This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming. Men's events 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 800 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 100 metre backstroke 200 metre backstroke 100 metre breaststroke 200 metre breaststroke 100 metre butterfly 200 metre butterfly 200 metre individual medley 400 metre individual medley 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals. 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals. 4 × 100 metre medley relay Note: Since 1992, relay swimmers who swam in the preliminary rounds, but not the event final, have also received medals when their team finished among the top three in the final. 10 km marathon Mixed Events 4 × 100 metre medley relay Discontinued events 50 yard freestyle 100 metre for sailors 100 yard freestyle 220 yard freestyle 440 yard freestyle 500 metre freestyle 880 yard freestyle 1000 metre freestyle 1200 metre freestyle 1 mile freestyle 4000 metre freestyle 100 yard backstroke 400 metre breaststroke 440 yard breaststroke 200 metre team race 4 × 50 yard freestyle relay 200 metre obstacle race Underwater swimming All-time medal table – Swimming – Men – 1896–2016 See also List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (men) List of gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming Swimming at the Summer Olympics List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men) List of Asian Games medalists in swimming References International Olympic Committee results database Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. New York: Overlook Press. . HistoFINA Swimming Medallists And Statistics At Olympic Games, January 31, 2015 Swimming (men) Swimming medalists Olympics (men)