List of Olympic champions in swimming / medalists

Olympic champion swimming

This list is part of the list of Olympic champions in swimming . It lists all medal winners in the men's swimming competitions at the Olympic Games . The list is structured according to competitions that are currently part of the competition program and competitions that are no longer held.

Preliminary remarks

* Gold medals were not awarded at the Olympic Games in 1896 and 1900. The winner received a silver, the second a bronze medal, the third received nothing. In the following list, however, the current scheme is used so that all results can be compared with one another.

** The 1906 Intermediate Olympic Games have no official status. For this reason, the results will not be included in the list of the most successful participants and in the nation ranking.

Today's competitions

50 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1988	United States Matt Biondi	United States Tom Jager	Soviet Union Gennady Prigoda
1992	United team Alexander Popov	United States Matt Biondi	United States Tom Jager
1996	Russia Alexander Popov	United States Gary Hall Junior	Brazil Fernando Scherer
2000	United States Anthony Ervin Gary Hall Junior United States	-	Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband
2004	United States Gary Hall Junior	Croatia Duje Draganja	South Africa Roland Schoeman
2008	Brazil César Cielo	France Amaury Leveaux	France Alain Bernard
2012	France Florent Manaudou	United States Cullen Jones	Brazil César Cielo
2016	United States Anthony Ervin	France Florent Manaudou	United States Nathan Adrian

100 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1896	Hungary 1867 Alfréd Hajós *	Austrian Empire Otto Herschmann *	-
1906 **	United States 45 Charles Daniels	Hungary 1867 Zoltán from Halmay	Cecil Healy
1908	United States 45 Charles Daniels	Hungary 1867 Zoltán from Halmay	Sweden Harald Julin
1912	United States 46 Duke Kahanamoku	Australasia Cecil Healy	United States 46 Kenneth Huszagh
1920	United States 48 Duke Kahanamoku	United States 48 Pua Kealoha	United States 48 William Harris
1924	United States 48 Johnny Weissmüller	United States 48 Duke Kahanamoku	United States 48 Samuel Kahanamoku
1928	United States 48 Johnny Weissmüller	Hungary 1918 István Bárány	Japan 1870 Katsuo Takaishi
1932	Japan 1870 Miyazaki Yasuji	Japan 1870 Tatsugo Kawaishi	United States 48 Albert L. Schwartz
1936	Hungary 1918 Ferenc Csik	Japan 1870 Yusa Masanori	Japan 1870 Arai Shigeo
1948	United States 48 Walter Ris	United States 48 Alan Ford	Hungary 1918 Géza Kádas
1952	United States 48 Clarke Scholes	Japan 1870 Hiroshi Suzuki	Sweden Göran Larsson
1956	Australia John Henricks	Australia John Devitt	Australia Gary Chapman
1960	Australia John Devitt	United States Lance Larson	Brazil 1960 Manuel dos Santos
1964	United States Don Schollander	United Kingdom Robert McGregor	Germany team all German Hans-Joachim Klein
1968	Australia Michael Wenden	United States Kenneth Walsh	United States Mark Spitz
1972	United States Mark Spitz	United States Jerry Heidenreich	Soviet Union 1955 Vladimir Bure
1976	United States James Montgomery	United States Jack Babashoff	Germany BR Peter Nocke
1980	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Jörg Woithe	Sweden Per Holmertz	Sweden Per Johansson
1984	United States Ambrose Gaines	Australia Mark Stockwell	Sweden Per Johansson
1988	United States Matt Biondi	United States Christopher Jacobs	France Stéphan Caron
1992	United team Alexander Popov	Brazil Gustavo Borges	France Stéphan Caron
1996	Russia Alexander Popov	United States Gary Hall Junior	Brazil Gustavo Borges
2000	Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband	Russia Alexander Popov	United States Gary Hall Junior
2004	Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband	South Africa Roland Schoeman	Australia Ian Thorpe
2008	France Alain Bernard	Australia Eamon Sullivan	United States Jason Lezak César Cielo Brazil
2012	United States Nathan Adrian	Australia James Magnussen	Canada Brent Hayden
2016	Australia Kyle Chalmers	Belgium Pieter Timmers	United States Nathan Adrian

200 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1900	Frederick Lane *	Hungary 1867 Zoltán von Halmay *	Austrian Empire Karl Ruberl *
1968	Australia Michael Wenden	United States Don Schollander	United States John Nelson
1972	United States Mark Spitz	United States Steven Genter	Germany BR Werner lamp
1976	United States Bruce Furniss	United States John Naber	United States James Montgomery (swimmer)
1980	Soviet Union Sergei Koplyakov	Soviet Union Andrei Krylov	Australia Graeme Brewer
1984	Germany BR Michael Gross	United States Michael Heath	Germany BR Thomas Fahrner
1988	Australia Duncan Armstrong	Sweden Not so Holmertz	United States Matt Biondi
1992	United team Yevgeny Sadowy	Sweden Not so Holmertz	Finland Antti Kasvio
1996	New Zealand Danyon Loader	Brazil Gustavo Borges	Australia Daniel Kowalski
2000	Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband	Australia Ian Thorpe	Italy Massimiliano Rosolino
2004	Australia Ian Thorpe	Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband	United States Michael Phelps
2008	United States Michael Phelps	Korea South Tae-hwan Park	United States Peter Vanderkaay
2012	France Yannick Agnel	Korea South Tae-hwan Sun Yang Park China People's Republic	-
2016	China People's Republic Sun Yang	South Africa Chad le Clos	United States Conor Dwyer

400 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1906 **	Austrian Empire Otto Scheff	United Kingdom 1801 Henry Taylor	United Kingdom 1801 John Arthur Jarvis
1908	United Kingdom 1801 Henry Taylor	Australasia Frank Beaurepaire	Austrian Empire Otto Scheff
1912	Canada 1868 George Hodgson	United Kingdom 1801 John Hatfield	Australasia Harold Hardwick
1920	United States 48 Norman Ross	United States 48 Ludy Langer	Canada 1868 George Vernot
1924	United States 48 Johnny Weissmüller	Sweden Arne Borg	Australia Andrew Charlton
1928	Argentina Alberto Zorrilla	Australia Andrew Charlton	Sweden Arne Borg
1932	United States 48 Buster crabbe	Third French Republic Jean Taris	Japan 1870 Tsutomu Oyokota
1936	United States 48 Jack Medica	Japan 1870 Shunpei Uto	Japan 1870 Makino Shozo
1948	United States 48 William Smith	United States 48 James McLane	Australia John Marshall
1952	France 1946 Jean Boiteux	United States 48 Ford Konno	Sweden Per-Olof Östrand
1956	Australia Murray Rose	Japan 1870 Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	United States 48 George Breen
1960	Australia Murray Rose	Japan 1870 Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Australia John Konrads
1964	United States Don Schollander	Germany team all German Frank Wiegand	Australia Allan Wood
1968	United States Mike Burton	Canada Ralph Hutton	France Alain Mosconi
1972	Australia Brad Cooper	United States Steven Genter	United States Tom McBreen
1976	United States Brian Goodell	United States Tim Shaw	Soviet Union 1955 Volodymyr Raskatov
1980	Soviet Union Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union Andrei Krylov	Soviet Union Ivar Stukolkin
1984	United States George DiCarlo	United States John Mykkanen	Australia Justin Lviv
1988	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Uwe Daßler	Australia Duncan Armstrong	Poland 1980 Artur Wojdat
1992	United team Yevgeny Sadowy	Australia Kieren Perkins	Sweden Not so Holmertz
1996	New Zealand Danyon Loader	United Kingdom Paul Palmer	Australia Daniel Kowalski
2000	Australia Ian Thorpe	Italy Massimiliano Rosolino	United States Klete cellar
2004	Australia Ian Thorpe	Australia Grant Hackett	United States Klete cellar
2008	Korea South Tae-hwan Park	China People's Republic Zhang Lin	United States Larsen Jensen
2012	China People's Republic Sun Yang	Korea South Tae-hwan Park	United States Peter Vanderkaay
2016	Australia Mack Horton	China People's Republic Sun Yang	Italy Gabriele Detti

1500 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1908	United Kingdom 1801 Henry Taylor	United Kingdom 1801 Thomas Battersby	Australasia Frank Beaurepaire
1912	Canada 1868 George Hodgson	United Kingdom 1801 John Hatfield	Australasia Harold Hardwick
1920	United States 48 Norman Ross	Canada 1868 George Vernot	Australia Frank Beaurepaire
1924	Australia Andrew Charlton	Sweden Arne Borg	Australia Frank Beaurepaire
1928	Sweden Arne Borg	Australia Andrew Charlton	United States 48 Buster crabbe
1932	Japan 1870 Kusuo Kitamura	Japan 1870 Makino Shozo	United States 48 James Cristy
1936	Japan 1870 Noboru Terada	United States 48 Jack Medica	Japan 1870 Shunpei Uto
1948	United States 48 James McLane	Australia John Marshall	Hungary 1918 György Mitró
1952	United States 48 Ford Konno	Japan 1870 Shiro Hashizume	Brazil 1889 Tetsuo Okamoto
1956	Australia Murray Rose	Japan 1870 Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	United States 48 George Breen
1960	Australia John Konrads	Australia Murray Rose	United States George Breen
1964	Australia Robert Windle	United States John Nelson	Australia Allan Wood
1968	United States Mike Burton	United States John Kinsella	Australia Gregory Brough
1972	United States Mike Burton	Australia Graham Windeatt	United States Douglas Northway
1976	United States Brian Goodell	United States Bobby Hackett	Australia Stephen Holland
1980	Soviet Union Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union Alexander Chayev	Australia Max Metzker
1984	United States Michael O'Brien	United States George DiCarlo	Germany BR Stefan Pfeiffer
1988	Soviet Union Vladimir Salnikov	Germany BR Stefan Pfeiffer	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Uwe Daßler
1992	Australia Kieren Perkins	Australia Glen Housman	Germany Jörg Hoffmann
1996	Australia Kieren Perkins	Australia Daniel Kowalski	United Kingdom Graeme Smith
2000	Australia Grant Hackett	Australia Kieren Perkins	United States Chris Thompson
2004	Australia Grant Hackett	United States Larsen Jensen	United Kingdom David Davies
2008	Tunisia Oussama Mellouli	Australia Grant Hackett	Canada Ryan Cochrane
2012	China People's Republic Sun Yang	Canada Ryan Cochrane	Tunisia Oussama Mellouli
2016	Italy Gregorio Paltrinieri	United States Connor Jaeger	Italy Gabriele Detti

100 m back

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1908	German Empire Arno Bieberstein	Denmark Ludwig Dam	United Kingdom 1801 Herbert Haresnape
1912	United States 46 Harry Hebner	German Empire Otto Fahr	German Empire Paul waiter
1920	United States 48 Warren Paoa Kealoha	United States 48 Raymond Kegeris	Belgium Gérard Blitz
1924	United States 48 Warren Paoa Kealoha	United States 48 Paul Wyatt	Hungary 1918 Károly Bartha
1928	United States 48 George Kojac	United States 48 Walter Laufer	United States 48 Paul Wyatt
1932	Japan 1870 Masaji Kiyokawa	Japan 1870 Toshio Irie	Japan 1870 Kentaro Kawatsu
1936	United States 48 Adolph Kiefer	United States 48 Albert van de Weghe	Japan 1870 Masaji Kiyokawa
1948	United States 48 Allen stack	United States 48 Robert Cowell	France 1946 Georges Vallerey
1952	United States 48 Yoshinobu Oyakawa	France 1946 Gilbert Bozon	United States 48 Jack Taylor
1956	Australia David Theile	Australia John Monckton	United States 48 Frank McKinney
1960	Australia David Theile	United States Frank McKinney	United States Robert Bennett
1968	Germany Democratic Republic 1968 Roland Matthes	United States Charles Hickcox	United States Ronald Mills
1972	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Roland Matthes	United States Michael Stamm	United States John Murphy
1976	United States John Naber	United States Peter Rocca	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Roland Matthes
1980	Sweden Bengt Baron	Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov	Soviet Union Volodymyr Dolhov
1984	United States Richard Carey	United States David Wilson	Canada Mike West
1988	Japan 1870 Daichi Suzuki	United States David Berkoff	Soviet Union Igor Polyansky
1992	Canada Mark Tewksbury	United States Jeff Rouse	United States David Berkoff
1996	United States Jeff Rouse	Cuba Rodolfo Falcón	Cuba Neisser Bent
2000	United States Lenny Krayzelburg	Australia Matt Welsh	Germany Stev Theloke
2004	United States Aaron Peirsol	Austria Markus Rogan	Japan Tomomi Morita
2008	United States Aaron Peirsol	United States Matt Grevers	Russia Arkadi Vyatchanin Hayden Stoeckel Australia
2012	United States Matt Grevers	United States Nick Thoman	Japan Ryosuke Irie
2016	United States Ryan Murphy	China People's Republic Xu Jiayu	United States David Plummer

200 m back

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1900	German Empire Ernst Hoppenberg *	Austrian Empire Karl Ruberl *	Netherlands Johannes Drost *
1964	United States Jed Graef	United States Gary Dilley	United States Robert Bennett
1968	Germany Democratic Republic 1968 Roland Matthes	United States Mitchell lvey	United States Jack Horsley
1972	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Roland Matthes	United States Michael Stamm	United States Mitchell Ivey
1976	United States John Naber	United States Peter Rocca	United States Dan Harrigan
1980	Hungary 1957 Sándor Wladár	Hungary 1957 Zoltán Verrasztó	Australia Mark Kerry
1984	United States Richard Carey	France Frédéric Delcourt	Canada Cameron Henning
1988	Soviet Union Igor Polyansky	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Frank Baltrusch	New Zealand Paul Kingsman
1992	Spain Martín López-Zubero	United team Vladimir Selkov	Italy Stefano Battistelli
1996	United States Brad Bridgewater	United States Tripp pan	Italy Emanuele Merisi
2000	United States Lenny Krayzelburg	United States Aaron Peirsol	Australia Matt Welsh
2004	United States Aaron Peirsol	Austria Markus Rogan	Romania Răzvan Florea
2008	United States Ryan Lochte	United States Aaron Peirsol	Russia Arkady Vyatchanin
2012	United States Tyler Clary	Japan Ryosuke Irie	United States Ryan Lochte
2016	United States Ryan Murphy	Australia Mitch Larkin	Russia Yevgeny Rylow

100 m chest

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1968	United States Donald McKenzie	Soviet Union 1955 Vladimir Kossinski	Soviet Union 1955 Nikolai Pankin
1972	Japan 1870 Nobutaka Taguchi	United States Tom Bruce	United States John Hencken
1976	United States John Hencken	United Kingdom David Wilkie	Soviet Union 1955 Arvydas Juozaitis
1980	United Kingdom Duncan Goodhew	Soviet Union Arsenic Miskarovs	Australia Peter Evans
1984	United States Steve Lundquist	Canada Victor Davis	Australia Peter Evans
1988	United Kingdom Adrian Moorhouse	Hungary 1957 Károly Güttler	Soviet Union Dmitri Volkov
1992	United States Nelson Diebel	Hungary Norbert Rózsa	Australia Philip Rogers
1996	Belgium Frederik Deburghgraeve	United States Jeremy Linn	Germany Mark Warnecke
2000	Italy Domenico Fioravanti	United States Ed Moses	Russia Roman Sludnow
2004	Japan Kosuke Kitajima	United States Brendan Hansen	France Hugues Duboscq
2008	Japan Kosuke Kitajima	Norway Alexander Dale Oen	France Hugues Duboscq
2012	South Africa Cameron van der Burgh	Australia Christian Sprenger	United States Brendan Hansen
2016	United Kingdom Adam Peaty	South Africa Cameron van der Burgh	United States Cody Miller

200 m chest

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1908	United Kingdom 1801 Frederick Holman	United Kingdom 1801 William Robinson	Sweden Pontus Hanson
1912	German Empire Walter Bathe	German Empire Wilhelm Lützow	German Empire Kurt Malisch
1920	Sweden Håkan Malmrot	Sweden Thor Henning	Finland Arvo Aaltonen
1924	United States 48 Robert Skelton	Belgium Joseph de Combe	United States 48 William Kirschbaum
1928	Japan 1870 Tsuruta Yoshiyuki	German Empire Erich Rademacher	Philippines 1919 Teófilo Yldefonso
1932	Japan 1870 Tsuruta Yoshiyuki	Japan 1870 Reizo Koike	Philippines 1919 Teófilo Yldefonso
1936	Japan 1870 Hamuro Tetsuo	German Reich NS Erwin Sietas	Japan 1870 Reizo Koike
1948	United States 48 Joseph Verdeur	United States 48 Keith Carter	United States 48 Robert Sohl
1952	Australia John Davies	United States 48 Bowen Stassforth	Germany Herbert Klein
1956	Japan 1870 Masaru Furukawa	Japan 1870 Masahiro Yoshimura	Soviet Union 1955 Charis Junichev
1960	United States William Mulliken	Japan 1870 Yoshikiko Osaki	Netherlands Wieger Mensonides
1964	Australia Ian O'Brien	Soviet Union 1955 Georgi Prokopenko	United States Chet Jastremski
1968	Mexico Felipe Muñoz	Soviet Union 1955 Vladimir Kossinski	United States Brian Job
1972	United States John Hencken	United Kingdom David Wilkie	Japan 1870 Nobutaka Taguchi
1976	United Kingdom David Wilkie	United States John Hencken	United States Richard Colella
1980	Soviet Union Robertas Žulpa	Hungary 1957 Albán Vermes	Soviet Union Arsenic Miskarovs
1984	Canada Victor Davis	Australia Glenn Beringen	Switzerland Étienne Dagon
1988	Hungary 1957 József Szabó	United Kingdom Nick Gillingham	Spain Sergio López Miró
1992	United States Michael Barrowman	Hungary Norbert Rózsa	United Kingdom Nick Gillingham
1996	Hungary Norbert Rózsa	Hungary Károly Güttler	Russia Andrei Korneev
2000	Italy Domenico Fioravanti	South Africa Terence Parkin	Italy Davide Rummolo
2004	Japan Kosuke Kitajima	Hungary Daniel Gyurta	United States Brendan Hansen
2008	Japan Kosuke Kitajima	Australia Brenton Rickard	France Hugues Duboscq
2012	Hungary Daniel Gyurta	United Kingdom Michael Jamieson	Japan Ryō Tateishi
2016	Kazakhstan Dmitri Balandin	United States Josh Prenot	Russia Anton Tschupkow

100 m butterfly

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1968	United States Douglas Russell	United States Mark Spitz	United States Ross Wales
1972	United States Mark Spitz	Canada Bruce Robertson	United States Jerry Heidenreich
1976	United States Matt Vogel	United States Joe Bottom	United States Gary Hall Sr.
1980	Sweden Par Arvidsson	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Roger Pyttel	Spain 1977 David López-Zubero
1984	Germany BR Michael Gross	United States Pablo Morales	Australia Glenn Buchanan
1988	Suriname Anthony Nesty	United States Matt Biondi	United Kingdom Andrew Jameson
1992	United States Pablo Morales	Poland Rafał Szukała	Suriname Anthony Nesty
1996	Russia Denis Pankratow	Australia Scott Miller	Russia Vladislav Kulikov
2000	Sweden Lars Frölander	Australia Michael Klim	Australia Geoff Huegill
2004	United States Michael Phelps	United States Ian Crocker	Ukraine Andriy Serdinov
2008	United States Michael Phelps	Serbia Milorad Čavić	Australia Andrew Lauterstein
2012	United States Michael Phelps	South Africa Chad le Clos Yevgeny Korotyshkin Russia	-
2016	Singapore Joseph Schooling	United States Michael Phelps Chad le Clos László Cseh South Africa Hungary	-

200 m butterfly

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1956	United States 48 William Yorzyk	Japan 1870 Takashi Ishimoto	Hungary 1949 György Tumpek
1960	United States Michael Troy	Australia Neville Hayes	United States David Gillanders
1964	Australia Kevin Berry	United States Carl Robie	United States Fred Schmidt
1968	United States Carl Robie	United Kingdom Martyn Woodroffe	United States John Ferris
1972	United States Mark Spitz	United States Gary Hall Sr.	United States Robin Backhaus
1976	United States Michael Bruner	United States Steven Gregg	United States Bill Forrester
1980	Soviet Union Serhiy Fessenko	United Kingdom Philip Hubble	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Roger Pyttel
1984	Australia Jonathan Seven	Germany BR Michael Gross	Venezuela 1954 Rafael Vidal
1988	Germany BR Michael Gross	Denmark Benny Nielsen	New Zealand Anthony Mosse
1992	United States Melvin Stewart	New Zealand Danyon Loader	France Franck Esposito
1996	Russia Denis Pankratow	United States Tom Malchow	Australia Scott Goodman
2000	United States Tom Malchow	Ukraine Denis Sylanthiev	Australia Justin Norris
2004	United States Michael Phelps	Japan Takashi Yamamoto	United Kingdom Stephen Parry
2008	United States Michael Phelps	Hungary László Cseh	Japan Takeshi Matsuda
2012	South Africa Chad le Clos	United States Michael Phelps	Japan Takeshi Matsuda
2016	United States Michael Phelps	Japan Masato Sakai	Hungary Tamás Kenderesi

200 m layers

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1968	United States Charles Hickcox	United States Gregory Buckingham	United States John Ferris
1972	Sweden Gunnar Larsson	United States Tim McKee	United States Steven Furniss
1984	Canada Alexander Baumann	United States Pablo Morales	United Kingdom Neil Cochran
1988	Hungary 1957 Tamás Darnyi	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Patrick Kühl	Soviet Union Vadim Yaroshchuk
1992	Hungary Tamás Darnyi	United States Gregory Burgess	Hungary Attila Czene
1996	Hungary Attila Czene	Finland Jani Sievinen	Canada Curtis Myden
2000	Italy Massimiliano Rosolino	United States Tom Dolan	United States Tom Wilkens
2004	United States Michael Phelps	United States Ryan Lochte	Trinidad and Tobago George Bovell
2008	United States Michael Phelps	Hungary László Cseh	United States Ryan Lochte
2012	United States Michael Phelps	United States Ryan Lochte	Hungary László Cseh
2016	United States Michael Phelps	Japan Kosuke Hagino	China People's Republic Wang Shun

400 m layers

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1964	United States Richard Roth	United States Roy Saari	Germany team all German Gerhard Hetz
1968	United States Charles Hickcox	United States Gary Hall Sr.	Germany BR Michael Holthaus
1972	Sweden Gunnar Larsson	United States Tim McKee	Hungary 1957 András Hargitay
1976	United States Rod Strachan	United States Tim McKee	Soviet Union 1955 Andrei Smirnov
1980	Soviet Union Oleksandr Sydorenko	Soviet Union Serhiy Fessenko	Hungary 1957 Zoltán Verrasztó
1984	Canada Alexander Baumann	Brazil 1968 Ricardo Prado	Australia Robert Woodhouse
1988	Hungary 1957 Tamás Darnyi	United States David Wharton	Italy Stefano Battistelli
1992	Hungary Tamás Darnyi	United States Eric Namesnik	Italy Luca Sacchi
1996	United States Tom Dolan	United States Eric Namesnik	Canada Curtis Myden
2000	United States Tom Dolan	United States Erik Vendt	Canada Curtis Myden
2004	United States Michael Phelps	United States Erik Vendt	Hungary László Cseh
2008	United States Michael Phelps	Hungary László Cseh	United States Ryan Lochte
2012	United States Ryan Lochte	Brazil Thiago Pereira	Japan Kosuke Hagino
2016	Japan Kosuke Hagino	United States Chase Kalisz	Japan Daiya Seto

10 km marathon

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
2008	Netherlands Maarten van der Weijden	United Kingdom David Davies	Germany Thomas Lurz
2012	Tunisia Oussama Mellouli	Germany Thomas Lurz	Canada Richard Weinberger
2016	Netherlands Ferry Weertman	Greece Spyros Gianniotis	France Marc-Antoine Olivier

4 × 100 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1964	United States United States Stephen Clark Michael Austin Gary Ilman Don Schollander	Germany team all German Germany Horst Löffler Frank Wiegand Uwe Jacobsen Hans-Joachim Klein	Australia Australia David Dickson Peter Doak John Ryan Robert Windle
1968	United States United States Zachary Zorn Stephen Rerych Mark Spitz Kenneth Walsh	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union Semyon Beliz-Geiman Viktor Masanow Georgijs Kuļikovs Leonid Ilyichov	Australia Australia Gregory Rogers Robert Cusack Robert Windle Michael Wenden
1972	United States United States David Edgar John Murphy Jerry Heidenreich Mark Spitz	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union Vladimir Bure, Viktor Masanov, Viktor Aboimov, Igor Grivennikov	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democratic Republic Roland Matthes Wilfried Hartung Peter Bruch Lutz Unger
1984	United States United States Christopher Cavanaugh Michael Heath Matt Biondi Ambrose Gaines	Australia Australia Gregory Fasala Neil Brooks Michael William Delany Mark Stockwell	Sweden Sweden Thomas Lejdström Bengt Baron Mikael Örn Per Johansson
1988	United States United States Christopher Jacobs Troy Dalbey Tom Jager Matt Biondi	Soviet Union Soviet Union Gennadi Prigoda Iurie Başcatov Nikolai Evsejew Volodymyr Tkachenko	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democratic Republic Dirk Richter Thomas Flemming Lars Hinneburg Steffen Zesner
1992	United States United States Joe Hudepohl Matt Biondi Tom Jager Jon Olsen In advance: Shaun Jordan , Joel Thomas	United team United team Pawlo Chnykin Gennadi Prigoda Iurie Başcatov Alexander Popow In advance: Wladimir Pyschnenko , Weniamin Tajanowitsch	Germany Germany Christian Tröger Dirk Richter Steffen Zesner Mark Pinger In advance: Andreas Szigat , Bengt Zikarsky
1996	United States United States Jon Olsen Josh Davis Brad Schumacher Gary Hall Junior In advance: David Fox , Scott Tucker	Russia Russia Roman Jegorow Alexander Popow Wladimir Predkin Wladimir Pyschnenko In advance: Denis Pimankow , Konstantin Uschkow	Germany Germany Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky Mark Pinger In advance: Alexander Lüderitz
2000	Australia Australia Michael Klim Chris Fydler Ashley Callus Ian Thorpe In advance: Todd Pearson , Adam Pine	United States United States Anthony Ervin Neil Walker Jason Lezak Gary Hall Junior In advance: Scott Tucker , Josh Davis	Brazil Brazil Fernando Scherer Gustavo Borges Carlos Jayme Edvaldo Valério
2004	South Africa South Africa Roland Schoeman Lyndon Ferns Darian Townsend Ryk Neethling	Netherlands Netherlands Johan Kenkhuis Mitja Zastrow Klaas-Erik Zwering Pieter van den Hoogenband In advance: Mark Veens	United States United States Ian Crocker Michael Phelps Neil Walker Jason Lezak In advance: Gabe Woodward , Nate Dusing , Gary Hall junior
2008	United States United States Michael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale Cullen Jones Jason Lezak In advance: Nathan Adrian , Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner , Matt Grevers	France France Amaury Leveaux Fabien Gilot Frédérick Bousquet Alain Bernard In advance: Grégory Mallet , Boris Steimetz	Australia Australia Eamon Sullivan Andrew Lauterstein Ashley Callus Matt Targett In advance: Leith Brodie , Patrick Murphy
2012	France France Amaury Leveaux Fabien Gilot Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel In advance: Alain Bernard , Jérémy Stravius	United States United States Nathan Adrian Michael Phelps Cullen Jones Ryan Lochte In advance: James Feigen , Matt Grevers , Ricky Berens , Jason Lezak	Russia Russia Andrei Gretschin Nikita Lobinzew Vladimir Morozov Danila Isotov In advance: Evgeni Lagunow , Sergei Fessikow
2016	United States United States Caeleb Dressel Michael Phelps Ryan Held Nathan Adrian In advance: James Feigen , Blake Pieroni , Anthony Ervin	France France Mehdy Metella Fabien Gilot Florent Manaudou Jérémy Stravius In advance: Clement Mignon , William Meynard	Australia Australia James Roberts Kyle Chalmers James Magnussen Cameron McEvoy In advance: Matthew Abood

4 × 200 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1908	United Kingdom 1801 United Kingdom John Derbyshire Paul Radmilovic William Foster Henry Taylor	Hungary 1867 Hungary József Munk Imre Zachár Béla from Las-Torres Zoltán from Halmay	United States 45 United States Harry Hebner Leo Goodwin Charles Daniels Leslie Rich
1912	Australasia Australasia Cecil Healy Malcolm Champion Leslie Boardman Harold Hardwick	United States 46 United States Kenneth Huszagh Harry Hebner Perry McGillivray Duke Kahanamoku	United Kingdom 1801 United Kingdom William Foster Thomas Battersby John Hatfield Henry Taylor
1920	United States 48 United States Perry McGillivray Pua Kealoha Norman Ross Duke Kahanamoku	Australia Australia Henry Hay William Herald Ivan Stedman Frank Beaurepaire	United Kingdom 1801 United Kingdom Leslie Savage Edward Peter Henry Taylor Harold Annison
1924	United States 48 United States Ralph Breyer Harrison Glancy Wallace O'Connor Johnny Weissmüller In advance: Richard Howell	Australia Australia Andrew Charlton Maurice Christie Frank Beaurepaire Ernest Henry In advance: Ivan Stedman	Sweden Sweden Åke Borg Arne Borg Orvar Trolle Georg Werner In advance: Thor Henning , Gösta Persson
1928	United States 48 United States Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmüller	Japan 1870 Japan Hiroshi Yoneyama Nobuo Arai Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi	Canada 1921 Canada Frederick Bourne James Thompson Garnet Ault Walter Spence
1932	Japan 1870 Japan Hisakichi Toyoda Yusa Masanori Miyazaki Yasuji Takashi Yokoyama	United States 48 United States George Fissler Francis Booth Manuella Kalili Maiola Kalili	Hungary 1918 Hungary András Wanié András Székely István Bárány László Szabados
1936	Japan 1870 Japan Yusa Masanori Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Arai Shigeo	United States 48 United States Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Paul Wolf Jack Medica	Hungary 1918 Hungary Árpád Lengyel Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ödön Gróf Ferenc Csik
1948	United States 48 United States Walter Ris James McLane Wallace Wolf William Smith	Hungary 1918 Hungary Elemér Szathmáry György Mitró Imre Nyéki Géza Kádas	France 1946 France Joseph Bernardo René Cornu Henri Padou Alexandre Jany
1952	United States 48 United States Wayne Moore William Woolsey Ford Konno James McLane	Japan 1870 Japan Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa	France 1946 France Joseph Bernardo Aldo Eminent Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux
1956	Australia Australia Kevin O'Halloran John Devitt Murray Rose John Henricks	United States 48 United States Richard Hanley George Breen William Woolsey Ford Konno	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union Vitaly Sorokin Vladimir Struschanow Gennady Nikolayev Boris Nikitin
1960	United States United States George Harrison Richard Glance Michael Troy Jeff Farrell	Japan 1870 Japan Makoto Fukui Hiroshi Ishii Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Tatsuo Fujimoto	Australia Australia David Dickson John Devitt Murray Rose John Konrads
1964	United States United States Stephen Clark Roy Saari Gary Ilman Don Schollander	Germany team all German Germany Horst-Günter Gregor Gerhard Hetz Frank Wiegand Hans-Joachim Klein	Japan 1870 Japan Makoto Fukui Kunihiro Iwasaki Toshio Shoji Yukiaki Okabe
1968	United States United States John Nelson Stephen Rerych Mark Spitz Don Schollander	Australia Australia Gregory Rogers Graham White Robert Windle Michael Wenden	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union Vladimir Bure Semjon Beliz-Geiman Georgijs Kusikovs Leonid Ilyichov
1972	United States United States John Kinsella Frederick Tyler Robert Genter Mark Spitz	Germany BR BR Germany Klaus Steinbach Werner lamp Hans-Günther Vosseler Hans Fassnacht	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union Igor Griwennikow Viktor Masanow Georgijs Kuļikovs Vladimir Bure
1976	United States United States Michael Bruner Bruce Furniss John Naber James Montgomery	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union Volodymyr Raskatow Andrei Bogdanow Sergei Koplyakov Andrei Krylov	United Kingdom United Kingdom Alan McClatchey David Dunne Gordon Downie Brian Brinkley
1980	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union Sergei Koplyakov Vladimir Salnikov Ivar Stukolkin Andrei Krylow	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democratic Republic Frank Pfütze Jörg Woithe Detlev Grabs Rainer Strohbach	Brazil 1968 Brazil Jorge Luiz Leite Marcus Mattioli Cyro Delgado Djan Madruga
1984	United States United States Michael Heath David Larson Jeffrey Float Lawrence Hayes	Germany BR BR Germany Thomas Fahrner Dirk Korthals Alexander Schowtka Michael Groß	United Kingdom United Kingdom Neil Cochran Paul Easter Paul Howe Andrew Astbury
1988	United States United States Troy Dalbey Matthew Cetlinski Douglas Gjertsen Matt Biondi	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democratic Republic Uwe Daßler Sven Lodziewski Thomas Flemming Steffen Zesner	Germany BR BR Germany Erik Hochstein Thomas Fahrner Rainer Henkel Michael Groß
1992	United team United team Dmitri Lepikow Wladimir Pyschnenko Weniamin Tajanowitsch Evgeni Sadowy In advance: Alexei Kudryavzew , Yuri Muchin	Sweden Sweden Anders Holmertz Tommy Werner Lars Frölander Christer Wallin	United States United States Joseph Hudepohl Melvin Stewart Jon Olsen Douglas Gjertsen In advance: Scott Jaffe , Daniel Jorgensen
1996	United States United States Josh Davis Joseph Hudepohl Brad Schumacher Ryan Berube In advance: Jon Olsen	Sweden Sweden Christer Wallin Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Anders Lyrbring	Germany Germany Aimo Heilmann Christian Keller Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner In advance: Konstantin Dubrovin , Oliver Lampe
2000	Australia Australia Ian Thorpe Michael Klim Todd Pearson Bill Kirby In advance: Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski	United States United States Scott Goldblatt Josh Davis Jamie Rauch Klete Keller In advance: Nate Dusing , Chad Carvin	Netherlands Netherlands Martijn Zuijdweg Johan Kenkhuis Marcel Wouda Pieter van den Hoogenband In advance: Mark van der Zijden
2004	United States United States Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Peter Vanderkaay Klete Keller In advance: Daniel Ketchum , Scott Goldblatt	Australia Australia Grant Hackett Michael Klim Nicholas Sprenger Ian Thorpe In advance: Todd Pearson , Antony Matkovich , Craig Stevens	Italy Italy Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino Simone Cercato Filippo Magnini In advance: Matteo Pelliciari , Federico Cappellazzo
2008	United States United States Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Ricky Berens Peter Vanderkaay In advance: David Walters , Erik Vendt , Klete Keller	Russia Russia Nikita Lobinzew Evgeni Lagunow Danila Isotow Alexander Sukhorukov In advance: Mikhail Polishchuk	Australia Australia Patrick Murphy Grant Hackett Grant Brits Nick Ffrost In advance: Kirk Palmer , Leith Brodie
2012	United States United States Ryan Lochte Conor Dwyer Ricky Berens Michael Phelps In advance: Charlie Houchin , Matthew McLean , Davis Tarwater	France France Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel In advance: Jérémy Stravius	China People's Republic People's Republic of China Hao Yun Li Yunqi Jiang Haiqi Sun Yang In advance: Lu Zhiwu , Dai Jun
2016	United States United States Conor Dwyer Townley Haas Ryan Lochte Michael Phelps In advance: Clark Smith , Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz	United Kingdom United Kingdom Stephen Milne Duncan Scott Daniel Wallace James Guy In advance: Robbie Renwick	Japan Japan Kōsuke Hagino Naito Ehara Yuki Kobori Takeshi Matsuda

4 × 100 m layers

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1960	United States United States Frank McKinney Paul Hait Lance Larson Jeff Farrell	Australia Australia David Theile Terence Gathercole Neville Hayes Geoffrey Shipton	Japan 1870 Japan Kazuo Tomita Koichi Hirakida Yoshihiko Osaki Keigo Shimizu
1964	United States United States Harold Mann William Craig Frederick Schmidt Stephen Clark	Germany team all German Germany Ernst-Joachim Küppers Egon Henninger Horst-Günter Gregor Hans-Joachim Klein	Australia Australia Peter Reynolds Ian O'Brien Kevin Berry David Dickson
1968	United States United States Charles Hickcox Donald McKenzie Douglas Russell Kenneth Walsh	Germany Democratic Republic 1968 GDR Roland Matthes Egon Henninger Horst-Günter Gregor Frank Wiegand	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union Yuri Hromak Vladimir Kossinsky Vladimir Nemschilow Leonid Ilyichov
1972	United States United States Michael Stamm Thomas Bruce Mark Spitz Jerry Heidenreich	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democratic Republic Roland Matthes Klaus Katzur Hartmut Flöckner Lutz Unger	Canada Canada Erik Fish William Mahony Bruce Robertson Robert Kasting
1976	United States United States John Naber John Hencken Matt Vogel James Montgomery	Canada Canada Stephen Pickell Graham Smith Clayton Evans Gary MacDonald	Germany BR BR Germany Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Peter Nocke
1980	Australia Australia Mark Kerry Peter Evans Mark Tonelli Neil Brooks	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Arsenic Miskarovs Yevgeny Seredin Sergei Koplyakov	United Kingdom United Kingdom Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew David Lowe Martin Smith
1984	United States United States Richard Carey Steve Lundquist Pablo Morales Ambrose Gaines	Canada Canada Mike West Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss	Australia Australia Mark Kerry Peter Evans Glenn Buchanan Mark Stockwell
1988	United States United States David Berkoff Richard Schroeder Matt Biondi Christopher Jacobs	Canada Canada Mark Tewksbury Victor Davis Thomas Ponting Donald Goss	Soviet Union Soviet Union Igor Polyansky Dmitri Volkov Vadim Yarostchuk Gennady Prigoda
1992	United States United States Jeff Rouse Nelson Diebel Pablo Morales Jan Olsen In advance: David Berkoff , Hans Dersch , Melvin Stewart , Matt Biondi	United team United team Wladimir Selkow Wassili Ivanov Pawlo Chnykin Alexander Popow In advance: Wladimir Pyschnenko , Wladislaw Kulikow , Dmitri Volkov	Canada Canada Mark Tewksbury Jonathan Cleveland Marcel Gery Stephen Clarke In advance: Thomas Ponting
1996	United States United States Jeff Rouse Jeremy Linn Mark Henderson Gary Hall Junior In advance: Josh Davis , Kurt Grote , John Hargis , Tripp Schwenk	Russia Russia Vladimir Selkow Stanislaw Lopuchow Denis Pankratow Alexander Popow In advance: Roman Iwanowski , Wladislaw Kulikow , Roman Jegorow	Australia Australia Steven Dewick Philip Rogers Scott Miller Michael Klim In advance: Toby Haenen
2000	United States United States Lenny Krayzelburg Ed Moses Ian Crocker Gary Hall Junior In advance: Neil Walker , Tommy Hannan , Jason Lezak	Australia Australia Matt Welsh Regan Harrison Geoff Huegill Michael Klim In advance: Josh Watson , Ryan Mitchell , Adam Pine , Ian Thorpe	Germany Germany Stev Theloke Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Torsten Spanneberg
2004	United States United States Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak In advance: Mark Gangloff , Lenny Krayzelburg , Michael Phelps , Neil Walker	Germany Germany Steffen Driesen Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Lars Conrad In advance: Helge Meeuw	Japan Japan Tomomi Morita Kōsuke Kitajima Takashi Yamamoto Yoshihiro Okumura
2008	United States United States Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Michael Phelps Jason Lezak In advance: Matt Grevers , Mark Gangloff , Ian Crocker , Garrett Weber-Gale	Australia Australia Hayden Stoeckel Brenton Rickard Andrew Lauterstein Eamon Sullivan In advance: Ashley Delaney , Christian Sprenger , Adam Pine , Matt Targett	Japan Japan Junichi Miyashita Kōsuke Kitajima Takuro Fujii Hisayoshi Satō
2012	United States United States Matt Grevers Brendan Hansen Michael Phelps Nathan Adrian In advance: Nick Thoman , Eric Shanteau , Tyler McGill , Cullen Jones	Japan Japan Ryōsuke Irie Kōsuke Kitajima Takeshi Matsuda Takuro Fujii	Australia Australia Hayden Stoeckel Christian Sprenger Matt Targett James Magnussen In advance: Brenton Rickard , Tommaso D'Orsogna
2016	United States United States Ryan Murphy Cody Miller Michael Phelps Nathan Adrian In advance: David Plummer , Kevin Cordes , Tom Shields , Caeleb Dressel	United Kingdom United Kingdom Chris Walker-Hebborn Adam Peaty James Guy Duncan Scott	Australia Australia Mitch Larkin Jake Packard David Morgan Kyle Chalmers In advance: Cameron McEvoy

