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Olympic Swimming Medals - Men's 400 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 400 meter freestyle from the Summer Olympic games.

1896
GOLD Paul Neumann, AUT 08:12.6
SILVER Antonios Pepanos, GRE n/a
BRONZE Efstathios Choraphas, GRE n/a
1900 — Event Not Held
1904
GOLD Charles Daniels, USA 6:16.2
SILVER Francis Gailey, AUS 6:22.0
BRONZE Otto Wahle, AUT 6:39.0
1906
GOLD Otto Scheff, AUT 6:23.8
SILVER Henry Taylor, GBR 6:24.4
BRONZE John Jarvis, GBR 6:27.2
1908
GOLD Henry Taylor, GBR 5:36.8
SILVER Frank Beaurepaire, AUS 5:44.2
BRONZE Otto Scheff, AUT 5:46.0
1912
GOLD George Hodgson, CAN 5:24.4
SILVER John Hatfield, GBR 5:25.8
BRONZE Harold Hardwick, AUS 5:31.2
1920
GOLD Norman Ross, USA n/a
SILVER Ludy Langer, USA n/a
BRONZE George Vernot, CAN n/a
1924
GOLD John Weissmuller, USA 5:04.2
SILVER Arne Borg, SWE 5:05.6
BRONZE Andrew Charlton, AUS 5:06.6
1928
GOLD Alberto Zorrilla, ARG 5:01.6
SILVER Andrew Charlton, AUS 5:03.6
BRONZE Arne Borg, SWE 5:04.6
1932
GOLD Buster Crabbe, USA 4:48.4
SILVER Jean Taris, FRA 4:48.5
BRONZE Tsutomu Oyokota, JPN 4:52.3
1936
GOLD Jack Medica, USA 4:44.5
SILVER Shumpel Uto, JPN 4:45.6
BRONZE Shozo Makino, JPN 4:48.1
1948
GOLD William Smith, USA 4:41.1
SILVER James McLane, USA 4:43.4
BRONZE John Marshall, AUS 4:47.4
1952
GOLD Jean Boiteux, FRA 4:30.7
SILVER Ford Konno, USA 4:31.3
BRONZE Per-Olof Ostrand, SWE 4:35.2
1956
GOLD Murray Rose, AUS 4:27.3
SILVER Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, JPN 4:30.4
BRONZE George Breen, USA 4:32.5
1960
GOLD Murray Rose, AUS 4:18.3
SILVER Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, JPN 4:21.4
BRONZE John Konrads, AUS 4:21.8
1964
GOLD Don Schollander, USA 4:12.2
SILVER Frank Wiegand, GDR 4:14.9
BRONZE Allan Wood, AUS 4:15.1
1968
GOLD Mike Burton, USA 4:09.0
SILVER Ralph Hutton, CAN 4:11.7
BRONZE Alain Mosconi, FRA 4:13.3
1972
GOLD Bradford Cooper, AUS 04:00.3
SILVER Steven Genter, USA 04:01.9
BRONZE Tom McBreen, USA 04:02.6
1976
GOLD Brian Goodell, USA 03:51.9
SILVER Tim Shaw, USA 03:52.5
BRONZE Vladimir Raskatow, URS 03:55.8
1980
GOLD Vladimir Salnikov, URS 03:51.3
SILVER Andrej Krylow, URS 03:53.2
BRONZE Ivan Stukolkin, URS 03:54.0
1984
GOLD George DiCarlo, USA 03:51.2
SILVER John Mykkanen, USA 03:51.5
BRONZE Justin Lemburg, AUS 03:51.8
1988
GOLD Uwe Dassier, GDR 03:47.0
SILVER Duncan Armstrong, AUS 03:47.1
BRONZE Artur Wojdat, POL 03:47.3
1992
GOLD Evgeny Sadovyi, EUN 03:45.0
SILVER Kieren Perkins, AUS 03:45.2
BRONZE Anders Holmertz, SWE 03:46.8
1996
GOLD Danyon Loader, NZL 03:48.0
SILVER Paul Palmer, GBR 03:49.0
BRONZE Daniel Kowalski, AUS 03:49.4
2000
GOLD Ian Thorpe, AUS 03:40.6
SILVER Massi Rosolino, ITA 03:43.4
BRONZE Klete Keller, USA 03:47.0
2004
GOLD Ian Thorpe, AUS 03:43.1
SILVER Grant Hackett, AUS 03:43.4
BRONZE Klete Keller, USA 03:44.1
2008
GOLD Tae Hwan Park, KOR 3:41.86
SILVER Lin Zhang, CHN 3:42.44
BRONZE Larsen Jensen, USA 3:42.78