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)
AM	indicates swimmer broke the American Record
SA	indicates swimmer broke the South American Record
ER	indicates swimmer broke the European Record
AS	indicates swimmer broke the Asian Record
NR	indicates swimmer broke the National Record

50 metre freestyle

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1988 Seoul details	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 SA
2000 Sydney details	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 details	Gary Hall Jr.   United States	21.93	Duje Draganja   Croatia	21.94	Roland Mark Schoeman   South Africa	22.02
2008 Beijing details	César Cielo   Brazil	21.30 ORAM	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 details	Caeleb Dressel   United States	21.07 OR	Florent Manaudou   France	21.55	Bruno Fratus   Brazil	21.57
2024 Paris details	Cameron McEvoy   Australia	21.25	Benjamin Proud   Great Britain	21.30	Florent Manaudou   France	21.56

100 metre freestyle

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1896 Athens details	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 details	Charles Daniels   United States	1:05.6 WR	Zoltán Halmay   Hungary	1:06.2	Harald Julin   Sweden	1:08.0
1912 Stockholm details	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 details	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 details	Johnny Weissmuller   United States	59.0 OR	Duke Kahanamoku   United States	1:01.4	Samuel Kahanamoku   United States	1:01.8
1928 Amsterdam details	Johnny Weissmuller   United States	58.6 OR	István Bárány   Hungary	59.8	Katsuo Takaishi   Japan	1:00.0
1932 Los Angeles details	Yasuji Miyazaki   Japan	58.2 set OR in semifinal	Tatsugo Kawaishi   Japan	58.6	Albert Schwartz   United States	58.8
1936 Berlin details	Ferenc Csik   Hungary	57.6	Masanori Yusa   Japan	57.9 tied OR in semifinal	Shigeo Arai   Japan	58.0
1948 London details	Wally Ris   United States	57.3 OR	Alan Ford   United States	57.8	Géza Kádas   Hungary	58.1
1952 Helsinki details	Clarke Scholes   United States	57.4	Hiroshi Suzuki   Japan	57.4	Göran Larsson   Sweden	58.2
1956 Melbourne details	Jon Henricks   Australia	55.4 WR	John Devitt   Australia	55.8	Gary Chapman   Australia	56.7
1960 Rome details	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 details	Mark Spitz   United States	51.22 WR	Jerry Heidenreich   United States	51.65	Vladimir Bure   Soviet Union	51.77
1976 Montreal details	Jim Montgomery   United States	49.9 WR	Jack Babashoff   United States	50.81	Peter Nocke   West Germany	51.31
1980 Moscow details	Jörg Woithe   East Germany	50.40	Per Holmertz   Sweden	50.91	Per Johansson   Sweden	51.29
1984 Los Angeles details	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 details	Alexander Popov   Unified Team	49.02	Gustavo Borges   Brazil	49.43	Stéphan Caron   France	49.50
1996 Atlanta details	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 details	Pieter van den Hoogenband   Netherlands	48.17	Roland Mark Schoeman   South Africa	48.23	Ian Thorpe   Australia	48.56
2008 Beijing details	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 details	Nathan Adrian   United States	47.52	James Magnussen   Australia	47.53	Brent Hayden   Canada	47.80
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Kyle Chalmers   Australia	47.58	Pieter Timmers   Belgium	47.80	Nathan Adrian   United States	47.85
2020 Tokyo details	Caeleb Dressel   United States	47.02 OR	Kyle Chalmers   Australia	47.08	Kliment Kolesnikov   ROC	47.44
2024 Paris details	Pan Zhanle   China	46.40 WR	Kyle Chalmers   Australia	47.48	David Popovici   Romania	47.49

200 metre freestyle

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1900 Paris details	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 details	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 details	Michael Gross   West Germany	1:47.44 WR	Mike Heath   United States	1:49.10	Thomas Fahrner   West Germany	1:49.69
1988 Seoul details	Duncan Armstrong   Australia	1:47.25 WR	Anders Holmertz   Sweden	1:47.89	Matt Biondi   United States	1:47.99
1992 Barcelona details	Yevgeny Sadovyi   Unified Team	1:46.70 OR	Anders Holmertz   Sweden	1:46.86	Antti Kasvio   Finland	1:47.63
1996 Atlanta details	Danyon Loader   New Zealand	1:47.63	Gustavo Borges   Brazil	1:48.08	Daniel Kowalski   Australia	1:48.25
2000 Sydney details	Pieter van den Hoogenband   Netherlands	1:45.35 WR	Ian Thorpe   Australia	1:45.83	Massimiliano Rosolino   Italy	1:46.65
2004 Athens details	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 details	Sun Yang   China	1:44.65	Chad le Clos   South Africa	1:45.20	Conor Dwyer   United States	1:45.23
2020 Tokyo details	Tom Dean   Great Britain	1:44.22	Duncan Scott   Great Britain	1:44.26	Fernando Scheffer   Brazil	1:44.66
2024 Paris details	David Popovici   Romania	1:44.72	Matthew Richards   Great Britain	1:44.74	Luke Hobson   United States	1:44.79

400 metre freestyle

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1908 London details	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 details	Johnny Weissmuller   United States	5:04.2 OR	Arne Borg   Sweden	5:05.6	Andrew Charlton   Australia	5:06.6
1928 Amsterdam details	Alberto Zorrilla   Argentina	5:01.6 OR	Andrew Charlton   Australia	5:03.6	Arne Borg   Sweden	5:04.6
1932 Los Angeles details	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 details	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 details	Lukas Märtens   Germany	3:41.78	Elijah Winnington   Australia	3:42.21	Kim Woo-min   South Korea	3:42.50

800 metre freestyle

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2020 Tokyo details	Bobby 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	Daniel Wiffen   Ireland	7:38.19 OR	Bobby Finke   United States	7:38.75	Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy	7:39.38

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	Bobby Finke   United States	14:39.65	Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine	14:40.66	Florian Wellbrock   Germany	14:40.91
2024 Paris details	Bobby Finke   United States	14:30.67 WR	Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy	14:34.55	Daniel Wiffen   Ireland	14:39.63

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	Thomas Ceccon   Italy	52.00	Xu Jiayu   China	52.32	Ryan Murphy   United States	52.39

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	Hubert Kós   Hungary	1:54.26	Apostolos Christou   Greece	1:54.82	Roman Mityukov   Switzerland	1:54.85

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	Nicolò Martinenghi   Italy	59.03	Adam Peaty   Great Britain Nic Fink   United States	59.05

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	Léon Marchand   France	2:05.85 ORER	Zac Stubblety-Cook   Australia	2:06.79	Caspar Corbeau   Netherlands	2:07.90

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	Kristóf Milák   Hungary	49.90	Joshua Liendo   Canada	49.99	Ilya Kharun   Canada	50.45

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	Léon Marchand   France	1:51.21 ORNR	Kristóf Milák   Hungary	1:51.75	Ilya Kharun   Canada	1:52.80

200 metre individual medley

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1968 Mexico City details	Charlie Hickcox   United States	2:12.0 OR	Greg Buckingham   United States	2:13.0	John Ferris   United States	2:13.3
1972 Munich details	Gunnar Larsson   Sweden	2:07.17 WR	Tim McKee   United States	2:08.37	Steve Furniss   United States	2:08.45
1976–1980	not included in the Olympic program
1984 Los Angeles details	Alex Baumann   Canada	2:01.42 WR	Pablo Morales   United States	2:03.05	Neil Cochran   Great Britain	2:04.38
1988 Seoul details	Tamás Darnyi   Hungary	2:00.17 WR	Patrick Kühl   East Germany	2:01.61	Vadim Yaroshchuk   Soviet Union	2:02.40
1992 Barcelona details	Tamás Darnyi   Hungary	2:00.76	Greg Burgess   United States	2:00.97	Attila Czene   Hungary	2:01.00
1996 Atlanta details	Attila Czene   Hungary	1:59.91 OR	Jani Sievinen   Finland	2:00.13	Curtis Myden   Canada	2:01.13 NR
2000 Sydney details	Massimiliano Rosolino   Italy	1:58.98 OR	Tom Dolan   United States	1:59.77 AM	Tom Wilkens   United States	2:00.87
2004 Athens details	Michael Phelps   United States	1:57.14 OR	Ryan Lochte   United States	1:58.78	George Bovell   Trinidad and Tobago	1:58.80 NR
2008 Beijing details	Michael Phelps   United States	1:54.23 WR	László Cseh   Hungary	1:56.52 ER	Ryan Lochte   United States	1:56.53
2012 London details	Michael Phelps   United States	1:54.27	Ryan Lochte   United States	1:54.90	László Cseh   Hungary	1:56.22
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Michael Phelps   United States	1:54.66	Kosuke Hagino   Japan	1:56.61	Wang Shun   China	1:57.05
2020 Tokyo details	Wang Shun   China	1:55.00 AS	Duncan Scott   Great Britain	1:55.28 NR	Jérémy Desplanches   Switzerland	1:56.17 NR
2024 Paris details	Léon Marchand   France	1:54.06 ORER	Duncan Scott   Great Britain	1:55.31	Wang Shun   China	1:56.00

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	Léon Marchand   France	Tomoyuki Matsushita   Japan	Carson Foster   United States

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	United States  (USA) Jack Alexy Chris Guiliano Hunter Armstrong Caeleb Dressel Ryan Held Matthew King	Australia  (AUS) Jack Cartwright Flynn Southam Kai Taylor Kyle Chalmers William Yang	Italy  (ITA) Alessandro Miressi Thomas Ceccon Paolo Conte Bonin Manuel Frigo Lorenzo Zazzeri Leonardo Deplano

Note: since 1984, swimmers who competed 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 (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	Great Britain  (GBR) James Guy Tom Dean Matthew Richards Duncan Scott Jack McMillan Kieran Bird	United States  (USA) Luke Hobson Carson Foster Drew Kibler Kieran Smith Brooks Curry Blake Pieroni Chris Guiliano	Australia  (AUS) Maximillian Giuliani Flynn Southam Elijah Winnington Thomas Neill Kai Taylor Zac Incerti

Note: since 1984, swimmers who competed 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	China  (CHN) Xu Jiayu Qin Haiyang Sun Jiajun Pan Zhanle Wang Changhao	United States  (USA) Ryan Murphy Nic Fink Caeleb Dressel Hunter Armstrong Charlie Swanson Thomas Heilman Jack Alexy	France  (FRA) Yohann Ndoye-Brouard Léon Marchand Maxime Grousset Florent Manaudou Clément Secchi Rafael Fente-Damers

Note: since 1984, swimmers who competed only in preliminary rounds also received medals.

10 km marathon

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2008 Beijing details	Maarten van der Weijden   Netherlands	1:51:51.6	David Davies   Great Britain	1:51:53.1	Thomas Lurz   Germany	1:51:53.6
2012 London details	Oussama Mellouli   Tunisia	1:49:55.1	Thomas Lurz   Germany	1:49:58.5	Richard Weinberger   Canada	1:50:00.3
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Ferry Weertman   Netherlands	1:52:59.8	Spyridon Gianniotis   Greece	1:53:00.5	Marc-Antoine Olivier   France	1:53:02.0
2020 Tokyo details	Florian Wellbrock   Germany	1:48:33.7	Kristof Rasovszky   Hungary	1:48:59.0	Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy	1:49:01.1
2024 Paris details	Kristóf Rasovszky   Hungary	1:50:52.7	Oliver Klemet   Germany	1:50:54.8	Dávid Betlehem   Hungary	1:51:09.0

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	United States  (USA) Ryan Murphy Nic Fink Gretchen Walsh Torri Huske Regan Smith Charlie Swanson Caeleb Dressel Abbey Weitzeil	China  (CHN) Xu Jiayu Qin Haiyang Zhang Yufei Yang Junxuan Tang Qianting Pan Zhanle	Australia  (AUS) Kaylee McKeown Joshua Yong Matthew Temple Mollie O'Callaghan Iona Anderson Zac Stubblety-Cook Emma McKeon Kyle Chalmers

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 – 1896–2024

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)	13	18	15	46
7	Soviet Union  (URS)	9	14	18	41
8	Sweden  (SWE)	9	11	10	30
9	France  (FRA)	6	8	13	27
10	Canada  (CAN)	6	8	12	26
11	China  (CHN)	6	5	3	14
12	Italy  (ITA)	6	1	7	14
13	Unified Team  (EUN)	5	3	0	8
14	Russia  (RUS)	4	5	8	17
15	Netherlands  (NED)	4	2	4	10
16	Tunisia  (TUN)	3	0	1	4
17	ROC (ROC)	2	2	1	5
18	New Zealand  (NZL)	2	1	2	5
19	Austria  (AUT)	1	6	3	10
20	Brazil  (BRA)	1	4	8	13
21	Greece  (GRE)	1	3	3	7
22	South Korea  (KOR)	1	3	1	5
23	Australasia  (ANZ)	1	2	3	6
24	South Africa  (RSA)	1	2	1	4
25	Belgium  (BEL)	1	1	1	3
26	Romania  (ROU)	1	0	2	3
	Spain  (ESP)	1	0	2	3
28	Suriname  (SUR)	1	0	1	2
29	Argentina  (ARG)	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
	Mexico  (MEX)	1	0	0	1
	Singapore  (SIN)	1	0	0	1
33	Denmark  (DEN)	0	2	1	3
34	Finland  (FIN)	0	1	3	4
35	Cuba  (CUB)	0	1	1	2
	Poland  (POL)	0	1	1	2
	Ukraine  (UKR)	0	1	1	2
38	Croatia  (CRO)	0	1	0	1
	Norway  (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	Serbia  (SRB)	0	1	0	1
41	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	0	4	4
42	Philippines  (PHI)	0	0	2	2
43	Trinidad and Tobago  (TRI)	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela  (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (44 entries)		316	306	303	925

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

References

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

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. New York: Overlook Press. ISBN   1-58567-033-2.
• HistoFINA Swimming Medallists And Statistics At Olympic Games, January 31, 2015