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Swimming has been included in every Games. The 1896 events were held in open water in the Bay of Zea near Faliron, whilst the 1900 events were swum with the current in the River Seine. The Butterfly stroke was permissible in Breaststroke events up to and including 1952. Between 1912 and 1928 diving events were decided by ordinals rather by points. Women's Medallists are listed on a separate page. A compilation of swimming and diving medallists in other major international events is available in the International Swimming & Diving Championships and Games section on this site.
Venues: 1896 Athens (GRE), 1900 Paris (FRA), 1904 St. Louis (USA), 1906 Athens (GRE), 1908 London (GBR), 1912 Stockholm (SWE), 1920 Antwerp (BEL), 1924 Paris (FRA), 1928 Amsterdam (NED), 1932 Los Angeles (USA), 1936 Berlin (GER), 1948 London (GBR), 1952 Helsinki (FIN), 1956 Melbourne (AUS), 1960 Rome (ITA), 1964 Tokyo (JPN), 1968 Mexico City (MEX), 1972 Munich (FRG), 1976 Montréal (CAN), 1980 Moscow (URS), 1984 Los Angeles (USA), 1988 Seoul (KOR), 1992 Barcelona (ESP), 1996 Atlanta (USA), 2000 Sydney (AUS), 2004 Athens (GRE)
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1904y 1906-84 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Zoltán Halmaj HUN(SVK) not held Matt Biondi USA Aleksandr Popov EUN(RUS) Aleksandr Popov RUS Anthony Ervin USA & Gary Hall Jr. USA Gary Hall Jr. USA |
28.2y/28.0y 22.14 21.91 22.13 21.98 21.93 |
Scott Leary USA Tom Jager USA Matt Biondi USA Gary Hall Jr. USA Duje Draganja CRO |
28.2y/28.6y 22.36 22.09 22.26 21.94 |
Charles Daniels USA Gennadiy Prigoda URS(RUS) Tom Jager USA Fernando Scherer BRA Pieter van den Hoogenband NED Roland Schoeman RSA |
22.71 22.30 22.29 22.03 22.02 |
y - 50 yards (after swim-off)
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1896 1900† 1904y 1906 1908 1912 1920# 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Arnold Guttmann ("Alfréd Hajós") HUN not held Zoltán Halmaj HUN(SVK) Charles Daniels USA Charles Daniels USA Duke Paoa Kahanamoku USA Duke Paoa Kahanamoku USA Johnny Weissmuller USA Johnny Weissmuller USA Yasuji Miyazaki JPN Ferenc Csík HUN Walter Ris USA Clarke Scholes USA Jon Henricks AUS John Devitt AUS Don Schollander USA Mike Wenden AUS Mark Spitz USA Jim Montgomery USA Jörg Woithe GDR Rowdy Gaines USA Matt Biondi USA Aleksandr Popov EUN(RUS) Aleksandr Popov RUS Pieter van den Hoogenband NED Pieter van den Hoogenband NED |
1:22.2 1:02.8y 1:13.0 1:05.6 1:03.4 1:01.4 59.0 58.6 58.2 57.6 57.3 57.4 55.4 55.2 53.4 52.2 51.22 49.99 50.40 49.80 48.63 49.02 48.74 48.30 48.17 |
Otto Herschmann AUT Charles Daniels USA Zoltán Halmaj HUN(SVK) Zoltán Halmaj HUN(SVK) Cecil Healy AUS Pua Kela Kealoha USA Duke Paoa Kahanamoku USA István Bárány HUN Tatsugo Kawaishi JPN Masanori Yusa JPN Alan Ford USA Hiroshi Suzuki JPN John Devitt AUS Lance Larson USA Bobby McGregor GBR Kenneth Walsh USA Jerry Heidenreich USA Jack Babashoff USA Per Holmertz SWE Mark Stockwell AUS Chris Jacobs USA Gustavo Borges BRA Gary Hall Jr. USA Aleksandr Popov RUS Roland Schoeman RSA |
1:22.8 1:06.2 1:04.6 1:02.6 1:01.4 59.8 58.6 57.9 57.8 57.4 55.8 55.2 53.5 52.8 51.65 50.81 50.91 50.24 49.08 49.43 48.81 48.69 48.23 |
??? * Scott Leary USA Cecil Healy AUS Harald Julin SWE Kenneth Huszagh USA William Harris USA Samuel Kahanamoku USA Katsuo Takaishi JPN Albert Schwartz USA Shigeo Arai JPN Géza Kádas HUN Göran Larsson SWE Gary Chapman AUS Manuel dos Santos BRA Hans-Joachim Klein GER(FRG) Mark Spitz USA Vladimir Bure URS(RUS) Peter Nocke FRG Per Johansson SWE Per Johansson SWE Stephan Caron FRA Stephan Caron FRA Gustavo Borges BRA Gary Hall Jr. USA Ian Thorpe AUS |
1:08.0 1:05.6 1:03.0 1:01.8 1:00.0 58.8 58.0 58.1 58.2 56.7 55.4 54.0 53.0 51.77 51.31 51.29 50.31 49.62 49.50 49.02 48.73 48.56 |
* - Some sources credit third place to Eustathios Korafas GRE, however as head of a list of 8 other finishers he may have finished anywhere between 3rd and 10th.
