Swimming — 100 metres Freestyle, Men

Times held 29
Total participants 1184
Total countries 165

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1896 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 6 4
1906 100 metres Freestyle, Men Intercalated 17 10
1908 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 34 12
1912 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 34 12
1920 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 31 15
1924 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 30 15
1928 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 30 17
1932 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 22 10
1936 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 45 23
1948 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 41 19
1952 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 61 33
1956 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 34 19
1960 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 51 34
1964 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 66 33
1968 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 64 35
1972 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 48 29
1976 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 41 27
1980 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 39 26
1984 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 68 44
1988 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 77 51
1992 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 75 52
1996 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 60 54
2000 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 73 66
2004 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 69 62
2008 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 64 55
2012 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 56 49
2016 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 59 46
2020 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 70 62
2024 100 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 79 70

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Alfréd HajósHUN Otto HerschmannAUT
1906 Charlie DanielsUSA Zoltán HalmayHUN Cecil HealyAUS
1908 Charlie DanielsUSA Zoltán HalmayHUN Harald JulinSWE
1912 Duke KahanamokuUSA Cecil HealyANZ Ken HuszaghUSA
1920 Duke KahanamokuUSA Pua Kele KealohaUSA Bill HarrisUSA
1924 Johnny WeissmullerUSA Duke KahanamokuUSA Sam KahanamokuUSA
1928 Johnny WeissmullerUSA István BárányHUN Katsuo TakaishiJPN
1932 Yasuji MiyazakiJPN Tatsugo KawaishiJPN Albert SchwartzUSA
1936 Ferenc CsíkHUN Masanori YusaJPN Shigeo AraiJPN
1948 Wally RisUSA Alan FordUSA Géza KádasHUN
1952 Clarke ScholesUSA Hiroshi SuzukiJPN Göran LarssonSWE
1956 Jon HenricksAUS John DevittAUS Gary ChapmanAUS
1960 John DevittAUS Lance LarsonUSA Manuel dos SantosBRA
1964 Don SchollanderUSA Bobby McGregorGBR Hans-Joachim KleinGER
1968 Mike WendenAUS Ken WalshUSA Mark SpitzUSA
1972 Mark SpitzUSA Jerry HeidenreichUSA Vladimir BureURS
1976 Jim MontgomeryUSA Jack BabashoffUSA Peter NockeFRG
1980 Jörg WoitheGDR Per HolmertzSWE Per JohanssonSWE
1984 Rowdy GainesUSA Mark StockwellAUS Per JohanssonSWE
1988 Matt BiondiUSA Chris JacobsUSA Stéphan CaronFRA
1992 Aleksandr PopovEUN Gustavo BorgesBRA Stéphan CaronFRA
1996 Aleksandr PopovRUS Gary Hall, Jr.USA Gustavo BorgesBRA
2000 Pieter van den HoogenbandNED Aleksandr PopovRUS Gary Hall, Jr.USA
2004 Pieter van den HoogenbandNED Roland SchoemanRSA Ian ThorpeAUS
2008 Alain BernardFRA Eamon SullivanAUS César Cielo Filho
Jason Lezak
BRA
USA
2012 Nathan AdrianUSA James MagnussenAUS Brent HaydenCAN
2016 Kyle ChalmersAUS Pieter TimmersBEL Nathan AdrianUSA
2020 Caeleb DresselUSA Kyle ChalmersAUS Kliment KolesnikovROC
2024 Pan ZhanleCHN Kyle ChalmersAUS David PopoviciROU

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 15 9 8 32
Australia AUS 4 6 3 13
Hungary HUN 2 3 1 6
Netherlands NED 2 0 0 2
Japan JPN 1 3 2 6
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 0 2
France FRA 1 0 2 3
East Germany GDR 1 0 0 1
People's Republic of China CHN 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Sweden SWE 0 1 4 5
Brazil BRA 0 1 3 4
Australasia ANZ 0 1 0 1
Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
South Africa RSA 0 1 0 1
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
ROC ROC 0 0 1 1
Romania ROU 0 0 1 1
Soviet Union URS 0 0 1 1
West Germany FRG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Aleksandr Popov RUS
