Swimming — 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men

Times held 27
Total participants 661
Total countries 90

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1908 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 19 8
1912 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 19 11
1920 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 24 13
1924 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 22 12
1928 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 19 13
1932 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 15 8
1936 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 21 10
1948 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 39 21
1952 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 37 22
1956 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 20 11
1960 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 30 19
1964 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 31 21
1968 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 21 16
1972 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 43 28
1976 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 31 20
1980 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 17 11
1984 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 27 19
1988 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 35 22
1992 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 30 24
1996 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 34 26
2000 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 41 32
2004 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 34 28
2008 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 35 27
2012 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 31 25
2016 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 45 32
2020 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 28 20
2024 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 24 18

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1908 Henry TaylorGBR Sydney BattersbyGBR Frank BeaurepaireANZ
1912 George HodgsonCAN Jack HatfieldGBR Harold HardwickANZ
1920 Norman RossUSA George VernotCAN Frank BeaurepaireAUS
1924 Boy CharltonAUS Arne BorgSWE Frank BeaurepaireAUS
1928 Arne BorgSWE Boy CharltonAUS Buster CrabbeUSA
1932 Kuzuo KitamuraJPN Shozo MakinoJPN Jim CristyUSA
1936 Noboru TeradaJPN Jack MedicaUSA Shunpei UtoJPN
1948 Jimmy McLaneUSA John MarshallAUS György MitróHUN
1952 Ford KonnoUSA Shiro HashizumeJPN Tetsuo OkamotoBRA
1956 Murray RoseAUS Tsuyoshi YamanakaJPN George BreenUSA
1960 John KonradsAUS Murray RoseAUS George BreenUSA
1964 Bob WindleAUS John NelsonUSA Allan WoodAUS
1968 Mike BurtonUSA John KinsellaUSA Greg BroughAUS
1972 Mike BurtonUSA Graham WindeattAUS Doug NorthwayUSA
1976 Brian GoodellUSA Bobby HackettUSA Steve HollandAUS
1980 Vladimir SalnikovURS Aleksandr ChayevURS Max MetzkerAUS
1984 Mike O'BrienUSA George DiCarloUSA Stefan PfeifferFRG
1988 Vladimir SalnikovURS Stefan PfeifferFRG Uwe DaßlerGDR
1992 Kieren PerkinsAUS Glen HousmanAUS Jörg HoffmannGER
1996 Kieren PerkinsAUS Daniel KowalskiAUS Graeme SmithGBR
2000 Grant HackettAUS Kieren PerkinsAUS Chris ThompsonUSA
2004 Grant HackettAUS Larsen JensenUSA Dave DaviesGBR
2008 Oussama MellouliTUN Grant HackettAUS Ryan CochraneCAN
2012 Sun YangCHN Ryan CochraneCAN Oussama MellouliTUN
2016 Gregorio PaltrinieriITA Connor JaegerUSA Gabriele DettiITA
2020 Bobby FinkeUSA Mykhailo RomanchukUKR Florian WellbrockGER
2024 Bobby FinkeUSA Gregorio PaltrinieriITA Daniel WiffenIRL