† - Some sources include this event on the programme of the 1900 Games. The first three were John Arthur Jarvis GBR 1:16.4, Otto Wähle AUT, Zoltán Halmaj HUN(SVK).
y - 100 yards, # - after re-swim
Although not listed in modern sources, early sources include this event on the programme of the 1904 Games. The first three were H. Warren USA 1:14.2, Edwin Swatek USA, Joseph Ruddy USA.
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1896 | Ioannis Maloknis GRE | 2:20.4 | Spyridon Chazapis GRE | Dimitrios Drivas GRE |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1900 1904y 1906-64 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Freddie Lane AUS Charles Daniels USA not held Mike Wenden AUS Mark Spitz USA Bruce Furniss USA Sergey Kopliakov URS(BLR) Michael Gross FRG Duncan Armstrong AUS Yevgeniy Sadovyi EUN(RUS) Danyon Loader NZL Pieter van den Hoogenband NED Ian Thorpe AUS |
2:25.2 2:44.2y 1:55.2 1:52.78 1:50.29 1:49.81 1:47.44 1:47.25 1:46.70 1:47.63 1:45.35 1:44.71 |
Zoltán Halmaj HUN(SVK) Francis Gailey USA Don Schollander USA Steven Genter USA John Naber USA Andrey Krylov URS(RUS) Mike Heath USA Anders Holmertz SWE Anders Holmertz SWE Gustavo Borges BRA Ian Thorpe AUS Pieter van den Hoogenband NED |
2:31.4 2:46.0y 1:55.8 1:53.73 1:50.50 1:50.76 1:49.10 1:47.89 1:46.86 1:48.08 1:45.83 1:45.23 |
Karl Ruberl AUT Emil Rausch GER John Nelson USA Werner Lampe FRG Jim Montgomery USA Graeme Brewer AUS Thomas Fahrner FRG Matt Biondi USA Antti Kasvio FIN Dan Kowalski AUS Massimiliano Rosolino ITA Michael Phelps USA |
2:32.0 2:56.0y 1:58.1 1:53.99 1:50.58 1:51.60 1:49.69 1:47.99 1:47.63 1:48.25 1:46.65 1:45.32 |
y - 220 yards
Although not listed in modern sources, early sources include this event on the programme of the 1904 Games. The first three were Marquard Schwartz USA 3:06.2 (+0.25), E. Beech USA (+0.25), David Hammond USA (+0.30).
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1904y 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Charles Daniels USA Otto Scheff AUT Henry Taylor GBR George Hodgson CAN Norman Ross USA Johnny Weissmuller USA Alberto Zorrilla ARG Clarence "Buster" Crabbe USA Jack Medica USA William Smith USA Jean Boiteux FRA Murray Rose AUS Murray Rose AUS Don Schollander USA Mike Burton USA Brad Cooper AUS Brian Goodell USA Vladimir Salnikov URS(RUS) George DiCarlo USA Uwe Dassler GDR Yevgeniy Sadovyi EUN(RUS) Danyon Loader NZL Ian Thorpe AUS Ian Thorpe AUS |
6:16.2y 6:24.0 5:36.8 5:24.4 5:26.8 5:04.2 5:01.6 4:48.4 4:44.5 4:41.0 4:30.7 4:27.3 4:18.3 4:12.2 4:09.0 4:00.27 3:51.93 3:51.31 3:51.23 3:46.95 3:45.00 3:47.97 3:40.59 3:43.10 |
Francis Gailey USA Henry Taylor GBR Frank Beaurepaire AUS John Hatfield GBR Ludy Langer USA Arne Borg SWE Andrew "Boy" Charlton AUS Jean Taris FRA Shumpei Uto JPN James McLane USA Ford Konno USA Tsuyoshi Yamanaka JPN Tsuyoshi Yamanaka JPN Frank Wiegand GER(GDR) Ralph Hutton CAN Steven Genter USA Tim Shaw USA Andrey Krylov URS(RUS) John Mykkanen USA Duncan Armstrong AUS Kieren Perkins AUS Paul Palmer GBR Massimiliano Rosolino ITA Grant Hackett AUS |
6:22.0y 6:26.0 5:44.2 5:25.8 5:29.0 5:05.6 5:03.6 4:48.5 4:45.6 4:43.4 4:31.3 4:30.4 4:21.4 4:14.9 4:11.7 4:01.94 3:52.54 3:53.24 3:51.49 3:47.15 3:45.16 3:49.00 3:43.40 3:43.36 |
Otto Wähle AUT John Arthur Jarvis GBR Otto Scheff AUT Harold Hardwick AUS George Vernot CAN Andrew "Boy" Charlton AUS Arne Borg SWE Tsutomo Oyokota JPN Shozo Makino JPN John Marshall AUS Per-Olof Östrand SWE George Breen USA John Konrads AUS Allan Wood AUS Alain Mosconi FRA Tom McBreen USA Vladimir Raskatov URS(UKR) Ivar Stukolkin URS(EST) Justin Lemberg AUS Artur Wojdat POL Anders Holmertz SWE Dan Kowalski AUS Klete Keller USA Klete Keller USA |
6:39.0y 5:46.0 5:31.2 5:29.6 5:06.6 5:04.6 4:52.3 4:48.1 4:47.4 4:35.2 4:32.5 4:21.8 4:15.1 4:13.3 4:02.64 3:55.76 3:53.95 3:51.79 3:47.34 3:46.77 3:49.39 3:47.00 3:44.11 |
y - 440 yards
Although not listed in modern sources, early sources include this event on the programme of the 1904 Games. The first three were Edgar Adams USA 6:44.4 (+0.35), Géza Kiss HUN (+0.10), Marquard Schwartz USA (+0.35).
