Swimming — 50 metres Freestyle, Men

Times held 10
Total participants 575
Total countries 182

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1988 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 71 44
1992 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 75 51
1996 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 64 58
2000 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 77 71
2004 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 83 74
2008 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 97 90
2012 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 58 51
2016 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 85 72
2020 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 73 66
2024 50 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 73 64

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1988 Matt BiondiUSA Tom JagerUSA Gennady PrigodaURS
1992 Aleksandr PopovEUN Matt BiondiUSA Tom JagerUSA
1996 Aleksandr PopovRUS Gary Hall, Jr.USA Xuxa SchererBRA
2000 Gary Hall, Jr.
Anthony Ervin
USA
USA
Pieter van den HoogenbandNED
2004 Gary Hall, Jr.USA Duje DraganjaCRO Roland SchoemanRSA
2008 César Cielo FilhoBRA Amaury LeveauxFRA Alain BernardFRA
2012 Florent ManaudouFRA Cullen JonesUSA César Cielo FilhoBRA
2016 Anthony ErvinUSA Florent ManaudouFRA Nathan AdrianUSA
2020 Caeleb DresselUSA Florent ManaudouFRA Bruno FratusBRA
2024 Cameron McEvoyAUS Ben ProudGBR Florent ManaudouFRA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 6 4 2 12
France FRA 1 3 2 6
Brazil BRA 1 0 3 4
Australia AUS 1 0 0 1
Russian Federation RUS 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Croatia CRO 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
South Africa RSA 0 0 1 1
Soviet Union URS 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Gary Hall, Jr. USA 2 1 0 3
Aleksandr Popov RUS
EUN
2 0 0 2
Anthony Ervin USA 2 0 0 2
Florent Manaudou FRA 1 2 1 4
Matt Biondi USA 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 2024 Summer Olympics Fahim Anwari 63 See all
Albania ALB 2016 Summer Olympics Sidni Hoxha 41 See all
Algeria ALG 2004 Summer Olympics Salim Iles 8 See all
American Samoa ASA 2012 Summer Olympics Ching Wei 51 See all
Angola ANG 1992 Summer Olympics Pedro Lima 43 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 2004 Summer Olympics Malique Williams 82 See all
Argentina ARG 2000 Summer Olympics José Meolans 21 See all
Armenia ARM 2020 Summer Olympics Artur Barseghyan 43 See all
Aruba ARU 2024 Summer Olympics Mikel Schreuders 26 See all
Australia AUS 2024 Summer Olympics Cameron McEvoy 1 Gold See all
Austria AUT 2020 Summer Olympics Heiko Gigler 22 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 1996 Summer Olympics Emin Quliyev 59 See all
Bahrain BRN 2016 Summer Olympics Farhan Farhan 58 See all
Bangladesh BAN 2012 Summer Olympics Mohammad Mahfizur Rahman 39 See all
Barbados BAR 1988 Summer Olympics Paul Yelle 49 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Aleh Rukhlevich 22 See all
Belgium BEL 2012 Summer Olympics Jasper Aerents 22 See all
Benin BEN 2020 Summer Olympics Marc Dansou 53 See all
Bermuda BER 2012 Summer Olympics Roy-Allan Burch 24 See all
Bolivia BOL 2016 Summer Olympics José Quintanilla 46 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2020 Summer Olympics Emir Muratović 42 See all
Botswana BOT 2008 Summer Olympics John Kamyuka 72 See all
Brazil BRA 2008 Summer Olympics César Cielo Filho 1 Gold See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Tsvetan Golomeev 18 See all
Burkina Faso BUR 2012 Summer Olympics Adama Ouédraogo 42 See all
Burundi BDI 2024 Summer Olympics Crésus Ganira 46 See all