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 9 7 6 22
Australia AUS 8 8 6 22
Japan JPN 2 3 1 6
Soviet Union URS 2 1 0 3
Great Britain GBR 1 2 2 5
Canada CAN 1 2 1 4
Italy ITA 1 1 1 3
Sweden SWE 1 1 0 2
Tunisia TUN 1 0 1 2
People's Republic of China CHN 1 0 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 1 1 2
Ukraine UKR 0 1 0 1
Australasia ANZ 0 0 2 2
Germany GER 0 0 2 2
Brazil BRA 0 0 1 1
East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Ireland IRL 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Kieren Perkins AUS 2 1 0 3
Grant Hackett AUS 2 1 0 3
Vladimir Salnikov RUS
URS
2 0 0 2
Mike Burton USA 2 0 0 2
Bobby Finke USA 2 0 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1980 Summer Olympics Abdelhakim Bitat DNS See all
Argentina ARG 1928 Summer Olympics Alberto Zorrilla 5 See all
Australasia ANZ 1908 Summer Olympics Frank Beaurepaire 3 Bronze See all
1912 Summer Olympics Harold Hardwick 3 Bronze
Australia AUS 1924 Summer Olympics Boy Charlton 1 Gold See all
1956 Summer Olympics Murray Rose 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics John Konrads 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Bob Windle 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Kieren Perkins 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Kieren Perkins 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Grant Hackett 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Grant Hackett 1 Gold
Austria AUT 1908 Summer Olympics Otto Scheff AC r3/3 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Siarhei Mikhnovets 19 See all
Belgium BEL 1920 Summer Olympics Paul De Backer 6 h2 r2/3 See all
Bermuda BER 1952 Summer Olympics Robert Cook 31 See all
Bohemia BOH 1912 Summer Olympics Alois Broft DNS See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2016 Summer Olympics Mihajlo Čeprkalo 37 See all
Brazil BRA 1952 Summer Olympics Tetsuo Okamoto 3 Bronze See all
Bulgaria BUL 2004 Summer Olympics Petar Stoychev 17 See all
Canada CAN 1912 Summer Olympics George Hodgson 1 Gold See all
Chile CHI 2004 Summer Olympics Giancarlo Zolezzi 30 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Wu Ming-Hsun 23 See all
Colombia COL 1968 Summer Olympics Julio Arango 12 See all
Cook Islands COK 2016 Summer Olympics Wesley Roberts 44 See all
Croatia CRO 2004 Summer Olympics Nenad Buljan 29 See all
Cuba CUB 1956 Summer Olympics Raúl Martín 20 See all
Czechia CZE 2016 Summer Olympics Jan Micka 12 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Daniel Machek 10 See all
Denmark DEN 1912 Summer Olympics Harry Christian Hedegaard 3 h3 r1/3 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Uwe Daßler 3 Bronze See all
Ecuador ECU 1980 Summer Olympics Diego Quiroga 16 See all
Egypt EGY 2016 Summer Olympics Ahmed Akram 11 See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Rubén Guerrero 21 See all
Finland FIN 1960 Summer Olympics Ilkka Suvanto 17 See all
France FRA 1952 Summer Olympics Jo Bernardo 5 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Franck Iacono 5
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Jörg Hoffmann 3 Bronze See all
2020 Summer Olympics Florian Wellbrock 3 Bronze
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Henry Taylor 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Spyros Gianniotis 5 See all
Guam GUM 1988 Summer Olympics Jonathan Sakovich 35 See all
Guatemala GUA 1992 Summer Olympics Helder Torres 29 See all
Honduras HON 1996 Summer Olympics Ramón Valle 29 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1952 Summer Olympics Cheung Kin Man 28 See all
Hungary HUN 1948 Summer Olympics György Mitró 3 Bronze See all
Iceland ISL 2012 Summer Olympics Anton McKee 25 See all
India IND 1932 Summer Olympics Nalin Malik 15 See all
Indonesia INA 1960 Summer Olympics Zakaria Nasution 22 See all
Ireland IRL 2024 Summer Olympics Daniel Wiffen 3 Bronze See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1996 Summer Olympics Hamid Reza Khani 33 See all
Israel ISR 1960 Summer Olympics Amiram Trauber DNS See all
Italy ITA 2016 Summer Olympics Gregorio Paltrinieri 1 Gold See all
Japan JPN 1932 Summer Olympics Kuzuo Kitamura 1 Gold See all
1936 Summer Olympics Noboru Terada 1 Gold
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1992 Summer Olympics Hussein Al-Sadiq 30 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Ivan Ivanov DQ See all
Malaysia MAS 1992 Summer Olympics Jeffrey Ong 20 See all
Mauritius MRI 1992 Summer Olympics Benoît Fleurot 28 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Guillermo Echevarría 6 See all
Monaco MON 2020 Summer Olympics Théo Druenne 28 See all
Myanmar MYA 1960 Summer Olympics Tin Maung Ni 20 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Tin Maung Ni 20
Netherlands NED 1972 Summer Olympics Ton van Klooster 11 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Job Kienhuis 11
New Zealand NZL 1972 Summer Olympics Mark Treffers 6 See all
Norway NOR 2016 Summer Olympics Henrik Christiansen 8 See all
Oman OMA 1996 Summer Olympics Rashid Salim Al-Ma'Shari 34 See all
Pakistan PAK 1952 Summer Olympics Muhammad Ramzan 37 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2012 Summer Olympics Sun Yang 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 1980 Summer Olympics José María Larrañaga 17 See all
Philippines PHI 1960 Summer Olympics Bana Sailani 10 See all
Poland POL 1988 Summer Olympics Mariusz Podkościelny 5 See all
Portugal POR 1992 Summer Olympics Artur Costa 17 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1964 Summer Olympics Celestino Pérez 17 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Kirill Martynychev 6 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2012 Summer Olympics Park Tae-Hwan 4 See all
Romania ROU 2004 Summer Olympics Dragoș Coman 7 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Aleksey Filipets 4 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Yury Prilukov 4
2008 Summer Olympics Yury Prilukov 4
Saar SAA 1952 Summer Olympics Georg Mascetti DNS See all
San Marino SMR 2000 Summer Olympics Diego Mularoni 39 See all
Slovakia SVK 2016 Summer Olympics Richard Nagy 34 See all
Slovenia SLO 1992 Summer Olympics Igor Majcen 6 See all
South Africa RSA 1996 Summer Olympics Ryk Neethling 5 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Ryk Neethling 5
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Vladimir Salnikov 1 Gold See all
1988 Summer Olympics Vladimir Salnikov 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1980 Summer Olympics Rafael Escalas 6 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1984 Summer Olympics Julian Bolling 27 See all
Sweden SWE 1928 Summer Olympics Arne Borg 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 1920 Summer Olympics Hans Drexler 4 h3 r1/3 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1992 Summer Olympics Hicham El-Masry 22 See all
Thailand THA 1996 Summer Olympics Torlarp Sethsothorn 16 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1976 Summer Olympics Andy Knowles DNS See all
Tunisia TUN 2008 Summer Olympics Oussama Mellouli 1 Gold See all
Türkiye TUR 2024 Summer Olympics Kuzey Tunçelli 5 See all
Ukraine UKR 2020 Summer Olympics Mykhailo Romanchuk 2 Silver See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Viktor Andreyev 8 See all
United States USA 1920 Summer Olympics Norman Ross 1 Gold See all
1948 Summer Olympics Jimmy McLane 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Ford Konno 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Mike Burton 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Mike Burton 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Brian Goodell 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Mike O'Brien 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Bobby Finke 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Bobby Finke 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1984 Summer Olympics Scott Newkirk 26 See all
Uruguay URU 1984 Summer Olympics Carlos Scanavino 10 See all
Venezuela VEN 2000 Summer Olympics Ricardo Monasterio 15 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Ricardo Monasterio 15
Vietnam VIE 2020 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Huy Hoàng 12 See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Stefan Pfeiffer 2 Silver See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1948 Summer Olympics Marijan Stipetić 5 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Borut Petrič 5
Zambia ZAM 1964 Summer Olympics Alan Durrett 24 See all