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Swimming — 50 metres Freestyle, Men

Swimming — 50 metres Freestyle, Men

Times held	10
Total participants	575
Total countries	182

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
1988	50 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	71	44
1992	50 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	75	51
1996	50 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	64	58
2000	50 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	77	71
2004	50 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	83	74
2008	50 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	97	90
2012	50 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	58	51
2016	50 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	85	72
2020	50 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	73	66
2024	50 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	73	64

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1988	Matt Biondi	👁 Image USA	Tom Jager	👁 Image USA	Gennady Prigoda	👁 Image URS
1992	Aleksandr Popov	👁 Image EUN	Matt Biondi	👁 Image USA	Tom Jager	👁 Image USA
1996	Aleksandr Popov	👁 Image RUS	Gary Hall, Jr.	👁 Image USA	Xuxa Scherer	👁 Image BRA
2000	Gary Hall, Jr. Anthony Ervin	👁 Image USA 👁 Image USA	—	—	Pieter van den Hoogenband	👁 Image NED
2004	Gary Hall, Jr.	👁 Image USA	Duje Draganja	👁 Image CRO	Roland Schoeman	👁 Image RSA
2008	César Cielo Filho	👁 Image BRA	Amaury Leveaux	👁 Image FRA	Alain Bernard	👁 Image FRA
2012	Florent Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	Cullen Jones	👁 Image USA	César Cielo Filho	👁 Image BRA
2016	Anthony Ervin	👁 Image USA	Florent Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	Nathan Adrian	👁 Image USA
2020	Caeleb Dressel	👁 Image USA	Florent Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	Bruno Fratus	👁 Image BRA
2024	Cameron McEvoy	👁 Image AUS	Ben Proud	👁 Image GBR	Florent Manaudou	👁 Image FRA

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	👁 Image USA	6	4	2	12
France	👁 Image FRA	1	3	2	6
Brazil	👁 Image BRA	1	0	3	4
Australia	👁 Image AUS	1	0	0	1
Russian Federation	👁 Image RUS	1	0	0	1
Unified Team	👁 Image EUN	1	0	0	1
Croatia	👁 Image CRO	0	1	0	1
Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	0	1	0	1
Netherlands	👁 Image NED	0	0	1	1
South Africa	👁 Image RSA	0	0	1	1
Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Gary Hall, Jr.	👁 Image USA	2	1	0	3
Aleksandr Popov	👁 Image RUS 👁 Image EUN	2	0	0	2
Anthony Ervin	👁 Image USA	2	0	0	2
Florent Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	1	2	1	4
Matt Biondi	👁 Image USA	1	1	0	2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Country		Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
Afghanistan	👁 Image AFG	2024 Summer Olympics	Fahim Anwari	63	See all
Albania	👁 Image ALB	2016 Summer Olympics	Sidni Hoxha	41	See all
Algeria	👁 Image ALG	2004 Summer Olympics	Salim Iles	8	See all
American Samoa	👁 Image ASA	2012 Summer Olympics	Ching Wei	51	See all
Angola	👁 Image ANG	1992 Summer Olympics	Pedro Lima	43	See all
Antigua and Barbuda	👁 Image ANT	2004 Summer Olympics	Malique Williams	82	See all
Argentina	👁 Image ARG	2000 Summer Olympics	José Meolans	21	See all
Armenia	👁 Image ARM	2020 Summer Olympics	Artur Barseghyan	43	See all