Cabo Verde CPV 2020 Summer Olympics Troy Pina 58 See all
Cambodia CAM 2012 Summer Olympics Hem Thon Ponloeu 48 See all
Cameroon CMR 2012 Summer Olympics Paul Ekane 54 See all
Canada CAN 2024 Summer Olympics Josh Liendo 4 See all
Cayman Islands CAY 2024 Summer Olympics Jordan Crooks 8 See all
Central African Republic CAF 2012 Summer Olympics Christian Nassif 55 See all
Chile CHI 2008 Summer Olympics Oliver Elliot 41 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2004 Summer Olympics Wang Shao-An 48 See all
Colombia COL 2004 Summer Olympics Camilo Becerra =36 See all
Comoros COM 2016 Summer Olympics Soule Soilihi Athoumane 76 See all
Congo CGO 2012 Summer Olympics Rony Bakale 43 See all
Cook Islands COK 2012 Summer Olympics Zac Payne 41 See all
Costa Rica CRC 2000 Summer Olympics Esteban Blanco 45 See all
Croatia CRO 2004 Summer Olympics Duje Draganja 2 Silver See all
Cuba CUB 2012 Summer Olympics Hanser García 23 See all
Cyprus CYP 1992 Summer Olympics Stavros Michailidis 20 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1988 Summer Olympics Petr Kladiva 23 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 2012 Summer Olympics Kouassi Brou 44 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 2024 Summer Olympics Aristote Ndombe 70 See all
Denmark DEN 1988 Summer Olympics Vagn Høgholm =20 See all
Djibouti DJI 2012 Summer Olympics Abdourahman Osman 49 See all
Dominica DMA 2024 Summer Olympics Warren Lawrence 52 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2008 Summer Olympics Jacinto Ayala 34 See all
Ecuador ECU 2000 Summer Olympics Julio Santos 19 See all
Egypt EGY 2016 Summer Olympics Ali Khalafalla 23 See all
Equatorial Guinea GEQ 2024 Summer Olympics Higinio Ndong 67 See all
Eritrea ERI 2020 Summer Olympics Ghirmai Efrem 46 See all
Estonia EST 2008 Summer Olympics Miko Mälberg 25 See all
Eswatini SWZ 2012 Summer Olympics Luke Hall 36 See all
Ethiopia ETH 2012 Summer Olympics Mulualem Teshale 57 See all
Federated States of Micronesia FSM 2012 Summer Olympics Kerson Hadley 40 See all
Fiji FIJ 2004 Summer Olympics Carl Probert 40 See all
2024 Summer Olympics David Young 40
Finland FIN 2016 Summer Olympics Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 24 See all
France FRA 2012 Summer Olympics Florent Manaudou 1 Gold See all
Gabon GAB 2020 Summer Olympics Adam Mpali 68 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Adam Mpali 68
Georgia GEO 2000 Summer Olympics Zurab Beridze 54 See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Nils Rudolph 8 See all
Ghana GHA 2016 Summer Olympics Abeiku Jackson 55 See all
Great Britain GBR 2024 Summer Olympics Ben Proud 2 Silver See all
Greece GRE 2020 Summer Olympics Kristian Gkolomeev 5 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Kristian Gkolomeev 5
Grenada GRN 2000 Summer Olympics Omar Hughes 57 See all
Guam GUM 1996 Summer Olympics Darrick Bollinger 46 See all
Guatemala GUA 2004 Summer Olympics Rodrigo Díaz 53 See all
Guinea GUI 2024 Summer Olympics Elhadj Diallo 57 See all
Guinea Bissau GBS 2024 Summer Olympics Pedro Rogery 66 See all
Guyana GUY 2008 Summer Olympics Niall Roberts 69 See all
Haiti HAI 2016 Summer Olympics Frantz Dorsainvil 85 See all
Honduras HON 1992 Summer Olympics Plutarco Castellanos 55 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2024 Summer Olympics Ian Ho =24 See all
Hungary HUN 2008 Summer Olympics Krisztián Takács 9 See all
Iceland ISL 2012 Summer Olympics Árni Árnason 31 See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Mladen Kapor 23 See all
India IND 2008 Summer Olympics Virdhawal Khade 40 See all
Individual Neutral Athletes AIN 2024 Summer Olympics Yevgeny Somov 44 See all