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1896 | Paul Neumann AUT | 8:12.6 | Antonios Pepanos GRE | 9:57.6 | Eustathios Korafas GRE |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1896 | not contested |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1904 | Emil Rausch GER | 13:11.4 | Francis Gailey USA | 13:23.4 | Géza Kiss HUN |
Although not listed in modern sources, early sources include this event on the programme of the 1904 Games. The first three were Budd Goodwin USA 14:18.0, Jamison Handy USA, Max Pape GER.
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1900 | John Arthur Jarvis GBR | 13:40.2 | Otto Wähle AUT | 14:53.6 | Zoltán Halmaj HUN(SVK) | 15:16.4 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1896 |
Arnold Guttmann ("Alfréd Hajós") HUN |
18:22.1 |
Ioannis Andreou GRE |
21:03.4 |
??? * |
* - Some sources credit third place to Eustathios Korafas GRE, however as head of a list of 6 other finishers he may have finished anywhere between 3rd and 8th.
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1896 | not contested |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1904y 1906y 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Emil Rausch GER Henry Taylor GBR Henry Taylor GBR George Hodgson CAN Norman Ross USA Andrew "Boy" Charlton AUS Arne Borg SWE Kusio Kitamura JPN Noboru Terada JPN James McLane USA Ford Konno USA Murray Rose AUS John Konrads AUS Robert Windle AUS Mike Burton USA Mike Burton USA Brian Goodell USA Vladimir Salnikov URS(RUS) Mike O'Brien USA Vladimir Salnikov URS(RUS) Kieren Perkins AUS Kieren Perkins AUS Grant Hackett AUS Grant Hackett AUS |
27:18.2y 28:28.0y 22:48.4 22:00.0 22:23.2 20:06.6 19:51.8 19:12.4 19:13.7 19:18.5 18:30.3 17:58.9 17:19.6 17:01.7 16:38.9 15:52.58 15:02.40 14:58.27 15:05.20 15:00.40 14:43.48 14:56.40 14:48.33 14:43.40 |
Géza Kiss HUN John Arthur Jarvis GBR Thomas Battersby GBR John Hatfield GBR George Vernot CAN Arne Borg SWE Andrew "Boy" Charlton AUS Shozo Makino JPN Jack Medica USA John Marshall AUS Shiro Hashizume JPN Tsuyoshi Yamanaka JPN Murray Rose AUS John Nelson USA John Kinsella USA Graham Windeatt AUS Bobby Hackett USA Aleksandr Chayev URS(RUS) George DiCarlo USA Stefan Pfeiffer FRG Glen Housman AUS Dan Kowalski AUS Kieren Perkins AUS Larsen Jensen USA |
28:28.2y 30:07.6y 22:51.2 22:39.0 22:36.4 20:41.4 20:02.6 19:14.1 19:34.0 19:31.3 18:41.4 18:00.3 17:21.7 17:03.0 16:57.3 15:58.48 15:03.91 15:14.30 15:10.59 15:02.69 14:55.29 15:02.43 14:53.59 14:45.29 |
Francis Gailey USA Otto Scheff AUT Frank Beaurepaire AUS Harold Hardwick AUS Frank Beaurepaire AUS Frank Beaurepaire AUS Clarence "Buster" Crabbe USA James Cristy USA Shumpei Uto JPN György Mitró HUN Tetsuo Okamoto BRA George Breen USA George Breen USA Allan Wood AUS Greg Brough AUS Douglas Northway USA Steve Holland AUS Max Metzker AUS Stefan Pfeiffer FRG Uwe Dassler GDR Jörg Hoffmann GER Graeme Smith GBR Chris Thompson USA David Davies GBR |
28:54.0y 30:53.4y 22:56.2 23:15.4 23:04.0 21:48.4 20:28.8 19:39.5 19:34.5 19:43.2 18:51.3 18:08.2 17:30.6 17:07.7 17:04.7 16:09.25 15:04.66 15:14.49 15:12.11 15:06.15 15:02.29 15:02.48 14:56.81 14:45.95 |
y - 1 mile
Although not listed in modern sources, early sources include this event on the programme of the 1904 Games. The first three were R. Beeck USA 32:03.6 (+6:45), H. Warren USA (+7:45), Jamison Handy USA (+1:00).
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1900 | John Arthur Jarvis GBR | 58:24.0 | Zoltán Halmaj HUN(SVK) | 1:08:55.4 | Louis Martin FRA | 1:13:08.4 |
Although not listed in modern sources, early sources include this event on the programme of the 1900 Games. The first three were S. Greasley GBR 1:08:33.4, W. Evans GBR 1:12:10.0, ?. Blache FRA 1:30:12.0.
