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Men's Swimming Gold Medalists

(NOTE: W indicates tied or equalled world record; O indicates tied or equalled Olympic record.)

50-Meter Freestyle

Year Winner Country Time
1988 Matt Biondi United States 22.14W
1992 Aleksandr Popov Unified Team 21.91O
1996 Aleksandr Popov Russia 22.13


100-Meter Freestyle

Year Winner Country Time
1968 Michael Wenden Australia 52.2W
1972 Mark Spitz United States 51.22W
1976 Jim Montgomery United States 49.99W
1980 Jorg Woithe East Germany 50.40
1984 Rowdy Gaines United States 49.80O
1988 Matt Biondi United States 48.63O
1992 Aleksandr Popov Unified Team 49.02
1996 Aleksandr Popov Russia 48.74


200-Meter Freestyle

Year Winner Country Time
1968 Michael Wenden Australia 1:55.2O
1972 Mark Spitz United States 1:52.78W
1976 Bruce Furniss United States 1:50.29W
1980 Sergei Kopliakov Soviet Union 1:49.81O
1984 Michael Gross West Germany 1:47.44W
1988 Duncan Armstrong Australia 1:47.25W
1992 Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team 1:46.70O
1996 Danyon Loader New Zealand 1:47.63


400-Meter Freestyle

Year Winner Country Time
1968 Mike Burton United States 4:09.0O
1972 Bradford Cooper* Australia 4:00.27O
1976 Brian Goodell United States 3:51.93W
1980 Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union 3:51.31O
1984 George DiCarlo United States 3:51.23O
1988 Uwe Dassler East Germany 3:46.95W
1992 Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team 3:45.00W
1996 Danyon Loader New Zealand 3:47.97
*Rick DeMont of the USA finished first, but was disqualified because his asthma medicine contained a banned substance.


1500-Meter Freestyle

Year Winner Country Time
1968 Mike Burton United States 16:38.9O
1972 Mike Burton United States 15:52.58W
1976 Brian Goodell United States 15:02.40W
1980 Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union 14:58.27W
1984 Mike O'Brien United States 15:05.20
1988 Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union 15:00.40
1992 Kieren Perkins Australia 14:43.48W
1996 Kieren Perkins Australia 14:56.40


100-Meter Backstroke

Year Winner Country Time
1968 Roland Matthes East Germany 58.7O
1972 Roland Matthes East Germany 56.58O
1976 John Naber United States 55.49W
1980 Bengt Baron Sweden 56.33
1984 Rick Carey United States 55.79
1988 Daichi Suzuki Japan 55.05
1992 Mark Tewksbury Canada 53.98O
1996 Jeff Rouse United States 54.10


200-Meter Backstroke

Year Winner Country Time
1968 Roland Matthes East Germany 2:09.6O
1972 Roland Matthes East Germany 2:02.82WR
1976 John Naber United States 1:59.19W
1980 Sandor Wladar Hungary 2:01.93
1984 Rick Carey United States 2:00.23
1988 Igor Poliansky Soviet Union 1:59.37
1992 Martin Lopez-Zubero Spain 1:58.47O
1996 Brad Bridgewater United States 1:58.54


100-Meter Breaststroke

Year Winner Country Time
1968 Don McKenzie United States 1:07.7O
1972 Nobutaka Taguchi Japan 1:04.94W
1976 John Hencken United States 1:03.11W
1980 Duncan Goodhew Great Britain 1:03.44
1984 Steve Lundquist United States 1:01.65W
1988 Adrian Moorhouse Great Britain 1:02.04
1992 Nelson Diebel United States 1:01.50O
1996 Fred deBurghgraeve Belgium 1:00.60


200-Meter Breaststroke

Year Winner Country Time
1968 Felipe Munoz Mexico 2:28.7
1972 John Hencken United States 2:21.55W
1976 David Wilkie Great Britain 2:15.11W
1980 Robertas Zhulpa Soviet Union 2:15.85
1984 Victor Davis Canada 2:13.34W
1988 Jozsef Szabo Hungary 2:13.52
1992 Mike Barrowman United States 2:10.16W
1996 Norbert Rozsa Hungary 2:12.57


100-Meter Butterfly

Year Winner Country Time
1968 Doug Russell United States 55.9O
1972 Mark Spitz United States 54.27W
1976 Matt Vogel United States 54.35
1980 Per Arvidsson Sweden 54.92
1984 Michael Gross West Germany 53.08W
1988 Anthony Nesty Surinam 53.0O
1992 Pablo Morales United States 46.78W
1996 Dennis Pankratov Russia 52.27


200-Meter Butterfly

Year Winner Country Time
1968 Carl Robie United States 2:08.7
1972 Mark Spitz United States 2:00.70W
1976 Mike Bruner United States 1:59.23W
1980 Sergei Fesenko Soviet Union 1:59.76
1984 Jon Sieben Australia 1:57.04W
1988 Michael Gross West Germany 1:56.94O
1992 Melvin Stewart United States 1:56.26O
1996 Dennis Pankratov Russia 1:56.51


200-Meter Individual Medley

Year Winner Country Time
1984 Alex Baumann Canada 2:01.42W
1988 Tamos Darnyi Hungary 2:00.17W
1992 Tamos Darnyi Hungary 2:00.76
1996 Attila Czene Hungary 1:59.91


400-Meter Individual Medley

Year Winner Country Time
1984 Alex Baumann Canada 4:17.41W
1988 Tamos Darnyi Hungary 4:14.75W
1992 Tamos Darnyi Hungary 4:14.23O
1996 Tom Dolan United States 4:14.90


4x100-Meter Freestyle Relay

Year Winner Time
1984 United States 3:19.03W
1988 United States 3:16.53W
1992 United States 3:16.74
1996 United States 3:15.41


4x200-Meter Freestyle Relay

Year Winner Time
1984 United States 7:15.69W
1988 United States 7:12.51W
1992 United States 7:11.95W
1996 United States 7:14.84


4x100-Meter Medley Relay

Year Winner Time
1984 United States 3:39.30W
1988 United States 3:36.93W
1992 United States 3:36.93W
1996 United States 3:34.84



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