Swimming — 50 metres Freestyle, Men

Times held 9
Total participants 525
Total countries 175

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1988 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 71 44
1992 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 75 51
1996 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 64 58
2000 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 77 71
2004 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 83 74
2008 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 97 90
2012 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 58 51
2016 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 85 72
2020 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 73 66

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1988 Matt BiondiUSA Tom JagerUSA Gennady PrigodaURS
1992 Aleksandr PopovEUN Matt BiondiUSA Tom JagerUSA
1996 Aleksandr PopovRUS Gary Hall, Jr.USA Xuxa SchererBRA
2000 Gary Hall, Jr.
Anthony Ervin
USA
USA
Pieter van den HoogenbandNED
2004 Gary Hall, Jr.USA Duje DraganjaCRO Roland SchoemanRSA
2008 César Cielo FilhoBRA Amaury LeveauxFRA Alain BernardFRA
2012 Florent ManaudouFRA Cullen JonesUSA César Cielo FilhoBRA
2016 Anthony ErvinUSA Florent ManaudouFRA Nathan AdrianUSA
2020 Caeleb DresselUSA Florent ManaudouFRA Bruno FratusBRA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 6 4 2 12
France FRA 1 3 1 5
Brazil BRA 1 0 3 4
Russian Federation RUS 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Croatia CRO 0 1 0 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
South Africa RSA 0 0 1 1
Soviet Union URS 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Gary Hall, Jr. USA 2 1 0 3
Aleksandr Popov RUS
EUN
2 0 0 2
Anthony Ervin USA 2 0 0 2
Florent Manaudou FRA 1 2 0 3
Matt Biondi USA 1 1 0 2