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1904y 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Walter Brack GER not held Arno Bieberstein GER Harry Hebner USA Warren Paoa Kealoha USA Warren Paoa Kealoha USA George Kojac USA Masaji Kiyokawa JPN Adolph Kiefer USA Allen Stack USA Yoshinobu Oyakawa USA David Theile AUS David Theile AUS not held Roland Matthes GDR Roland Matthes GDR John Naber USA Bengt Baron SWE Rick Carey USA Daichi Suzuki JPN Mark Tewksbury CAN Jeff Rouse USA Lenny Krayzelburg USA Aaron Peirsol USA |
1:16.8y 1:24.6 1:21.2 1:15.2 1:13.2 1:08.2 1:08.6 1:05.9 1:06.4 1:05.4 1:02.2 1:01.9 58.7 56.58 55.49 56.53 55.79 55.05 53.98 54.10 53.72 54.06 |
Georg Hoffmann GER Ludvig Dam DEN Otto Fahr GER Ray Kegeris USA Paul Wyatt USA Walter Laufer USA Toshio Irie JPN Albert Vande Weghe USA Robert Cowell USA Gilbert Bozon FRA John Monckton AUS Frank McKinney USA Charles Hickcox USA Mike Stamm USA Peter Rocca USA Viktor Kuznetsov URS(RUS) Dave Wilson USA David Berkoff USA Jeff Rouse USA Rodolfo Falcón CUB Matt Welsh AUS Markus Rogan AUT |
1:26.6 1:22.4 1:16.8 1:15.4 1:10.0 1:09.8 1:07.7 1:06.5 1:06.2 1:03.2 1:02.1 1:00.2 57.70 56.34 56.99 56.35 55.18 54.04 54.98 54.07 54.35 |
Georg Zacharias GER Herbert Haresnape GBR Paul Kellner GER Gérard Blitz BEL Károly Bartha HUN Paul Wyatt USA Kentaro Kawazu JPN Masaji Kiyokawa JPN Georges Vallerey FRA Jack Taylor USA Frank McKinney USA Robert Bennett USA Ron Mills USA John Murphy USA Roland Matthes GDR Vladimir Dolgov URS(UKR) Mike West CAN Igor Polyanskiy URS(RUS) David Berkoff USA Neisser Bent CUB Stev Theloke GER Tomomi Morita JPN |
1:27.0 1:24.0 1:19.0 1:17.8 1:12.0 1:10.0 1:08.4 1:07.8 1:06.4 1:04.5 1:02.3 1:00.5 58.35 57.22 57.63 56.49 55.20 54.78 55.02 54.82 54.36 |
y - 100 yards
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1900 1904-60 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Ernst Hoppenberg GER not held Jed Graef USA Roland Matthes GDR Roland Matthes GDR John Naber USA Sándor Wladár HUN Rick Carey USA Igor Polyanskiy URS(RUS) Martín López-Zubero ESP Brad Bridgewater USA Lenny Krayzelburg USA Aaron Peirsol USA |
2:47.0 2:10.3 2:09.6 2:02.82 1:59.19 2:01.93 2:00.23 1:59.37 1:58.47 1:58.54 1:56.76 1:54.95 |
Karl Ruberl AUT Gary Dilley USA Mitch Ivey USA Mike Stamm USA Peter Rocca USA Zoltán Verrasztó HUN Frédéric Delcourt FRA Frank Baltrusch GDR Vladimir Selkov EUN(RUS) William "Tripp" Schwenk USA Aaron Peirsol USA Markus Rogan AUT |
2:56.0 2:10.5 2:10.6 2:04.09 2:00.55 2:02.40 2:01.75 1:59.60 1:58.87 1:58.99 1:57.35 1:57.35 |
Johannes Drost NED Robert Bennett USA Jack Horsley USA Mitch Ivey USA Dan Harrigan USA Mark Kerry AUS Cameron Henning CAN Paul Kingsman NZL Stefano Battistelli ITA Emanuele Merisi ITA Matt Welsh AUS Razvan Florea ROM |
3:01.0 2:13.1 2:10.9 2:04.33 2:01.35 2:03.14 2:02.37 2:00.48 1:59.40 1:59.18 1:57.59 1:57.56 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Don McKenzie USA Nobutaka Taguchi JPN John Hencken USA Duncan Goodhew GBR Steve Lundquist USA Adrian Moorhouse GBR Nelson Diebel USA Frédérik Deburghgraeve BEL Domenico Fioravanti ITA Kosuke Kitajima JPN |
1:07.7 1:04.94 1:03.11 1:03.44 1:01.65 1:02.04 1:01.50 1:00.65 1:00.46 1:00.08 |
Vladimir Kosinskiy URS(RUS) Tom Bruce USA David Wilkie GBR Arsens Miskarovs URS(LAT) Victor Davis CAN Károly Güttler HUN Norbert Rózsa HUN Jeremy Linn USA Ed Moses USA Brendan Hansen USA |
1:08.0 1:05.43 1:03.43 1:03.82 1:01.99 1:02.05 1:01.68 1:00.77 1:00.73 1:00.25 |
Nikolay Pankin URS(RUS) John Hencken USA Arvydas Juozaitis URS(LTU) Peter Evans AUS Peter Evans AUS Dmitriy Volkov URS(RUS) Phil Rogers AUS Mark Warnecke GER Roman Sludnov RUS Hugues Duboscq FRA |
1:08.0 1:05.61 1:04.23 1:03.96 1:02.97 1:02.20 1:01.76 1:01.33 1:00.91 1:00.88 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Frederick Holman GBR Walther Bathe GER Hĺkan Malmroth SWE Robert Skelton USA Yoshiyuki Tsuruta JPN Yoshiyuki Tsuruta JPN Tetsuo Hamuro JPN Joseph Verdeur USA John Davies AUS Masaru Furukawa JPN Bill Mulliken USA Ian O'Brien AUS Felipe "Pepe" Muńoz MEX John Hencken USA David Wilkie GBR Robertas Žulpa URS(LTU) Victor Davis CAN József Szabó HUN Mike Barrowman USA Norbert Rózsa HUN Domenico Fioravanti ITA Kosuke Kitajima JPN |
