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| Swimming Olympic Games Men: 100 m Freestyle | 
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| 2012 | London (gbr) | |||
| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | Alain Bernard (fra) | Eamon Sullivan (aus) | César Cielo (bra) |
| Jason Lezak (usa) | ||||
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (net) | Roland Schoeman (saf) | Ian Thorpe (aus) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (net) | Aleksandr Popov (rus) | Gary Hall Jr. (usa) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Aleksandr Popov (rus) | Gary Hall Jr. (usa) | Gustavo Borges (bra) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Aleksandr Popov (cis) | Gustavo Borges (bra) | Stephan Caron (fra) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Matt Biondi (usa) | Chris Jacobs (usa) | Stephan Caron (fra) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Ambrose Gaines (usa) | Mark Stockwell (aus) | Per Johansson (swe) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Jörg Woithe (ege) | Pelle Holmertz (swe) | Per Johansson (swe) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Jim Montgomery (usa) | Jack Babashoff (usa) | Peter Nocke (wge) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Mark Spitz (usa) | Jerry Heidenreich (usa) | Vladimir Bure (sov) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Mike Wenden (aus) | Ken Walsh (usa) | Mark Spitz (usa) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Don Schollander (usa) | Bobbie McGregor (gbr) | Hans-Joachim Klein (ger) |
| 1960 | Roma (ita) | John Devitt (aus) | Lance Larson (usa) | Manuel dos Santos (bra) |
| 1956 | Melbourne (aus) | Jon Henricks (aus) | John Devitt (aus) | Gary Chapman (aus) |
| 1952 | Helsinki (fin) | Clarke Scholes (usa) | Hiroshi Suzuki (jpn) | Göran Larsson (swe) |
| 1948 | London (gbr) | Walter Ris (usa) | Alan Ford (usa) | Géza Kádas (hun) |
| 1936 | Berlin (ger) | Ferenc Csik (hun) | Masanori Yusa (jpn) | Shigeo Arai (jpn) |
| 1932 | Los Angeles (usa) | Yasuji Miyazaki (jpn) | Tatsugo Kawaishi (jpn) | Albert Schwartz (usa) |
| 1928 | Amsterdam (net) | Johnny Weissmuller (usa) | István Bárány (hun) | Katsuo Takaishi (jpn) |
| 1924 | Paris (fra) | Johnny Weissmuller (usa) | Duke Kahanamoku (usa) | Sam Kahanamoku (usa) |
| 1920 | Antwerpen (bel) | Duke Kahanamoku (usa) | Pua Kealoha (usa) | William Harris (usa) |
| 1912 | Stockholm (swe) | Duke Kahanamoku (usa) | Cecil Healy (anz) | Kenneth Huszagh (usa) |
| 1908 | London (gbr) | Charles Daniels (usa) | Zoltán Halmay (hun) | Harald Julin (swe) |
| 1896 | Athínai (gre) | Alfréd Hajós (hun) | Otto Herschmann (aut) | -- |