EUN
2 1 0 3
Duke Kahanamoku USA 2 1 0 3
Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 2 0 0 2
Charlie Daniels USA 2 0 0 2
Johnny Weissmuller USA 2 0 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Albania ALB 2012 Summer Olympics Sidni Hoxha 37 See all
Algeria ALG 2004 Summer Olympics Salim Iles =7 See all
Angola ANG 1980 Summer Olympics Jorge Lima 35 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 2020 Summer Olympics Stefano Mitchell 51 See all
Argentina ARG 1928 Summer Olympics Alberto Zorrilla 7 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Luis Nicolao 7
Armenia ARM 2020 Summer Olympics Artur Barseghyan 38 See all
Aruba ARU 2024 Summer Olympics Mikel Schreuders =26 See all
Australasia ANZ 1912 Summer Olympics Cecil Healy 2 Silver See all
Australia AUS 1956 Summer Olympics Jon Henricks 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics John Devitt 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Mike Wenden 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Kyle Chalmers 1 Gold
Austria AUT 1896 Summer Olympics Otto Herschmann 2 Silver See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2004 Summer Olympics Serqey Dyaçkov 67 See all
Bahrain BRN 1984 Summer Olympics Hamad Bader 61 See all
Bangladesh BAN 2024 Summer Olympics Samiul Rafi 69 See all
Barbados BAR 2024 Summer Olympics Jack Kirby 46 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Aleh Rukhlevich 19 See all
Belgium BEL 2016 Summer Olympics Pieter Timmers 2 Silver See all
Bermuda BER 1936 Summer Olympics Leonard Spence 26 See all
Bhutan BHU 2020 Summer Olympics Sangay Tenzin 68 See all
Bolivia BOL 2012 Summer Olympics Andrew Rutherfurd 41 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 1996 Summer Olympics Janko Gojković 36 See all
Brazil BRA 1992 Summer Olympics Gustavo Borges 2 Silver See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Tsvetan Golomeev 15 See all
Burundi BDI 2012 Summer Olympics Beni Binobagira 56 See all
Cambodia CAM 1972 Summer Olympics Samnang Prak 45 See all
Cameroon CMR 2024 Summer Olympics Giorgio Nguichie 78 See all
Canada CAN 2012 Summer Olympics Brent Hayden 3 Bronze See all
Cayman Islands CAY 2024 Summer Olympics Jordan Crooks 13 See all
Chile CHI 1928 Summer Olympics Mario Astaburuaga 4 h2 r1/3 See all
1928 Summer Olympics Faelo Zúñiga 4 h5 r1/3
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Michael Miao 30 See all
Colombia COL 1956 Summer Olympics Sergio Martínez =28 See all
Comoros COM 2024 Summer Olympics Hadji Hassane 79 See all
Congo CGO 2008 Summer Olympics Rony Bakale 62 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1968 Summer Olympics Luis Aguilar 64 See all
Croatia CRO 2004 Summer Olympics Duje Draganja 6 See all
Cuba CUB 2012 Summer Olympics Hanser García 7 See all
Cyprus CYP 1980 Summer Olympics Lakis Fylaktou 33 See all
Czechia CZE 2008 Summer Olympics Martin Verner 21 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1920 Summer Olympics Václav Bucháček 5 h1 r3/4 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 2016 Summer Olympics Thibaut Danho 54 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1964 Summer Olympics Chang H. B. DNS See all
Denmark DEN 1906 Intercalated Games Ludvig Dam 6 h1 r1/2 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2016 Summer Olympics Jhonny Pérez 52 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Jörg Woithe 1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 1976 Summer Olympics Jorge Delgado 25 See all
Egypt EGY 1948 Summer Olympics Taha El-Gamal 8 See all
El Salvador ESA 1972 Summer Olympics Salvador Vilanova 39 See all
Equatorial Guinea GEQ 2000 Summer Olympics Éric Moussambani 71 See all
Estonia EST 1936 Summer Olympics Egon Roolaid =20 See all
Eswatini SWZ 1984 Summer Olympics Trevor Ncala 62 See all
Ethiopia ETH 2016 Summer Olympics Robel Habte 59 See all
Fiji FIJ 2000 Summer Olympics Carl Probert 36 See all
Finland FIN 1960 Summer Olympics Karri Käyhkö 9 See all
France FRA 2008 Summer Olympics Alain Bernard 1 Gold See all
Germany GER 1964 Summer Olympics Hans-Joachim Klein 3 Bronze See all
Ghana GHA 2024 Summer Olympics Harry Stacey 52 See all
Great Britain GBR 1964 Summer Olympics Bobby McGregor 2 Silver See all
Greece GRE 2020 Summer Olympics Apostolos Christou 18 See all
Grenada GRN 2012 Summer Olympics Esau Simpson 43 See all
