List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming from 1896 to 2008.

Current program

50 metre freestyle

1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney		none awarded
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

100 metre freestyle

1896 Athens			none awarded
1900–1904	not included in the Olympic program
1908 London
1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris
1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1948 London
1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

200 metre freestyle

1900 Paris
1904–1964	not included in the Olympic program
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

400 metre freestyle

1908 London
1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris
1928 Amsterdam
1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1948 London
1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

1500 metre freestyle

1908 London
1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris
1928 Amsterdam
1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1948 London
1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

100 metre backstroke

1908 London
1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris
1928 Amsterdam
1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1948 London
1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo	not included in the Olympic program
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

200 metre backstroke

1900 Paris
1904–1960	not included in the Olympic program
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

100 metre breaststroke

1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

200 metre breaststroke

1908 London
1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris
1928 Amsterdam
1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1948 London
1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

100 metre butterfly

1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

200 metre butterfly

1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

200 metre individual medley

1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976–1980	not included in the Olympic program
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

400 metre individual medley

1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing

4×100 metre freestyle relay

1964 Tokyo	Stephen Clark Michael Austin Gary Ilman Don Schollander	Horst Loffler Frank Wiegand Uwe Jacobsen Hans-Joachim Klein	David Dickson Peter Doak John Ryan Bob Windle
1968 Mexico City	Zachary Zorn Stephen Rerych Mark Spitz Kenneth Walsh	Semyon Berlits-Geiman Viktor Mazanov Georgi Kulikov Leonoid Ilyichev	Greg Rogers Bob Windle Robert Cusack Michael Wenden
1972 Munich	David Edgar John Murphy Jerry Heidenreich Mark Spitz	Vladimir Bure Viktor Mazanov Viktor Aboimov Igor Grivennikov	Roland Matthes Wilfried Hartung Peter Bruch Lutz Unger
1976–1980	not included in the Olympic program
1984 Los Angeles	Chris Cavanaugh Michael Heath Matt Biondi Rowdy Gaines	Greg Fasala Neil Brooks Michael Delany Mark Stockwell	Thomas Lejdström Bengt Baron Mikael Örn Per Johansson
1988 Seoul	Chris Jacobs Troy Dalbey Tom Jager Matt Biondi	Gennadiy Prigoda Yuri Bashkatov Nikolai Yevseyev Vladimir Tkachenko	Dirk Richter Thomas Flemming Lars Hinneburg Steffen Zesner
1992 Barcelona	Joe Hudepohl Matt Biondi Tom Jager Jon Olsen Shaun Jordan Joel Thomas	Pavel Khnykin Gennadiy Prigoda Yuri Bashkatov Alexander Popov Vladimir Pyshnenko Veniamin Taianovitch	Christian Tröger Dirk Richter Steffen Zesner Mark Pinger Andreas Szigat Bengt Zikarsky
1996 Atlanta	Jon Olsen Josh Davis Bradley Schumacher Gary Hall, Jr. David Fox Scott Tucker	Vladimir Pyshnenko Alexander Popov Roman Yegorov Vladimir Predkin Denis Pimankov	Mark Pinger Björn Zikarsky Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky Alexander Luderitz
2000 Sydney	Michael Klim Chris Fydler Ashley Callus Ian Thorpe Todd Pearson Adam Pine	Anthony Ervin Neil Walker Jason Lezak Gary Hall, Jr. Scott Tucker Josh Davis	Fernando Scherer Gustavo Borges Carlos Jayme Edvaldo Valério
2004 Athens	Roland Mark Schoeman Lyndon Ferns Darian Townsend Ryk Neethling	Johan Kenkhuis Mitja Zastrow Klaas-Erik Zwering Pieter van den Hoogenband Mark Veens	Ian Crocker Michael Phelps Neil Walker Jason Lezak Gabe Woodward Nate Dusing Gary Hall, Jr.
2008 Beijing	Michael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale Cullen Jones Jason Lezak Nathan Adrian Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner Matt Grevers	Amaury Leveaux Fabien Gilot Frederick Bousquet Alain Bernard Gregory Mallet Boris Steimetz	Eamon Sullivan Andrew Lauterstein Ashley Callus Matt Targett Leith Brodie Patrick Murphy

Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.

4×200 metre freestyle relay

1908 London	John Derbyshire Paul Radmilovic William Foster Henry Taylor	József Munk Imre Zachár Béla Las Torres Zoltán Halmay	Harry Hebner Leo Goodwin Charles Daniels Leslie Rich
1912 Stockholm	Cecil Healy Malcolm Champion Leslie Boardman Harold Hardwick	Kenneth Huszagh Harry Hebner Perry McGillivray Duke Kahanamoku	William Foster Thomas Battersby Jack Hatfield Henry Taylor
1920 Antwerp	Perry McGillivray Pua Kealoha Norman Ross Duke Kahanamoku	Henry Hay William Herald Ivan Stedman Frank Beaurepaire	Leslie Savage Edward Peter Henry Taylor Harold Annison
1924 Paris	Wallace O'Connor Harrison Glancy Ralph Breyer Johnny Weissmuller	Maurice Christie Ernest Henry Frank Beaurepaire Andrew Charlton	Georg Werner Orvar Trolle Åke Borg Arne Borg
1928 Amsterdam	Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmuller	Hiroshi Yoneyama Nobuo Arai Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi	Frederick Bourne James Thompson Garnet Ault Walter Spence
1932 Los Angeles	Yasuji Miyazaki Masanori Yusa Takashi Yokoyama Hisakichi Toyoda	Frank Booth George Fissler Maiola Kalili Manuella Kalili	András Wanié László Szabados András Székely István Bárány
1936 Berlin	Masanori Yusa Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Shigeo Arai	Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Paul Wolf Jack Medica	Árpad Lengyel Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ödön Gróf Ferenc Csík
1948 London	Walter Ris James McLane Wallace Wolf William Smith	Elemér Szathmáry György Mitró Imre Nyéki Géza Kádas	Joseph Benardo Henri Padou Rene Cornu Alexandre Jany
1952 Helsinki	Wayne Moore William Woolsey Ford Konno James McLane	Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa	Joseph Benardo Aldo Eminente Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux
1956 Melbourne	Kevin O'Halloran John Devitt Murray Rose Jon Henricks	Richard Hanley George Breen William Woolsey Ford Konno	Vitaly Sorokin Vladimir Strushanov Gennady Nikolayev Boris Nitikin
1960 Rome	George Harrison Richard Blick Michael Troy Jeffrey Farrell	Makoto Fukui Hiroshi Ishii Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Tatsuo Fujimoto	David Dickson John Devitt Murray Rose John Konrads
1964 Tokyo	Stephen Clark Roy Saari Gary Ilman Don Schollander	Horst-Günther Gregor Gerhard Hetz Frank Wiegand Hans-Joachim Klein	Makoto Fukui Kunihiro Iwasaki Toshio Shoji Yujiaki Okabe
1968 Mexico City	John Nelson Stephen Rerych Mark Spitz Don Schollander	Greg Rogers Graham White Bob Windle Michael Wenden	Vladimir Bure Semyon Belits-Geiman Georgi Kulikov Leonoid Ilyichev
1972 Munich	John Kinsella Frederick Tyler Steve Genter Mark Spitz	Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Hans-Günter Vosseler Hans-Joachim Fassnacht	Igor Grivennikov Viktor Mazanov Georgi Kulikov Vladimir Bure
1976 Montreal	Mike Bruner Bruce Furniss John Naber Jim Montgomery	Vladimir Rastakov Andrei Bogdanov Sergei Kopliakov Andrey Krylov	Alan McClatchey David Dunne Gordon Downie Brian Brinkley
1980 Moscow	Sergei Kopliakov Vladimir Salnikov Ivar Stukolkin Andrey Krylov	Frank Pfütze Jörg Woithe Detlev Grabs Rainer Strohbach	Jorge Fernandes Marcus Mattioli Cyro Delgado Djan Madruga
1984 Los Angeles	Michael Heath David Larson Jeffrey Float Bruce Hayes	Thomas Fahrner Dirk Korthals Alexander Schwotka Michael Gross	Neil Cochran Paul Easter Paul Howe Andrew Astbury
1988 Seoul	Troy Dalbey Matthew Cetlinski Doug Gjertsen Matt Biondi	Uwe Dassler Sven Lodziewski Thomas Flemming Steffen Zesner	Erik Hochstein Thomas Fahrner Rainer Henkel Michael Gross
1992 Barcelona	Dmitri Lepikov Vladimir Pyshnenko Veniamin Taianovich Yevgeny Sadovyi Alexei Koudriavtsev Jouri Moukhine	Christer Wallin Anders Holmertz Tommy Werner Lars Frölander	Joe Hudepohl Melvin Stewart Jon Olsen Doug Gjertsen Scott Jaffe Daniel Jorgensen
1996 Atlanta	Josh Davis Joe Hudepohl Bradley Schumacher Ryan Berube Jon Olsen	Anders Lyrbring Anders Holmertz Christer Wallin Lars Frölander	Christian Tröger Aimo Heilmann Christian Keller Steffen Zesner Konstantin Dubrovin Oliver Lampe
2000 Sydney	Ian Thorpe Michael Klim Todd Pearson Bill Kirby Grant Hackett Daniel Kowalski	Scott Goldblatt Josh Davis Jamie Rauch Klete Keller Nate Dusing Chad Carvin	Martijn Zuijdweg Johan Kenkhuis Marcel Wouda Pieter van den Hoogenband Mark van der Zijden
2004 Athens	Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Peter Vanderkaay Klete Keller Dan Ketchum Scott Goldblatt	Grant Hackett Michael Klim Nicholas Sprenger Ian Thorpe Todd Pearson Antony Matkovich Craig Stevens	Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino Simone Cercato Filippo Magnini Matteo Pelliciari Federico Cappellazzo
2008 Beijing	Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Ricky Berens Peter Vanderkaay David Walters Eric Vendt Klete Keller	Danila Izotov Evgeny Lagunov Nikita Lobintsev Alexander Sukhorukov Mikhail Polishchuk	Patrick Murphy Grant Hackett Grant Brits Nick Ffrost Kirk Palmer Leith Brodie

Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.

4×100 metre medley relay

1960 Rome	Frank McKinney Paul Hait Lance Larson Jeffrey Farrell	David Theile Terry Gathercole Neville Hayes Geoff Shipton	Kazuo Tomita Koichi Hirakida Yoshihiko Osaki Keigo Shimizu
1964 Tokyo	Harold Mann William Craig Fred Schmidt Stephen Clark	Ernst-Joachim Kuppers Egon Henninger Horst-Günther Gregor Hans-Joachim Klein	Peter Reynolds Ian O'Brien Kevin Berry David Dickson
1968 Mexico City	Charles Hickcox Don McKenzie Douglas Russell Kenneth Walsh	Roland Matthes Egon Henninger Horst-Günther Gregor Frank Wiegand	Yuri Gromak Vladimir Kossinsky Vladimir Nemshilov Leonid Ilyichev
1972 Munich	Michael Stamm Tom Bruce Mark Spitz Jerry Heidenreich	Roland Matthies Klaus Katzur Hartmut Flöckner Lutz Unger	Erik Fish William Mahony Bruce Robertson Robert Kasting
1976 Montreal	John Naber John Hencken Matt Vogel Jim Montgomery	Stephen Pickell Graham Smith Clay Evans Gary MacDonald	Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Peter Nocke
1980 Moscow	Mark Kerry Peter Evans Mark Tonelli Neil Brooks	Viktor Kuznetsov Arsens Miskarovs Yevgeny Serdin Sergei Kopliakov	Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew David Lowe Martin Smith
1984 Los Angeles	Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Pablo Morales Rowdy Gaines	Mike West Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss	Mark Kerry Peter Evans Glenn Buchanan Mark Stockwell
1988 Seoul	David Berkoff Richard Schroeder Matt Biondi Chris Jacobs	Mark Tewksbury Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss	Igor Polyansky Dmitry Volkov Vadim Yaroshchuk Gennadiy Prigoda
1992 Barcelona	Jeff Rouse Nelson Diebel Pablo Morales Jon Olsen David Berkoff Hans Dersch Melvin Stewart Matt Biondi	Vladimir Selkov Vassili Ivanov Pavel Khnykine Alexander Popov Vladimir Pyshnenko Vladislav Kulikov Dmitri Volkov	Mark Tewksbury Jonathan Cleveland Marcel Gery Stephen Clarke Tom Ponting
1996 Atlanta	Jeff Rouse Jeremy Linn Mark Henderson Gary Hall, Jr. Josh Davis Kurt Grote John Hargis Tripp Schwenk	Vladimir Selkov Stanislav Lopukhov Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov Roman Ivanovskiy Vladislav Kulikov Roman Yegorov	Phil Rogers Michael Klim Scott Miller Steven Dewick Toby Haenen
2000 Sydney	Lenny Krayzelburg Ed Moses Ian Crocker Gary Hall, Jr. Neil Walker Tommy Hannann Jason Lezak	Matt Welsh Regan Harrison Geoff Huegill Michael Klim Josh Watson Ryan Mitchell Adam Pine Ian Thorpe	Stev Theloke Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Torsten Spanneberg
2004 Athens	Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak Lenny Krayzelburg Mark Gangloff Michael Phelps Neil Walker	Steffen Driesen Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Lars Conrad Helge Meeuw	Tomomi Morita Kosuke Kitajima Takashi Yamamoto Yoshihiro Okumura
2008 Beijing	Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Michael Phelps Jason Lezak Matt Grevers Mark Gangloff Ian Crocker Garrett Weber-Gale	Hayden Stoeckel Brenton Rickard Andrew Lauterstein Eamon Sullivan Ashley Delaney Christian Sprenger Adam Pine Matt Targett	Junichi Miyashita Kosuke Kitajima Takuro Fujii Hisayoshi Sato

Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.

10 km marathon

2008 Beijing

Discontinued events

50 yard freestyle

1904 St. Louis

100 metres for sailors

1896 Athens

100 yard freestyle

1904 St. Louis

220 yard freestyle

1904 St. Louis

440 yard freestyle

1904 St. Louis

500 metre freestyle

1896 Athens

880 yard freestyle

1904 St. Louis

1000 metre freestyle

1900 Paris

1200 metre freestyle

1896 Athens

1 mile freestyle

1904 St. Louis

4000 metre freestyle

1900 Paris

100 yard backstroke

1904 St. Louis

400 metre breaststroke

1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp

440 yard breaststroke

1904 St. Louis

200 metres team race

1900 Paris	Ernst Hoppenberg Max Hainle Julius Frey Max Schöne Herbert von Petersdorff	Maurice Hochepied Victor Hochepied Bertrand Verbecke M. Cadet	Tartara Louis Martin Désiré Merchez Jean Leuilleux P. Houben

4×50 yard freestyle relay

1904 St. Louis	Joseph Ruddy Leo Goodwin Louis Handley Charles Daniels	David Hammond William Tuttle Hugo Goetz Raymond Thorne	Amedee Reyburn Gwynne Evans Marquard Schwarz William Orthwein

200 metres obstacle race

1900 Paris

Underwater swimming

1900 Paris

All-time medal table - Mens - 1896-2004

1		127	91	63	281
2		31	31	36	98
3		16	18	15	49
4		13	17	12	42
5		9	14	18	41
6		9	11	14	34
7		9	7	12	28
8		8	10	10	28
9		6	7	10	23
10		3	7	13	23
11		6	7	5	18
12		3	4	7	14
13		4	4	5	13
14		3	1	7	11
15		1	3	7	11
16		1	6	3	10
17		3	2	4	9
18		5	3	0	8
19		1	3	3	7
20		1	2	3	6
21		0	4	2	6
22		2	1	2	5
23		0	1	3	4
24		1	1	1	3
25		1	0	2	3
26		0	2	1	3
27		1	1	0	2
28		1	2	1	2
29		1	0	1	2
30		0	1	1	2
31		0	1	1	2
32		0	1	1	2
33		1	0	0	1
34		1	0	0	1
35		1	0	0	1
36		0	1	0	1
37		0	1	0	1
38		0	1	0	1
39		0	1	0	1
40		0	0	2	2
41		0	0	1	1
42		0	0	1	1
43		0	0	1	1
44		0	0	1	1
Total		269	267	269	805

See also

• Swimming at the 1906 Summer Olympics — these Intercalated Games are no longer regarded as official Games by the International Olympic Committee
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)

References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. New York: Overlook Press. ISBN 1-58567-033-2.