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XXXII Tokyo 2020 (23.VII/08.VIII.21) 
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 FS | Caeleb Dressel | USA | 21.07 | Florent Manaudou | FRA | 21.55 | Bruno Fratus | BRA | 21.57 |
| 100 FS | Caeleb Dressel | USA | 47.02 | Kyle Chalmers | AUS | 47.08 | Kliment Kolesnikov | ROC | 47.44 |
| 200 FS | Thomas Dean | GBR | 1:44.22 | Duncan Scott | GBR | 1:44.26 | Fernando Scheffer | BRA | 1:44.66 |
| 400 FS | Ahmed Hafnaoui | TUN | 3:43.36 | Jack McLoughlin | AUS | 3:43.52 | Kieran Smith | USA | 3:43.94 |
| 800 FS | Robert Finke | USA | 7:41.87 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | ITA | 7:42.11 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | UKR | 7:42.33 |
| 1.500 FS | Robert Finke | USA | 14:39.65 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | UKR | 14:40.66 | Florian Wellbrock | GER | 14:40.91 |
| 100 BA | Evgeny Rylov | ROC | 51.98 | Kliment Kolesnikov | ROC | 52.00 | Ryan Murphy | USA | 52.19 |
| 200 BA | Evgeny Rylov | ROC | 1:53.27 | Ryan Murphy | USA | 1:54.15 | Luke Greenbank | GBR | 1:54.72 |
| 100 BR | Adam Peaty | GBR | 57.37 | Arno Kamminga | NED | 58.00 | Nicolo Martinenghi | ITA | 58.33 |
| 200 BR | Zac Stubblety-Cook | AUS | 2:06.38 | Arno Kamminga | NED | 2:07.01 | Matti Mattsson | FIN | 2:07.13 |
| 100 BF | Caeleb Dressel | USA | 49.45 | Kristof Milak | HUN | 49.68 | Noe Ponti | SUI | 50.74 |
| 200 BF | Kristof Milak | HUN | 1:51.25 | Tomoru Honda | JPN | 1:53.73 | Federico Burdisso | ITA | 1:54.45 |
| 200 MD | Wang Shun | CHN | 1:55.00 | Duncan Scott | GBR | 1:55.28 | Jeremy Desplanches | SUI | 1:56.17 |
| 400 MD | Chase Kalisz | USA | 4:09.42 | Jay Litherland | USA | 4:10.28 | Brendon Smith | AUS | 4:10.38 |
| 4x100 FS | Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowe Becker, Zach Apple | USA | 3:08.97 | Alessandro Miressi, Thomas Ceccon, Lorenzo Zazzeri, Manuel Frigo | ITA | 3:10.11 | Matthew Temple, Zac Incerti, Alexander Graham, Kyle Chalmers | AUS | 3:10.22 |
| 4x200 FS | Thomas Dean, James Guy, Matthew Richards, Duncan Scott | GBR | 6:58.58 | Martin Malyutin, Ivan Girev, Evgeny Rylov, Mikhail Dovgalyuk | ROC | 7:01.81 | Alexander Graham, Kyle Chalmers, Zac Incerti, Thomas Neill | AUS | 7:01.84 |
| 4x100 MD | Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel, Zach Apple | USA | 3:26.78 | Luke Greenbank, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Duncan Scott | GBR | 3:27.51 | Thomas Ceccon, Nicolo Martinenghi, Federico Burdisso, Alessandro Miressi | ITA | 3:29.17 |
XXXI Rio de Janeiro 2016 (05/21.VIII.16)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 FS | Anthony Ervin | USA | 21.40 | Florent Manaudou | FRA | 21.41 | Nathan Adrian | USA | 21.49 |
| 100 FS | Kyle Chalmers | AUS | 47.58 | Pieter Timmers | BEL | 47.80 | Nathan Adrian | USA | 47.85 |
| 200 FS | Sun Yang | CHN | 1:44.65 | Chad le Clos | RSA | 1:45.20 | Conor Dwyer | USA | 1:45.23 |
| 400 FS | Mack Horton | AUS | 3:41.55 | Sun Yang | CHN | 3:41.68 | Gabriele Detti | ITA | 3:43.49 |
| 1.500 FS | Gregorio Paltrinieri | ITA | 14:34.57 | Connor Jaeger | USA | 14:39.48 | Gabriele Detti | ITA | 14:40.86 |
| 100 BA | Ryan Murphy | USA | 51.97 | Xu Jiayu | CHN | 52.31 | David Plummer | USA | 52.40 |
| 200 BA | Ryan Murphy | USA | 1:53.62 | Mitch Larkin | AUS | 1:53.96 | Evgeny Rylov | RUS | 1:53.97 |
| 100 BR | Adam Peaty | GBR | 57.13 | Cameron van der Burgh | RSA | 58.69 | Cody Miller | USA | 58.87 |
| 200 BR | Dmitriy Balandin | KAZ | 2:07.46 | Josh Prenot | USA | 2:07.53 | Anton Chupkov | RUS | 2:07.70 |
| 100 BF | Joseph Schooling | SIN | 50.39 | Chad le Clos (RSA) & László Cseh (HUN) & Michael Phelps (USA) | - | 51.14 | - | - | - |
| 200 BF | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:53.36 | Masato Sakai | JPN | 1:53.40 | Tamás Kenderesi | HUN | 1:53.62 |
| 200 MD | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:54.66 | Kosuke Hagino | JPN | 1:56.61 | Wang Shun | CHN | 1:57.05 |
| 400 MD | Kosuke Hagino | JPN | 4:06.05 | Chase Kalisz | USA | 4:06.75 | Daiya Seto | JPN | 4:09.71 |
| 4x100 FS | Caeleb Dressel, Michael Phelps, Ryan Held, Nathan Adrian, [Anthony Ervin] | USA | 3:09.92 | Mehdy Metella, Fabien Gilot, Florent Manaudou, Jérémy Stravius | FRA | 3:10.53 | James Roberts, Kyle Chalmers, James Magnussen, Cameron McEvoy | AUS | 3:11.37 |
| 4x200 FS | Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps | USA | 7:00.66 | Stephen Milne, Duncan Scott, Daniel Wallace, James Guy | GBR | 7:03.13 | Kosuke Hagino, Naito Ehara, Yuki Kobori, Takeshi Matsuda | JPN | 7:03.50 |
| 4x100 MD | Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian | USA | 3:27.95 | Chris Walker-Hebborn, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Duncan Scott | GBR | 3:29.24 | Mitch Larkin, Jake Packard, David Morgan, Kyle Chalmers | AUS | 3:29.93 |
XXX London 2012 (27.VII.12/12.VIII.12)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 FS | Florent Manaudou | FRA | 21.34 | Cullen Jones | USA | 21.54 | Cesar Cielo Filho | BRA | 21.59 |
| 100 FS | Nathan Adrian | USA | 47.52 | James Magnussen | AUS | 47.53 | Brent Hayden | CAN | 47.80 |
| 200 FS | Yannick Agnel | FRA | 1:43.14 | Park Tae-Hwan (KOR) & Sun Yang (CHN) | - | 1:44.93 | - | - | - |
| 400 FS | Sun Yang | CHN | 3:40.14 | Park Tae-Hwan | KOR | 3:42.06 | Peter Vanderkaay | USA | 3:44.69 |
| 1.500 FS | Sun Yang | CHN | 14:31.02 | Ryan Cochrane | CAN | 14:39.63 | Oussama Mellouli | TUN | 14:40.31 |
| 100 BA | Matt Grevers | USA | 52.16 | Nick Thoman | USA | 52.92 | Ryosuke Irie | JPN | 52.97 |
| 200 BA | Tyler Clary | USA | 1:53.41 | Ryosuke Irie | JPN | 1:53.78 | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:53.94 |
| 100 BR | Cameron van der Burgh | RSA | 58.46 | Christian Sprenger | AUS | 58.93 | Brendan Hansen | USA | 59.49 |
| 200 BR | Dániel Gyurta | HUN | 2:07.28 | Michael Jamieson | GBR | 2:07.43 | Ryo Tateishi | JPN | 2:08.29 |
| 100 BF | Michael Phelps | USA | 51.21 | Chad le Clos (RSA) & Yevgeny Korotyshkin (RUS) | - | 51.44 | - | - | - |
| 200 BF | Chad le Clos | RSA | 1:52.96 | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:53.01 | Takeshi Matsuda | JPN | 1:53.21 |
| 200 MD | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:54.24 | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:54.90 | László Cseh | HUN | 1:56.22 |
| 400 MD | Ryan Lochte | USA | 4:05.18 | Thiago Pereira | BRA | 4:08.86 | Kosuke Hagino | JPN | 4:08.94 |
| 4x100 FS | Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot, Clément Lefert, Yannick Agnel | FRA | 3:09.93 | Nathan Adrian, Michael Phelps, Cullen Jones, Ryan Lochte | USA | 3:10.38 | Andrey Grechin, Nikita Lobintsev, Vladimir Morozov, Danila Izotov | RUS | 3:11.41 |
| 4x200 FS | Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens, Michael Phelps | USA | 6:59.70 | Amaury Leveaux, Grégory Mallet, Clément Lefert, Yannick Agnel | FRA | 7:02.77 | Hao Yun, Li Yunqi, Jiang Haiqi, Sun Yang | CHN | 7:06.30 |
| 4x100 MD | Matt Grevers, Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian | USA | 3:29.35 | Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Kitajima, Takeshi Matsuda, Takuro Fujii | JPN | 3:31.26 | Hayden Stoeckel, Christian Sprenger, Matt Targett, James Magnussen | AUS | 3:31.58 |
XXIX Beijing 2008 (08/24.VIII.08)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 FS | Cesar Cielo Filho | BRA | 21.30 | Amaury Leveaux | FRA | 21.45 | Alain Bernard | FRA | 21.49 |
| 100 FS | Alain Bernard | FRA | 47.21 | Eamon Sullivan | AUS | 47.32 | Jason Lezak (USA) & Cesar Cielo Filho (BRA) | - | 47.67 |
| 200 FS | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:42.96 | Park Tae-Hwan | KOR | 1:44.85 | Peter Vanderkaay | USA | 1:45.14 |
| 400 FS | Park Tae-Hwan | KOR | 3:41.86 | Zhang Lin | CHN | 3:42.44 | Larsen Jensen | USA | 3:42.78 |
| 1.500 FS | Oussama Mellouli | TUN | 14:40.84 | Grant Hackett | AUS | 14:41.53 | Ryan Cochrane | CAN | 14:42.69 |
| 100 BA | Aaron Peirsol | USA | 52.54 | Matt Grevers | USA | 53.11 | Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) & Hayden Stoeckel (AUS) | - | 53.18 |
| 200 BA | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:53.94 | Aaron Peirsol | USA | 1:54.33 | Arkady Vyatchanin | RUS | 1:54.93 |
