List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Current program
50 metres freestyle
200 metres freestyle
400 metres freestyle
1500 metres freestyle
100 metres backstroke
200 metres backstroke
100 metres breaststroke
200 metres breaststroke
100 metres butterfly
200 metres butterfly
200 metres individual medley
400 metres individual medley
4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 100 metres 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
Discontinued events
50 yards freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 St. Louis |
Zoltán Halmay Hungary
|
Scott Leary United States
|
Charles Daniels United States
|
100 metres for sailors
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 Athens |
Ioannis Malokinis Greece
|
Spyridon Chazapis Greece
|
Dimitrios Drivas Greece
|
100 yards freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 St. Louis |
Zoltán Halmay Hungary
|
Charles Daniels United States
|
Scott Leary United States
|
220 yards freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 St. Louis |
Charles Daniels United States
|
Francis Gailey United States
|
Emil Rausch Germany
|
440 yards freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 St. Louis |
Charles Daniels United States
|
Francis Gailey United States
|
Otto Wahle Austria
|
500 metres freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 Athens |
Paul Neumann Austria
|
Antonios Pepanos Greece
|
Efstathios Chorafas Greece
|
880 yards freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 St. Louis |
Emil Rausch Germany
|
Francis Gailey United States
|
Géza Kiss Hungary
|
1000 metres freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Paris |
John Arthur Jarvis Great Britain
|
Otto Wahle Austria
|
Zoltán Halmay Hungary
|
1200 metres freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 Athens |
Alfréd Hajós Hungary
|
Ioannis Andreou Greece
|
Efstathios Chorafas Greece
|
1 mile freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 St. Louis |
Emil Rausch Germany
|
Géza Kiss Hungary
|
Francis Gailey United States
|
4000 metres freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Paris |
John Arthur Jarvis Great Britain
|
Zoltán Halmay Hungary
|
Louis Martin France
|
100 yards backstroke
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 St. Louis |
Walter Brack Germany
|
Georg Hoffmann Germany
|
Georg Zacharias Germany
|
400 metres breaststroke
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 Stockholm |
Walter Bathe Germany
|
Thor Henning Sweden
|
Percy Courtman Great Britain
|
| 1920 Antwerp |
Håkan Malmrot Sweden
|
Thor Henning Sweden
|
Arvo Aaltonen Finland
|
440 yards breaststroke
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 St. Louis |
Georg Zacharias Germany
|
Walter Brack Germany
|
Jam Handy United States
|
200 metres team race
4×50 yards freestyle relay
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 St. Louis |
 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 metres obstacle race
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Paris |
Frederick Lane Australia
|
Otto Wahle Austria
|
Peter Kemp Great Britain
|
Underwater swimming
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Paris |
Charles Devendeville France
|
André Six France
|
Peder Lykkeberg Denmark
|
All-time medal table - Swimming - Men - 1896-2016
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
143 | 100 | 71 | 314 |
| 2 |  Australia (AUS) |
33 | 31 | 38 | 102 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) |
18 | 22 | 26 | 66 |
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) |
17 | 19 | 17 | 53 |
| 5 |  Hungary (HUN) |
16 | 17 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
9 | 14 | 18 | 41 |
| 7 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
10 | 14 | 14 | 39 |
| 8 |  Sweden (SWE) |
9 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| 9 |  Canada (CAN) |
6 | 8 | 12 | 26 |
| 10 |  Unified Team (EUN) |
5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 |  Russia (RUS) |
4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 12 |  Netherlands (NED) |
4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 13 |  France (FRA) |
3 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| 14 |  Italy (ITA) |
4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 15 |  China (CHN) |
3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 16 |  New Zealand (NZL) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 |  Austria (AUT) |
1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 18 |  Brazil (BRA) |
1 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 19 |  Greece (GRE) |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 |  Australasia (ANZ) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 |  South Africa (RSA) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 |  Belgium (BEL) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 |  South Korea (KOR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 |  Spain (ESP) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 |  Suriname (SUR) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| =26 |  Argentina (ARG) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Mexico (MEX)
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 Singapore (SIN)
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 Tunisia (TUN)
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| 30 |  Denmark (DEN) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 |  Finland (FIN) |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| =32 |  Cuba (CUB) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Poland (POL)
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 Ukraine (UKR)
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| =35 |  Croatia (CRO) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway (NOR)
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 Serbia (SRB)
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| 38 |  Philippines (PHI) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| =39 |  Romania (ROU) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI)
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 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
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 Venezuela (VEN)
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| Total | 270 | 267 | 269 | 806 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
See also
- List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
- 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
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- Swimming at the Summer Olympics
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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