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Men’s 1500 m freestyle
Held at 27 Games, 1908–2024. Most golds: United States (9). Most medals: Kieren Perkins (3). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals81
Delegations18on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Bobby Finke United States | Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy | Daniel Wiffen Ireland |
| 2020 Tokyo | Bobby Finke United States | Mykhailo Romanchuk Ukraine | Florian Wellbrock Germany |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy | Connor Jaeger United States | Gabriele Detti Italy |
| 2012 London | Sun Yang China | Ryan Cochrane Canada | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia |
| 2008 Beijing | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | Grant Hackett Australia | Ryan Cochrane Canada |
| 2004 Athens | Grant Hackett Australia | Larsen Jensen United States | David Davies Great Britain |
| 2000 Sydney | Grant Hackett Australia | Kieren Perkins Australia | Chris Thompson United States |
| 1996 Atlanta | Kieren Perkins Australia | Daniel Kowalski Australia | Graeme Smith Great Britain |
| 1992 Barcelona | Kieren Perkins Australia | Glen Housman Australia | Jörg Hoffmann Germany |
| 1988 Seoul | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union | Stefan Pfeiffer West Germany | Uwe Dassler East Germany |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Mike O'Brien United States | George DiCarlo United States | Stefan Pfeiffer West Germany |
| 1980 Moscow | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union | Aleksandr Chayev Soviet Union | Max Metzker Australia |
| 1976 Montreal | Brian Goodell United States | Bobby Hackett United States | Stephen Holland Australia |
| 1972 Munich | Mike Burton United States | Graham Windeatt Australia | Doug Northway United States |
| 1968 Mexico City | Mike Burton United States | John Kinsella United States | Greg Brough Australia |
| 1964 Tokyo | Bob Windle Australia | John Nelson United States | Allan Wood Australia |
| 1960 Rome | John Konrads Australia | Murray Rose Australia | George Breen United States |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Murray Rose Australia | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan | George Breen United States |
| 1952 Helsinki | Ford Konno United States | Shiro Hashizume Japan | Tetsuo Okamoto Brazil |
| 1948 London | Jimmy McLane United States | John Marshall Australia | György Mitró Hungary |
| 1936 Berlin | Noboru Terada Japan | Jack Medica United States | Shunpei Uto Japan |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Kusuo Kitamura Japan | Shozo Makino Japan | Jim Cristy United States |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Arne Borg Sweden | Boy Charlton Australia | Buster Crabbe United States |
| 1924 Paris | Boy Charlton Australia | Arne Borg Sweden | Frank Beaurepaire Australia |
| 1920 Antwerp | Norman Ross United States | George Vernot Canada | Frank Beaurepaire Australia |
| 1912 Stockholm | George Hodgson Canada | John Hatfield Great Britain | Harold Hardwick Australasia |
| 1908 London | Henry Taylor Great Britain | Thomas Battersby Great Britain | Frank Beaurepaire Australasia |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Australia | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Most medals
| Athlete | Gold | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Kieren Perkins | 2 | 3 |
| Grant Hackett | 2 | 3 |
| Mike Burton | 2 | 2 |
| Vladimir Salnikov | 2 | 2 |
| Bobby Finke | 2 | 2 |
| Boy Charlton | 1 | 2 |
| Arne Borg | 1 | 2 |
| Murray Rose | 1 | 2 |
| Oussama Mellouli | 1 | 2 |
| Gregorio Paltrinieri | 1 | 2 |
| Henry Taylor | 1 | 1 |
| George Hodgson | 1 | 1 |