| 100 BR | Kosuke Kitajima | JPN | 58.91 | Alexander Dale Oen | NOR | 59.20 | Hugues Duboscq | FRA | 59.37 |
| 200 BR | Kosuke Kitajima | JPN | 2:07.64 | Brenton Rickard | AUS | 2:08.88 | Hugues Duboscq | FRA | 2:08.94 |
| 100 BF | Michael Phelps | USA | 50.58 | Milorad Cavic | SRB | 50.59 | Andrew Lauterstein | AUS | 51.12 |
| 200 BF | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:52.03 | László Cseh | HUN | 1:52.70 | Takeshi Matsuda | JPN | 1:52.97 |
| 200 MD | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:54.23 | László Cseh | HUN | 1:56.52 | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:56.53 |
| 400 MD | Michael Phelps | USA | 4:03.84 | László Cseh | HUN | 4:06.16 | Ryan Lochte | USA | 4:08.09 |
| 4x100 FS | Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak, [Nathan Adrian] | USA | 3:08.24 | Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot, Frederick Bousquet, Alain Bernard | FRA | 3:08.32 | Eamon Sullivan, Andrew Lauterstein, Ashley Callus, Matt Targett | AUS | 3:09.91 |
| 4x200 FS | Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, Peter Vanderkaay | USA | 6:58.56 | Nikita Lobintsev, Evgeniy Lagunov, Danila Izotov, Alexander Sukhorukov | RUS | 7:03.70 | Patrick Murphy, Grant Hackett, Grant Brits, Nick Ffrost | AUS | 7:04.98 |
| 4x100 MD | Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps, Jason Lezak | USA | 3:29.34 | Hayden Stoeckel, Brenton Rickard, Andrew Lauterstein, Eamon Sullivan | AUS | 3:30.04 | Junichi Miyashita, Kosuke Kitajima, Takuro Fujii, Hisayoshi Sato | JPN | 3:31.18 |
XXVIII Athens 2004 (13/29.VIII.04)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 FS | Gary Hall Jr. | USA | 21.93 | Duje Draganja | CRO | 21.94 | Roland Mark Schoeman | RSA | 22.02 |
| 100 FS | Pieter van den Hoogenband | NED | 48.17 | Roland Mark Schoeman | RSA | 48.23 | Ian Thorpe | AUS | 48.56 |
| 200 FS | Ian Thorpe | AUS | 1:44.71 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | NED | 1:45.23 | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:45.32 |
| 400 FS | Ian Thorpe | AUS | 3:43.10 | Grant Hackett | AUS | 3:43.36 | Klete Keller | USA | 3:44.11 |
| 1.500 FS | Grant Hackett | AUS | 14:43.40 | Larsen Jensen | USA | 14:45.29 | David Davies | GBR | 14:45.95 |
| 100 BA | Aaron Peirsol | USA | 54.06 | Markus Rogan | AUT | 54.35 | Tomomi Morita | JPN | 54.36 |
| 200 BA | Aaron Peirsol | USA | 1:54.95 | Markus Rogan | AUT | 1:57.35 | Razvan Florea | ROM | 1:57.56 |
| 100 BR | Kosuke Kitajima | JPN | 1:00.08 | Brendan Hansen | USA | 1:00.25 | Hugues Duboscq | FRA | 1:00.88 |
| 200 BR | Kosuke Kitajima | JPN | 2:09.44 | Daniel Gyurta | HUN | 2:10.80 | Brendan Hansen | USA | 2:10.87 |
| 100 BF | Michael Phelps | USA | 51.25 | Ian Crocker | USA | 51.29 | Andrey Serdinov | UKR | 51.36 |
| 200 BF | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:54.04 | Takashi Yamamoto | JPN | 1:54.56 | Stephen Parry | GBR | 1:55.52 |
| 200 MD | Michael Phelps | USA | 1:57.14 | Ryan Lochte | USA | 1:58.78 | George Bovell | TRI | 1:58.80 |
| 400 MD | Michael Phelps | USA | 4:08.26 | Erik Vendt | USA | 4:11.81 | László Cseh | HUN | 4:12.15 |
| 4x100 FS | Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend, Ryk Neethling | RSA | 3:13.17 | Johan Kenkhuis, Mitja Zastrow, Klaas Zwering, Pieter van den Hoogenband | NED | 3:14.36 | Ian Crocker, Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Jason Lezak | USA | 3:14.62 |
| 4x200 FS | Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller | USA | 7:07.33 | Grant Hackett, Michael Klim, Nicholas Sprenger, Ian Thorpe | AUS | 7:07.46 | Emiliano Brembilla, Massimiliano Rosolino, Simone Cercato, Filippo Magnini | ITA | 7:11.83 |
| 4x100 MD | Aaron Peirsol*, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak, [Michael Phelps*] | USA | 3:30.68 | Steffen Driesen, Jens Kruppa, Thomas Rupprath, Lars Conrad | GER | 3:33.62 | Tomomi Morita, Kosuke Kitajima, Takashi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Okumura | JPN | 3:35.22 |
* Aaron Peirsol bettered the 100 BA World Record to 53.45 in the relay lead-off
* Michael Phelps swam the qualifying race. According to FINA rules, he is awarded a gold medal too.
XXVII Sydney 2000 (15.IX.00/01.X.00)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 FS | Anthony Ervin (USA) & Gary Hall Jr. (USA) | - | 21.98 | - | - | - | Pieter van den Hoogenband | NED | 22.03 |
| 100 FS | Pieter van den Hoogenband | NED | 48.30 | Alexandr Popov | RUS | 48.69 | Gary Hall Jr. | USA | 48.73 |
| 200 FS | Pieter van den Hoogenband | NED | 1:45.35 | Ian Thorpe | AUS | 1:45.83 | Massimiliano Rosolino | ITA | 1:46.65 |
| 400 FS | Ian Thorpe | AUS | 3:40.59 | Massimiliano | ITA | 3:43.40 | Klete Keller | USA | 3:47.00 |
| 1.500 FS | Grant Hackett | AUS | 14:48.33 | Kieren Perkins | AUS | 14:53.59 | Chris Thompson | USA | 14:56.81 |
| 100 BA | Lenny Krayzelburg | USA | 53.72 | Matthew Welsh | AUS | 54.07 | Stev Theloke | GER | 54.82 |
| 200 BA | Lenny Krayzelburg | USA | 1:56.76 | Aaron Peirsol | USA | 1:57.35 | Matthew Welsh | AUS | 1:57.59 |
| 100 BR | Domenico Fioravanti | ITA | 1:00.46 | Ed Moses | USA | 1:00.73 | Roman Sloudnov | RUS | 1:00.91 |
| 200 BR | Domenico Fioravanti | ITA | 2:10.87 | Terence Parkin | RSA | 2:12.50 | Davide Rummolo | ITA | 2:12.73 |
| 100 BF | Lars Froelander | SWE | 52.00 | Michael Klim | AUS | 52.18 | Geoff Huegill | AUS | 52.22 |
| 200 BF | Tom Malchow | USA | 1:55.35 | Denys Sylantyev | UKR | 1:55.76 | Justin Norris | AUS | 1:56.17 |
| 200 MD | Massimiliano Rosolino | ITA | 1:58.98 | Tom Dolan | USA | 1:59.77 | Tom Wilkens | USA | 2:00.87 |
| 400 MD | Tom Dolan | USA | 4:11.76 | Erik Vendt | USA | 4:14.23 | Curtis Myden | CAN | 4:15.33 |
| 4x100 FS | Michael Klim, Chris Fydler, Ashley Callus, Ian Thorpe | AUS | 3:13.67 | Anthony Ervin, Neil Walker, Jason Lezak, Gary Hall Jr. | USA | 3:13.86 | Fernando Scherer, Gustavo Borges, Carlos Jayme, Edvaldo Silva Filho | BRA | 3:17.40 |
| 4x200 FS | Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, William Kirby | AUS | 7:07.05 | Scott Goldblatt, Josh Davis, Jamie Rauch, Klete Keller | USA | 7:12.64 | Martiin Zuijdweg, Johan Kenkhuis, Marcel Wouda, Pieter van den Hoogenband | NED | 7:12.70 |
| 4x100 MD | Lenny Krayzelburg, Ed Moses, Ian Crocker, Gary Hall Jr. | USA | 3:33.73 | Matthew Welsh, Regan Harrison, Geoff Huegill, Michael Klim | AUS | 3:35.27 | Stev Theloke, Jens Kruppa, Thomas Rupprath, Torsten Spanneberg | GER | 3:35.88 |
XXVI Atlanta 1996 (19.VII.96/09.VIII.96)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 FS | Aleksandr Popov | RUS | 22.13 | Gary Hall Jr. | USA | 22.26 | Fernando Scherer | BRA | 22.29 |
| 100 FS | Aleksandr Popov | RUS | 48.74 | Gary Hall Jr. | USA | 48.81 | Gustavo Borges | BRA | 49.02 |
| 200 FS | Danyon Loader | NZL | 1:47.63 | Gustavo Borges | BRA | 1:48.08 | Daniel Kowalski | AUS | 1:48.25 |
| 400 FS | Danyon Loader | NZL | 3:47.97 | Paul Palmer | GBR | 3:49.00 | Daniel Kowalski | AUS | 3:49.39 |
| 1.500 FS | Kieren Perkins | AUS | 14:56.40 | Daniel Kowalski | AUS | 15:02.43 | Graeme Smith | GBR | 15:02.48 |
| 100 BA | Jeff Rouse | USA | 54.10 | Rodolfo Falcon Cabrera | CUB | 54.98 | Neisser Bent | CUB | 55.02 |
| 200 BA | Brad Bridgewater | USA | 1:58.54 | Tripp Schwenk | USA | 1:58.99 | Emanuele Merisi | ITA | 1:59.18 |
| 100 BR | Frédéric Deburghgraeve | BEL | 1:00.65 | Jeremy Linn | USA | 1:00.77 | Mark Warnecke | GER | 1:01.33 |
| 200 BR | Norbert Rózsa | HUN | 2:12.57 | Karoly Guttler | HUN | 2:13.03 | Nick Gillingham | GBR | 2:14.37 |
| 100 BF | Denis Pankratov | RUS | 52.27 | Scott Miller | AUS | 52.53 | Vladislav Kulikov | RUS | 53.13 |
| 200 BF | Denis Pankratov | RUS | 1:56.51 | Tom Malchow | USA | 1:57.44 | Scott Goodman | AUS | 1:57.48 |
| 200 MD | Attila Czene | HUN | 1:59.91 | Jani Sievinen | FIN | 2:00.13 | Curtis Myden | CAN | 2:01.13 |
| 400 MD | Tom Dolan | USA | 4:14.90 | Eric Namesnik | USA | 4:15.25 | Curtis Myden | CAN | 4:16.28 |
| 4x100 FS | Jon Olsen, Josh Davis, Bradley Schumacher, Gary Hall Jr. | USA | 3:15.41 | Roman Yegorov; A. Popov; Vladimir Predkin; Vladimir Pyshnenko | RUS | 3:17.06 | Christian Troger; Bengt Zikarsky; Bjorn Zikarsky; Mark Pinger | GER | 3:17.20 |
| 4x200 FS | Josh Davis, Bradley Schumacher, Joe Hudepohl, Ryan Berube | USA | 7:14.84 | Chriter Wallin; Anders Holmertz; Lars Frolander; Andre Lyrbring | SWE | 7:17.56 | Aimo Heilmann; Steffen Zesner; Christian Keller; Christian Troger | GER | 7:17.71 |
| 4x100 MD | Gary Hall Jr., Mark Henderson, Jeremy Linn, Jeff Rouse | USA | 3:34.84 | Vladimir Selkov; Stanislav Lopukhov; Denis Pankratov; Aleksandr Popov | RUS | 3:37.55 | Steven Dewick; Philip Rogers; Scott Miller; Michael Klim | AUS | 3:39.56 |
XXV Barcelona 1992 (25.VII.92/09.VIII.92)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 FS | Alexander Popov | UNT | 21.91 | Matt Biondi | USA | 22.09 | Tom Jager | USA | 22.30 |
| 100 FS | Alexander Popov | UNT | 49.02 | Gustavo Borges | BRA | 49.43 | Stephan Caron | FRA | 49.50 |
| 200 FS | Evgeny Sadovyi | UNT | 1:46.70 | Anders Holmertz | SWE | 1:46.86 | Antti Kasvio | FIN | 1:47.63 |
| 400 FS | Evgeny Sadovyi | UNT | 3:45.00 | Kieren Perkins | AUS | 3:45.16 | Anders Holmertz | SWE | 3:46.77 |
| 1.500 FS | Kieren Perkins | AUS | 14:43.48 | Glen Housman | AUS | 14:55.29 | Joerg Hoffmann | GER | 15:02.29 |
| 100 BA | Mark Tewksbury | CAN | 53.98 | Jeff Rouse | USA | 54.04 | David Berkoff | USA | 54.78 |
| 200 BA | Martin López-Zubero | ESP | 1:58.47 | Vladimir Selkov | UNT | 1:58.87 | Stefano Battistelli | ITA | 1:59.40 |
| 100 BR | Nelson Diebel | USA | 1:01.50 | Norbert Rozsa | HUN | 1:01.68 | Phil Rogers | AUS | 1:01.76 |
| 200 BR | Mike Barrowman | USA | 2:10.16 | Norbert Rozsa | HUN | 2:11.23 | Nick Gillingham | GBR | 2:11.29 |
| 100 BF | Pablo Morales | USA | 53.32 | Rafal Szukala | POL | 53.35 | Anthony Nesty | SUR | 53.41 |
| 200 BF | Mel Stewart | USA | 1:56.26 | Danyon Loader | NZL | 1:57.93 | Franck Esposito | FRA | 1:58.51 |
| 200 MD | Tamas Darnyi | HUN | 2:00.76 | Gregory Burgess | USA | 2:00.97 | Attila Czene | HUN | 2:01.00 |
| 400 MD | Tamas Darnyi | HUN | 4:14.23 | Eric Namesnik | USA | 4:15.57 | Luca Sacchi | ITA | 4:16.34 |
| 4x100 FS | Joe Hudepohl, Matt Biondi, Tom Jager, Jon Olsen | USA | 3:16.74 | Pavel Khnykin, Gennady Prigoda, Yuri Bashkatov, Aleksandr Popov | UNT | 3:17.56 | Christian Tröger, Dirk Richter, Steffen Zesner, Mark Pinger | GER | 3:17.90 |
| 4x200 FS | Dmitri Lepikov, Vladimir Pyshnenko, Veniamin Tayanovich, Yevgeny Sadovyi | UNT | 7:11.95 | Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz, Tommy Werner, Lars Frölander | SWE | 7:15.51 | Joe Hudepohl, Mel Stewart, Jon Olsen, Doug Gjertsen | USA | 7:16.23 |
| 4x100 MD | Jeff Rouse, Nelson Diebel, Pablo Morales, Jon Olsen, [Matt Biondi] | USA | 3:36.93 | Vladimir Selkov, Vasily Ivanov, Pavel Khnykin, Aleksandr Popov | UNT | 3:38.56 | Mark Tewksbury, Jonathan Cleveland, Marcel Gery, Stephen Clarke | CAN | 3:39.66 |