3:09.2 3:01.8 3:04.4 2:56.6 2:48.8 2:45.4 2:41.5 2:39.3 2:34.4 2:34.7 2:37.4 2:27.8 2:28.7 2:21.55 2:15.11 2:15.85 2:13.34 2:13.52 2:10.16 2:12.57 2:10.87 2:09.44 |
William Robinson GBR Wilhelm Lützow GER Thor Henning SWE Joseph De Combe BEL Erich Rademacher GER Reizo Koike JPN Erwin Sietas GER Keith Carter USA Bowen Stassforth USA Masahiro Yoshimura JPN Yoshihiko Osaki JPN Georgiy Prokopenko URS(UKR) Vladimir Kosinskiy URS(RUS) David Wilkie GBR John Hencken USA Albán Vermes HUN Glenn Beringen AUS Nick Gillingham GBR Norbert Rózsa HUN Károly Güttler HUN Terence Parkin RSA Dániel Gyurta HUN |
3:12.8 3:05.0 3:09.2 2:59.2 2:50.6 2:46.6 2:42.9 2:40.2 2:34.7 2:36.7 2:38.0 2:28.2 2:29.2 2:23.67 2:17.26 2:16.93 2:15.79 2:14.12 2:11.23 2:13.03 2:12.50 2:10.80 |
Pontus Hanson SWE Kurt Malisch GER Arvo Aaltonen FIN William Kirschbaum USA Teofilo Yldefonzo PHI Teofilo Yldefonzo PHI Reizo Koike JPN Robert Sohl USA Herbert Klein GER(FRG) Kharis Yunichev URS(RUS) Wieger Mensonides NED Chester Jastremski USA Brian Job USA Nobutaka Taguchi JPN Rick Colella USA Arsens Miskarovs URS(LAT) Étienne Dagon SUI Sergio López ESP Nick Gillingham GBR Andrey Korneyev RUS Davide Rummolo ITA Brendan Hansen USA |
3:14.6 3:08.0 3:12.2 3:01.0 2:56.4 2:47.1 2:44.2 2:43.9 2:35.9 2:36.8 2:39.7 2:29.6 2:29.9 2:23.88 2:19.20 2:17.28 2:17.41 2:15.21 2:11.29 2:13.17 2:12.73 2:10.87 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1904y 1906-08 1912 1920 |
Georg Zacharias GER not held Walther Bathe GER Hĺkan Malmroth SWE |
7:23.6y 6:29.6 6:31.8 |
Walter Brack GER Thor Henning SWE Thor Henning SWE |
6:35.6 6:45.2 |
Jamison Handy USA Percy Courtman GBR Arvo Aaltonen FIN |
6:36.4 6:48.0 |
y - 440 yards
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Doug Russell USA Mark Spitz USA Matt Vogel USA Pär Arvidsson SWE Michael Gross FRG Anthony Nesty SUR Pablo Morales USA Denis Pankratov RUS Lars Frölander SWE Michael Phelps USA |
55.9 54.27 54.35 54.92 53.08 53.00 53.32 52.27 52.00 51.25 |
Mark Spitz USA Bruce Robertson CAN Joe Bottom USA Roger Pyttel GDR Pablo Morales USA Matt Biondi USA Rafal Szukala POL Scott Miller AUS Michael Klim AUS Ian Crocker USA |
56.4 55.56 54.50 54.94 53.23 53.01 53.35 52.53 52.18 51.29 |
Ross Wales USA Jerry Heidenreich USA Gary Hall USA David López-Zubero ESP Glenn Buchanan AUS Andy Jameson GBR Anthony Nesty SUR Vladislav Kulikov RUS Geoff Huegill AUS Andrey Serdinov UKR |
57.2 55.74 54.65 55.13 53.85 53.30 53.41 53.13 52.22 51.36 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
William Yorzyk USA Michael Troy USA Kevin Berry AUS Carl Robie USA Mark Spitz USA Mike Bruner USA Sergey Fesenko URS(UKR) Jon Sieben AUS Michael Gross FRG Melvin Stewart USA Denis Pankratov RUS Tom Malchow USA Michael Phelps USA |
2:19.3 2:12.8 2:06.6 2:08.7 2:00.70 1:59.23 1:59.76 1:57.04 1:56.94 1:56.26 1:56.51 1:55.35 1:54.04 |
Takashi Ishimoto JPN Neville Hayes AUS Carl Robie USA Martyn Woodroffe GBR Gary Hall USA Steve Gregg USA Phil Hubble GBR Michael Gross FRG Benny Nielsen DEN Danyon Loader NZL Tom Malchow USA Denis Sylantyev UKR Takashi Yamamoto JPN |
2:23.8 2:14.6 2:07.5 2:09.0 2:02.86 1:59.54 2:01.20 1:57.40 1:58.24 1:57.93 1:57.44 1:55.76 1:54.56 |
György Tumpek HUN David Gillanders USA Fred Schmidt USA John Ferris USA Robin Backhaus USA Bill Forrester USA Roger Pyttel GDR Rafael Vidal VEN Anthony Mosse NZL Franck Esposito FRA Scott Goodman AUS Justin Norris AUS Steve Parry GBR |
2:23.9 2:15.3 2:09.3 2:09.3 2:03.23 1:59.96 2:01.39 1:57.51 1:58.28 1:58.51 1:57.48 1:56.17 1:55.52 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1968 1972 1976-80 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Charles Hickcox USA Gunnar Larsson SWE not held Alex Baumann CAN Tamás Darnyi HUN Tamás Darnyi HUN Attila Czene HUN Massimiliano Rosolino ITA Michael Phelps USA |
