Swimming Olympic Games Men: 400 m Freestyle Year Location 2012 London (gbr) 2008 Beijing (chn) Park Tae-Hwan (sko) Zhang Lin (chn) Larsen Jensen usa) 2004 Athínai (gre) Ian Thorpe (aus) Grant Hackett (aus) Klete Keller (usa) 2000 Sydney (aus) Ian Thorpe (aus) Massimiliano Rosolino (ita) Klete Keller (usa) 1996 Atlanta (usa) Danyon Loader (nzl) Paul Palmer (gbr) Daniel Kowalski (aus) 1992 Barcelona (spa) Yevgeniy Sadovyi (cis) Kieren Perkins (aus) Anders Holmertz (swe) 1988 Seoul (sko) Uwe Dassler (ege) Duncan Armstrong (aus) Artur Wojdat (pol) 1984 Los Angeles (usa) George DiCarlo (usa) John Mykkanen (usa) Justin Lemberg (aus) 1980 Moskva (sov) Vladimir Salnikov (sov) Andrey Krylov (sov) Ivar Stukolkin (sov) 1976 Montréal (can) Brian Goodell (usa) Tim Shaw (usa) Volodymyr Raskatov (sov) 1972 München (wge) Brad Cooper (aus) Steven Genter (usa) Tom McBreen (usa) 1968 Mexico City (mex) Mike Burton (usa) Ralph Hutton (can) Alain Mosconi (fra) 1964 Tokyo (jpn) Don Schollander (usa) Frank Wiegand (ger) Allan Wood (aus) 1960 Roma (ita) Murray Rose (aus) Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (jpn) John Konrads (aus) 1956 Melbourne (aus) Murray Rose (aus) Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (jpn) George Breen (usa) 1952 Helsinki (fin) Jean Boiteux (fra) Ford Konno (usa) Per-Olof Strand (swe) 1948 London (gbr) William Smith (usa) James McLane (usa) John Marshall (aus) 1936 Berlin (ger) Jack Medica (usa) Shumpei Uto (jpn) Shozo Makino (jpn) 1932 Los Angeles (usa) Buster Crabbe (usa) Jean Taris (fra) Tsutomu Oyokota (jpn) 1928 Amsterdam (net) Alberto Zorrilla (arg) Andrew Charlton (aus) Arne Borg (swe) 1924 Paris (fra) Johnny Weissmuller (usa) Arne Borg (swe) Andrew Charlton (aus) 1920 Antwerpen (bel) Norman Ross (usa) Ludy Langer (usa) George Vernot (can) 1912 Stockholm (swe) George Hodgson (can) John Hatfield (gbr) Harold Hardwick (anz) 1908 London (gbr) Henry Taylor (gbr) Frank Beaurepaire (anz) Otto Scheff (aut) Note: 1972: actual winner Rick DeMont (usa) disqualified for a doping offense