Indonesia INA 1988 Summer Olympics Richard Bera 41 See all
Iraq IRQ 2000 Summer Olympics Mohammed Abdul Ilah 64 See all
Ireland IRL 2024 Summer Olympics Thomas Fannon 10 See all
Israel ISR 2024 Summer Olympics Meiron Cheruti 13 See all
Italy ITA 2000 Summer Olympics Lorenzo Vismara 4 See all
Jamaica JAM 1996 Summer Olympics Sion Brinn 29 See all
Japan JPN 2016 Summer Olympics Shinri Shioura 16 See all
Jordan JOR 2012 Summer Olympics Kareem Ennab 37 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Sergey Borisenko =26 See all
Kenya KEN 2008 Summer Olympics David Dunford 20 See all
Kosovo KOS 2016 Summer Olympics Lum Zhaveli 57 See all
Kuwait KUW 2008 Summer Olympics Mohammed Madouh =45 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Sergey Ashikhmin 41 See all
Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO 2012 Summer Olympics Phathana Inthavong 56 See all
Lebanon LBN 2016 Summer Olympics Anthony Barbar 50 See all
Libya LBA 2016 Summer Olympics Ahmad Attellesey 53 See all
Lithuania LTU 2016 Summer Olympics Simonas Bilis 8 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1988 Summer Olympics Yves Clausse 28 See all
Malawi MAW 2020 Summer Olympics Filipe Gomes 47 See all
Malaysia MAS 2004 Summer Olympics Allen Ong =46 See all
Maldives MDV 2024 Summer Olympics Mohamed Aan Hussain 50 See all
Mali MLI 2000 Summer Olympics Bakary Sereme 74 See all
Malta MLT 2024 Summer Olympics Kyle Micallef 41 See all
Marshall Islands MHL 2012 Summer Olympics Giordan Harris 46 See all
Mauritania MTN 2024 Summer Olympics Camil Doua 55 See all
Mauritius MRI 2004 Summer Olympics Chris Hackel 62 See all
Mexico MEX 2024 Summer Olympics Gabriel Castaño 15 See all
Mongolia MGL 2020 Summer Olympics Myagmar Delgerkhüü 48 See all
Montenegro MNE 2016 Summer Olympics Maksim Inić =51 See all
Mozambique MOZ 2012 Summer Olympics Chakyl Camal 38 See all
Myanmar MYA 2008 Summer Olympics Zin Kyaw 77 See all
Nepal NEP 2012 Summer Olympics Prasiddha Shah 47 See all
Netherlands NED 2000 Summer Olympics Pieter van den Hoogenband 3 Bronze See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1988 Summer Olympics Hilton Woods 16 See all
New Zealand NZL 2024 Summer Olympics Taiko Torepe-Ormsby =19 See all
Nicaragua NCA 2008 Summer Olympics Yasser Núñez 75 See all
Niger NIG 2020 Summer Olympics Alassane Seydou 50 See all
Nigeria NGR 1992 Summer Olympics Musa Bakare =41 See all
Norway NOR 2024 Summer Olympics Nicholas Lia 37 See all
Oman OMA 2000 Summer Olympics Khalid Al-Kulaibi 68 See all
Pakistan PAK 2008 Summer Olympics Adil Baig 74 See all
Palau PLW 2024 Summer Olympics Jion Hosei 53 See all
Palestine PLE 2008 Summer Olympics Hamza Abdo 73 See all
Paraguay PAR 1996 Summer Olympics Alfredo Carrillo 57 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1996 Summer Olympics Jiang Chengji 4 See all
Peru PER 2000 Summer Olympics Luis López =49 See all
Philippines PHI 1988 Summer Olympics Eric Buhain =33 See all
Poland POL 2000 Summer Olympics Bartosz Kizierowski 5 See all
Portugal POR 2024 Summer Olympics Diogo Ribeiro 16 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1996 Summer Olympics Ricardo Busquets 8 See all
Qatar QAT 2000 Summer Olympics Wael Saeed 61 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Kliment Kolesnikov =9 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2000 Summer Olympics Kim Min-Seok =17 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 1996 Summer Olympics Maxim Cazmirciuc 43 See all
Romania ROU 2016 Summer Olympics Norbert Trandafir 14 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Popov 1 Gold See all
Rwanda RWA 2012 Summer Olympics Jackson Niyomugabo 52 See all
Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 2024 Summer Olympics Troy Nisbett 69 See all
Saint Lucia LCA 2016 Summer Olympics Jordan Augier 45 See all
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 2012 Summer Olympics Tolga Akcayli 45 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Alex Joachim 45
San Marino SMR 1988 Summer Olympics Michele Piva =63 See all
Senegal SEN 2016 Summer Olympics Abdoul Niane 48 See all
Serbia SRB 2020 Summer Olympics Andrej Barna 28 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2004 Summer Olympics Milorad Čavić 31 See all
Seychelles SEY 2016 Summer Olympics Adam Viktora 56 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 2024 Summer Olympics Joshua Wyse 62 See all
Singapore SGP 1988 Summer Olympics Ang Peng Siong 11 See all
Slovakia SVK 2024 Summer Olympics Matej Duša 39 See all
Slovenia SLO 2008 Summer Olympics Jernej Godec 18 See all
South Africa RSA 2004 Summer Olympics Roland Schoeman 3 Bronze See all
Soviet Union URS 1988 Summer Olympics Gennady Prigoda 3 Bronze See all
Spain ESP 2004 Summer Olympics Javier Noriega 13 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 2008 Summer Olympics Daniel Lee 66 See all
Sudan SUD 2012 Summer Olympics Mohamed El-Khedr 50 See all
Suriname SUR 2016 Summer Olympics Renzo Tjon A Joe 21 See all
Sweden SWE 2004 Summer Olympics Stefan Nystrand 4 See all
Switzerland SUI 1988 Summer Olympics Dano Halsall 4 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 2004 Summer Olympics Rafed El-Masri =18 See all
Tajikistan TJK 2024 Summer Olympics Fakhriddin Madkamov 56 See all
Thailand THA 2004 Summer Olympics Arwut Chinnapasaen =46 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1996 Summer Olympics Allan Murray =12 See all
The Gambia GAM 2024 Summer Olympics Ousman Jobe 61 See all
Timor-Leste TLS 2024 Summer Olympics Jolanio Guterres 71 See all
Togo TOG 2020 Summer Olympics Mawupemon Otogbe 57 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2012 Summer Olympics George Bovell 7 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2008 Summer Olympics Andrey Molchanov 68 See all
Türkiye TUR 2008 Summer Olympics Kaan Tayla 37 See all
Uganda UGA 2012 Summer Olympics Ganzi Mugula 53 See all
Ukraine UKR 2016 Summer Olympics Andriy Hovorov 5 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Popov 1 Gold See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 2000 Summer Olympics Ayoub Al-Mas 56 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 2016 Summer Olympics Hilal Hilal 49 See all
United States USA 1988 Summer Olympics Matt Biondi 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Gary Hall, Jr. =1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Anthony Ervin =1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Gary Hall, Jr. 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Anthony Ervin 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Caeleb Dressel 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 2004 Summer Olympics Josh Laban =43 See all
Uruguay URU 2020 Summer Olympics Enzo Martínez 35 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2000 Summer Olympics Ravil Nachayev 30 See all
Venezuela VEN 1996 Summer Olympics Francisco Sánchez 7 See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Frank Henter 7 See all
Yemen YEM 2004 Summer Olympics Mohamed Saad 80 See all
Zambia ZAM 2024 Summer Olympics Damien Shamambo 48 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1992 Summer Olympics Ivor Le Roux 46 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2020 Summer Olympics Alaa Maso 44 See all