2:12.0 2:07.17 2:01.42 2:00.17 2:00.76 1:59.91 1:58.98 1:57.14 |
Greg Buckingham USA Alexander "Tim" McKee USA Pablo Morales USA Patrick Kühl GDR Greg Burgess USA Jani Sievinen FIN Tom Dolan USA Ryan Lochte USA |
2:13.0 2:08.37 2:03.05 2:01.61 2:00.97 2:00.13 1:59.77 1:58.78 |
John Ferris USA Steve Furniss USA Neil Cochran GBR Vadim Yaroshchuk URS(UKR) Attila Czene HUN Curtis Myden CAN Tom Wilkens USA George Bovell TRI |
2:13.3 2:08.45 2:04.38 2:02.40 2:01.00 2:01.13 2:00.87 1:58.80 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Richard Roth USA Charles Hickcox USA Gunnar Larsson SWE Rod Strachan USA Aleksandr Sidorenko URS(UKR) Alex Baumann CAN Tamás Darnyi HUN Tamás Darnyi HUN Tom Dolan USA Tom Dolan USA Michael Phelps USA |
4:45.4 4:48.4 4:31.981 4:23.68 4:22.89 4:17.41 4:14.75 4:14.23 4:14.90 4:11.76 4:08.26 |
Roy Saari USA Gary Hall USA Alexander "Tim" McKee USA Alexander "Tim" McKee USA Sergey Fesenko URS(UKR) Ricardo Prado BRA David Wharton USA Eric Namesnik USA Eric Namesnik USA Erik Vendt USA Erik Vendt USA |
4:47.1 4:48.7 4:31.983 4:24.62 4:23.43 4:18.45 4:17.36 4:15.57 4:15.25 4:14.23 4:11.81 |
Gerhard Hetz GER(FRG) Michael Holthaus FRG András Hargitay HUN Andrey Smirnov URS(RUS) Zoltán Verrasztó HUN Rob Woodhouse AUS Stefano Battistelli ITA Luca Sacchi ITA Curtis Myden CAN Curtis Myden CAN László Cseh HUN |
4:51.0 4:51.4 4:32.70 4:26.90 4:24.24 4:20.50 4:18.01 4:16.34 4:16.28 4:15.33 4:12.15 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1900 | Charles de Vendeville FRA | 188.4pts | André Six FRA | 185.4pts | Peder Lykkeberg DEN | 147.0pts |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1900 | Freddie Lane AUS | 2:38.4 | Otto Wähle AUT | 2:40.0 | Peter Kemp GBR | 2:47.4 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1904 | New York A.C. "A" USA | 2:04.6 | Chicago A.A. USA | Missouri A.C. (St. Louis) USA |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1964 1968 1972 1976-80 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
United States United States United States not held United States United States United States United States Australia South Africa |
3:32.2 3:31.7 3:26.42 3:19.03 3:16.53 3:16.74 3:15.41 3:13.67 3:13.17 |
Germany Soviet Union Soviet Union Australia Soviet Union Unified Team Russia United States Netherlands |
3:37.2 3:34.2 3:29.72 3:19.68 3:18.33 3:17.56 3:17.06 3:13.86 3:14.36 |
Australia Australia German D.R. Sweden German D.R. Germany Germany Brazil United States |
3:39.1 3:34.7 3:32.42 3:22.69 3:19.82 3:17.90 3:17.20 3:17.40 3:14.62 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Great Britain & Ireland Australia/New Zealand United States United States United States Japan Japan United States United States Australia United States United States United States United States United States Soviet Union United States United States Unified Team United States Australia United States |
10:55.6 10:11.6 10:04.4 9:53.4 9:36.2 8:58.4 8:51.5 8:46.0 8:31.1 8:23.6 8:10.2 7:52.1 7:52.33 7:35.78 7:23.22 7:23.50 7:15.69 7:12.51 7:11.95 7:14.84 7:07.05 7:07.33 |
Hungary United States Australia Australia Japan United States United States Hungary Japan United States Japan Germany Australia F.R. Germany Soviet Union German D.R. F.R. Germany German D.R. Sweden Sweden United States Australia |
10:59.0 10:20.0 10:25.4 10:02.2 9:41.4 9:10.5 9:03.0 8:48.4 8:33.5 8:31.5 8:13.2 7:59.3 7:53.77 7:41.69 7:27.97 7:28.60 7:15.73 7:13.68 7:15.51 7:17.56 7:12.64 7:07.46 |
United States Great Britain & Ireland Great Britain & Ireland Sweden Canada Hungary Hungary France France Soviet Union Australia Japan Soviet Union Soviet Union Great Britain & N.I. Brazil Great Britain & N.I. F.R. Germany United States Germany Netherlands Italy |
