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Men’s 50 m freestyle
Held at 10 Games, 1988–2024. Most golds: United States (6). Most medals: Gary Hall Jr. (3). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
Open the latest podium in the atlas →Games101988–2024
Medals30
Delegations11on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Cameron McEvoy Australia | Ben Proud Great Britain | Florent Manaudou France |
| 2020 Tokyo | Caeleb Dressel United States | Florent Manaudou France | Bruno Fratus Brazil |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Anthony Ervin United States | Florent Manaudou France | Nathan Adrian United States |
| 2012 London | Florent Manaudou France | Cullen Jones United States | César Cielo Brazil |
| 2008 Beijing | César Cielo Filho Brazil | Amaury Leveaux France | Alain Bernard France |
| 2004 Athens | Gary Hall Jr. United States | Duje Draganja Croatia | Roland Schoeman South Africa |
| 2000 Sydney | Anthony Ervin United States / Gary Hall Jr. United States | — | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands |
| 1996 Atlanta | Alexander Popov Russia | Gary Hall Jr. United States | Fernando Scherer Brazil |
| 1992 Barcelona | Alexander Popov Unified Team | Matt Biondi United States | Tom Jager United States |
| 1988 Seoul | Matt Biondi United States | Tom Jager United States | Gennadiy Prigoda Soviet Union |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | France | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Unified Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |