Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: Swimming–Men: Men's Olympic 400-meter Freestyle

Updated July 13, 2018 | Infoplease Staff
1896 Paul Neumann, Austria 8:12.60 1
1904 Charles Daniels, United States 6:16.20 2
1906 Otto Sheff, Austria 6:23.80  
1908 Henry Taylor, Great Britain 5:36.80  
1912 George Hodgson, Canada 5:24.40  
1920 Norman Ross, United States 5:26.80  
1926 John Weissmuller, United States 5:04.20  
1928 Albert Zorilla, Argentina 5:01.60  
1932 Clarence Crabbe, United States 4:48.40  
1936 Jack Medica, United States 4:44.50  
1948 William Smith, United States 4:41.00  
1952 Jean Boiteux, France 4:30.70  
1956 Murray Rose, Australia 4:27.30  
1960 Murray Rose, Australia 4:18.30  
1964 Don Schollander, United States 4:12.20  
1968 Mike Burton, United States 4:09.00  
1972 Bradford Cooper, Australia 4:00.27 3
1976 Brian Goodell, United States 3:51.93  
1980 Vladimir Salnikov, USSR 3:51.31  
1984 George DiCarlo, United States 3:51.23  
1988 Uwe Dassier, East Germany 3:46.95  
1992 Evgueni Sadovyi, Unified Team 3:45.00 4
1996 Danyon Loader, New Zealand 3:47.97  
2000 Ian Thorpe, Australia 3:40.59 4
2004 Ian Thorpe, Australia 3:43.10  
2008 Taehwan Park, South Korea 3:41.86  
1. 500 meters.
2. 440 yards.
3. Rich DeMont, United States, won but was disqualified following day for medical reasons.
4. World record.

 

200-Meter Freestyle Swimming–Men 1,500-Meter Freestyle

 

 
Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: Swimming–Men
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