Guam GUM 2012 Summer Olympics Christopher Duenas 44 See all
Guatemala GUA 2012 Summer Olympics Kevin Ávila 38 See all
Guyana GUY 2012 Summer Olympics Niall Roberts 48 See all
Honduras HON 1992 Summer Olympics Plutarco Castellanos 57 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1956 Summer Olympics Cheung Kin Man =22 See all
Hungary HUN 1896 Summer Olympics Alfréd Hajós 1 Gold See all
1936 Summer Olympics Ferenc Csík 1 Gold
Iceland ISL 1948 Summer Olympics Ari Guðmundsson =22 See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Mladen Kapor 30 See all
India IND 1948 Summer Olympics Sachin Nag 34 See all
1956 Summer Olympics Shrichand Bajaj 34
Indonesia INA 1956 Summer Olympics Habib Nasution =26 See all
Iraq IRQ 2004 Summer Olympics Mohammed Abbas 63 See all
Ireland IRL 1996 Summer Olympics Earl McCarthy 27 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2012 Summer Olympics Mohammad Bidarian 42 See all
Israel ISR 2024 Summer Olympics Tomer Frankel 21 See all
Italy ITA 1976 Summer Olympics Marcello Guarducci 5 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Raffaele Franceschi 5
2004 Summer Olympics Filippo Magnini 5
Jamaica JAM 1996 Summer Olympics Sion Brinn 12 See all
Japan JPN 1932 Summer Olympics Yasuji Miyazaki 1 Gold See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksey Yegorov 21 See all
Kenya KEN 2008 Summer Olympics Jason Dunford 24 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2024 Summer Olympics Zaid Al-Sarraj 53 See all
Kosovo KOS 2024 Summer Olympics Adell Šabović 58 See all
Kuwait KUW 1980 Summer Olympics Adham Hemdan 34 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 1996 Summer Olympics Sergey Ashikhmin 29 See all
Latvia LAT 2012 Summer Olympics Uvis Kalniņš 30 See all
Lebanon LBN 1980 Summer Olympics Bilall Yamout 37 See all
Libya LBA 1980 Summer Olympics Abdulwahab Werfeli 36 See all
Lithuania LTU 1992 Summer Olympics Raimundas Mažuolis 10 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1920 Summer Olympics Léon Pesch 4 h4 r1/4 See all
Madagascar MAD 1980 Summer Olympics Zoë Andrianifaha 38 See all
Malaya MAL 1960 Summer Olympics Fong Seow Jit 48 See all
Malaysia MAS 2000 Summer Olympics Allen Ong =40 See all
Maldives MDV 2012 Summer Olympics Ahmed Husam 53 See all
Mali MLI 2012 Summer Olympics Mamadou Soumaré 52 See all
Malta MLT 2012 Summer Olympics Andrew Chetcuti 39 See all
Mauritius MRI 2016 Summer Olympics Bradley Vincent 49 See all
Mexico MEX 1948 Summer Olympics Alberto Isaac =11 See all
Monaco MON 1984 Summer Olympics Jean-Luc Adorno 56 See all
Mongolia MGL 2012 Summer Olympics Andrein Tamir 49 See all
Montenegro MNE 2020 Summer Olympics Boško Radulović 61 See all
Morocco MAR 2020 Summer Olympics Samy Boutouil 43 See all
Mozambique MOZ 1980 Summer Olympics Edgar Martins 39 See all
Myanmar MYA 2024 Summer Olympics Han Phone Pyae 73 See all
Nepal NEP 2016 Summer Olympics Sirish Gurung 58 See all
Netherlands NED 2000 Summer Olympics Pieter van den Hoogenband 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Pieter van den Hoogenband 1 Gold
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1988 Summer Olympics Hilton Woods 16 See all
New Zealand NZL 1992 Summer Olympics John Steel 13 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1976 Summer Olympics Campari Knoepffler 41 See all
Niger NIG 2000 Summer Olympics Karim Bare DQ See all
Nigeria NGR 2000 Summer Olympics Gentle Offoin 60 See all
Norway NOR 1928 Summer Olympics Knut Olsen 4 h3 r2/3 See all
Oman OMA 2020 Summer Olympics Issa Al-Adawi 53 See all
Pakistan PAK 2012 Summer Olympics Israr Hussain 54 See all
Palestine PLE 2020 Summer Olympics Yazan Al-Bawwab 66 See all
Panama PAN 1928 Summer Olympics Adán Gordón 3 h4 r1/3 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 2004 Summer Olympics Ryan Pini 39 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Ryan Pini 39
Paraguay PAR 2012 Summer Olympics Ben Hockin 32 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2024 Summer Olympics Pan Zhanle 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 1936 Summer Olympics Arturo Álvarez Calderón 38 See all
Philippines PHI 1932 Summer Olympics Abdurahman Ali 11 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Jikirum Adjaluddin =11
Poland POL 2012 Summer Olympics Konrad Czerniak =9 See all
Portugal POR 1980 Summer Olympics Rui de Abreu 23 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1996 Summer Olympics Ricardo Busquets 7 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Kliment Kolesnikov 3 Bronze See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2020 Summer Olympics Hwang Seon-U 5 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2004 Summer Olympics Octavian Guțu 47 See all
Romania ROU 2024 Summer Olympics David Popovici 3 Bronze See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Popov 1 Gold See all
Saint Lucia LCA 2024 Summer Olympics Jayhan Odlum-Smith =44 See all
Samoa SAM 2024 Summer Olympics Johann Stickland 66 See all
San Marino SMR 1996 Summer Olympics Diego Mularoni 59 See all
Senegal SEN 2024 Summer Olympics Matthieu Sèye 51 See all
Serbia SRB 2020 Summer Olympics Andrej Barna 9 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2004 Summer Olympics Milorad Čavić 19 See all
Seychelles SEY 2012 Summer Olympics Shane Mangroo 50 See all
Singapore SGP 1984 Summer Olympics Ang Peng Siong 9 See all
Slovenia SLO 2004 Summer Olympics Peter Mankoč 13 See all
Solomon Islands SOL 2020 Summer Olympics Edgar Iro 70 See all
South Africa RSA 2004 Summer Olympics Roland Schoeman 2 Silver See all
South Vietnam VNM 1960 Summer Olympics Phan Hữu Dong 44 See all
Soviet Union URS 1972 Summer Olympics Vladimir Bure 3 Bronze See all
Spain ESP 1980 Summer Olympics David López-Zubero =11 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 2020 Summer Olympics Matthew Abeysinghe 48 See all
Suriname SUR 1992 Summer Olympics Giovanni Linscheer 37 See all
Sweden SWE 1980 Summer Olympics Per Holmertz 2 Silver See all
Switzerland SUI 1984 Summer Olympics Dano Halsall 5 See all
Tajikistan TJK 2000 Summer Olympics Farhod Oripov DQ See all
Thailand THA 2024 Summer Olympics Dulyawat Kaewsriyong 49 See all
The Bahamas BAH 2024 Summer Olympics Lamar Taylor =26 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2004 Summer Olympics George Bovell 11 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2012 Summer Olympics Sergeý Krowýakow 46 See all
Türkiye TUR 1992 Summer Olympics Uğur Taner 27 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Kemal Arda Gürdal 27
Uganda UGA 2020 Summer Olympics Atuhaire Ambala 63 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Pavlo Khnykin 6 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Popov 1 Gold See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 2024 Summer Olympics Yousuf Al-Matrooshi =44 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 2012 Summer Olympics Ammaar Ghadiyali 55 See all
United States USA 1906 Intercalated Games Charlie Daniels 1 Gold See all
1908 Summer Olympics Charlie Daniels 1 Gold
1912 Summer Olympics Duke Kahanamoku 1 Gold
1920 Summer Olympics Duke Kahanamoku 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Johnny Weissmuller 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Johnny Weissmuller 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Wally Ris 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Clarke Scholes 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Don Schollander 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Mark Spitz 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Jim Montgomery 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Rowdy Gaines 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Matt Biondi 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Nathan Adrian 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Caeleb Dressel 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1976 Summer Olympics Steven Newkirk 36 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Branden Whitehurst 36
Uruguay URU 2012 Summer Olympics Gabriel Melconian 35 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2020 Summer Olympics Khurshidjon Tursunov 41 See all
Vanuatu VAN 2024 Summer Olympics Johnathan Silas 77 See all
Venezuela VEN 1984 Summer Olympics Alberto Mestre =6 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Tô Văn Vệ 32 See all
West Germany FRG 1976 Summer Olympics Peter Nocke 3 Bronze See all
Yemen YEM 2020 Summer Olympics Mokhtar Al-Yamani 47 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1936 Summer Olympics Draško Vilfan =11 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1980 Summer Olympics Guy Goosen 24 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2016 Summer Olympics Rami Anis 56 See all