The page provides a comprehensive list of Olympic records set by men in swimming.
Men's Swimming
Introduced in the 1896 Athens Games, swimming has been a part of the Olympics ever since and undergone much transformation: from being an outdoor sport held in a river to being an indoor sport held in a pool. Despite the transformation it is one of the most popular sports in Olympics. In men's category, except for the record time of 3:40.59 min set by Ian Thorpe of Australia in 400m freestyle, all the record times in each event was newly set by swimmers across the world. As of now, USA with 489 medals, out of which 214 are gold, is at the top of the medals tally. In the 2012 London Games, 950 swimmers will take part in the competition in as many as 34 events. The competition will be held at Olympic Park - Aquatics Centre and Hyde Park from 28th July to 4th August.
• Men's 100 Meter Backstroke
• Men's 100 Meter Breaststroke
• Men's 100 Meter Butterfly
• Men's 100 Meter Freestyle Swimming
• Men's 1500 Meter Freestyle Swimming
• Men's 200 Meter Backstroke
• Men's 200 Meter Breaststroke
• Men's 200 Meter Butterfly
• Men's 200 Meter Freestyle
• Men's 200 Meter Individual Medley
• Men's 4 x 100 Meter Freestyle Relay
• Men's 4 x 100 Meter Medley Relay
• Men's 4 x 200 Meter Freestyle Relay
• Men's 400 Meter Freestyle
• Men's 400 Meter Individual Medley
• Men's 50 Meter Freestyle
Men's 1 Mile Freestyle
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Emil Rausch Germany |
Géza Kiss Hungary |
Francis Gailey United States |
Men's 10 KM marathon
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Maarten van der Weijden Netherlands |
David Davies Great Britain |
Thomas Lurz Germany |
| 2012 | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia |
Thomas Lurz Germany |
Richard Weinberger Canada |
| 2016 | Ferry Weertman Netherlands |
Spyridon Gianniotis Greece |
Marc-Antoine Olivier France |
Men's 100 Yard Backstroke
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Walter Brack Germany |
Georg Hoffmann Germany |
Georg Zacharias Germany |
Men's 100 Yard Freestyle
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Zoltán Halmay Hungary |
Charles Daniels United States |
Scott Leary United States |
Men's 1000 Meter Freestyle
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | John Jarvis Great Britain |
Otto Wahle Austria |
Zoltán Halmay Hungary |
Men's 1200 Meter Freestyle
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Alfréd Hajós Hungary |
Ioannis Andreou Greece |
Efstathios Chorafas Greece |
Men's 200 Meter Obstacle Event
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Frederick Lane Australia |
Otto Wahle Austria |
Peter Kemp Great Britain |
Men's 200 Meter Team Swimming
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin Germany |
Tritons Lillois France |
Pupilles de Neptune France |
Men's 400 Meter Breaststroke
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Walter Bathe Germany |
Thor Henning Sweden |
Percy Courtman Great Britain |
| 1920 | Håkan Malmrot Sweden |
Thor Henning Sweden |
Arvo Ossian Aaltonen Finland |
Men's 4000 Meter Freestyle
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | John Jarvis Great Britain |
Zoltán Halmay Hungary |
Louis Martin France |
Men's 440 Yardr Breaststroke
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Georg Zacharias Germany |
Walter Brack Germany |
Jam Handy United States |
Men's 500 Meter Freestyle
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Paul Neumann Austria |
Antonios Pepanos Greece |
Efstathios Chorafas Greece |
Men's 880 Yard Freestyle
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Emil Rausch Germany |
Francis Gailey United States |
Géza Kiss Hungary |
Men's Freestyle 220 Yard
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Charles Daniels United States |
Francis Gailey United States |
Emil Rausch Germany |
Men's Freestyle 440 Yard
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Charles Daniels United States |
Francis Gailey United States |
Otto Wahle Austria |
Men's Freestyle 4x50 Yard Relay
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Charles Daniels, Louis Handley, Leo Goodwin, Joe Ruddy United States |
Hugo Goetz, David Hammond, Raymond Thorne, Bill Tuttle United States |
Gwynne Evans, Bill Orthwein, Amedee Reyburn, Marquard Schwarz United States |
Men's Freestyle 50 Yard
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Zoltán Halmay Hungary |
Scott Leary United States |
Charles Daniels United States |
Men's Sailors 100 Meter Freestyle
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Ioannis Malokinis Greece |
Spyridon Chazapis Greece |
Dimitrios Drivas Greece |
Men's Underwater Swimming
Year |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Charles Devendeville France |
André Six France |
Peder Lykkeberg Denmark |
