Men List Of 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 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
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 OR	Amaury Leveaux  France	21.45	Alain Bernard  France	21.49
2012 London details	Florent Manaudou  France	21.34	Cullen Jones  United States	21.54	César Cielo  Brazil	21.59
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Anthony Ervin  United States	21.40	Florent Manaudou  France	21.41	Nathan Adrian  United States	21.49
2020 Tokyo details	Caeleb Dressel  United States	21.07 OR	Florent Manaudou  France	21.55	Bruno Fratus  Brazil	21.57
2024 Paris details

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

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

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

800 metre freestyle

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

1500 metre freestyle

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

100 metre backstroke

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

200 metre backstroke

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

100 metre breaststroke

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

200 metre breaststroke

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

100 metre butterfly

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

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

References