Aruba	👁 Image ARU	2024 Summer Olympics	Mikel Schreuders	26	See all
Australia	👁 Image AUS	2024 Summer Olympics	Cameron McEvoy	1	Gold	See all
Austria	👁 Image AUT	2020 Summer Olympics	Heiko Gigler	22	See all
Azerbaijan	👁 Image AZE	1996 Summer Olympics	Emin Quliyev	59	See all
Bahrain	👁 Image BRN	2016 Summer Olympics	Farhan Farhan	58	See all
Bangladesh	👁 Image BAN	2012 Summer Olympics	Mohammad Mahfizur Rahman	39	See all
Barbados	👁 Image BAR	1988 Summer Olympics	Paul Yelle	49	See all
Belarus	👁 Image BLR	1996 Summer Olympics	Aleh Rukhlevich	22	See all
Belgium	👁 Image BEL	2012 Summer Olympics	Jasper Aerents	22	See all
Benin	👁 Image BEN	2020 Summer Olympics	Marc Dansou	53	See all
Bermuda	👁 Image BER	2012 Summer Olympics	Roy-Allan Burch	24	See all
Bolivia	👁 Image BOL	2016 Summer Olympics	José Quintanilla	46	See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina	👁 Image BIH	2020 Summer Olympics	Emir Muratović	42	See all
Botswana	👁 Image BOT	2008 Summer Olympics	John Kamyuka	72	See all
Brazil	👁 Image BRA	2008 Summer Olympics	César Cielo Filho	1	Gold	See all
Bulgaria	👁 Image BUL	1988 Summer Olympics	Tsvetan Golomeev	18	See all
Burkina Faso	👁 Image BUR	2012 Summer Olympics	Adama Ouédraogo	42	See all
Burundi	👁 Image BDI	2024 Summer Olympics	Crésus Ganira	46	See all
Cabo Verde	👁 Image CPV	2020 Summer Olympics	Troy Pina	58	See all
Cambodia	👁 Image CAM	2012 Summer Olympics	Hem Thon Ponloeu	48	See all
Cameroon	👁 Image CMR	2012 Summer Olympics	Paul Ekane	54	See all
Canada	👁 Image CAN	2024 Summer Olympics	Josh Liendo	4	See all
Cayman Islands	👁 Image CAY	2024 Summer Olympics	Jordan Crooks	8	See all
Central African Republic	👁 Image CAF	2012 Summer Olympics	Christian Nassif	55	See all
Chile	👁 Image CHI	2008 Summer Olympics	Oliver Elliot	41	See all
Chinese Taipei	👁 Image TPE	2004 Summer Olympics	Wang Shao-An	48	See all
Colombia	👁 Image COL	2004 Summer Olympics	Camilo Becerra	=36	See all
Comoros	👁 Image COM	2016 Summer Olympics	Soule Soilihi Athoumane	76	See all
Congo	👁 Image CGO	2012 Summer Olympics	Rony Bakale	43	See all
Cook Islands	👁 Image COK	2012 Summer Olympics	Zac Payne	41	See all
Costa Rica	👁 Image CRC	2000 Summer Olympics	Esteban Blanco	45	See all
Croatia	👁 Image CRO	2004 Summer Olympics	Duje Draganja	2	Silver	See all
Cuba	👁 Image CUB	2012 Summer Olympics	Hanser García	23	See all
Cyprus	👁 Image CYP	1992 Summer Olympics	Stavros Michailidis	20	See all
Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	1988 Summer Olympics	Petr Kladiva	23	See all
Côte d'Ivoire	👁 Image CIV	2012 Summer Olympics	Kouassi Brou	44	See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo	👁 Image COD	2024 Summer Olympics	Aristote Ndombe	70	See all
Denmark	👁 Image DEN	1988 Summer Olympics	Vagn Høgholm	=20	See all
Djibouti	👁 Image DJI	2012 Summer Olympics	Abdourahman Osman	49	See all
Dominica	👁 Image DMA	2024 Summer Olympics	Warren Lawrence	52	See all
Dominican Republic	👁 Image DOM	2008 Summer Olympics	Jacinto Ayala	34	See all
Ecuador	👁 Image ECU	2000 Summer Olympics	Julio Santos	19	See all
Egypt	👁 Image EGY	2016 Summer Olympics	Ali Khalafalla	23	See all
Equatorial Guinea	👁 Image GEQ	2024 Summer Olympics	Higinio Ndong	67	See all
Eritrea	👁 Image ERI	2020 Summer Olympics	Ghirmai Efrem	46	See all
