| Olympics |
Medal |
Athletes |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta '96 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Alexander Popov
Gary Hall Jr.
Gustavo Borges |
Russia
United States
Brazil |
--
--
-- |
| Barcelona 1992 |
Medal
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Alexander Popov
Gustavo Borges
Stephan Caron |
Russia
Brazil
France |
49:02
49.43
49.50 |
| Seoul 1988 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Matt Biondi
Christopher Jacobs
Stephan Caron |
United States
United States
France |
48.63
49.08
49.62 |
| Los Angeles 1984 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Rowdy Gaines
Mark Stockwell
Per Johansson |
United States
Australia
Sweden |
49.80
50.24
50.31 |
| Moscow 1980 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Jorg Woithe
Per Holmertz
Per Johansson |
East Germany
Sweden
Sweden |
50.40
50.91
51.29 |
| Montreal 1976 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Jim Montgomery
Jim Babashoff
Peter Nocke |
United States
United States
West Germany |
49.99
50.81
51.31 |
| Munich 1972 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Jerry Heidenreich
Vladimir Bure |
United States
United States
Soviet Union |
51.22
51.65
51.77 |
| Mexico City 1968 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Michael Wenden
Ken Walsh
Mark Spitz |
Austria
United States
United States |
52.2
52.8
53.0 |
| Tokyo 1964 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Don Schollander
Robert McGregor
Hans-Joachim-Klein |
United States
Great Britain
West Germany |
53.4
53.5
54.0 |
| Rome 1960 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
John Devitt
Lance Larson
Manuel Dos Santos |
Australia
United States
Brazil |
55.2
55.2
55.4 |
| Melbourne 1956 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Jon Henricks
John Devitt
Gary Chapman |
Australia
Australia
Autsralia |
55.4
55.8
56.7 |
| Helsinki 1952 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Clarke Scholes
Hiroshi Suzuki
Goran Larsson |
United States
Japan
Sweden |
57.4
57.4
58.2 |
| London 1948 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Walter Ris
Alan Ford
Geza Kadas |
United States
United States
Hungary |
57.3
57.8
58.1 |
| Berlin 1936 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ferenc Csik
Masanori Yusa
Shigeo Arai |
Hungary
Japan
Japan |
57.6
57.9
58.0 |
| Los Angeles 1932 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Yasuji Miyazaki
Tatsugo Kawaishi
Albert Schwartz |
Japan
Japan
United States |
58.2
58.6
58.8 |
| Amsterdam 1928 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Johnny Weissmuller
Istvan Barany
Katsuo Takaishi |
United States
Hungary
Japan |
58.6
59.8
1:00.0 |
| Paris 1924 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Johnny Weissmuller
Duke P. Kahanamoku
Samuel Kahanamoku |
United States
United States
United States |
59.0
1:01.4
1:01.8 |
| Antwerp 1920 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Duke P. Kahanamoku
Pua Kela Kealoha
William Harris |
United States
United States
United States |
1:01.4
1:02.2
1:03.2 |
| Stockholm 1912 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Duke P. Kahanamoku
Cecil Healy
Kenneth Huszagh |
United States
Australia
United States |
1:03.4
1:04.6
1:05.6 |
| London 1908 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Charles Daniels
Zoltan von Halmay
Harald Julin |
United States
Hungary
Sweden |
1:05.6
1:06.2
1:08.0 |
| St. Louis 1904 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Zoltan von Halmay
Charles Daniels
J. Scott Leary |
Hungary
United States
United States |
1:02.8
no time
no time |
| Athens 1896 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Alfred Hajos
Efstathios Choraphas
Otto Herschmann |
Hungary
Greece
Austria |
1:22.2
1:23.0
no time |