XXIV Seoul 1988 (17.IX.88/02.X.88)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 FS | Matt Biondi | USA | 22.14 | Tom Jager | USA | 22.36 | Gennadi Prigoda | URS | 22.71 |
| 100 FS | Matt Biondi | USA | 48.63 | Chris Jacobs | USA | 49.08 | Stephan Caron | FRA | 49.62 |
| 200 FS | Duncan Armstrong | AUS | 1:47.25 | Anders Holmertz | SWE | 1:47.89 | Matt Biondi | USA | 1:47.99 |
| 400 FS | Uwe Dassier | GDR | 3:46.95 | Duncan Armstrong | AUS | 3:47.15 | Artur Wojdat | POL | 3:47.34 |
| 1.500 FS | Vladimir Salnikov | URS | 15:00.40 | Stefan Pfeiffer | FRG | 15:02.69 | Uwe Dassier | GDR | 15:06.15 |
| 100 BA | Daichi Suzuki | JPN | 55.05 | David Berkoff | USA | 55.18 | Igor Polianski | URS | 55.20 |
| 200 BA | Igor Polianski | URS | 1:59.37 | Frank Baltrusch | GDR | 1:59.60 | Paul Kingsman | NZE | 2:00.48 |
| 100 BR | Adrian Moorhouse | GBR | 1:02.04 | Karoly Guttler | HUN | 1:02.05 | Dmitri Volkov | URS | 1:02.20 |
| 200 BR | Joszef Szabo | HUN | 2:13.52 | Nick Gillingham | GBR | 2:14.12 | Sergio Lopez | ESP | 2:15.21 |
| 100 BF | Anthony Nesty | SUR | 53.00 | Matt Biondi | USA | 53.01 | Andy Jameson | GBR | 53.30 |
| 200 BF | Michael Gross | FRG | 1:56.94 | Benny Nielsen | DEN | 1:58.24 | Anthony Mosse | NZL | 1:58.28 |
| 200 MD | Tamas Darnyi | HUN | 2:00.17 | Patrick Kuhl | GDR | 2:01.61 | Vadim Yaroshuk | URS | 2:02.40 |
| 400 MD | Tamas Darnyi | HUN | 4:14.75 | David Wharton | USA | 4:17.36 | Stefano Battistelli | ITA | 4:18.01 |
| 4x100 FS | Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Jager, Matt Biondi | USA | 3:16.53 | Gennady Prigoda, Yuri Bashkatov, Nikolai Yevseyev, Vladimir Tkachenko | URS | 3:18.33 | Dirk Richter, Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg, Steffen Zesner | GDR | 3:19.82 |
| 4x200 FS | Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi | USA | 7:12.51 | Uwe Dassler, Sven Lodziewski, Thomas Flemming, Steffen Zesner | GDR | 7:13.68 | Erik Hochstein, Thomas Fahrner, Rainer Henkel, Michael Gross | FRG | 7:14.35 |
| 4x100 MD | David Berkoff, Richard Schroeder, Matt Biondi, Chris Jacobs, [Tom Jager] | USA | 3:36.93 | Mark Tewksbury, Victor Davis, Thomas Ponting, Sandy Goss | CAN | 3:39.28 | Igor Polyansky, Dmitri Volkov, Vadym Yaroshchuk, Gennady Prigoda | URS | 3:39.96 |
XXIII Los Angeles 1984 (28.VII.84/12.VIII.84)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 FS | Rowdy Gaines | USA | 49.80 | Mark Stockwell | AUS | 50.24 | Per Johansson | SWE | 50.31 |
| 200 FS | Michael Gross | FRG | 1:47.44 | Michael Heath | USA | 1:49.10 | Thomas Fahrner | FRG | 1:49.69 |
| 400 FS | George DiCarlo | USA | 3:51.23 | John Mykkanen | USA | 3:51.49 | Justin Lemburg | AUS | 3:51.79 |
| 1.500 FS | Mike O'Brien | USA | 15:05.20 | George DiCarlo | USA | 15:10.59 | Stefan Pfeiffer | FRG | 15:12.11 |
| 100 BA | Rick Carey | USA | 55.79 | Dave Wilson | USA | 56.35 | Mike West | CAN | 56.49 |
| 200 BA | Rick Carey | USA | 2:00.23 | Frederic Delcourt | FRA | 2:01.75 | Cam Henning | CAN | 2:02.37 |
| 100 BR | Steve Lundquist | USA | 1:01.65 | Victor Davis | CAN | 1:01.99 | Peter Evans | AUS | 1:02.97 |
| 200 BR | Victor Davis | CAN | 2:13.34 | Glenn Beringen | AUS | 2:15.79 | Etienne Dagon | SUI | 2:17.41 |
| 100 BF | Michael Gross | FRG | 53.08 | Pablo Morales | USA | 53.23 | Glenn Buchanan | AUS | 53.85 |
| 200 BF | Jon Sieben | AUS | 1:57.04 | Michael Gross | FRG | 1:57.40 | Rafael Vidal | VEN | 1:57.51 |
| 200 MD | Alex Baumann | CAN | 2:01.42 | Pablo Morales | USA | 2:03.05 | Neil Cochran | GBR | 2:04.38 |
| 400 MD | Alex Baumann | CAN | 4:17.41 | Richardo Prado | BRA | 4:18.45 | Rob Woodhouse | AUS | 4:20.50 |
| 4x100 FS | Chris Cavanaugh, Michael Heath, Matt Biondi, Rowdy Gaines, [Tom Jager] | USA | 3:19.03 | Greg Fasala, Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Mark Stockwell | AUS | 3:19.68 | Thomas Lejdström, Bengt Baron, Mikael Örn, Per Johansson | SWE | 3:22.69 |
| 4x200 FS | Michael Heath, David Larson, Jeff Float, Bruce Hayes | USA | 7:15.69 | Thomas Fahrner, Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka, Michael Gross | GER | 7:15.73 | Neil Cochran, Paul Easter, Paul Howe, Andrew Astbury | GBR | 7:24.78 |
| 4x100 MD | Richard Carey, Steve Lundquist, Pablo Morales, Rowdy Gaines, [Tom Jager] | USA | 3:39.30 | Mike West, Victor Davis, Thomas Ponting, Sandy Goss | CAN | 3:43.23 | Mark Kerry, Peter Evans, Glenn Buchanan, Mark Stockwell | AUS | 3:43.25 |
XXII Moscow 1980 (19.VII.80/03.VIII.80)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 FS | Jorg Woithe | GDR | 50.40 | Per Holmertz | SWE | 50.91 | Per Johansson | SWE | 51.29 |
| 200 FS | Sergej Kopljakow | URS | 1:49.81 | Andrej Krylow | URS | 1:50.76 | Graeme Brewer | AUS | 1:51.60 |
| 400 FS | Vladimir Salnikov | URS | 3:51.31 | Andrej Krylow | URS | 3:53.24 | Ivan Stukolkin | URS | 3:53.95 |
| 1.500 FS | Vladimir Salnikov | URS | 14:58.27 | Alexander Tschajew | URS | 15:14.30 | Max Metzer | AUS | 15:14.49 |
| 100 BA | Bengt Baron | SWE | 56.53 | Victor Kusnjetsow | URS | 56.99 | Vladimir Dolgov | URS | 57.63 |
| 200 BA | Sandor Wladar | HUN | 2:01.93 | Zoltan Verraszto | HUN | 2:02.40 | Mark Kerry | AUS | 2:03.14 |
| 100 BR | Duncan Goodhew | GBR | 1:03.44 | Arsen Miskarow | URS | 1:03.82 | Peter Evans | AUS | 1:03.96 |
| 200 BR | Robertas Zulpa | URS | 2:15.85 | Alban Vermes | HUN | 2:16.93 | Arsen Miskarow | URS | 2:17.28 |
| 100 BF | Par Arvidsson | SWE | 54.92 | Roger Pyttel | GDR | 54.94 | David López-Zubero | ESP | 55.13 |
| 200 BF | Sergei Fessenko | URS | 1:59.76 | Phillip Hubble | GBR | 2:01.20 | Roger Pyttel | GDR | 2:01.39 |
| 400 MD | Aleksandr Sidorenko | URS | 4:22.89 | Sergej Fessenko | URS | 4:23.43 | Zoltan Verraszto | HUN | 4:24.24 |
| 4x200 FS | Sergei Kopliakov, Vladimir Salnikov, Ivar Stukolkin, Andrei Krylov | URS | 7:23.50 | Frank Pfütze, Jörg Woithe, Detlev Grabs, Rainer Strohbach | GDR | 7:28.60 | Jorge Lutz, Marcus Laborne, Cyro Marques, Djan Madruga | BRA | 7:29.30 |
| 4x100 MD | Mark Kerry, Peter Evans, Mark Tonelli, Neil Brooks | AUS | 3:45.70 | Viktor Kuznetsov, Arsens Miskarovs, Yevgeny Seredin, Sergei Kopliakov | URS | 3:45.92 | Gary Abraham, Duncan Goodhew, David Lowe, Martin Smith | GBR | 3:47.71 |
XXI Montreal 1976 (17.VII.76/1.VIII.76)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 FS | Jim Montgomery | USA | 49.99 | Jack Babashoff | USA | 50.81 | Peter Nocke | FRG | 51.31 |
| 200 FS | Bruce Furniss | USA | 1:50.29 | John Naber | USA | 1:50.50 | Jim Montgomery | USA | 1:50.58 |
| 400 FS | Brian Goodell | USA | 3:51.93 | Tim Shaw | USA | 3:52.54 | Vladimir Raskatov | URS | 3:55.76 |
| 1.500 FS | Brian Goodell | USA | 15:02.40 | Bobby Hackett | USA | 15:03.91 | Stephan Holland | AUS | 15:04.66 |
| 100 BA | John Naber | USA | 55.49 | Peter Rocca | USA | 56.34 | Roland Matthes | GDR | 57.22 |
| 200 BA | John Naber | USA | 1:59.19 | Peter Rocca | USA | 2:00.55 | Dan Harrigan | USA | 2:01.35 |
| 100 BR | John Hencken | USA | 1:03.11 | David Wilkie | GBR | 1:03.43 | Arvidas Juosaitis | URS | 1:04.23 |
