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STATISTICS MEN
The Men's Olympic Program has remained mostly unchanging since 1968, with the only addition of the 50 FS in 1988, and the 800 FS in 2020. Between 1896 and 1920, some "weird" events as 100 meters for sailors or underwater swimming were also held. The discontinued events make a total of 10 (not included in the table below); of which Germany won 4 gold medals; and GRE, GBR, SWE, AUS, FRA & USA made 1 each. Since 2020, the 4x100 mixed medley relay is also contested (also not included in the tables below).
Ps | CNT | GD | SV | BZ | Tot |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | USA | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
2. | GBR | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
3. | ROC | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4. | AUS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
5. | HUN | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
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(16) | TOT | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
All-Time Medal Table: MEN (1896-2020)
* All the events currently included in the Men's Olympic Program (see above)
* Soviet Union includes the 1992 Unified Team (UNT)
Ps | Country | CNT | GD | SV | BZ | TOT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | United States | USA | 150 | 100 | 71 | 321 |
2. | Australia | AUS | 34 | 38 | 45 | 117 |
3. | Japan | JPN | 17 | 23 | 21 | 61 |
4. | Soviet Union* | URS | 14 | 17 | 18 | 49 |
5. | Hungary | HUN | 13 | 16 | 17 | 46 |
6. | Great Britain | GBR | 12 | 17 | 13 | 42 |
7. | Sweden | SWE | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
8. | Canada | CAN | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 |
9. | East Germany | GDR | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
10. | Germany | GER | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 |
11. | France | FRA | 5 | 9 | 11 | 25 |
12. | Russia | RUS | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
13. | China | CHN | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
14. | Italy | ITA | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
15. | South Africa | RSA | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
16. | West Germany | FRG | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
17. | Netherlands | NED | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
18. | Russian OC | ROC | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
19. | New Zealand | NZL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
20. | Tunisia | TUN | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
21. | Austria | AUT | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
22. | Brazil | BRA | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
23. | South Korea | KOR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
24. | Belgium | BEL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
25. | Spain | ESP | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
26. | Surinam | SUR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
27. | Argentina | ARG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
. | Mexico | MEX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
. | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
. | Singapore | SIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
31. | Ukraine | UKR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
32. | Greece | GRE | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
33. | Denmark | DEN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
34. | Finland | FIN | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
35. | Cuba | CUB | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
. | Poland | POL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
37. | Croatia | CRO | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
. | Norway | NOR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
. | Serbia | SRB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
40. | Switzerland | SUI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
41. | Phillipines | PHI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
42. | Romania | ROM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
. | Trinidad & Tobago | TRI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
. | Venezuela | VEN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
44 | 306 | 308 | 308 | 922 |
Medal table (by event, countries)
* The 2nd column indicates how many times the event has been held.
Event | Ed | 1st | Medals | 2nd | Medals |
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50 FS | 9 | United States (2 shared) | 6= | Russia | 2 |
100 FS | 27 | United States | 14 | Australia | 4 |
200 FS | 15 | Australia / United States | 4 | URSS | 2 |
400 FS | 26 | United States | 9 | Australia | 6 |
1.500 FS | 26 | United States | 9 | Australia | 8 |
100 BA | 25 | United States | 15 | GER/JPN/AUS/GDR | 2 |
200 BA | 16 | United States | 9 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 |
100 BR | 14 | United States / Great Britain | 4 | Japan | 3 |
200 BR | 26 | Japan | 6 | United States | 5 |
100 BF | 14 | United States | 8 | Sweden | 2 |
200 BF | 17 | United States | 10 | Australia | 2 |
200 MD | 12 | United States | 5 | Hungary | 3 |
400 MD | 15 | United States | 9 | Hungary | 2 |
4x100 FS | 13 | United States | 10 | AUS / RSA / FRA | 1 |
4x200 FS | 26 | United States | 17 | Australia | 3 |
4x100 MD | 16 | United States | 15 | Australia | 1 |
* The last three columns to the right show total medals (relays included), but position is based solely on INDIVIDUAL medals.
Ps | Name | GD | SV | BZ | Medal Details | RG | RS | RB |
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1. | Michael Phelps, USA | 13 | 2 | 1 | 04: 100BF-200BF-200MD-400MD-4x200-(4x100MD); 08: 200-100BF-200BF-200MD-400MD-4x100-4x200-4x100MD; 12: 100BF-200MD-4x200-4x100MD; 16: 200BF-200MD-4x100-4x200-4x100MD // 12: 200BF-4x100; 16: 100BF= // 04: 200-4x100 | 23 | 3 | 2 |
2. | Mark Spitz, USA | 4 | 1 | 1 | 68: 4x100-4x200; 72: 100-200-100BF-200BF-4x100-4x200-4x100MD // 68: 100BF // 68: 100 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
3. | Aleksandr Popov, RUS | 4 | 1 | - | 92: 50-100; 96: 50-100 // 4x100: 92-96; 4x100MD: 92-96; 100: 00 // None | 4 | 5 | - |
4. | Roland Matthes, GDR | 4 | - | 1 | 100BA: 68-72; 200BA: 68-72 // 4x100MD: 68-72 // 72: 4x100; 76: 100BA | 4 | 2 | 2 |
5. | Kosuke Kitajima, JPN | 4 | - | - | 100BR: 04-08; 200BR: 04-08 // 4x100MD: 12 // 4x100MD: 04-08 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
. | Tamas Darnyi, HUN | 4 | - | - | 200MD: 88-92; 400MD: 88-92 // None // None | 4 | - | - |
7. | Aaron Peirsol, USA | 3 | 2 | - | 04: 100BA-200BA-4x100MD; 08: 100BA-4x100MD // 00: 200BA; 08: 200BA // None | 5 | 2 | - |
. | Sun Yang, CHN | 3 | 2 | - | 12: 400-1500; 16: 200 // 12: 200; 16: 400 // 12: 4x200 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
9. | Ian Thorpe, AUS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 00: 400-4x100-4x200; 04: 200-400 // 00: 200-(4x100MD); 04: 4x200 // 04: 100 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
. | Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED | 3 | 1 | 1 | 00: 100-200; 04: 100 // 04: 200-4x100 // 00: 50-4x200 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
. | Charles Daniels, USA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 04: 200-400; 08: 100 // 04: 100 // 04: 50; 08: 4x200 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
12. | Murray Rose, AUS | 3 | 1 | - | 56: 400-1500-4x200; 60: 400 // 60: 1500 // 60: 4x200 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
. | Michael Gross, FRG | 3 | 1 | - | 84: 200-100BF; 88: 200BF // 84: 200BF-4x200 // 88: 4x200 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
14. | Caeleb Dressel, USA | 3 | - | - | 16: 4x100-4x100MD; 20: 50-100-100BF-4x100-4x100MD // None // None | 7 | - | - |
. | Johny Weissmuller, USA | 3 | - | - | 24: 100-400-4x200; 28: 100-4x200 // None // None | 5 | - | - |
. | Vladimir Salnikov, URS | 3 | - | - | 80: 400-1500-4x200; 88: 1500 // None // None | 4 | - | - |
. | Mike Burton, USA | 3 | - | - | 68: 400-1500; 72: 1500 // None // None | 3 | - | - |
18. | Ryan Lochte, USA | 2 | 2 | 3 | 04: 4x200; 08: 200BA-4x200; 12: 400MD-4x200; 16: 4x200 // 04: 200MD; 12: 200MD-4x100 // 08: 200MD-400MD; 12: 200BA | 6 | 3 | 3 |
19. | Matt Biondi, USA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 84: 4x100; 88: 50-100-4x100-4x200-4x100MD; 92: 4x100-(4x100MD) // 88: 100BF; 92: 50 // 88: 200 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
(20) | Gary Hall Jr, USA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50: 00-04; 4x100: 96; 4x100MD: 96-00 // 96: 50-100 // 00: 100; 04: (4x100) | 5 | 3 | 2 |
-- | Don Schollander, USA | 2 | 1 | - | 64: 100-400-4x100-4x200; 68: 4x200 // 68: 200 // None | 5 | 1 | - |
-- | Nathan Adrian, USA | 1 | - | 2 | 100: 12; 4x100: (08)-16; 4x100MD: 12-16 // 12: 4x100 // 16: 50-100 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
-- | Tom Jager, USA | - | 1 | 1 | 4x100: (84)-88-92; 4x100MD: (84)-(88) // 88: 50 // 92: 50 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
* According to FINA rules, preliminary swimmers are awarded medals too. Thus, medals won as members of a qualifying race relay team are included (between brackets).
* Phelps became the first male swimmer to win the same individual event three times. He achieved this feat in two events (100BF & 200 MD). Matt Biondi and Tom Jagger (USA) were in the American 4x100 FS relay team in 1984, 1988 & 1992 (3 golds). Phelps & Lochte won the 4x200 in 2004, 2008 & 2012. Finally, Phelps also won the 4x100MD three times.
* Don Schollander also swom the 4x100 and 4x100 MD preliminaries in 1968 but (unaccountedly), unlike Jagger or Biondi, they are not added to the official counting.
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