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

By Mat Luebbers, About.com Guide

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

1896
GOLD Alfred Hajos, HUN 01:22.2
SILVER Efstathios Choraphas, GER 01:23.0
BRONZE Otto Herschmann, AUT n/a
1900
Event Not Held
1904
GOLD Zoltan von Halmay, HUN 01:02.8
SILVER Charles Daniels, USA n/a
BRONZE J. Scott Leary, USA n/a
1906
GOLD Charles Daniels, USA 01:13.4
SILVER Zoltan von Halmay, HUN 01:14.SILVER
BRONZE Cecil Healy, AUS n/a
1908
GOLD Charles Daniels, USA 01:05.6
SILVER Zoltan von Halmay, HUN 01:06.2
BRONZE Harald Julin, SWE 01:08.0
1912
GOLD Duke Kahanamoku, USA 01:03.4
SILVER Cecil Healy, AUS 01:04.6
BRONZE Kenneth Huszagh, USA 01:05.6
1920
GOLD Duke Kahanamoku, USA 01:01.4
SILVER Pua Kealoha, USA 01:02.2
BRONZE William Harris, USA 01:03.2
1924
GOLD John Weissmuller, USA 59.0
SILVER Duke Kahanamoku, USA 01:01.4
BRONZE Sam Kahanamoku, USA 01:01.8
1928
GOLD John Weissmuller, USA 58.6
SILVER Istvan Barany, HUN 59.6
BRONZE Katsuo Takaishi, JPN 01:00.0
1932
GOLD Yasuji Miyazaki, JPN 58.2
SILVER Tatsugo Kawaishi, JPN 58.6
BRONZE Albert Schwartz, USA 58.8
1936
GOLD Ferenc Csik, HUN 57.6
SILVER Masanori Yusa, JPN 57.9
BRONZE Shigeo Arai, JPN 58.0
1948
GOLD Walter Ris, USA 57.3
SILVER Alan Ford, USA 57.8
BRONZE Geza Kadas, HUN 58.1
1952
GOLD Clarke Scholes, USA 57.4
SILVER Hiroshi Suzuki, JPN 57.4
BRONZE Goran Larsson, SWE 58.2
1956
GOLD Jon Henricks, AUS 55.4
SILVER John Devitt, AUS 55.8
BRONZE Gary Chapman, AUS 56.7
1960
GOLD John Devitt, AUS 55.2
SILVER Lance Larson, USA 55.2
BRONZE Manuel Dos Santos BRA 55.4
1964
GOLD Don Schollander, USA 53.4
SILVER Robert McGregor, GBR 53.5
BRONZE Hans Klien, FRG 54.0
1968
GOLD Michael Wenden, AUS 52.2
SILVER Ken Walsh, USA 52.8
BRONZE Mark Spitz, USA 53.0
1972
GOLD Mark Spitz, USA 51.22
SILVER Jerry Heldenreich, USA 51.65
BRONZE Vladimir Bure, URS 51.77
1976
GOLD Jim Montgomery, USA 49.99
SILVER Jack Babashoff, USA 50.81
BRONZE Peter Nocke, FRG 51.31
1980
GOLD Jorg Woithe, GDR 50.4
SILVER Per Holmertz, SWE 50.91
BRONZE Per Johansson, SWE 51.29
1984
GOLD Rowdy Gaines, USA 49.8
SILVER Mark Stockwell, AUS 50.24
BRONZE Per Johansson, SWE 50.31
1988
GOLD Matt Biondi, USA 48.63
SILVER Chris Jacobs, USA 49.08
BRONZE Stephan Caron, FRA 49.62
1992
GOLD Alexander Popov, EUN 49.02
SILVER Gustavo Borges, BRA 49.43
BRONZE Stephan Caron, FRA 49.5
1996
GOLD Alexander Popov, RUS 48.74
SILVER Gary Hall Jr., USA 48.81
BRONZE Gustavo Borges, BRA 49.02
2000
GOLD P. vanden Hoogenband, NED 48.30
SILVER Alexander Popov, RUS 48.69
BRONZE Gary Hall Jr., USA 48.73
2004
GOLD P. vanden Hoogenband, NED 48.17
SILVER Roland Schoeman, RSA 48.23
BRONZE Ian Thorpe, AUS 48.56
2008
GOLD Alain Bernard, FRA 47.21
SILVER Eamon Sullivan, AUS 47.32
BRONZE Jason Lezak, USA 47.67 (TIE)
BRONZE Cesar Cielo Filho, BRA 47.67 (TIE)