| 200 BR | David Wilkie | GBR | 2:15.11 | John Hencken | USA | 2:17.26 | Rick Colella | USA | 2:19.20 |
| 100 BF | Matt Vogel | USA | 54.35 | Joe Bottom | USA | 54.50 | Gary Hall | USA | 54.65 |
| 200 BF | Mike Bruner | USA | 1:59.23 | Steve Gregg | USA | 1:59.54 | Billy Forrester | USA | 1:59.96 |
| 400 MD | Rod Strachan | USA | 4:23.68 | Tim McKee | USA | 4:24.62 | Andrej Smirnov | URS | 4:26.90 |
| 4x200 FS | Mike Bruner, Bruce Furniss, John Naber, Jim Montgomery | USA | 7:23.22 | Volodymyr Raskatov, Andrei Bogdanov, Sergei Kopliakov | URS | 7:27.97 | Alan McClatchey, David Dunne, Gordon Downie, Brian Brinkley | GBR | 7:32.11 |
| 4x100 MD | John Naber, John Hencken, Matt Vogel, Jim Montgomery | USA | 3:42.22 | Stephen Pickell, Graham Smith, Clay Evans, Gary MacDonald | CAN | 3:45.94 | Klaus Steinbach, Walter Kusch, Michael Kraus, Peter Nocke | FRG | 3:47.29 |
XX Munich 1972 (26.VIII.72/10.IX.72)
| Event | Gold | CNT | Mark | Silver | CNT | Mark | Bronze | CNT | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 FS | Mark Spitz | USA | 51.22 | Jerry Heldenreich | USA | 51.65 | Vladimir Bure | URS | 51.77 |
| 200 FS | Mark Spitz | USA | 1:52.78 | Steven Genter | USA | 1:53.73 | Werner Lampe | FRG | 1:53.99 |
| 400 FS | Bradford Cooper | AUS | 4:00.27 | Steven Genter | USA | 4:01.94 | Tom McBreen | USA | 4:02.64 |
| 1.500 FS | Mike Burton | USA | 15:52.58 | Graham Windeatt | AUS | 15:58.48 | Douglas Northway | USA | 16:09.25 |
| 100 BA | Roland Matthes | GDR | 56.58 | Mike Stamm | USA | 57.70 | John Murphy | USA | 58.35 |
| 200 BA | Roland Matthes | GDR | 2:02.82 | Mike Stamm | USA | 2:04.09 | Mitch Ivey | USA | 2:04.33 |
| 100 BR | Nobutaka Taguchi | JPN | 1:04.94 | Tom Bruce | USA | 1:05.43 | John Hencken | USA | 1:05.61 |
| 200 BR | John Hencken | USA | 2:21.55 | David Wilkie | GBR | 2:23.67 | Nobutaka Taguchi | JPN | 2:23.88 |
| 100 BF | Mark Spitz | USA | 54.27 | Bruce Robertson | CAN | 55.56 | Jerry Heidenreich | USA | 55.74 |
| 200 BF | Mark Spitz | USA | 2:00.70 | Gary Hall | USA | 2:02.86 | Robin Backhaus | USA | 2:03.23 |
| 200 MD | Gunnar Larson | SWE | 2:07.17 | Tim McKee | USA | 2:08.37 | Steve Furniss | USA | 2:08.45 |
| 400 MD | Gunnar Larsson | SWE | 4:31.981 | Tim McKee | USA | 4:31.983 | Andras Hargitay | HUN | 4:32.70 |
| 4x100 FS | David Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich, Mark Spitz | USA | 3:26.42 | Vladimir Bure, Viktor Mazanov, Viktor Aboimov, Igor Grivennikov | URS | 3:29.72 | Roland Matthes, Wilfried Hartung, Peter Bruch, Lutz Unger | GDR | 3:32.42 |
| 4x200 FS | John Kinsella, Frederick Tyler, Steven Genter, Mark Spitz | USA | 7:35.78 | Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans Vosseler, Hans Fassnacht | GER | 7:41.69 | Igor Grivennikov, Viktor Mazanov, Georgi Kulikov, Vladimir Bure | URS | 7:45.76 |
| 4x100 MD | Michael Stamm, Thomas Bruce, Mark Spitz, Jerry Heidenreich | USA | 3:48.16 | Roland Matthes, Klaus Katzur, Hartmut Flöckner, Lutz Unger | GDR | 3:52.12 | Eric Fish, William Mahony, Bruce Robertson, Robert Kasting | CAN | 3:52.26 |
Abbreviations
| ABR | Event | ABR | Event | ABR | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FS | Freestyle | BA | Backstroke | BR | Breaststroke |
| BF | Butterfly | MD | Medley | MX | Mixed |
| __ | an underline result stands for World Record | ||||
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