Swimming — 400 metres Freestyle, Men

Times held 28
Total participants 867
Total countries 121

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1906 400 metres Freestyle, Men Intercalated 13 7
1908 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 25 10
1912 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 26 13
1920 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 22 11
1924 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 23 13
1928 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 26 17
1932 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 19 10
1936 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 34 16
1948 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 41 21
1952 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 48 29
1956 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 32 19
1960 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 40 25
1964 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 49 27
1968 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 37 20
1972 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 43 28
1976 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 47 29
1980 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 28 16
1984 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 36 25
1988 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 49 33
1992 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 46 31
1996 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 34 30
2000 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 46 40
2004 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 47 39
2008 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 36 26
2012 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 28 23
2016 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 50 39
2020 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 36 31
2024 400 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 37 31

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Otto ScheffAUT Henry TaylorGBR John JarvisGBR
1908 Henry TaylorGBR Frank BeaurepaireANZ Otto ScheffAUT
1912 George HodgsonCAN Jack HatfieldGBR Harold HardwickANZ
1920 Norman RossUSA Ludy LangerUSA George VernotCAN
1924 Johnny WeissmullerUSA Arne BorgSWE Boy CharltonAUS
1928 Alberto ZorrillaARG Boy CharltonAUS Arne BorgSWE
1932 Buster CrabbeUSA Jean TarisFRA Tsutomu OyokotaJPN
1936 Jack MedicaUSA Shunpei UtoJPN Shozo MakinoJPN
1948 Bill SmithUSA Jimmy McLaneUSA John MarshallAUS
1952 Jean BoiteuxFRA Ford KonnoUSA Per-Olof ÖstrandSWE
1956 Murray RoseAUS Tsuyoshi YamanakaJPN George BreenUSA
1960 Murray RoseAUS Tsuyoshi YamanakaJPN John KonradsAUS
1964 Don SchollanderUSA Frank WiegandGER Allan WoodAUS
1968 Mike BurtonUSA Ralph HuttonCAN Alain MosconiFRA
1972 Brad CooperAUS Steve GenterUSA Tom McBreenUSA
1976 Brian GoodellUSA Tim ShawUSA Vladimir RaskatovURS
1980 Vladimir SalnikovURS Andrey KrylovURS Ivar StukolkinURS
1984 George DiCarloUSA John MykkanenUSA Justin LembergAUS
1988 Uwe DaßlerGDR Duncan ArmstrongAUS Artur WojdatPOL
1992 Yevgeny SadovyEUN Kieren PerkinsAUS Anders HolmertzSWE
1996 Danyon LoaderNZL Paul PalmerGBR Daniel KowalskiAUS
2000 Ian ThorpeAUS Massi RosolinoITA Klete KellerUSA
2004 Ian ThorpeAUS Grant HackettAUS Klete KellerUSA
2008 Park Tae-HwanKOR Zhang LinCHN Larsen JensenUSA
2012 Sun YangCHN Park Tae-HwanKOR Peter VanderkaayUSA
2016 Mack HortonAUS Sun YangCHN Gabriele DettiITA
2020 Ahmed HafnaouiTUN Jack McLoughlinAUS Kieran SmithUSA
2024 Lukas MärtensGER Elijah WinningtonAUS Kim U-MinKOR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 9 6 7 22
Australia AUS 6 6 6 18
Great Britain GBR 1 3 1 5
People's Republic of China CHN 1 2 0 3
Soviet Union URS 1 1 2 4
Canada CAN 1 1 1 3
France FRA 1 1 1 3
Republic of Korea KOR 1 1 1 3
Germany GER 1 1 0 2
Austria AUT 1 0 1 2
Argentina ARG 1 0 0 1
East Germany GDR 1 0 0 1
New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
Tunisia TUN 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Japan JPN 0 3 2 5
Sweden SWE 0 1 3 4
Australasia ANZ 0 1 1 2
Italy ITA 0 1 1 2
Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Murray Rose AUS 2 0 0 2
Ian Thorpe AUS 2 0 0 2
Henry Taylor GBR 1 1 0 2
Park Tae-Hwan KOR 1 1 0 2
Sun Yang CHN 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2004 Summer Olympics Mahrez Mebarek 30 See all
Andorra AND 2016 Summer Olympics Pol Arias 49 See all
Angola ANG 1980 Summer Olympics Fernando Lopes DNS See all
Argentina ARG 1928 Summer Olympics Alberto Zorrilla 1 Gold See all
Australasia ANZ 1908 Summer Olympics Frank Beaurepaire 2 Silver See all
Australia AUS 1956 Summer Olympics Murray Rose 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Murray Rose 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Brad Cooper 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Ian Thorpe 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Ian Thorpe 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Mack Horton 1 Gold
Austria AUT 1906 Intercalated Games Otto Scheff 1 Gold See all
Barbados BAR 2000 Summer Olympics Damian Alleyne 26 See all
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Dzmitry Koptur 22 See all
Belgium BEL 2024 Summer Olympics Lucas Henveaux =12 See all
Bermuda BER 1948 Summer Olympics Derek Oatway 32 See all
Bohemia BOH 1912 Summer Olympics Josef Černÿ DNS See all
1912 Summer Olympics S. Matucha DNS
Bolivia BOL 1992 Summer Olympics Luis Medina 41 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2024 Summer Olympics Jovan Lekić 30 See all
Botswana BOT 2020 Summer Olympics James Freeman 35 See all
Brazil BRA 1976 Summer Olympics Djan Madruga 4 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Djan Madruga 4
Bulgaria BUL 2024 Summer Olympics Petar Mitsin 21 See all
Canada CAN 1912 Summer Olympics George Hodgson 1 Gold See all
Cayman Islands CAY 2016 Summer Olympics Geoffrey Butler 48 See all
Chile CHI 1928 Summer Olympics Hernán Téllez 5 h5 r1/3 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Giancarlo Zolezzi 25
2024 Summer Olympics Eduardo Cisternas 25
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Wu Ming-Hsun 33 See all
Colombia COL 1968 Summer Olympics Julio Arango 13 See all
Cook Islands COK 2020 Summer Olympics Wesley Roberts 30 See all
Costa Rica CRC 2024 Summer Olympics Alberto Vega 35 See all
Croatia CRO 1996 Summer Olympics Miroslav Vučetić 22 See all
Cuba CUB 1960 Summer Olympics Rubén Roca 23 See all
Cyprus CYP 2016 Summer Olympics Iakovos Hadjiconstantinou 47 See all
Czechia CZE 2000 Summer Olympics Vlastimil Burda 19 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Daniel Machek 5 See all
Denmark DEN 1996 Summer Olympics Jacob Carstensen 8 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Uwe Daßler 1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 1972 Summer Olympics Jorge Delgado 17 See all
Egypt EGY 2020 Summer Olympics Marwan El-Kamash 14 See all
El Salvador ESA 2016 Summer Olympics Marcelo Acosta 22 See all
Estonia EST 2020 Summer Olympics Kregor Zirk 15 See all
Fiji FIJ 1992 Summer Olympics Carl Probert DNS See all
Finland FIN 1992 Summer Olympics Antti Kasvio 9 See all
France FRA 1952 Summer Olympics Jean Boiteux 1 Gold See all
Georgia GEO 2020 Summer Olympics Irakli Revishvili 32 See all
Germany GER 2024 Summer Olympics Lukas Märtens 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Henry Taylor 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Spyros Gianniotis 7 See all
Guam GUM 1988 Summer Olympics Jonathan Sakovich 41 See all
Guatemala GUA 1992 Summer Olympics Gustavo Búcaro 40 See all
Guyana GUY 2024 Summer Olympics Raekwon Noel 34 See all
Honduras HON 2012 Summer Olympics Allan Gutiérrez 28 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1996 Summer Olympics Mark Kwok 29 See all
Hungary HUN 1906 Intercalated Games Alajos Bruckner 4 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Géza Kádas 4
Iceland ISL 1948 Summer Olympics Ari Guðmundsson 29 See all
India IND 1932 Summer Olympics Nalin Malik 19 See all
Indonesia INA 1956 Summer Olympics Habib Nasution 19 See all
Ireland IRL 1928 Summer Olympics Billy Broderick 4 h6 r1/3 See all
Israel ISR 1960 Summer Olympics Amiram Trauber 36 See all
Italy ITA 2000 Summer Olympics Massi Rosolino 2 Silver See all
Japan JPN 1936 Summer Olympics Shunpei Uto 2 Silver See all
1956 Summer Olympics Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 2 Silver
1960 Summer Olympics Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 2 Silver
Jordan JOR 1996 Summer Olympics Omar Dallal 34 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2008 Summer Olympics Oleg Rabota 36 See all
Kenya KEN 2024 Summer Olympics Ridhwan Mohamed 36 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1992 Summer Olympics Hussein Al-Sadiq 45 See all
Kuwait KUW 1980 Summer Olympics Mohamed Abdul Wahab 28 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 1996 Summer Olympics Andrey Kvasov 26 See all
Lebanon LBN 1988 Summer Olympics Émile Lahoud 48 See all
Lithuania LTU 2024 Summer Olympics Danas Rapšys 10 See all
Malaya MAL 1960 Summer Olympics Fong Seow Jit 38 See all
Malaysia MAS 2024 Summer Olympics Khiew Hoe Yean 27 See all
Malta MLT 2004 Summer Olympics Neil Agius 46 See all
