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
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 Tokyo |
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 |
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 metre backstroke
100 metre breaststroke
200 metre breaststroke
100 metre butterfly
200 metre butterfly
200 metre individual medley
400 metre individual medley
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 100 metre medley relay
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
Mixed Events
4 × 100 metre medley relay
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2020 Tokyo |
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 |
Discontinued events
50 yard freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis |
Zoltán Halmay Hungary |
Scott Leary United States |
Charles Daniels United States |
100 metre for sailors
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1896 Athens |
Ioannis Malokinis Greece |
Spyridon Chazapis Greece |
Dimitrios Drivas Greece |
100 yard freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis |
Zoltán Halmay Hungary |
Charles Daniels United States |
Scott Leary United States |
220 yard freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis |
Charles Daniels United States |
Francis Gailey Australia |
Emil Rausch Germany |
440 yard freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis |
Charles Daniels United States |
Francis Gailey Australia |
Otto Wahle Austria |
500 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1896 Athens |
Paul Neumann Austria |
Antonios Pepanos Greece |
Efstathios Chorafas Greece |
880 yard freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis |
Emil Rausch Germany |
Francis Gailey Australia |
Géza Kiss Hungary |
1000 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris |
John Arthur Jarvis Great Britain |
Otto Wahle Austria |
Zoltán Halmay Hungary |
1200 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1896 Athens |
Alfréd Hajós Hungary |
Ioannis Andreou Greece |
none awarded |
1 mile freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis |
Emil Rausch Germany |
Géza Kiss Hungary |
Francis Gailey Australia |
4000 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris |
John Arthur Jarvis Great Britain |
Zoltán Halmay Hungary |
Louis Martin France |
100 yard backstroke
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis |
Walter Brack Germany |
Georg Hoffmann Germany |
Georg Zacharias Germany |
400 metre breaststroke
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1912 Stockholm |
Walter Bathe Germany |
Thor Henning Sweden |
Percy Courtman Great Britain |
1920 Antwerp |
Håkan Malmrot Sweden |
Thor Henning Sweden |
Arvo Aaltonen Finland |
440 yard breaststroke
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis |
Georg Zacharias Germany |
Walter Brack Germany |
Jam Handy United States |
200 metre team race
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris |
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
200 metre obstacle race
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris |
Frederick Lane Australia |
Otto Wahle Austria |
Peter Kemp Great Britain |
Underwater swimming
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris |
Charles Devendeville France |
André Six France |
Peder Lykkeberg Denmark |
All-time medal table – Swimming – Men – 1896–2023
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States (USA) | 143 | 100 | 71 | 314 |
2 | Australia (AUS) | 33 | 37 | 38 | 108 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 18 | 22 | 26 | 66 |
4 | Japan (JPN) | 17 | 22 | 21 | 60 |
5 | Hungary (HUN) | 16 | 17 | 13 | 46 |
6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 14 | 18 | 41 |
8 | Sweden (SWE) | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
9 | Tunisia (TUN) | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
10 | Canada (CAN) | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 |
11 | Unified Team (EUN) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
12 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
13 | China (CHN) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
14 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
15 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
16 | France (FRA) | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
17 | New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
18 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
19 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
20 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
21 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
22 | Australasia (ANZ) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
23 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
24 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
25 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
26 | Suriname (SUR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
27 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Singapore (SIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
31 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
32 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
33 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
36 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
39 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
40 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (43 entries) | 308 | 306 | 304 | 918 |
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (men)
- List of gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships
- List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Swimming at the Summer Olympics
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Asian Games medalists in swimming