OLYMPIC SWIMMING

Men's Events

YR	50m Freestyle	TIME	100m Freestyle	TIME
1896			Alfred Hajos, HUN	1:22.20
1900			Zoltan Hamay, HUN (100yds)	1:02.80
1904	Zoltan Hamay, HUN (50yd)	28.0	Charles Daniels, USA	1:13.40
1908			Charles Daniels, USA	1:05.60
1912			Duke Kahanamoku, USA	1:03.40
1920			Duke Kahanamoku, USA	1:00.40
1924			Johnny Weissmuller, USA	59.00
1928			Johnny Weissmuller, USA	58.60
1932			Yasuji Miyazaki, JPN	58.20
1936			Ferenc Csik, HUN	57.60
1948			Wally Ris, USA	57.30
1952			Clarke Scholes, USA	57.40
1956			Jon Henricks, AUS	55.40
1960			Jon Devitt, AUS	55.20
1964			Don Schollander, USA	53.40
1968			Michael Wenden, AUS	52.20
1972			Mark Spitz, USA	51.22
1976			Jim Montgomery, USA	49.99
1980			Jorg Woithe, GDR	50.40
1984			Rowdy Gaines, USA	49.80
1988	Matt Biondi, USA	22.14	Matt Biondi, USA	48.63
1992	Aleksandr Popov, URS	21.91	Aleksandr Popov, EUN	49.02
1996	Aleksandr Popov, URS	22.13	Aleksandr Popov, RUS	48.74
2000	Anthony Ervin, USA Gary Hall Jr., USA (tie)	21.98	Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED	48.30
2004	Gary Hall, USA	21.93	Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED	48.17

YR	200m Freestyle	400m Freestyle	1500m Freestyle
1896		Paul Neumann, AUT (500m)	Alfred Hajos, HUN (1200m)
1900	Frederick Lane, AUS (220yds)		John Arthur Jarvis, GBR (1km)
1904	Charles Daniels, USA (220yds)	Charles Daniels, USA (550 yds)	Emil Rausch, GER (1mi)
1908		Henry Taylor, GBR	Henry Taylor, GBR
1912		George Hodgson, CAN	George Hodgson, CAN
1920		Norman Ross, USA	Norman Ross, USA
1924		Johnny Weissmuller, USA	Andrew Boy Charlton, AUS
1928		Alberto Zorilla, ARG	Arne Borge, SWE
1932		Buster Crabbe, USA	Kusuo Kitamura, JPN
1936		Jack Medica, USA	Noboru Terada, JPN
1948		Bill Smith, USA	James McLane, USA
1952		Jean Boiteux, FRA	Ford Konno, USA
1956		Murray Rose, AUS	Murray Rose, AuS
1960		Murray Rose, AUS	Jon Konrads, AUS
1964		Don Schollander, USA	Robert Windle, AUS
1968	Michael Wenden, AUS	Mike Burton, USA	Mike Burton, USA
1972	Mark Spitz, USA	Bradford Cooper, AUS	Mike Burton, USA
1976	Bruce Furniss, USA	Brian Goodell, USA	Brian Goodell, USA
1980	Sergei Kopliakov, URS	Vladimir Salnikov, URS	Vladimir Salnikov, URS
1984	Michael Gross, FRG	George DiCarlo, USA	Mike O'Brien, USA
1988	Duncan Armstrong, AUS	Uwe Dassler, GDR	Vladimir Salnikov, URS
1992	Yevgeny Sadovyi, EUN	Yevgeny Sadovyi, EUN	Kieren Perkins, AUS
1996	Danyon Loader, NZL	Danyon Loader, NZL	Kieren Perkins, AUS
2000	Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED	Ian Thorpe, AUS	Grant Hackett, AUS
2004	Ian Thorpe, AUS	Ian Thorpe, AUS	Grant Hackett, AUS

DISCONTINUED EVENTS (Men only)

50 yards Freestyle
1904 (See 50m Freestyle above)

100 yards Freestyle
1900 (See 100m Freestyle above)

100m Freestyle for Sailors
1896 Ioannis Malokinis, Greece

220 yards Freestyle
1904 (See 200m Freestyle above)

500m Freestyle
1896 (See 400m Freestyle above)

880 yards Freestyle
1904 Emil Rausch, Germany

1000m Freestyle
1900 (See 1500m Freestyle above)

1200m Freestyle
1896 (See 1500m Freestyle above)

1mi Freestyle
1904 (See 1500m Freestyle above)

4000m Freestyle
1900 John Arthur Jarvis, Great Britain

4 x 50 yards Freestyle Relay
1904 United States

100 yards Backstroke
1904 (See 100m Backstroke above)

200m Obstacle Event
1900 (See 200m Freestyle above)

200m Team
1900 Germany

400m Breaststroke
1912 Walter Bathe, Germany
1920 Hakan Malmroth, Sweden

440 yards Breaststroke
1904 Georg Zacharias, Germany

Plunge for Distance
1904 William Dickey, United States

Underwater Swimming
1900 Charles de Vendeville, France