Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
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400-meter Freestyle
| Year | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Paul Neumann, AUT (550m) | 8:12.6 | |
| 1904 | Charles Daniels, USA (440 yds) | 6:16.2 | |
| 1906 | Otto Scheff, AUT | 6:23.8 | |
| 1908 | Henry Taylor, GBR | 5:36.8 | |
| 1912 | George Hodgson, CAN | 5:24.4 | |
| 1920 | Norman Ross, USA | 5:26.8 | |
| 1924 | Johnny Weissmuller, USA | 5:04.2 | OR |
| 1928 | Alberto Zorilla, ARG | 5:01.6 | OR |
| 1932 | Buster Crabbe, USA | 4:48.4 | OR |
| 1936 | Jack Medica, USA | 4:44.5 | OR |
| 1948 | Bill Smith, USA | 4:41.0 | OR |
| 1952 | Jean Boiteux, FRA | 4:30.7 | OR |
| 1956 | Murray Rose, AUS | 4:27.3 | OR |
| 1960 | Murray Rose, AUS | 4:18.3 | OR |
| 1964 | Don Schollander, USA | 4:12.2 | WR |
| 1968 | Mike Burton, USA | 4:09.0 | OR |
| 1972 | Bradford Cooper, AUS* | 4:00.27 | OR |
| 1976 | Brian Goodell, USA | 3:51.93 | WR |
| 1980 | Vladimir Salnikov, USSR | 3:51.31 | OR |
| 1984 | George DiCarlo, USA | 3:51.23 | OR |
| 1988 | Uwe Dassler, E. Ger | 3:46.95 | WR |
| 1992 | Yevgeny Sadovyi, UT | 3:45.00 | WR |
| 1996 | Danyon Loader, NZE | 3:47.97 | |
| 2000 | Ian Thorpe, AUS | 3:40.59 | WR |
| 2004 | Ian Thorpe, AUS | 3:43.10 | |
| 2008 | Taehwan Park, KR | 3:41.86 |
*Cooper finished second to Rick DeMont of the U.S., who was disqualified when he flunked the post-race drug test (his asthma medication was on the IOC's banned list).
| 200-meter Freestyle | Men's Olympic Swimming | 1500-meter Freestyle |
