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Men’s 100 m freestyle
Held at 28 Games, 1896–2024. Most golds: United States (14). Most medals: Duke Kahanamoku (3). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals84
Delegations23on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Pan Zhanle China | Kyle Chalmers Australia | David Popovici Romania |
| 2020 Tokyo | Caeleb Dressel United States | Kyle Chalmers Australia | Kliment Kolesnikov ROC |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Kyle Chalmers Australia | Pieter Timmers Belgium | Nathan Adrian United States |
| 2012 London | Nathan Adrian United States | James Magnussen Australia | Brent Hayden Canada |
| 2008 Beijing | Alain Bernard France | Eamon Sullivan Australia | César Cielo Filho Brazil / Jason Lezak United States |
| 2004 Athens | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Roland Schoeman South Africa | Ian Thorpe Australia |
| 2000 Sydney | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Alexander Popov Russia | Gary Hall Jr. United States |
| 1996 Atlanta | Alexander Popov Russia | Gary Hall Jr. United States | Gustavo Borges Brazil |
| 1992 Barcelona | Alexander Popov Unified Team | Gustavo Borges Brazil | Stéphan Caron France |
| 1988 Seoul | Matt Biondi United States | Chris Jacobs United States | Stéphan Caron France |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Rowdy Gaines United States | Mark Stockwell Australia | Per Johansson Sweden |
| 1980 Moscow | Jörg Woithe East Germany | Per Holmertz Sweden | Per Johansson Sweden |
| 1976 Montreal | Jim Montgomery United States | Jack Babashoff United States | Peter Nocke West Germany |
| 1972 Munich | Mark Spitz United States | Jerry Heidenreich United States | Vladimir Bure Soviet Union |
| 1968 Mexico City | Michael Wenden Australia | Ken Walsh United States | Mark Spitz United States |
| 1964 Tokyo | Don Schollander United States | Robert McGregor Great Britain | Hans-Joachim Klein United Team of Germany |
| 1960 Rome | John Devitt Australia | Lance Larson United States | Manuel dos Santos Brazil |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Jon Henricks Australia | John Devitt Australia | Gary Chapman Australia |
| 1952 Helsinki | Clarke Scholes United States | Hiroshi Suzuki Japan | Göran Larsson Sweden |
| 1948 London | Wally Ris United States | Alan Ford United States | Géza Kádas Hungary |
| 1936 Berlin | Ferenc Csik Hungary | Masanori Yusa Japan | Shigeo Arai Japan |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Yasuji Miyazaki Japan | Tatsugo Kawaishi Japan | Albert Schwartz United States |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Johnny Weissmuller United States | István Bárány Hungary | Katsuo Takaishi Japan |
| 1924 Paris | Johnny Weissmuller United States | Duke Kahanamoku United States | Samuel Kahanamoku United States |
| 1920 Antwerp | Duke Kahanamoku United States | Pua Kealoha United States | Bill Harris United States |
| 1912 Stockholm | Duke Kahanamoku United States | Cecil Healy Australasia | Ken Huszagh United States |
| 1908 London | Charles Daniels United States | Zoltán Halmay Hungary | Harald Julin Sweden |
| 1896 Athens | Alfréd Hajós Hungary | Otto Herschmann Austria | — |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 14 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Australia | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Hungary | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Japan | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Unified Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |