Olympic Swimming Medals - Men's 100 Meter Backstroke Olympic Medalists

By Mat Luebbers, About.com Guide

The gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medal swimmers in the men's 100 meter backstroke from the Summer Olympic games.

1896-1900 Event Not Held
1904
GOLD Walter Brack GER 01:16.8
SILVER Georg Hoffmann GER n/a
BRONZE Georg Zacharia GER n/a
1906 Event Not Held
1908
GOLD Arno Bieberstein GER 01:24.6
SILVER Ludvig Dam DEN 01:26.6
BRONZE Herbert Haresnape GBR 01:27.0
1912
GOLD Harry Hebner USA 01:21.2
SILVER Otto Fahr GER 01:22.4
BRONZE Paul Kellner GER 01:24.0
1920
GOLD Warren Kealoha USA 01:15.2
SILVER Pay Kegeris USA 01:16.2
BRONZE Gerard Blitz BEL 01:19.0
1924
GOLD Warren Kealoha USA 01:13.2
SILVER Paul Wyatt USA 01:15.4
BRONZE Karoly Bartha HUN 01:17.8
1928
GOLD George Kojac USA 01:08.2
SILVER Walter Laufer USA 01:10.0
BRONZE Paul Wyatt USA 01:12.0
1932
GOLD Masaji Kiyokawa JPN 01:08.6
SILVER Toshio Irie JPN 01:09.8
BRONZE Kentaro Kawatsu JPN 01:10.0
1936
GOLD Adolph Kiefer USA 01:05.9
SILVER Albert Van de Weghe USA 01:07.7
BRONZE Masaji Kiyokawa JPN 01:08.4
1948
GOLD Allen Stack USA 01:06.4
SILVER Robert Cowell USA 01:06.5
BRONZE Georges Vallerey FRA 01:07.8
1952
GOLD Yoshinobu Oyakawa USA 01:05.4
SILVER Gilbert Bozon FRA 01:06.2
BRONZE Jack Taylor USA 01:06.4
1956
GOLD David Theile AUS 01:02.2
SILVER John Monckton AUS 01:03.2
BRONZE Frank McKinney USA 01:04.5
1960
GOLD David Theile AUS 01:01.9
SILVER Frank McKinney USA 01:02.1
BRONZE Robert Bennett USA 01:02.3
1964 Event Not Held
1968
GOLD Roland Matthes GDR 58.7
SILVER Charles Hickcox USA 01:00.2
BRONZE Ron Mills USA 01:00.5
1972
GOLD Roland Matthes GDR 56.58
SILVER Mike Stamm USA 57.7
BRONZE John Murphy USA 58.35
1976
GOLD John Naber USA 55.49
SILVER Peter Rocca USA 56.34
BRONZE Roland Matthes GDR 57.22
1980
GOLD Bengt Baron SWE 56.53
SILVER Victor Kusnjetsow URS 56.99
BRONZE Vladimir Dolgov URS 57.63
1984
GOLD Rick Carey USA 55.79
SILVER Dave Wilson USA 56.35
BRONZE Mike West CAN 56.49
1988
GOLD Daichi Suzuki JPN 55.05
SILVER David Berkoff USA 55.18
BRONZE Igor Polianski URS 55.2
1992
GOLD Mark Tewksbury CAN 53.98
SILVER Jeff Rouse USA 54.04
BRONZE David Berkoff USA 54.78
1996
GOLD Jeff Rouse USA 54.1
SILVER Rodolfo Falcon CUB 54.98
BRONZE Neisser Bent CUB 55.02
2000
GOLD Lenny Krayzelburg USA 53.72
SILVER Matthew Welsh AUS 54.07
BRONZE Stev Theloke GER 54.82
2004
GOLD Aaron Peirsol USA 54.06
SILVER Markus Rogan AUT 54.35
BRONZE Tomomi Morita JPN 54.36
2008
GOLD Aaron Peirsol, USA 52.54
SILVER Matt Grevers, USA 53.11
BRONZE Arkady Vyatchanin, RUS 53.18
BRONZE Hayden Stoeckel, AUS 53.18