Men's Olympic Swimming: 100-meter Freestyle

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

100-meter Freestyle

Year Time
1896 Alfréd Hajós, HUN 1:22.2 OR
1904 Zoltán Halmay, HUN (100 yds) 1:02.8
1906 Charles Daniels, USA 1:13.4
1908 Charles Daniels, USA 1:05.6 WR
1912 Duke Kahanamoku, USA 1:03.4
1920 Duke Kahanamoku, USA 1:00.4 WR
1924 Johnny Weissmuller, USA 59.0 OR
1928 Johnny Weissmuller, USA 58.6 OR
1932 Yasuji Miyazaki, JPN 58.2
1936 Ferenc Csik, HUN 57.6
1948 Wally Ris, USA 57.3 OR
1952 Clarke Scholes, USA 57.4
1956 Jon Henricks, AUS 55.4 OR
1960 John Devitt, AUS 55.2 OR
1964 Don Schollander, USA 53.4 OR
1968 Michael Wenden, AUS 52.2 WR
1972 Mark Spitz, USA 51.22 WR
1976 Jim Montgomery, USA 49.99 WR
1980 Jorg Woithe, E. Ger 50.40
1984 Rowdy Gaines, USA 49.80 OR
1988 Matt Biondi, USA 48.63 OR
1992 Aleksandr Popov, UT 49.02
1996 Aleksandr Popov, RUS 48.74
2000 Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED 48.30
2004 Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED 48.17
2008 Alain Bernard, FRA 47.21

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