List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

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
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Alexander Popov
 Unified Team
21.91
OR
Matt Biondi
 United States
22.09 Tom Jager
 United States
22.30
1996 Atlanta
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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
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Florent Manaudou
 France
21.34 Cullen Jones
 United States
21.54 César Cielo
 Brazil
21.59
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Mark Spitz
 United States
1:52.78 WR Steve Genter
 United States
1:53.73 Werner Lampe
 West Germany
1:53.99
1976 Montreal
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Bruce Furniss
 United States
1:50.29 WR John Naber
 United States
1:50.50 Jim Montgomery
 United States
1:50.58
1980 Moscow
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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
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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
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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
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George Hodgson
 Canada
5:24.4
WR
Jack Hatfield
 Great Britain
5:35.8 Harold Hardwick
 Australasia
5:31.2
1920 Antwerp
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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
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Jack Medica
 United States
4:45.5
OR
Shunpei Uto
 Japan
4:45.6 Shozo Makino
 Japan
4:48.1
1948 London
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Bill Smith
 United States
4:41.0
OR
Jimmy McLane
 United States
4:43.4 John Marshall
 Australia
4:47.4
1952 Helsinki
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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
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Murray Rose
 Australia
4:18.3
OR
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
 Japan
4:21.4 John Konrads
 Australia
4:21.8
1964 Tokyo
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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
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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
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George DiCarlo
 United States
3:51.23 John Mykkanen
 United States
3:51.49 Justin Lemberg
 Australia
3:51.79
1988 Seoul
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Uwe Dassler
 East Germany
3:46.95
WR
Duncan Armstrong
 Australia
3:47.15 Artur Wojdat
 Poland
3:47.34
1992 Barcelona
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Yevgeny Sadovyi
 Unified Team
3:45.00
WR
Kieren Perkins
 Australia
3:45.16 Anders Holmertz
 Sweden
3:46.77
1996 Atlanta
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Danyon Loader
 New Zealand
3:47.97 Paul Palmer
 Great Britain
3:49.00 Daniel Kowalski
 Australia
3:49.39
2000 Sydney
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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
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Park Tae-hwan
 South Korea
3:41.86 Zhang Lin
 China
3:42.44 Larsen Jensen
 United States
3:42.78
2012 London
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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
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Mack Horton
 Australia
3:41.55 Sun Yang
 China
3:41.68 Gabriele Detti
 Italy
3:43.49
2020 Tokyo
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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
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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
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1500 metre freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1908 London
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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 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)
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

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