List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

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

Men's events

ORindicates swimmer broke the Olympic Record
WRindicates swimmer broke the World Record (and Olympic Record)

50 metre freestyle

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

100 metre freestyle

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

200 metre freestyle

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

400 metre freestyle

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

800 metre freestyle

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

1500 metre freestyle

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

100 metre backstroke

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1908 London
details
Arno Bieberstein
 Germany
1:24.6
WR
Ludvig Dam
 Denmark
1:26.6Herbert Haresnape
 Great Britain
1:27.0
1912 Stockholm
details
Harry Hebner
 United States
1:21.2
set OR in semifinal
Otto Fahr
 Germany
1:22.4Paul Kellner
 Germany
1:24.0
1920 Antwerp
details
Warren Kealoha
 United States
1:15.2
set WR in semifinal
Ray Kegeris
 United States
1:16.8Gérard Blitz
 Belgium
1:19.0
1924 Paris
details
Warren Kealoha
 United States
1:13.2
OR
Paul Wyatt
 United States
1:15.4Károly Bartha
 Hungary
1:17.8
1928 Amsterdam
details
George Kojac
 United States
1:08.2
WR
Walter Laufer
 United States
1:10.0Paul Wyatt
 United States
1:12.0
1932 Los Angeles
details
Masaji Kiyokawa
 Japan
1:08.6Toshio Irie
 Japan
1:09.8Kentaro Kawatsu
 Japan
1:10.0
1936 Berlin
details
Adolph Kiefer
 United States
1:05.9
OR
Al Vande Weghe
 United States
1:07.7Masaji Kiyokawa
 Japan
1:08.4
1948 London
details
Allen Stack
 United States
1:06.4Bob Cowell
 United States
1:06.5Georges Vallerey Jr.
 France
1:07.8
1952 Helsinki
details
Yoshi Oyakawa
 United States
1:05.4
OR
Gilbert Bozon
 France
1:06.2Jack Taylor
 United States
1:06.4
1956 Melbourne
details
David Theile
 Australia
1:02.2
WR
Jon Monckton
 Australia
1:03.2Frank McKinney
 United States
1:04.5
1960 Rome
details
David Theile
 Australia
1:01.9
OR
Frank McKinney
 United States
1:02.1Bob Bennett
 United States
1:02.3
1964 Tokyonot included in the Olympic program
1968 Mexico City
details
Roland Matthes
 East Germany
58.7
OR
Charlie Hickcox
 United States
1:00.2Ronnie Mills
 United States
1:00.5
1972 Munich
details
Roland Matthes
 East Germany
56.58
OR
Mike Stamm
 United States
57.70John Murphy
 United States
58.35
1976 Montreal
details
John Naber
 United States
55.49
WR
Peter Rocca
 United States
56.34Roland Matthes
 East Germany
57.22
1980 Moscow
details
Bengt Baron
 Sweden
56.53Viktor Kuznetsov
 Soviet Union
56.99Vladimir Dolgov
 Soviet Union
57.63
1984 Los Angeles
details
Rick Carey
 United States
55.79Dave Wilson
 United States
56.35Mike West
 Canada
56.49
1988 Seoul
details
Daichi Suzuki
 Japan
55.05David 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
54.04David Berkoff
 United States
54.78
1996 Atlanta
details
Jeff Rouse
 United States
54.10Rodolfo Falcón
 Cuba
54.98Neisser Bent
 Cuba
55.02
2000 Sydney
details
Lenny Krayzelburg
 United States
53.72
OR
Matt Welsh
 Australia
54.07Stev Theloke
 Germany
54.82
2004 Athens
details
Aaron Peirsol
 United States
54.06Markus Rogan
 Austria
54.35Tomomi Morita
 Japan
54.36
2008 Beijing
details
Aaron Peirsol
 United States
52.54
WR
Matt Grevers
 United States
53.11Arkady Vyatchanin
 Russia
Hayden Stoeckel
 Australia
53.18
2012 London
details
Matt Grevers
 United States
52.16
OR
Nick Thoman
 United States
52.92Ryosuke Irie
 Japan
52.97
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Ryan Murphy
 United States
51.97
OR
Xu Jiayu
 China
52.31David Plummer
 United States
52.40
2020 Tokyo
details
Evgeny Rylov
 ROC
51.98Kliment Kolesnikov
 ROC
52.00Ryan Murphy
 United States
52.19
2024 Paris
details

200 metre backstroke

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

100 metre breaststroke

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

200 metre breaststroke

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

100 metre butterfly

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

200 metre butterfly

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

200 metre individual medley

GamesGoldSilverBronze
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
1976–1980not 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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
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
1976–1980not 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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Zoltán Halmay
 Hungary
Scott Leary
 United States
Charles Daniels
 United States

100 metre for sailors

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1896 Athens
details
Ioannis Malokinis
 Greece
Spyridon Chazapis
 Greece
Dimitrios Drivas
 Greece

100 yard freestyle

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Zoltán Halmay
 Hungary
Charles Daniels
 United States
Scott Leary
 United States

220 yard freestyle

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Charles Daniels
 United States
Francis Gailey
 Australia
Emil Rausch
 Germany

440 yard freestyle

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Charles Daniels
 United States
Francis Gailey
 Australia
Otto Wahle
 Austria

500 metre freestyle

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1896 Athens
details
Paul Neumann
 Austria
Antonios Pepanos
 Greece
Efstathios Chorafas
 Greece

880 yard freestyle

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Emil Rausch
 Germany
Francis Gailey
 Australia
Géza Kiss
 Hungary

1000 metre freestyle

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1900 Paris
details
John Arthur Jarvis
 Great Britain
Otto Wahle
 Austria
Zoltán Halmay
 Hungary

1200 metre freestyle

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1896 Athens
details
Alfréd Hajós
 Hungary
Ioannis Andreou
 Greece
none awarded[1]

1 mile freestyle

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Emil Rausch
 Germany
Géza Kiss
 Hungary
Francis Gailey
 Australia

4000 metre freestyle

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1900 Paris
details
John Arthur Jarvis
 Great Britain
Zoltán Halmay
 Hungary
Louis Martin
 France

100 yard backstroke

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Walter Brack
 Germany
Georg Hoffmann
 Germany
Georg Zacharias
 Germany

400 metre breaststroke

GamesGoldSilverBronze
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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1904 St. Louis
details
Georg Zacharias
 Germany
Walter Brack
 Germany
Jam Handy
 United States

200 metre team race

GamesGoldSilverBronze
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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1900 Paris
details
Frederick Lane
 Australia
Otto Wahle
 Austria
Peter Kemp
 Great Britain

Underwater swimming

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1900 Paris
details
Charles Devendeville
 France
André Six
 France
Peder Lykkeberg
 Denmark

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

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

See also

References