Mauritius MRI 1992 Summer Olympics Benoît Fleurot 42 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Guillermo Echevarría 11 See all
Monaco MON 1976 Summer Olympics Patrick Novaretti 45 See all
Morocco MAR 2024 Summer Olympics Ilias El-Fallaki 33 See all
Mozambique MOZ 2020 Summer Olympics Igor Mogne 31 See all
Myanmar MYA 1964 Summer Olympics Tin Maung Ni 39 See all
Netherlands NED 1964 Summer Olympics Johan Bontekoe 14 See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1984 Summer Olympics Evert Kroon 31 See all
New Zealand NZL 1996 Summer Olympics Danyon Loader 1 Gold See all
Nicaragua NCA 2000 Summer Olympics Marcelino López 46 See all
North Macedonia MKD 2020 Summer Olympics Filip Derkoski 36 See all
Norway NOR 1912 Summer Olympics John Johnsen 6 h1 r2/3 See all
Pakistan PAK 1948 Summer Olympics Anwar Aziz Chaudhry 40 See all
Palestine PLE 2012 Summer Olympics Ahmed Gebrel 27 See all
Panama PAN 1928 Summer Olympics Adán Gordón 4 h5 r1/3 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2012 Summer Olympics Sun Yang 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 1936 Summer Olympics Walter Ledgard Jiménez 16 See all
Philippines PHI 1928 Summer Olympics Tuburan Tamse 4 h3 r1/3 See all
Poland POL 1988 Summer Olympics Artur Wojdat 3 Bronze See all
Portugal POR 1992 Summer Olympics Artur Costa 26 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1988 Summer Olympics Sal Vassallo 15 See all
Qatar QAT 2004 Summer Olympics Anas Abu-Yousuf 43 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Yegorov 17 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2008 Summer Olympics Park Tae-Hwan 1 Gold See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 1996 Summer Olympics Andrei Zaharov 31 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Pavel Alovatki 31
Rhodesia RHO 1972 Summer Olympics Andrew Young DNS See all
Romania ROU 2000 Summer Olympics Dragoș Coman 5 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Yury Prilukov 6 See all
Saar SAA 1952 Summer Olympics Georg Mascetti 49 See all
San Marino SMR 2024 Summer Olympics Loris Bianchi 32 See all
Serbia SRB 2016 Summer Olympics Velimir Stjepanović 14 See all
Seychelles SEY 1992 Summer Olympics Jean-Paul Adam 46 See all
Singapore SGP 1952 Summer Olympics Neo Chwee Kok 30 See all
Slovenia SLO 1992 Summer Olympics Jure Bučar 16 See all
South Africa RSA 1952 Summer Olympics Peter Duncan 4 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1952 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Văn Phan 50 See all
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Vladimir Salnikov 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1984 Summer Olympics Juan Escalas 10 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1984 Summer Olympics Julian Bolling 36 See all
Sweden SWE 1924 Summer Olympics Arne Borg 2 Silver See all
Switzerland SUI 2020 Summer Olympics Antonio Djakovic 9 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1996 Summer Olympics Hicham El-Masry 32 See all
Thailand THA 1996 Summer Olympics Torlarp Sethsothorn 19 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1976 Summer Olympics Andy Knowles 36 See all
Tunisia TUN 2020 Summer Olympics Ahmed Hafnaoui 1 Gold See all
Türkiye TUR 1992 Summer Olympics Uğur Taner 23 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Ihor Snitko 12 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Yevgeny Sadovy 1 Gold See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 1988 Summer Olympics Bassam Al-Ansari 47 See all
United States USA 1920 Summer Olympics Norman Ross 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Johnny Weissmuller 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Buster Crabbe 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Jack Medica 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Bill Smith 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Don Schollander 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Mike Burton 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Brian Goodell 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics George DiCarlo 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1984 Summer Olympics Scott Newkirk 32 See all
Uruguay URU 1988 Summer Olympics Carlos Scanavino 12 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2024 Summer Olympics Ilya Sibirtsev 26 See all
Venezuela VEN 1972 Summer Olympics Gerardo Vera 14 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Stefan Pfeiffer 4 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Summer Olympics Darjan Petrič 6 See all
Zambia ZAM 1964 Summer Olympics Alan Durrett 38 See all