List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Men's events
OR | indicates swimmer broke the Olympic Record |
WR | indicates swimmer broke the World Record (and Olympic Record) |
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 Tokyo details | Robert Finke![]() | 7:41.87 | Gregorio Paltrinieri![]() | 7:42.11 | Mykhailo Romanchuk![]() | 7:42.33 set OR in heats |
2024 Paris details |
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 metre backstroke
100 metre breaststroke
200 metre breaststroke
100 metre butterfly
200 metre butterfly
200 metre individual medley
400 metre individual medley
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 100 metre medley relay
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
Mixed Events
4 × 100 metre medley relay
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2020 Tokyo details | ![]() Kathleen Dawson Adam Peaty James Guy Anna Hopkin Freya Anderson | ![]() Xu Jiayu Yan Zibei Zhang Yufei Yang Junxuan | ![]() Kaylee McKeown Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Temple Emma McKeon Bronte Campbell Isaac Cooper Brianna Throssell |
2024 Paris details |
Discontinued events
50 yard freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis details | Zoltán Halmay![]() | Scott Leary![]() | Charles Daniels![]() |
100 metre for sailors
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1896 Athens details | Ioannis Malokinis![]() | Spyridon Chazapis![]() | Dimitrios Drivas![]() |
100 yard freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis details | Zoltán Halmay![]() | Charles Daniels![]() | Scott Leary![]() |
220 yard freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis details | Charles Daniels![]() | Francis Gailey![]() | Emil Rausch![]() |
440 yard freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis details | Charles Daniels![]() | Francis Gailey![]() | Otto Wahle![]() |
500 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1896 Athens details | Paul Neumann![]() | Antonios Pepanos![]() | Efstathios Chorafas![]() |
880 yard freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis details | Emil Rausch![]() | Francis Gailey![]() | Géza Kiss![]() |
1000 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris details | John Arthur Jarvis![]() | Otto Wahle![]() | Zoltán Halmay![]() |
1200 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1896 Athens details | Alfréd Hajós![]() | Ioannis Andreou![]() | none awarded[1] |
1 mile freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis details | Emil Rausch![]() | Géza Kiss![]() | Francis Gailey![]() |
4000 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris details | John Arthur Jarvis![]() | Zoltán Halmay![]() | Louis Martin![]() |
100 yard backstroke
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis details | Walter Brack![]() | Georg Hoffmann![]() | Georg Zacharias![]() |
400 metre breaststroke
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1912 Stockholm details | Walter Bathe![]() | Thor Henning![]() | Percy Courtman![]() |
1920 Antwerp details | Håkan Malmrot![]() | Thor Henning![]() | Arvo Aaltonen![]() |
440 yard breaststroke
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis details | Georg Zacharias![]() | Walter Brack![]() | Jam Handy![]() |
200 metre team race
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris details | ![]() Ernst Hoppenberg Max Hainle Ernst Lührsen Gustav Lexau Herbert von Petersdorff | ![]() Maurice Hochepied Victor Hochepied Joseph Bertrand Verbecke Victor Cadet | ![]() René Tartara Louis Martin Désiré Mérchez Georges Leuillieux Philippe Houben |
4 × 50 yard freestyle relay
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1904 St. Louis details | ![]() New York Athletic Club Joe Ruddy Leo Goodwin Louis Handley Charles Daniels | ![]() Chicago Athletic Association David Hammond Bill Tuttle Hugo Goetz Raymond Thorne | ![]() Missouri Athletic Club Amedee Reyburn Gwynne Evans Marquard Schwarz Bill Orthwein |
200 metre obstacle race
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris details | Frederick Lane![]() | Otto Wahle![]() | Peter Kemp![]() |
Underwater swimming
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris details | Charles Devendeville![]() | André Six![]() | Peder Lykkeberg![]() |
All-time medal table – Swimming – Men – 1896–2023
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 143 | 100 | 71 | 314 |
2 | ![]() | 33 | 37 | 38 | 108 |
3 | ![]() | 18 | 22 | 26 | 66 |
4 | ![]() | 17 | 22 | 21 | 60 |
5 | ![]() | 16 | 17 | 13 | 46 |
6 | ![]() | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
7 | ![]() | 9 | 14 | 18 | 41 |
8 | ![]() | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
9 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
10 | ![]() | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 |
11 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
12 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
13 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
14 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
15 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
16 | ![]() | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
17 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
19 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
20 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
21 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
22 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
23 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
24 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
25 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
26 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
27 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
31 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
32 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
33 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
36 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
39 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
40 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (43 entries) | 308 | 306 | 304 | 918 |
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (men)
- List of gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships
- List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Swimming at the Summer Olympics
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Asian Games medalists in swimming
References
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. New York: Overlook Press. ISBN 1-58567-033-2.
- HistoFINA Swimming Medallists And Statistics At Olympic Games, January 31, 2015
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