joseph Bernardo
Henri Padou Jr.
René Cornu
Alexandre Jany
1952 Helsinki
details
  United States (USA)
Wayne Moore
Bill Woolsey
Ford Konno
Jimmy McLane
  Japan (JPN)
Hiroshi Suzuki
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Toru Goto
Teijiro Tanikawa
  France (FRA)
Joseph Bernardo
Aldo Eminente
Alexandre Jany
Jean Boiteux
1956 Melbourne
details
  Australia (AUS)
Kevin O'Halloran
John Devitt
Murray Rose
Jon Henricks
  United States (USA)
Dick Hanley
George Breen
Bill Woolsey
Ford Konno
  Soviet Union (URS)
Vitaly Sorokin
Vladimir Struzhanov
Gennady Nikolayev
Boris Nikitin
1960 Rome
details
  United States (USA)
George Harrison
Dick Blick
Mike Troy
Jeff Farrell
  Japan (JPN)
Makoto Fukui
Hiroshi Ishii
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
Tatsuo Fujimoto
  Australia (AUS)
David Dickson
John Devitt
Murray Rose
John Konrads
1964 Tokyo
details
  United States (USA)
Steve Clark
Roy Saari
Gary Ilman
Don Schollander
  United Team of Germany (EUA)
Horst-Günter Gregor
Gerhard Hetz
Frank Wiegand
Hans-Joachim Klein
  Japan (JPN)
Makoto Fukui
Kunihiro Iwasaki
Toshio Shoji
Yujiaki Okabe
1968 Mexico City
details
  United States (USA)
John Nelson
Stephen Rerych
Mark Spitz
Don Schollander
  Australia (AUS)
Greg Rogers
Graham White
Bob Windle
Michael Wenden
  Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Bure
Semyon Belits-Geiman
Georgi Kulikov
Leonid Ilyichov
1972 Munich
details
  United States (USA)
John Kinsella
Fred Tyler
Steve Genter
Mark Spitz
  West Germany (FRG)
Klaus Steinbach
Werner Lampe
Hans Vosseler
Hans Fassnacht
  Soviet Union (URS)
Igor Grivennikov
Viktor Mazanov
Georgi Kulikov
Vladimir Bure
1976 Montreal
details
  United States (USA)
Mike Bruner
Bruce Furniss
John Naber
Jim Montgomery
  Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Raskatov
Andrey Bogdanov
Sergey Kopliakov
Andrey Krylov
  Great Britain (GBR)
Alan McClatchey
David Dunne
Gordon Downie
Brian Brinkley
1980 Moscow
details
  Soviet Union (URS)
Sergey Koplyakov
Vladimir Salnikov
Ivar Stukolkin
Andrey Krylov
  East Germany (GDR)
Frank Pfütze
Jörg Woithe
Detlev Grabs
Rainer Strohbach
  Brazil (BRA)
Jorge Fernandes
Marcus Mattioli
Cyro Delgado
Djan Madruga
1984 Los Angeles
details
  United States (USA)
Mike Heath
David Larson
Jeff Float
Bruce Hayes
  West Germany (FRG)
Thomas Fahrner
Dirk Korthals
Alexander Schowtka
Michael Gross
  Great Britain (GBR)
Neil Cochran
Paul Easter
Paul Howe
Andrew Astbury
1988 Seoul
details
  United States (USA)
Troy Dalbey
Matt Cetlinski
Doug Gjertsen
Matt Biondi
  East Germany (GDR)
Uwe Dassler
Sven Lodziewski
Thomas Flemming
Steffen Zesner
  West Germany (FRG)
Erik Hochstein
Thomas Fahrner
Rainer Henkel
Michael Gross
1992 Barcelona
details
  Unified Team (EUN)
Dmitry Lepikov
Vladimir Pyshnenko
Veniamin Tayanovich
Yevgeny Sadovyi
Aleksey Kudryavtsev
Yury Mukhin
  Sweden (SWE)
Christer Wallin
Anders Holmertz
Tommy Werner
Lars Frölander
  United States (USA)
Joe Hudepohl
Melvin Stewart
Jon Olsen
Doug Gjertsen
Scott Jaffe
Dan Jorgensen
1996 Atlanta
details
  United States (USA)
Josh Davis
Joe Hudepohl
Brad Schumacher
Ryan Berube
Jon Olsen
  Sweden (SWE)
Anders Lyrbring
Anders Holmertz
Christer Wallin
Lars Frölander
  Germany (GER)
Christian Tröger
Aimo Heilmann
Christian Keller
Steffen Zesner
Konstantin Dubrovin
Oliver Lampe
2000 Sydney
details
  Australia (AUS)
Ian Thorpe
Michael Klim
Todd Pearson
Bill Kirby
Grant Hackett
Daniel Kowalski
  United States (USA)
Scott Goldblatt
Josh Davis
Jamie Rauch
Klete Keller
Nate Dusing
Chad Carvin
  Netherlands (NED)
Martijn Zuijdweg
Johan Kenkhuis
Marcel Wouda
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Mark van der Zijden
2004 Athens
details
  United States (USA)
Michael Phelps
Ryan Lochte
Peter Vanderkaay
Klete Keller
Dan Ketchum
Scott Goldblatt
  Australia (AUS)
Grant Hackett
Michael Klim
Nicholas Sprenger
Ian Thorpe
Todd Pearson
Antony Matkovich
Craig Stevens
  Italy (ITA)
Emiliano Brembilla
Massimiliano Rosolino
Simone Cercato
Filippo Magnini
Matteo Pelliciari
Federico Cappellazzo
2008 Beijing
details
  United States (USA)
Michael Phelps
Ryan Lochte
Ricky Berens
Peter Vanderkaay
David Walters
Erik Vendt
Klete Keller
  Russia (RUS)
Danila Izotov
Yevgeny Lagunov
Nikita Lobintsev
Alexander Sukhorukov
Mikhail Polischuk
  Australia (AUS)
Patrick Murphy
Grant Hackett
Grant Brits
Nick Ffrost
Kirk Palmer
Leith Brodie
2012 London
details
  United States (USA)
Ryan Lochte
Conor Dwyer
Ricky Berens
Michael Phelps
Charlie Houchin
Matt McLean
Davis Tarwater
  France (FRA)
Amaury Leveaux
Grégory Mallet
Clément Lefert
Yannick Agnel
Jérémy Stravius
  China (CHN)
Hao Yun
Li Yunqi
Jiang Haiqi
Sun Yang
Lü Zhiwu
Dai Jun
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
  United States (USA)
Conor Dwyer
Townley Haas
Ryan Lochte
Michael Phelps
Clark Smith
Jack Conger
Gunnar Bentz
  Great Britain (GBR)
Stephen Milne
Duncan Scott
Daniel Wallace
James Guy
Robbie Renwick
  Japan (JPN)
Kosuke Hagino
Naito Ehara
Yuki Kobori
Takeshi Matsuda
2020 Tokyo
details
  Great Britain (GBR)
Tom Dean
James Guy
Matthew Richards
Duncan Scott
Calum Jarvis
  ROC
Martin Malyutin
Ivan Girev
Evgeny Rylov
Mikhail Dovgalyuk
Aleksandr Krasnykh
Mikhail Vekovishchev
  Australia (AUS)
Alexander Graham
Kyle Chalmers
Zac Incerti
Thomas Neill
Mack Horton
Elijah Winnington
2024 Paris
details

Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.

4 × 100 metre medley relay

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1960 Rome
details
  United States (USA)
Frank McKinney
Paul Hait
Lance Larson
Jeff Farrell
  Australia (AUS)
David Theile
Terry Gathercole
Neville Hayes
Geoff Shipton
  Japan (JPN)
Kazuo Tomita
Koichi Hirakida
Yoshihiko Osaki
Keigo Shimizu
1964 Tokyo
details
  United States (USA)
Thompson Mann
Bill Craig
Fred Schmidt
Steve Clark
  United Team of Germany (EUA)
Ernst Küppers
Egon Henninger
Horst-Günter Gregor
Hans-Joachim Klein
  Australia (AUS)
Peter Reynolds
Ian O'Brien
Kevin Berry
David Dickson
1968 Mexico City
details
  United States (USA)
Charlie Hickcox
Don McKenzie
Doug Russell
Ken Walsh
  East Germany (GDR)
Roland Matthes
Egon Henninger
Horst-Günter Gregor
Frank Wiegand
  Soviet Union (URS)
Yuri Gromak
Vladimir Nemshilov
Vladimir Kosinsky
Leonid Ilyichov
1972 Munich
details
  United States (USA)
Mike Stamm
Tom Bruce
Mark Spitz
Jerry Heidenreich
  East Germany (GDR)
Roland Matthes
Klaus Katzur
Hartmut Flöckner
Lutz Unger
  Canada (CAN)
Erik Fish
William Mahony
Bruce Robertson
Robert Kasting
1976 Montreal
details
  United States (USA)
John Naber
John Hencken
Matt Vogel
Jim Montgomery
  Canada (CAN)
Stephen Pickell
Graham Smith
Clay Evans
Gary MacDonald
  West Germany (FRG)
Klaus Steinbach
Walter Kusch
Michael Kraus
Peter Nocke
1980 Moscow
details
  Australia (AUS)
Mark Kerry
Peter Evans
Mark Tonelli
Neil Brooks
  Soviet Union (URS)
Viktor Kuznetsov
Arsens Miskarovs
Yevgeny Seredin
Sergey Koplyakov
  Great Britain (GBR)
Gary Abraham
Duncan Goodhew
David Lowe
Martin Smith
1984 Los Angeles
details
  United States (USA)
Rick Carey
Steve Lundquist
Pablo Morales
Rowdy Gaines
  Canada (CAN)
Mike West
Victor Davis
Tom Ponting
Sandy Goss
  Australia (AUS)
Mark Kerry
Peter Evans
Glenn Buchanan
Mark Stockwell
1988 Seoul
details
  United States (USA)
David Berkoff
Richard Schroeder
Matt Biondi
Chris Jacobs
  Canada (CAN)
Mark Tewksbury
Victor Davis
Tom Ponting
Sandy Goss
  Soviet Union (URS)
Igor Polyansky
Dmitry Volkov
Vadim Yaroshchuk
Gennadiy Prigoda
1992 Barcelona
details
  United States (USA)
Jeff Rouse
Nelson Diebel
Pablo Morales
Jon Olsen
David Berkoff
Hans Dersch
Melvin Stewart
Matt Biondi
  Unified Team (EUN)
Vladimir Selkov
Vasily Ivanov
Pavlo Khnykin
Alexander Popov
Vladimir Pyshnenko
Vladislav Kulikov
Dmitry Volkov
  Canada (CAN)
Mark Tewksbury
Jonathan Cleveland
Marcel Gery
Stephen Clarke
Tom Ponting
1996 Atlanta
details
  United States (USA)
Jeff Rouse
Jeremy Linn
Mark Henderson
Gary Hall Jr.
Josh Davis
Kurt Grote
John Hargis
Tripp Schwenk
  Russia (RUS)
Vladimir Selkov
Stanislav Lopukhov
Denis Pankratov
Alexander Popov
Roman Ivanovsky
Vladislav Kulikov
Roman Yegorov
  Australia (AUS)
Phil Rogers
Michael Klim
Scott Miller
Steven Dewick
Toby Haenen
2000 Sydney
details
  United States (USA)
Lenny Krayzelburg
Ed Moses
Ian Crocker
Gary Hall Jr.
Neil Walker
Tommy Hannan
Jason Lezak
  Australia (AUS)
Matt Welsh
Regan Harrison
Geoff Huegill
Michael Klim
Josh Watson
Ryan Mitchell
Adam Pine
Ian Thorpe
  Germany (GER)
Stev Theloke
Jens Kruppa
Thomas Rupprath
Torsten Spanneberg
2004 Athens
details
  United States (USA)
Aaron Peirsol
Brendan Hansen
Ian Crocker
Jason Lezak
Lenny Krayzelburg
Mark Gangloff
Michael Phelps
Neil Walker
  Germany (GER)
Steffen Driesen
Jens Kruppa
Thomas Rupprath
Lars Conrad
Helge Meeuw
  Japan (JPN)
Tomomi Morita
Kosuke Kitajima
Takashi Yamamoto
Yoshihiro Okumura
2008 Beijing
details
  United States (USA)
Aaron Peirsol
Brendan Hansen
Michael Phelps
Jason Lezak
Matt Grevers
Mark Gangloff
Ian Crocker
Garrett Weber-Gale
  Australia (AUS)
Hayden Stoeckel
Brenton Rickard
Andrew Lauterstein
Eamon Sullivan
Ashley Delaney
Christian Sprenger
Adam Pine
Matt Targett
  Japan (JPN)
Junichi Miyashita
Kosuke Kitajima
Takuro Fujii
Hisayoshi Sato
2012 London
details
  United States (USA)
Matt Grevers
Brendan Hansen
Michael Phelps
Nathan Adrian
Nick Thoman
Eric Shanteau
Tyler McGill
Cullen Jones
  Japan (JPN)
Ryosuke Irie
Kosuke Kitajima
Takeshi Matsuda
Takuro Fujii
  Australia (AUS)
Hayden Stoeckel
Christian Sprenger
Matt Targett
James Magnussen
Brenton Rickard
Tommaso D'Orsogna
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
  United States (USA)
Ryan Murphy
Cody Miller
Michael Phelps
Nathan Adrian
David Plummer
Kevin Cordes
Tom Shields
Caeleb Dressel
  Great Britain (GBR)
Chris Walker-Hebborn
Adam Peaty
James Guy
Duncan Scott
  Australia (AUS)
Mitch Larkin
Jake Packard
David Morgan
Kyle Chalmers
Cameron McEvoy
2020 Tokyo
details
  United States (USA)
Ryan Murphy
Michael Andrew
Caeleb Dressel
Zach Apple
Hunter Armstrong
Blake Pieroni
Tom Shields
Andrew Wilson
  Great Britain (GBR)
Luke Greenbank
Adam Peaty
James Guy
Duncan Scott
James Wilby
  Italy (ITA)
Thomas Ceccon
Nicolò Martinenghi
Federico Burdisso
Alessandro Miressi
2024 Paris
details