Estonia	👁 Image EST	2008 Summer Olympics	Miko Mälberg	25	See all
Eswatini	👁 Image SWZ	2012 Summer Olympics	Luke Hall	36	See all
Ethiopia	👁 Image ETH	2012 Summer Olympics	Mulualem Teshale	57	See all
Federated States of Micronesia	👁 Image FSM	2012 Summer Olympics	Kerson Hadley	40	See all
Fiji	👁 Image FIJ	2004 Summer Olympics	Carl Probert	40	See all
2024 Summer Olympics	David Young	40
Finland	👁 Image FIN	2016 Summer Olympics	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	24	See all
France	👁 Image FRA	2012 Summer Olympics	Florent Manaudou	1	Gold	See all
Gabon	👁 Image GAB	2020 Summer Olympics	Adam Mpali	68	See all
2024 Summer Olympics	Adam Mpali	68
Georgia	👁 Image GEO	2000 Summer Olympics	Zurab Beridze	54	See all
Germany	👁 Image GER	1992 Summer Olympics	Nils Rudolph	8	See all
Ghana	👁 Image GHA	2016 Summer Olympics	Abeiku Jackson	55	See all
Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	2024 Summer Olympics	Ben Proud	2	Silver	See all
Greece	👁 Image GRE	2020 Summer Olympics	Kristian Gkolomeev	5	See all
2024 Summer Olympics	Kristian Gkolomeev	5
Grenada	👁 Image GRN	2000 Summer Olympics	Omar Hughes	57	See all
Guam	👁 Image GUM	1996 Summer Olympics	Darrick Bollinger	46	See all
Guatemala	👁 Image GUA	2004 Summer Olympics	Rodrigo Díaz	53	See all
Guinea	👁 Image GUI	2024 Summer Olympics	Elhadj Diallo	57	See all
Guinea Bissau	👁 Image GBS	2024 Summer Olympics	Pedro Rogery	66	See all
Guyana	👁 Image GUY	2008 Summer Olympics	Niall Roberts	69	See all
Haiti	👁 Image HAI	2016 Summer Olympics	Frantz Dorsainvil	85	See all
Honduras	👁 Image HON	1992 Summer Olympics	Plutarco Castellanos	55	See all
Hong Kong, China	👁 Image HKG	2024 Summer Olympics	Ian Ho	=24	See all
Hungary	👁 Image HUN	2008 Summer Olympics	Krisztián Takács	9	See all
Iceland	👁 Image ISL	2012 Summer Olympics	Árni Árnason	31	See all
Independent Olympic Athletes	👁 Image IOA	1992 Summer Olympics	Mladen Kapor	23	See all
India	👁 Image IND	2008 Summer Olympics	Virdhawal Khade	40	See all
Individual Neutral Athletes	👁 Image AIN	2024 Summer Olympics	Yevgeny Somov	44	See all
Indonesia	👁 Image INA	1988 Summer Olympics	Richard Bera	41	See all
Iraq	👁 Image IRQ	2000 Summer Olympics	Mohammed Abdul Ilah	64	See all
Ireland	👁 Image IRL	2024 Summer Olympics	Thomas Fannon	10	See all
Israel	👁 Image ISR	2024 Summer Olympics	Meiron Cheruti	13	See all
Italy	👁 Image ITA	2000 Summer Olympics	Lorenzo Vismara	4	See all
Jamaica	👁 Image JAM	1996 Summer Olympics	Sion Brinn	29	See all
Japan	👁 Image JPN	2016 Summer Olympics	Shinri Shioura	16	See all
Jordan	👁 Image JOR	2012 Summer Olympics	Kareem Ennab	37	See all
Kazakhstan	👁 Image KAZ	1996 Summer Olympics	Sergey Borisenko	=26	See all
Kenya	👁 Image KEN	2008 Summer Olympics	David Dunford	20	See all
Kosovo	👁 Image KOS	2016 Summer Olympics	Lum Zhaveli	57	See all
Kuwait	👁 Image KUW	2008 Summer Olympics	Mohammed Madouh	=45	See all
Kyrgyzstan	👁 Image KGZ	2000 Summer Olympics	Sergey Ashikhmin	41	See all
Lao People's Democratic Republic	👁 Image LAO	2012 Summer Olympics	Phathana Inthavong	56	See all
Lebanon	👁 Image LBN	2016 Summer Olympics	Anthony Barbar	50	See all
Libya	👁 Image LBA	2016 Summer Olympics	Ahmad Attellesey	53	See all
Lithuania	👁 Image LTU	2016 Summer Olympics	Simonas Bilis	8	See all
Luxembourg	👁 Image LUX	1988 Summer Olympics	Yves Clausse	28	See all
Malawi	👁 Image MAW	2020 Summer Olympics	Filipe Gomes	47	See all
Malaysia	👁 Image MAS	2004 Summer Olympics	Allen Ong	=46	See all
Maldives	👁 Image MDV	2024 Summer Olympics	Mohamed Aan Hussain	50	See all
Mali	👁 Image MLI	2000 Summer Olympics	Bakary Sereme	74	See all
Malta	👁 Image MLT	2024 Summer Olympics	Kyle Micallef	41	See all
Marshall Islands	👁 Image MHL	2012 Summer Olympics	Giordan Harris	46	See all
Mauritania	👁 Image MTN	2024 Summer Olympics	Camil Doua	55	See all
Mauritius	👁 Image MRI	2004 Summer Olympics	Chris Hackel	62	See all
Mexico	👁 Image MEX	2024 Summer Olympics	Gabriel Castaño	15	See all
Mongolia	👁 Image MGL	2020 Summer Olympics	Myagmar Delgerkhüü	48	See all
Montenegro	👁 Image MNE	2016 Summer Olympics	Maksim Inić	=51	See all
Mozambique	👁 Image MOZ	2012 Summer Olympics	Chakyl Camal	38	See all
Myanmar	👁 Image MYA	2008 Summer Olympics	Zin Kyaw	77	See all
Nepal	👁 Image NEP	2012 Summer Olympics	Prasiddha Shah	47	See all
Netherlands	👁 Image NED	2000 Summer Olympics	Pieter van den Hoogenband	3	Bronze	See all
Netherlands Antilles	👁 Image AHO	1988 Summer Olympics	Hilton Woods	16	See all
New Zealand	👁 Image NZL	2024 Summer Olympics	Taiko Torepe-Ormsby	=19	See all
Nicaragua	👁 Image NCA	2008 Summer Olympics	Yasser Núñez	75	See all
Niger	👁 Image NIG	2020 Summer Olympics	Alassane Seydou	50	See all
Nigeria	👁 Image NGR	1992 Summer Olympics	Musa Bakare	=41	See all
Norway	👁 Image NOR	2024 Summer Olympics	Nicholas Lia	37	See all
Oman	👁 Image OMA	2000 Summer Olympics	Khalid Al-Kulaibi	68	See all
Pakistan	👁 Image PAK	2008 Summer Olympics	Adil Baig	74	See all
Palau	👁 Image PLW	2024 Summer Olympics	Jion Hosei	53	See all
Palestine	👁 Image PLE	2008 Summer Olympics	Hamza Abdo	73	See all
Paraguay	👁 Image PAR	1996 Summer Olympics	Alfredo Carrillo	57	See all
People's Republic of China	👁 Image CHN	1996 Summer Olympics	Jiang Chengji	4	See all
Peru	👁 Image PER	2000 Summer Olympics	Luis López	=49	See all
Philippines	👁 Image PHI	1988 Summer Olympics	Eric Buhain	=33	See all
Poland	👁 Image POL	2000 Summer Olympics	Bartosz Kizierowski	5	See all
Portugal	👁 Image POR	2024 Summer Olympics	Diogo Ribeiro	16	See all
Puerto Rico	👁 Image PUR	1996 Summer Olympics	Ricardo Busquets	8	See all
Qatar	👁 Image QAT	2000 Summer Olympics	Wael Saeed	61	See all
ROC	👁 Image ROC	2020 Summer Olympics	Kliment Kolesnikov	=9	See all
Republic of Korea	👁 Image KOR	2000 Summer Olympics	Kim Min-Seok	=17	See all
Republic of Moldova	👁 Image MDA	1996 Summer Olympics	Maxim Cazmirciuc	43	See all
Romania	👁 Image ROU	2016 Summer Olympics	Norbert Trandafir	14	See all
Russian Federation	👁 Image RUS	1996 Summer Olympics	Aleksandr Popov	1	Gold	See all
Rwanda	👁 Image RWA	2012 Summer Olympics	Jackson Niyomugabo	52	See all
Saint Kitts and Nevis	👁 Image SKN	2024 Summer Olympics	Troy Nisbett	69	See all
Saint Lucia	👁 Image LCA	2016 Summer Olympics	Jordan Augier	45	See all
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	👁 Image VIN	2012 Summer Olympics	Tolga Akcayli	45	See all
2024 Summer Olympics	Alex Joachim	45
San Marino	👁 Image SMR	1988 Summer Olympics	Michele Piva	=63	See all
Senegal	👁 Image SEN	2016 Summer Olympics	Abdoul Niane	48	See all
Serbia	👁 Image SRB	2020 Summer Olympics	Andrej Barna	28	See all
Serbia and Montenegro	👁 Image SCG	2004 Summer Olympics	Milorad Čavić	31	See all
Seychelles	👁 Image SEY	2016 Summer Olympics	Adam Viktora	56	See all
Sierra Leone	👁 Image SLE	2024 Summer Olympics	Joshua Wyse	62	See all
Singapore	👁 Image SGP	1988 Summer Olympics	Ang Peng Siong	11	See all
Slovakia	👁 Image SVK	2024 Summer Olympics	Matej Duša	39	See all
Slovenia	👁 Image SLO	2008 Summer Olympics	Jernej Godec	18	See all
South Africa	👁 Image RSA	2004 Summer Olympics	Roland Schoeman	3	Bronze	See all
Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	1988 Summer Olympics	Gennady Prigoda	3	Bronze	See all
Spain	👁 Image ESP	2004 Summer Olympics	Javier Noriega	13	See all
Sri Lanka	👁 Image SRI	2008 Summer Olympics	Daniel Lee	66	See all
Sudan	👁 Image SUD	2012 Summer Olympics	Mohamed El-Khedr	50	See all
Suriname	👁 Image SUR	2016 Summer Olympics	Renzo Tjon A Joe	21	See all
Sweden	👁 Image SWE	2004 Summer Olympics	Stefan Nystrand	4	See all
Switzerland	👁 Image SUI	1988 Summer Olympics	Dano Halsall	4	See all
Syrian Arab Republic	👁 Image SYR	2004 Summer Olympics	Rafed El-Masri	=18	See all
Tajikistan	👁 Image TJK	2024 Summer Olympics	Fakhriddin Madkamov	56	See all
Thailand	👁 Image THA	2004 Summer Olympics	Arwut Chinnapasaen	=46	See all
The Bahamas	👁 Image BAH	1996 Summer Olympics	Allan Murray	=12	See all
The Gambia	👁 Image GAM	2024 Summer Olympics	Ousman Jobe	61	See all
Timor-Leste	👁 Image TLS	2024 Summer Olympics	Jolanio Guterres	71	See all
Togo	👁 Image TOG	2020 Summer Olympics	Mawupemon Otogbe	57	See all
Trinidad and Tobago	👁 Image TTO	2012 Summer Olympics	George Bovell	7	See all
Turkmenistan	👁 Image TKM	2008 Summer Olympics	Andrey Molchanov	68	See all
Türkiye	👁 Image TUR	2008 Summer Olympics	Kaan Tayla	37	See all
Uganda	👁 Image UGA	2012 Summer Olympics	Ganzi Mugula	53	See all
Ukraine	👁 Image UKR	2016 Summer Olympics	Andriy Hovorov	5	See all
Unified Team	👁 Image EUN	1992 Summer Olympics	Aleksandr Popov	1	Gold	See all
United Arab Emirates	👁 Image UAE	2000 Summer Olympics	Ayoub Al-Mas	56	See all
United Republic of Tanzania	👁 Image TAN	2016 Summer Olympics	Hilal Hilal	49	See all
United States	👁 Image USA	1988 Summer Olympics	Matt Biondi	1	Gold	See all
2000 Summer Olympics	Gary Hall, Jr.	=1	Gold
2000 Summer Olympics	Anthony Ervin	=1	Gold
2004 Summer Olympics	Gary Hall, Jr.	1	Gold
2016 Summer Olympics	Anthony Ervin	1	Gold
2020 Summer Olympics	Caeleb Dressel	1	Gold
United States Virgin Islands	👁 Image ISV	2004 Summer Olympics	Josh Laban	=43	See all
Uruguay	👁 Image URU	2020 Summer Olympics	Enzo Martínez	35	See all
Uzbekistan	👁 Image UZB	2000 Summer Olympics	Ravil Nachayev	30	See all
Venezuela	👁 Image VEN	1996 Summer Olympics	Francisco Sánchez	7	See all
West Germany	👁 Image FRG	1988 Summer Olympics	Frank Henter	7	See all
Yemen	👁 Image YEM	2004 Summer Olympics	Mohamed Saad	80	See all
Zambia	👁 Image ZAM	2024 Summer Olympics	Damien Shamambo	48	See all
Zimbabwe	👁 Image ZIM	1992 Summer Olympics	Ivor Le Roux	46	See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies	👁 Image EOR	2020 Summer Olympics	Alaa Maso	44	See all

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Swimming — 50 metres Freestyle, Men

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