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List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (men)

This is an overview of the men's swimming champions in individual events at the Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships. These tournaments are the only global long course (50 meter pool) swimming championships organized by world swimming federation FINA. This list gives an overview of the dominant swimmers throughout the history of swimming.

Currently, the Olympic program includes 14 individual events, and the World Championships program 17. These numbers were lower in the past, as shown in the table.

Asterisks (*) link to the event article. Use the sort function in the left-hand column to separate Olympics and World Championships.

Year Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly Individual medley
50 m 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 50 m 100 m 200 m 50 m 100 m 200 m 50 m 100 m 200 m 200 m 400 m
OG 1896 – Hajós* – Neumann* (500 m) – Hajós* (1200 m) – – – – – – – – – – –
OG 1900 – – Lane* – Jarvis* (1000 m) – – – Hoppenberg* – – – – – – – –
OG 1904 Halmay* (50 yd) Halmay* (100 yd) Daniels* (220 yd) Daniels* (440 yd) Rausch* (880 yd) Rausch* (1 mile) – Brack* (100 yd) – – – – – – – – –
OG 1908 – Daniels* – Taylor* – Taylor* – Bieberstein* – – – Holman* – – – – –
OG 1912 – Kahanamoku* – Hodgson* – Hodgson* – Hebner* – – – Bathe* – – – – –
OG 1920 – Kahanamoku* – Ross* – Ross* – Kealoha* – – – Malmrot* – – – – –
OG 1924 – Weissmuller* – Weissmuller* – Charlton* – Kealoha* – – – Skelton* – – – – –
OG 1928 – Weissmuller* – Zorrilla* – Borg* – Kojac* – – – Tsuruta* – – – – –
OG 1932 – Miyazaki* – Crabbe* – Kitamura* – Kiyokawa* – – – Tsuruta* – – – – –
OG 1936 – Csik* – Medica* – Terada* – Kiefer* – – – Hamuro* – – – – –
OG 1948 – Ris* – Smith* – McLane* – Stack* – – – Verdeur* – – – – –
OG 1952 – Scholes* – Boiteux* – Konno* – Oyakawa* – – – Davies* – – – – –
OG 1956 – Henricks* – Rose* – Rose* – Theile* – – – Furukawa* – – Yorzyk* – –
OG 1960 – Devitt* – Rose* – Konrads* – Theile* – – – Mulliken* – – Troy* – –
OG 1964 – Schollander* – Schollander* – Windle* – – Graef* – – O'Brien* – – Berry* – Roth*
OG 1968 – Wenden* Wenden* Burton* – Burton* – Matthes* Matthes* – McKenzie* Muñoz* – Russell* Robie* Hickcox* Hickcox*
OG 1972 – Spitz* Spitz* Cooper* – Burton* – Matthes* Matthes* – Taguchi* Hencken* – Spitz* Spitz* Larsson* Larsson*
WC 1973 – Montgomery* Montgomery* DeMont* – Holland* – Matthes* Matthes* – Hencken* Wilkie* – Robertson* Backhaus* Larsson* Hargitay*
WC 1975 – Coan* Shaw* Shaw* – Shaw* – Matthes* Verrasztó* – Wilkie* Wilkie* – Jagenburg* Forrester* Hargitay* Hargitay*
OG 1976 – Montgomery* Furniss* Goodell* – Goodell* – Naber* Naber* – Hencken* Wilkie* – Vogel* Bruner* – Strachan*
WC 1978 – McCagg* Forrester* Salnikov* – Salnikov* – Jackson* Vassallo* – Kusch* Nevid* – Bottom* Bruner* Smith* Vassallo*
OG 1980 – Woithe* Koplyakov* Salnikov* – Salnikov* – Baron* Wladár* – Goodhew* Žulpa* – Arvidsson* Fesenko* – Sydorenko*
WC 1982 – Woithe* Gross* Salnikov* – Salnikov* – Richter* Carey* – Lundquist* Davis* – Gribble* Gross* Sydorenko* Prado*
OG 1984 – Gaines* Gross* DiCarlo* – O'Brien* – Carey* Carey* – Lundquist* Davis* – Gross* Sieben* Baumann* Baumann*
WC 1986 Jager* Biondi* Gross* Henkel* – Henkel* – Polyansky* Polyansky* – Davis* Szabó* – Morales* Gross* Darnyi* Darnyi*
OG 1988 Biondi* Biondi* Armstrong* Dassler* – Salnikov* – Suzuki* Polyansky* – Moorhouse* Szabó* – Nesty* Gross* Darnyi* Darnyi*
WC 1991 Jager* Biondi* Lamberti* Hoffmann* – Hoffmann* – Rouse* López-Zubero* – Rózsa* Barrowman* – Nesty* Stewart* Darnyi* Darnyi*
OG 1992 Popov* Popov* Sadovyi* Sadovyi* – Perkins* – Tewksbury* López-Zubero* – Diebel* Barrowman* – Morales* Stewart* Darnyi* Darnyi*
WC 1994 Popov* Popov* Kasvio* Perkins* – Perkins* – López-Zubero* Selkov* – Rózsa* Rózsa* – Szukała* Pankratov* Sievinen* Dolan*
OG 1996 Popov* Popov* Loader* Loader* – Perkins* – Rouse* Bridgewater* – Deburgh-graeve* Rózsa* – Pankratov* Pankratov* Czene* Dolan*
WC 1998 Pilczuk* Popov* Klim* Thorpe* – Hackett* – Krayzelburg* Krayzelburg* – Deburgh-graeve* Grote* – Klim* Sylantyev* Wouda* Dolan*
OG 2000 Ervin & Hall, Jr.* Van den Hoogenband* Van den Hoogenband* Thorpe* – Hackett* – Krayzelburg* Krayzelburg* – Fioravanti* Fioravanti* – Frölander* Malchow* Rosolino* Dolan*
WC 2001 Ervin* Ervin* Thorpe* Thorpe* Thorpe* Hackett* Bal* Welsh* Peirsol* Lisohor* Sludnov* Hansen* Huegill* Frölander* Phelps* Rosolino* Boggiatto*
WC 2003 Popov* Popov* Thorpe* Thorpe* Hackett* Hackett* Rupprath* Peirsol* Peirsol* Gibson* Kitajima* Kitajima* Welsh* Crocker* Phelps* Phelps* Phelps*
OG 2004 Hall, Jr.* Van den Hoogenband* Thorpe* Thorpe* – Hackett* – Peirsol* Peirsol* – Kitajima* Kitajima* – Phelps* Phelps* Phelps* Phelps*
WC 2005 Schoeman* Magnini* Phelps* Hackett* Hackett* Hackett* Grigoriadis* Peirsol* Peirsol* Warnecke* Hansen* Hansen* Schoeman* Crocker* Korze-niowski* Phelps* Cseh*
WC 2007 Wildman-Tobriner* Hayden & Magnini* Phelps* Park* Stańczyk* Sawry-mowicz* Zandberg* Peirsol* Lochte* Lisohor* Hansen* Kitajima* Schoeman* Phelps* Phelps* Phelps* Phelps*
OG 2008 Cielo* Bernard* Phelps* Park* – Mellouli* – Peirsol* Lochte* – Kitajima* Kitajima* – Phelps* Phelps* Phelps* Phelps*
WC 2009 Cielo* Cielo* Biedermann* Biedermann* Zhang* Mellouli* Tancock* Koga* Peirsol* Van der Burgh* Rickard* Gyurta* Čavić* Phelps* Phelps* Lochte* Lochte*
WC 2011 Cielo* Magnussen* Lochte* Park* Sun* Sun* Tancock* Lacourt & Stravius* Lochte* França Silva* Dale Oen* Gyurta* Cielo* Phelps* Phelps* Lochte* Lochte*
OG 2012 Manaudou* Adrian* Agnel* Sun* – Sun* – Grevers* Clary* – Van der Burgh* Gyurta* – Phelps* Le Clos* Phelps* Lochte*
WC 2013 Cielo* Magnussen* Agnel* Sun* Sun* Sun* Lacourt* Grevers* Lochte* Van der Burgh* Sprenger* Gyurta* Cielo* Le Clos* Le Clos* Lochte* Seto*
WC 2015 Manaudou* Ning* Guy* Sun* Sun* Paltrinieri* Lacourt* Larkin* Larkin* Peaty* Peaty* Koch* Manaudou* Le Clos* Cseh* Lochte* Seto*
OG 2016 Ervin* Chalmers* Sun* Horton* – Paltrinieri* – Murphy* Murphy* – Peaty* Balandin* – Schooling* Phelps* Phelps* Hagino*
WC 2017 Dressel* Dressel* Sun* Sun* Detti* Paltrinieri* Lacourt* Xu* Rylov* Peaty* Peaty* Chupkov* Proud* Dressel* Le Clos* Kalisz* Kalisz*
WC 2019 Dressel* Dressel* Sun* Sun* Paltrinieri* Wellbrock* Waddell* Xu* Rylov* Peaty* Peaty* Chupkov* Dressel* Dressel* Milák* Seto* Seto*
OG 2020 Dressel* Dressel* Dean* Hafnaoui* Finke* Finke* – Rylov* Rylov* – Peaty* Stubblety-Cook* – Dressel* Milák* Wang* Kalisz*
WC 2022 Proud* Popovici* Popovici* Winnington* Finke* Paltrinieri* Ress* Ceccon* Murphy* Fink* Martinenghi* Stubblety-Cook* Dressel* Milák* Milák* Marchand* Marchand*
WC 2023 McEvoy* Chalmers* Richards* Short* Hafnaoui* Hafnaoui* Armstrong* Murphy* Kós* Qin* Qin* Qin* Ceccon* Grousset* Marchand* Marchand* Marchand*
WC 2024 Bukhov* Pan* Hwang* Kim* Wiffen* Wiffen* Cooper* Armstrong* González* Williamson* Fink* Dong* Ribeiro* Ribeiro* Honda* Knox* Clareburt*

Note: Only events that are presently contested have their own column in the above table. In some of the early Olympics, events were held that have been discontinued later on. Where possible, the champions in these events have been placed in a column corresponding to the nearest distance. In those cases the actual distance is added below the champion's name. Champions not included in the table are:

Title leaders edit

  • The leaders in these events are listed below. All swimmers with at least three individual titles are included. Note that this list favors more recent swimmers due to the increasing number of events held, and the introduction and increasing frequency of the World Championships.

Asterisks (*) and bold denote active swimmers

Rank Name Year of
birth 		Total
titles 		Olympic
Games 		World
Championships 		Time span
1.   Michael Phelps 1985 28 13 15 2001–2016 (16)
2.   Sun Yang* 1991 14 3 11 2011–2019 (9)
3.   Ryan Lochte* 1984 12 2 10 2007–2015 (9)
4.   Caeleb Dressel* 1996 11 3 8 2017–2022 (6)
5.   Aaron Peirsol 1983 10 3 7 2001–2009 (9)
6.   Alexander Popov 1971 9 4 5 1992–2003 (12)
  Ian Thorpe 1982 9 3 6 1998–2004 (7)
  Grant Hackett 1980 9 2 7 1998–2005 (8)
9.   Tamás Darnyi 1967 8 4 4 1986–1992 (7)
  Adam Peaty* 1994 8 2 6 2015–2021 (7)
11.   Roland Matthes 1950 7 4 3 1968–1975 (8)
  Kosuke Kitajima 1982 7 4 3 2003–2008 (6)
  Michael Gross 1964 7 3 4 1982–1988 (7)
  Vladimir Salnikov 1960 7 3 4 1978–1988 (11)
  César Cielo* 1987 7 1 6 2008–2013 (6)
16.   Chad le Clos* 1992 5 1 4 2012–2017 (6)
  Gregorio Paltrinieri* 1994 5 1 4 2015–2022 (8)
  Léon Marchand* 2002 5 0 5 2022–2023 (2)
19.   Mark Spitz 1950 4 4 0 1972 (1)
  Matt Biondi 1965 4 2 2 1986–1991 (6)
  Kieren Perkins 1973 4 2 2 1992–1996 (5)
  Tom Dolan 1975 4 2 2 1994–2000 (7)
  Lenny Krayzelburg 1975 4 2 2 1998–2000 (3)
  Anthony Ervin* 1981 4 2 2 2000–2016 (17)
  Evgeny Rylov* 1996 4 2 2 2017–2021 (5)
  Ryan Murphy* 1995 4 2 2 2016–2023 (8)
  David Wilkie 1954 4 1 3 1973–1976 (4)
  Norbert Rózsa 1972 4 1 3 1991–1996 (6)
  Dániel Gyurta 1989 4 1 3 2009–2013 (5)
  Kristóf Milák* 2000 4 1 3 2019–2022 (4)
  Brendan Hansen 1981 4 0 4 2001–2007 (7)
  Camille Lacourt 1985 4 0 4 2011–2017 (7)
  Daiya Seto* 1994 4 0 4 2013–2019 (7)
34.   Charles Daniels 1885 3 3 0 1904–1908 (5)
  Johnny Weissmuller 1904 3 3 0 1924–1928 (5)
  Murray Rose 1939 3 3 0 1956–1960 (5)
  Mike Burton 1947 3 3 0 1968–1972 (5)
  Pieter van den Hoogenband 1978 3 3 0 2000–2004 (5)
  Gunnar Larsson 1951 3 2 1 1972–1973 (2)
  John Hencken 1954 3 2 1 1972–1976 (5)
  Rick Carey 1963 3 2 1 1982–1984 (3)
  Denis Pankratov 1974 3 2 1 1994–1996 (3)
  Robert Finke* 1999 3 2 1 2021–2022 (2)
  Jim Montgomery 1955 3 1 2 1973–1976 (4)
  Victor Davis 1964 3 1 2 1982–1986 (5)
  Igor Polyansky 1967 3 1 2 1986–1988 (3)
  Martín López-Zubero 1969 3 1 2 1991–1994 (4)
  Park Tae-hwan* 1989 3 1 2 2007–2011 (5)
  Cameron van der Burgh 1988 3 1 2 2009–2013 (5)
  Florent Manaudou* 1990 3 1 2 2012–2015 (4)
  Chase Kalisz* 1994 3 1 2 2017–2021 (5)
  Ahmed Hafnaoui* 2002 3 1 2 2021–2023 (3)
  András Hargitay 1956 3 0 3 1973–1975 (3)
  Tim Shaw 1957 3 0 3 1975 (1)
  Roland Schoeman* 1980 3 0 3 2005–2007 (3)
  Qin Haiyang* 1999 3 0 3 2023 (1)

See also edit

References edit

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