11:02.8 10:28.2 10:37.2 10:06.8 9:47.8 9:31.4 9:12.3 9:08.0 8:45.9 8:34.7 8:13.8 8:03.8 8:01.66 7:45.76 7:32.11 7:29.30 7:24.78 7:14.35 7:16.23 7:17.71 7:12.70 7:11.83 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1906 | Hungary | 16:52.4 | Germany | 17:16.2 | Great Britain & Ireland |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
United States United States United States United States United States Australia United States United States United States United States United States United States |
4:05.4 3:58.4 3:54.9 3:48.16 3:42.22 3:45.70 3:39.30 3:36.93 3:36.93 3:34.84 3:33.73 3:30.68 |
Australia Germany German D.R. German D.R. Canada Soviet Union Canada Canada Unified Team Russia Australia Germany |
4:12.0 4:01.6 3:57.5 3:52.12 3:45.94 3:45.92 3:43.23 3:39.28 3:38.56 3:37.55 3:35.27 3:33.62 |
Japan Australia Soviet Union Canada F.R. Germany Great Britain & N.I. Australia Soviet Union Canada Australia Germany Japan |
4:12.2 4:02.3 4:00.7 3:52.26 3:47.29 3:47.71 3:43.25 3:39.96 3:39.66 3:39.56 3:35.88 3:35.22 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1900 | D.S.V. Berlin GER | 33 | Pupilles de Neptune de Lille FRA | 53 | Tritons Lillois FRA | 59 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1904 | William Dickey USA | 19.05m | Edgar Adams USA | 17.53m | Leo "Budd" Goodwin USA | 17.37m |
Although not listed in modern sources, early sources include two life saving events on the programme of the 1900 Games. The first three were 200 Metres (Flow): ?. Cadet FRA, ?. Henrys GBR, ?. Loustalet FRA; 300 Metres (Skill): ?. Henrys GBR, ?. Cadet FRA, ?. Loustalet FRA.
1908-28 1+3 metres, 1932- 3 metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Albert Zürner GER Paul Günther GER Louis "Hap" Kuehn USA Albert White USA Ulise "Pete" Desjardins USA Michael Galitzen ("Mickey Riley") USA Richard Degener USA Bruce Harlan USA David "Skippy" Browning USA Robert Clotworthy USA Gary Tobian USA Ken Sitzberger USA Bernie Wrightson USA Vladimir Vasin URS(RUS) Phil Boggs USA Aleksandr Portnov URS(BLR) Greg Louganis USA Greg Louganis USA Mark Lenzi USA Xiong Ni CHN Xiong Ni CHN Peng Bo CHN |
85.5 6/79.23 6/675.4 7/696.4 5/185.04 161.38 163.57 163.64 205.29 159.56 170.00 159.90 170.15 594.09 619.05 905.025 754.41 730.80 676.53 701.46 708.72 787.38 |
Kurt Behrens GER Hans Luber GER Clarence Pinkston USA Ulise "Pete" Desjardins USA Michael Galitzen ("Mickey Riley") USA Harold "Dutch" Smith USA Marshall Wayne USA Miller Anderson USA Miller Anderson USA Don Harper USA Samuel Hall USA Francis Gorman USA Klaus Dibiasi ITA Giorgio "Franco" Cagnotto ITA Giorgio "Franco" Cagnotto ITA Carlos Girón MEX Tan Liangde CHN Tan Liangde CHN Tan Liangde CHN Yu Zhuocheng CHN Fernando Platas MEX Alexandre Despatie CAN |
85.3 9/76.78 11/655.3 8/693.2 14/174.06# 158.54 159.56 157.29 199.84 156.23 167.08 157.63 159.74 591.63 570.48 892.140 662.31 704.88 645.57 690.93 708.42 755.97 |
George Gaidzik USA & Gottlob Walz GER Kurt Behrens GER Louis Balbach USA Clarence Pinkston USA Farid Simaika EGY Richard Degener USA Albert Greene USA Sammy Lee USA Robert Clotworthy USA Joaquín Capilla MEX Juan Botella MEX Larry Andreasen USA James Henry USA Craig Lincoln USA Aleksandr Kosenkov URS(BLR) Giorgio "Franco" Cagnotto ITA Ronald Merriott USA Li Deliang CHN Dmitriy Sautin EUN(RUS) Mark Lenzi USA Dmitriy Sautin RUS Dmitriy Sautin RUS |
80.8 22/73.73 15/649.5 15/653.0 13/172.46# 151.82 146.29 145.52 184.92 150.69 162.30 143.77 158.09 577.29 567.24 871.500 661.32 665.28 627.78 686.49 703.20 753.27 |
# - Galitzen awarded Silver medal as ranked higher by 3 of 5 judges
1906 4+8+12 metres, 1912-32 5+10 metres, 1936- 10 metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
George Sheldon USA Gottlob Walz GER not held Erik Adlerz SWE Clarence Pinkston USA Albert White USA Ulise "Pete" Desjardins USA Harold "Dutch" Smith USA Marshall Wayne USA Sammy Lee USA Sammy Lee USA Joaquín Capilla MEX Robert Webster USA Robert Webster USA Klaus Dibiasi ITA Klaus Dibiasi ITA Klaus Dibiasi ITA Falk Hoffmann GDR Greg Louganis USA Greg Louganis USA Sun Shuwei CHN Dmitriy Sautin RUS Tian Liang CHN Hu Jia CHN |
