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Men’s 400 m freestyle
Held at 27 Games, 1908–2024. Most golds: United States (9). Most medals: Murray Rose (2). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals81
Delegations21on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Lukas Märtens Germany | Elijah Winnington Australia | Kim Woo-min South Korea |
| 2020 Tokyo | Ahmed Hafnaoui Tunisia | Jack McLoughlin Australia | Kieran Smith United States |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Mack Horton Australia | Sun Yang China | Gabriele Detti Italy |
| 2012 London | Sun Yang China | Park Tae-hwan South Korea | Peter Vanderkaay United States |
| 2008 Beijing | Park Tae-hwan South Korea | Zhang Lin China | Larsen Jensen United States |
| 2004 Athens | Ian Thorpe Australia | Grant Hackett Australia | Klete Keller United States |
| 2000 Sydney | Ian Thorpe Australia | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | Klete Keller United States |
| 1996 Atlanta | Danyon Loader New Zealand | Paul Palmer Great Britain | Daniel Kowalski Australia |
| 1992 Barcelona | Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team | Kieren Perkins Australia | Anders Holmertz Sweden |
| 1988 Seoul | Uwe Dassler East Germany | Duncan Armstrong Australia | Artur Wojdat Poland |
| 1984 Los Angeles | George DiCarlo United States | John Mykkanen United States | Justin Lemberg Australia |
| 1980 Moscow | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union | Andrey Krylov Soviet Union | Ivar Stukolkin Soviet Union |
| 1976 Montreal | Brian Goodell United States | Timothy Shaw United States | Vladimir Raskatov Soviet Union |
| 1972 Munich | Brad Cooper Australia | Steve Genter United States | Tom McBreen United States |
| 1968 Mexico City | Mike Burton United States | Ralph Hutton Canada | Alain Mosconi France |
| 1964 Tokyo | Don Schollander United States | Frank Wiegand United Team of Germany | Allan Wood Australia |
| 1960 Rome | Murray Rose Australia | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan | John Konrads Australia |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Murray Rose Australia | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan | George Breen United States |
| 1952 Helsinki | Jean Boiteux France | Ford Konno United States | Per-Olof Östrand Sweden |
| 1948 London | Bill Smith United States | Jimmy McLane United States | John Marshall Australia |
| 1936 Berlin | Jack Medica United States | Shunpei Uto Japan | Shozo Makino Japan |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Buster Crabbe United States | Jean Taris France | Tsutomu Ōyokota Japan |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Alberto Zorrilla Argentina | Boy Charlton Australia | Arne Borg Sweden |
| 1924 Paris | Johnny Weissmuller United States | Arne Borg Sweden | Boy Charlton Australia |
| 1920 Antwerp | Norman Ross United States | Ludy Langer United States | George Vernot Canada |
| 1912 Stockholm | George Hodgson Canada | John Hatfield Great Britain | Harold Hardwick Australasia |
| 1908 London | Henry Taylor Great Britain | Frank Beaurepaire Australasia | Otto Scheff Austria |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 9 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Australia | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | China | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Most medals
| Athlete | Gold | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Murray Rose | 2 | 2 |
| Ian Thorpe | 2 | 2 |
| Park Tae-hwan | 1 | 2 |
| Sun Yang | 1 | 2 |
| Henry Taylor | 1 | 1 |
| George Hodgson | 1 | 1 |
| Norman Ross | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Weissmuller | 1 | 1 |
| Alberto Zorrilla | 1 | 1 |
| Buster Crabbe | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Medica | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Smith | 1 | 1 |