Note: Since 1992, relay swimmers who swam in the preliminary rounds, but not the event final, have also received medals when their team finished among the top three in the final.

10 km marathon

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2008 Beijing
details
Maarten van der Weijden
  Netherlands
David Davies
  Great Britain
Thomas Lurz
  Germany
2012 London
details
Oussama Mellouli
  Tunisia
Thomas Lurz
  Germany
Richard Weinberger
  Canada
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Ferry Weertman
  Netherlands
Spyridon Gianniotis
  Greece
Marc-Antoine Olivier
  France
2020 Tokyo
details
Florian Wellbrock
  Germany
Kristof Rasovszky
  Hungary
Gregorio Paltrinieri
  Italy
2024 Paris
details

Mixed Events

4 × 100 metre medley relay

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Tokyo
details
  Great Britain (GBR)
Kathleen Dawson
Adam Peaty
James Guy
Anna Hopkin
Freya Anderson
  China (CHN)
Xu Jiayu
Yan Zibei
Zhang Yufei
Yang Junxuan
  Australia (AUS)
Kaylee McKeown
Zac Stubblety-Cook
Matthew Temple
Emma McKeon
Bronte Campbell
Isaac Cooper
Brianna Throssell
2024 Paris
details

Discontinued events

50 yard freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Zoltán Halmay
  Hungary
Scott Leary
  United States
Charles Daniels
  United States

100 metre for sailors

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
details
Ioannis Malokinis
  Greece
Spyridon Chazapis
  Greece
Dimitrios Drivas
  Greece

100 yard freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Zoltán Halmay
  Hungary
Charles Daniels
  United States
Scott Leary
  United States

220 yard freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Charles Daniels
  United States
Francis Gailey
  Australia
Emil Rausch
  Germany

440 yard freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Charles Daniels
  United States
Francis Gailey
  Australia
Otto Wahle
  Austria

500 metre freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
details
Paul Neumann
  Austria
Antonios Pepanos
  Greece
Efstathios Chorafas
  Greece

880 yard freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Emil Rausch
  Germany
Francis Gailey
  Australia
Géza Kiss
  Hungary

1000 metre freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
details
John Arthur Jarvis
  Great Britain
Otto Wahle
  Austria
Zoltán Halmay
  Hungary

1200 metre freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
details
Alfréd Hajós
  Hungary
Ioannis Andreou
  Greece
none awarded [1]

1 mile freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Emil Rausch
  Germany
Géza Kiss
  Hungary
Francis Gailey
  Australia

4000 metre freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
details
John Arthur Jarvis
  Great Britain
Zoltán Halmay
  Hungary
Louis Martin
  France

100 yard backstroke

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Walter Brack
  Germany
Georg Hoffmann
  Germany
Georg Zacharias
  Germany

400 metre breaststroke

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm
details
Walter Bathe
  Germany
Thor Henning
  Sweden
Percy Courtman
  Great Britain
1920 Antwerp
details
Håkan Malmrot
  Sweden
Thor Henning
  Sweden
Arvo Aaltonen
  Finland

440 yard breaststroke

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Georg Zacharias
  Germany
Walter Brack
  Germany
Jam Handy
  United States

200 metre team race

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
details
  Germany (GER) [2]
Ernst Hoppenberg
Max Hainle
Ernst Lührsen
Gustav Lexau
Herbert von Petersdorff
  France (FRA)
Maurice Hochepied
Victor Hochepied
Joseph Bertrand
Verbecke
Victor Cadet
  France (FRA)
René Tartara
Louis Martin
Désiré Mérchez
Georges Leuillieux
Philippe Houben

4 × 50 yard freestyle relay

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1904 St. Louis
details
  United States (USA)
New York Athletic Club
Joe Ruddy
Leo Goodwin
Louis Handley
Charles Daniels
  United States (USA)
Chicago Athletic Association
David Hammond
Bill Tuttle
Hugo Goetz
Raymond Thorne
  United States (USA)
Missouri Athletic Club
Amedee Reyburn
Gwynne Evans
Marquard Schwarz
Bill Orthwein

200 metre obstacle race

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
details
Frederick Lane
  Australia
Otto Wahle
  Austria
Peter Kemp
  Great Britain

Underwater swimming

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
details
Charles Devendeville
  France
André Six
  France
Peder Lykkeberg
  Denmark

All-time medal table – Swimming – Men – 1896–2023

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)14310071314
2  Australia (AUS)333738108
3  Germany (GER)18222666
4  Japan (JPN)17222160
5  Hungary (HUN)16171346
6  Great Britain (GBR)10141438
7  Soviet Union (URS)9141841
8  Sweden (SWE)9111030
9  Tunisia (TUN)861024
10  Canada (CAN)681226
11  Unified Team (EUN)5308
12  Russia (RUS)45817
13  China (CHN)45211
14  Netherlands (NED)42410
15  Italy (ITA)41712
16  France (FRA)381324
17  New Zealand (NZL)2125
18  Austria (AUT)16310
19  Brazil (BRA)14813
20  Greece (GRE)1337
21  South Korea (KOR)1304
22  Australasia (ANZ)1236
23  South Africa (RSA)1214
24  Belgium (BEL)1113
25  Spain (ESP)1023
26  Suriname (SUR)1012
27  Argentina (ARG)1001
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
  Mexico (MEX)1001
  Singapore (SIN)1001
31  Denmark (DEN)0213
32  Finland (FIN)0134
33  Cuba (CUB)0112
  Poland (POL)0112
  Ukraine (UKR)0112
36  Croatia (CRO)0101
  Norway (NOR)0101
  Serbia (SRB)0101
39  Philippines (PHI)0022
40  Romania (ROU)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0011
  Venezuela (VEN)0011
Totals (43 entries)308306304918

See also

References

  1. ^ "1200m-freestyle-men". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  2. ^ "Men's 200 metre team swimming". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-12.