12.66 156.0 7/73.94 7/100.67 9/97.46 6/98.74 124.80 113.58 130.05 156.28 152.44 165.56 148.58 164.18 504.12 600.51 835.650 710.91 638.61 677.31 692.34 724.53 748.08 |
Georg Hoffmann GER Georg Hoffmann GER Albert Zürner GER Erik Adlerz SWE David Fall USA Farid Simaika EGY Michael Galitzen ("Mickey Riley") USA Elbert Root USA Bruce Harlan USA Joaquín Capilla MEX Gary Tobian USA Gary Tobian USA Klaus Dibiasi ITA Álvaro Gaxiola MEX Richard Rydze USA Greg Louganis USA Vladimir Aleynik URS(BLR) Bruce Kimball USA Xiong Ni CHN Scott Donie USA Jan Hempel GER Hu Jia CHN Mathew Helm AUS |
11.66 150.2 10/72.60 10/99.08 11.5/97.30 9/99.58 124.28 110.60 122.30 145.21 152.41 165.25 147.54 154.49 480.75 576.99 819.705 643.50 637.47 633.63 663.27 713.55 730.56 |
Frank Kehoe USA Otto Satzinger AUT Gustaf Blomgren SWE Harry Prieste USA Clarence Pinkston USA Michael Galitzen ("Mickey Riley") USA Frank Kurtz USA Hermann Stork GER Joaquín Capilla MEX Günther Haase GER(FRG) Richard Connor USA Brian Phelps GBR Thomas Gompf USA Edwin Young USA Giorgio "Franco" Cagnotto ITA Vladimir Aleynik URS(BLR) Davit Hambardzumyan URS(ARM) Li Kongzheng CHN Jesús Mena MEX Xiong Ni CHN Xiao Hailiang CHN Dmitriy Sautin RUS Tian Liang CHN |
11.33# 147.4 16/69.56 16/93.73 16.5/94.60 15/92.34 121.98 110.31 113.52 141.31 149.79 157.13 146.57 153.93 475.83 548.61 817.440 638.28 594.39 600.15 658.20 679.26 729.66 |
# - Some sources attribute a share of third place to Alfred Braunschweiger GER 11.33, however as he refused to take part in a dive-off the bronze medal was solely awarded to Kehoe.
5+10 metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1908 1912 1920 1924 |
Hjalmar Johansson SWE Erik Adlerz SWE Arvid Wallman SWE Richmond "Dick" Eve AUS |
83.75 7/40.0 7/163.5 13.5/160.0 |
Karl Malmström SWE Hjalmar Johansson SWE Nils Skoglund SWE Janne Jansson SWE |
78.73 12/39.3 8/183.0 14.5/157.0 |
Arvid Spĺngberg SWE Janne Jansson SWE Janne Jansson SWE Harold Clarke GBR |
74.00 12/39.1 16/175.0 15.5/158.0 |
3 metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 2000 2004 |
Xiao Hailiang & Xiong Ni CHN Thomas Bimis & Nikolaos Siranidis GRE |
365.58 353.34 |
Aleksandr Dobrovskiy & Dmitriy Sautin RUS Tobias Schellenberg & Andreas Wels GER |
329.97 350.01 |
Robert Newbery & Dean Pullar AUS Steven Barnett & Robert Newbery AUS |
322.86 349.59 |
10 metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 2000 2004 |
Igor Lukashin & Dmitriy Sautin RUS Tian Liang & Yang Jinghui CHN |
365.04 383.88 |
Hu Jia & Tian Liang CHN Leon Taylor & Pete Waterfield GBR |
358.74 371.52 |
Jan Hempel & Heiko Meyer GER Mathew Helm & Robert Newbery AUS |
338.88 366.84 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1900 1904* 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 |
Osborne S.C. (Manchester) GBR New York A.C. USA not held Great Britain & Ireland Great Britain & Ireland Great Britain & Ireland France Germany Hungary Hungary Italy Hungary Hungary Italy Hungary Yugoslavia Soviet Union Hungary Soviet Union Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Italy Spain Hungary Hungary |
7-2 9-2 3-2 3-0 5-2 9-7 9-8 7-5 13-6 8-7 |
Swimming & W.P.C. Brussels BEL Chicago A.A. USA Belgium Sweden Belgium Belgium Hungary Germany Germany Hungary Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Soviet Union Yugoslavia Soviet Union Hungary Italy Yugoslavia United States United States Spain Croatia Russia Serbia & Montenegro |
Libellule de Paris FRA & Pupilles de Neptune de Lille II FRA Missouri A.C. (St. Louis) USA Sweden Belgium Sweden United States France United States Belgium Netherlands Italy Soviet Union Hungary Soviet Union Hungary United States Netherlands Hungary F.R. Germany Soviet Union Unified Team Italy Yugoslavia Russia |
* - "Softball" water polo (played with a deflated ball & different rules to standard water polo)
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