Competitions that are no longer held

50 yds. (45.72 m) freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1904	Hungary 1867 Zoltán from Halmay	United States 45 John Scott Leary	United States 45 Charles Daniels

100 yds. (91.44 m) freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1904	Hungary 1867 Zoltán from Halmay	United States 45 Charles Daniels	United States 45 John Scott Leary

220 yds. (201.17 m) freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1904	United States 45 Charles Daniels	United States 45 Francis Gailey	German Empire Emil Rausch

440 yds. (402.34 m) freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1904	United States 45 Charles Daniels	United States 45 Francis Gailey	Austrian Empire Otto Wahle

500 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1896	Austrian Empire Paul Neumann *	Kingdom of Greece Antonios Pepanos *	Kingdom of Greece Efstathios Chorafas *

880 yds. (804.67 m) freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1904	German Empire Emil Rausch	United States 45 Francis Gailey	Hungary 1867 Géza Kiss

1000 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1900	United Kingdom 1801 John Arthur Jarvis *	Austrian Empire Otto Wahle *	Hungary 1867 Zoltán von Halmay *

1200 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1896	Hungary 1867 Alfréd Hajós *	Kingdom of Greece Joannis Andreou *	Kingdom of Greece Efstathios Chorafas *

1 mile (1609 m) freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1904	German Empire Emil Rausch	Hungary 1867 Géza Kiss	United States 45 Francis Gailey
1906 **	United Kingdom 1801 Henry Taylor	United Kingdom 1801 John Arthur Jarvis	Austrian Empire Otto Scheff

4000 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1900	United Kingdom 1801 John Arthur Jarvis *	Hungary 1867 Zoltán von Halmay *	Third French Republic Louis Martin *

100 yds. (91.44 m) back

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1904	German Empire Walter Brack	German Empire Georg Hoffmann	German Empire Georg Zacharias

400 m chest

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1912	German Empire Walter Bathe	Sweden Thor Henning	United Kingdom 1801 Percy Courtman
1920	Sweden Håkan Malmrot	Sweden Thor Henning	Finland Arvo Aaltonen

440 yds. (402.34 m) chest

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1904	German Empire Georg Zacharias	German Empire Walter Brack	United States 45 Henry Jamison Cell Phone

4 × 50 yds. Freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1904	United States 45 United States Joseph Ruddy Leo Goodwin Louis Handley Charles Daniels	United States 45 United States David Hammond William Tuttle Hugo Goetz Raymond Thorne	United States 45 United States Amedee Reyburn Gwynne Evans Marquard Schwartz William Orthwein

4 × 250 m freestyle

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1906 **	Hungary 1867 Hungary Henrik Hajós Zoltán by Halmay Géza Kiss József Ónody	German Empire German Empire Ernst Bahnmayer Emil Rausch Oskar Schiele Max Pape	United Kingdom 1801 United Kingdom John Derbyshire Henry Taylor William Henry John Arthur Jarvis

200 m team swimming

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1900	German Empire German Empire * Max Hainle Max Schöne Julius Frey Herbert von Petersdorff Ernst Hoppenberg	Third French Republic France * Maurice Hochepied Victor Hochepied Bertrand Verbecke Victor Cadet	Third French Republic France * Jean Leuillieux Louis Martin Houben Tartara Désiré Merchez

100 m sailor swimming

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1896	Kingdom of Greece Ioannis Malokinis *	Kingdom of Greece Spiridon Chasapis *	Kingdom of Greece Dimitrios Drivas *

200 m obstacle swim

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1900	Frederick Lane *	Austrian Empire Otto Wahle *	United Kingdom 1801 Peter Kemp *

Underwater swimming

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1900	Third French Republic Charles de Vendeville *	Third French Republic André Six *	Denmark Peder Lykkeberg *

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Francis Gailey was Australian in 1904; The Australian Olympic Committee lists him as such, whereas the IOC him to time as an American leads .

[FG-1] Francis Gailey was Australian in 1904; The Australian Olympic Committee lists him as such, whereas the IOC him to time as an American leads .