Swimming — 400 metres Individual Medley, Men

Times held 16
Total participants 382
Total countries 91

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1964 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 30 18
1968 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 35 22
1972 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 32 21
1976 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 33 20
1980 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 24 15
1984 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 23 19
1988 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 34 24
1992 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 32 25
1996 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 27 23
2000 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 45 39
2004 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 36 26
2008 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 29 22
2012 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 37 29
2016 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 27 20
2020 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 29 23
2024 400 metres Individual Medley, Men Olympic 16 12

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Dick RothUSA Roy SaariUSA Gerhard HetzGER
1968 Charlie HickcoxUSA Gary HallUSA Mike HolthausFRG
1972 Gunnar LarssonSWE Tim McKeeUSA András HargitayHUN
1976 Rod StrachanUSA Tim McKeeUSA Andrey SmirnovURS
1980 Aleksandr SidorenkoURS Sergey FesenkoURS Zoltán VerrasztóHUN
1984 Alex BaumannCAN Ricardo PradoBRA Rob WoodhouseAUS
1988 Tamás DarnyiHUN Dave WhartonUSA Stefano BattistelliITA
1992 Tamás DarnyiHUN Eric NamesnikUSA Luca SacchiITA
1996 Tom DolanUSA Eric NamesnikUSA Curtis MydenCAN
2000 Tom DolanUSA Erik VendtUSA Curtis MydenCAN
2004 Michael PhelpsUSA Erik VendtUSA László Cseh, Jr.HUN
2008 Michael PhelpsUSA László Cseh, Jr.HUN Ryan LochteUSA
2012 Ryan LochteUSA Thiago PereiraBRA Kosuke HaginoJPN
2016 Kosuke HaginoJPN Chase KaliszUSA Daiya SetoJPN
2020 Chase KaliszUSA Jay LitherlandUSA Brendon SmithAUS
2024 Léon MarchandFRA Tomoyuki MatsushitaJPN Carson FosterUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 9 11 2 22
Hungary HUN 2 1 3 6
Japan JPN 1 1 2 4
Soviet Union URS 1 1 1 3
Canada CAN 1 0 2 3
France FRA 1 0 0 1
Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
Brazil BRA 0 2 0 2
Australia AUS 0 0 2 2
Italy ITA 0 0 2 2
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
West Germany FRG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Tamás Darnyi HUN 2 0 0 2
Tom Dolan USA 2 0 0 2
Michael Phelps USA 2 0 0 2
Chase Kalisz USA 1 1 0 2
Ryan Lochte USA 1 0 1 2
Kosuke Hagino JPN 1 0 1 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Andorra AND 2008 Summer Olympics Hocine Haciane 29 See all
Angola ANG 2016 Summer Olympics Pedro Pinotes 25 See all
Argentina ARG 1992 Summer Olympics Andrés Minelli 26 See all
Australia AUS 1984 Summer Olympics Rob Woodhouse 3 Bronze See all
2020 Summer Olympics Brendon Smith 3 Bronze
Austria AUT 2008 Summer Olympics Dinko Jukic 15 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2020 Summer Olympics Maksym Shemberiev 26 See all
Barbados BAR 2008 Summer Olympics Bradley Ally 10 See all
Belarus BLR 2012 Summer Olympics Yury Suvorau =26 See all
Belgium BEL 2012 Summer Olympics Ward Bauwens 16 See all
Brazil BRA 1984 Summer Olympics Ricardo Prado 2 Silver See all
2012 Summer Olympics Thiago Pereira 2 Silver
Bulgaria BUL 1968 Summer Olympics Yuliyan Rusev 12 See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Alex Baumann 1 Gold See all
Cayman Islands CAY 2004 Summer Olympics Drew MacKay 33 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Wu Ming-Hsun 22 See all
Colombia COL 1996 Summer Olympics Alejandro Bermúdez 13 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1980 Summer Olympics Andrey Aguilar 21 See all
Croatia CRO 1996 Summer Olympics Krešimir Čač 23 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Nikša Roki 23
Cuba CUB 2016 Summer Olympics Luis Vega 26 See all
Czechia CZE 1996 Summer Olympics Josef Horký 14 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Miloslav Roľko 6 See all
Denmark DEN 1968 Summer Olympics Lars Kraus Jensen =19 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Patrick Kühl 5 See all
Ecuador ECU 1972 Summer Olympics Jorge Delgado 12 See all
El Salvador ESA 2012 Summer Olympics Rafael Alfaro 35 See all
Finland FIN 1992 Summer Olympics Petteri Lehtinen 12 See all
France FRA 2024 Summer Olympics Léon Marchand 1 Gold See all
Germany GER 1964 Summer Olympics Gerhard Hetz 3 Bronze See all
Great Britain GBR 2016 Summer Olympics Max Litchfield 4 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Max Litchfield 4
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Ioannis Kokkodis 6 See all
Guam GUM 1988 Summer Olympics Jonathan Sakovich 29 See all
Guatemala GUA 1992 Summer Olympics Roberto Bonilla 31 See all
Honduras HON 1984 Summer Olympics Juan José Pino 23 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1984 Summer Olympics Ng Wing Hon 20 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Mark Kwok 20
Hungary HUN 1988 Summer Olympics Tamás Darnyi 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Tamás Darnyi 1 Gold
Iceland ISL 1964 Summer Olympics Guðmundur Gíslason 22 See all
Israel ISR 2012 Summer Olympics Gal Nevo 10 See all
Italy ITA 1988 Summer Olympics Stefano Battistelli 3 Bronze See all
1992 Summer Olympics Luca Sacchi 3 Bronze
Jamaica JAM 1984 Summer Olympics Andrew Phillips 10 See all
Japan JPN 2016 Summer Olympics Kosuke Hagino 1 Gold See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2008 Summer Olympics Dmitry Gordiyenko 26 See all
Kuwait KUW 1988 Summer Olympics Sultan Al-Otaibi 31 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2008 Summer Olympics Vasily Danilov 27 See all
Latvia LAT 1996 Summer Olympics Valērijs Kalmikovs 18 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 2016 Summer Olympics Christoph Meier 22 See all
Lithuania LTU 2004 Summer Olympics Vytautas Janušaitis 27 See all
Luxembourg LUX 2012 Summer Olympics Raphaël Stacchiotti 18 See all
Malaysia MAS 1996 Summer Olympics Wan Azlan Abdullah 27 See all
Malta MLT 2000 Summer Olympics John Tabone 45 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Rafael Hernández 8 See all
Monaco MON 1976 Summer Olympics Patrick Novaretti DQ See all
Netherlands NED 1996 Summer Olympics Marcel Wouda 5 See all
New Zealand NZL 2024 Summer Olympics Lewis Clareburt 6 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1996 Summer Olympics Walter Soza 22 See all
North Macedonia MKD 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Malenko 24 See all
Norway NOR 1984 Summer Olympics Arne Borgstrøm 11 See all
Paraguay PAR 1976 Summer Olympics Julio Abreu 25 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2016 Summer Olympics Wang Shun 10 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Wang Shun 10
2024 Summer Olympics Zhang Zhanshuo 10
Peru PER 1964 Summer Olympics Luis Paz 29 See all
Philippines PHI 1984 Summer Olympics Jairulla Jaitulla 18 See all
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Leszek Górski 7 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Marcin Maliński 7
Portugal POR 2016 Summer Olympics Alexis Santos 14 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1964 Summer Olympics Celestino Pérez 18 See all
Qatar QAT 2012 Summer Olympics Ahmed Atari 36 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Maksim Stupin 18 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2004 Summer Olympics Kim Bang-Hyeon 20 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 1996 Summer Olympics Serghei Mariniuc 8 See all
Romania ROU 2000 Summer Olympics Cezar Bădiță 7 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Andrey Krylov 13 See all
Singapore SGP 1992 Summer Olympics Desmond Koh 21 See all
Slovakia SVK 2016 Summer Olympics Richard Nagy 9 See all
Slovenia SLO 2000 Summer Olympics Marko Milenkovič 30 See all
South Africa RSA 2000 Summer Olympics Terence Parkin 5 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Chad le Clos 5
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Sidorenko 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 2016 Summer Olympics Joan Lluís Pons 8 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1984 Summer Olympics Julian Bolling 21 See all
Sweden SWE 1972 Summer Olympics Gunnar Larsson 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 2016 Summer Olympics Jérémy Desplanches 13 See all
Thailand THA 1996 Summer Olympics Ratapong Sirisanont 12 See all
The Bahamas BAH 2004 Summer Olympics Jeremy Knowles 22 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2000 Summer Olympics George Bovell 36 See all
Tunisia TUN 2004 Summer Olympics Oussama Mellouli 5 See all
Türkiye TUR 2008 Summer Olympics Deniz Nazar 28 See all
Ukraine UKR 2012 Summer Olympics Maksym Shemberiev 15 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Serghei Mariniuc 7 See all
United States USA 1964 Summer Olympics Dick Roth 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Charlie Hickcox 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Rod Strachan 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Tom Dolan 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Tom Dolan 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Michael Phelps 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Michael Phelps 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Ryan Lochte 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Chase Kalisz 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1984 Summer Olympics Scott Newkirk 17 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2004 Summer Olympics Nikita Polyakov 36 See all
Venezuela VEN 1964 Summer Olympics Teodoro Capriles DNS See all
1980 Summer Olympics Jean-Marie François DNS
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Mike Holthaus 3 Bronze See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1964 Summer Olympics Veljko Rogošić 19 See all
Zambia ZAM 1964 Summer Olympics Charles Fox 28 See all