50-meter Freestyle
Year   Time  
1904 Zoltn Halmay, HUN (50 yds) 28.0   
1906-84 Not held    
1988 Matt Biondi, USA 22.14 WR
1992 Aleksandr Popov, UT 21.91 OR
1996 Aleksandr Popov, RUS 22.13  
2000 (TIE) Anthony Ervin, USA 21.98  
  & Gary Hall Jr., USA 21.98  
2004 Gary Hall Jr., USA 21.93  
2008 Cesar Cielo Filho, BRA 21.30 OR

 

100-meter Freestyle
Year   Time  
1896 Alfrd Hajs, HUN 1:22.2  OR
1904 Zoltn Halmay, HUN (100 yds) 1:02.8   
1906 Charles Daniels, USA 1:13.4   
1908 Charles Daniels, USA 1:05.6  WR
1912 Duke Kahanamoku, USA 1:03.4   
1920 Duke Kahanamoku, USA 1:00.4  WR
1924 Johnny Weissmuller, USA 59.0  OR
1928 Johnny Weissmuller, USA 58.6  OR
1932 Yasuji Miyazaki, JPN 58.2   
1936 Ferenc Csik, HUN 57.6   
1948 Wally Ris, USA 57.3  OR
1952 Clarke Scholes, USA 57.4   
1956 Jon Henricks, AUS 55.4  OR
1960 John Devitt, AUS 55.2  OR
1964 Don Schollander, USA 53.4  OR
1968 Michael Wenden, AUS 52.2  WR
1972 Mark Spitz, USA 51.22 WR
1976 Jim Montgomery, USA 49.99 WR
1980 Jorg Woithe, E. Ger 50.40  
1984 Rowdy Gaines, USA 49.80 OR
1988 Matt Biondi, USA 48.63 OR
1992 Aleksandr Popov, UT 49.02  
1996 Aleksandr Popov, RUS 48.74  
2000 Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED 48.30  
2004 Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED 48.17  
2008 Alain Bernard, FRA 47.21  

 

200-meter Freestyle
Year   Time  
1900 Frederick Lane, AUS (220 yds) 2:25.2  OR
1904 Charles Daniels, USA (220 yds) 2:44.2   
1968 Michael Wenden, AUS 1:55.2  OR
1972 Mark Spitz, USA 1:52.78 WR
1976 Bruce Furniss, USA 1:50.29 WR
1980 Sergei Kopliakov, USSR 1:49.81 OR
1984 Michael Gross, W. Ger 1:47.44 WR
1988 Duncan Armstrong, AUS 1:47.25 WR
1992 Yevgeny Sadovyi, UT 1:46.70 OR
1996 Danyon Loader, NZE 1:47.63  
2000 Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED 1:45.35 WR
2004 Ian Thorpe, AUS 1:44.71 OR
2008 Michael Phelps, USA 1:42.96 WR

 

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 Park Taehwan, KOR 3:41.86  

 

1500-meter Freestyle
Year   Time  
1896 Alfrd Hajs, HUN (1200m) 18:22.2  OR
1900 John Arthur Jarvis, GBR (1000m) 13:40.2   
1904 Emil Rausch, GER (1 mile) 27:18.2   
1906 Henry Taylor, GBR (1 mile) 28:28.0   
1908 Henry Taylor, GBR 22:48.4  WR
1912 George Hodgson, CAN 22:00.0  WR
1920 Norman Ross, USA 22:23.2   
1924 Andrew (Boy) Charlton, AUS 20:06.6  WR
1928 Arne Borge, SWE 19:51.8  OR
1932 Kusuo Kitamura, JPN 19:12.4  OR
1936 Noboru Terada, JPN 19:13.7   
1948 James McLane, USA 19:18.5   
1952 Ford Konno, USA 18:30.3  OR
1956 Murray Rose, AUS 17:58.9   
1960 Jon Konrads, AUS 17:19.6  OR
1964 Robert Windle, AUS 17:01.7  OR
1968 Mike Burton, USA 16:38.9  OR
1972 Mike Burton, USA 15:52.58 WR
1976 Brian Goodell, USA 15:02.40 WR
1980 Vladimir Salnikov, USSR 14:58.27 WR
1984 Mike O'Brien, USA 15:05.20  
1988 Vladimir Salnikov, USSR 15:00.40  
1992 Kieren Perkins, AUS 14:43.48 WR
1996 Kieren Perkins, AUS 14:56.40  
2000 Grant Hackett, AUS 14:48.33  
2004 Grant Hackett, AUS 14:43.40 OR
2008 Oussama Mellouli, TUN 14:40.84  

 

100-meter Backstroke
Year   Time  
1904 Walter Brack, GER (100 yds) 1:16.8   
1908 Arno Bieberstein, GER 1:24.6  WR
1912 Harry Hebner, USA 1:21.2   
1920 Warren Kealoha, USA 1:15.2   
1924 Warren Kealoha, USA 1:13.2  OR
1928 George Kojac, USA 1:08.2  WR
1932 Masaji Kiyokawa, JPN 1:08.6   
1936 Adolf Kiefer, USA 1:05.9  OR
1948 Allen Stack, USA 1:06.4   
1952 Yoshinobu Oyakawa, USA 1:05.4  OR
1956 David Theile, AUS 1:02.2  OR
1960 David Theile, AUS 1:01.9  OR
1968 Roland Matthes, E. Ger 58.7  OR
1972 Roland Matthes, E. Ger 56.58 OR
1976 John Naber, USA 55.49 WR
1980 Bengt Baron, SWE 56.33  
1984 Rick Carey, USA 55.79  
1988 Daichi Suzuki, JPN 55.05  
1992 Mark Tewksbury, CAN 53.98 OR
1996 Jeff Rouse, USA 54.10  
2000 Lenny Krayzelburg, USA 53.72 OR
2004 Aaron Peirsol, USA 54.06  
2008 Aaron Peirsol, USA 52.54 WR

 

200-meter Backstroke
Year   Time  
1900 Ernst Hoppenberg, GER 2:47.0   
1964 Jed Graef, USA 2:10.3  WR
1968 Roland Matthes, E. Ger 2:09.6  OR
1972 Roland Matthes, E. Ger 2:02.82 WR
1976 John Naber, USA 1:59.19 WR
1980 Sndor Wldar, HUN 2:01.93  
1984 Rick Carey, USA 2:00.23  
1988 Igor Poliansky, USSR 1:59.37  
1992 Martin Lopez-Zubero, SPA 1:58.47 OR
1996 Brad Bridgewater, USA 1:58.54  
2000 Lenny Krayzelburg, USA 1:56.76 OR
2004 Aaron Peirsol, USA 1:54.95 OR
2008 Ryan Lochte, USA 1:53.94 WR

 

100-meter Breaststroke
Year   Time  
1968 Don McKenzie, USA 1:07.7  OR
1972 Nobutaka Taguchi, JPN 1:04.94 WR
1976 John Hencken, USA 1:03.11 WR
1980 Duncan Goodhew, GBR 1:03.44  
1984 Steve Lundquist, USA 1:01.65 WR
1988 Adrian Moorhouse, GBR 1:02.04  
1992 Nelson Diebel, USA 1:01.50 OR
1996 Fred deBurghgraeve, BEL 1:00.60  
2000 Domenico Fioravanti, ITA 1:00.46 OR
2004 Kosuke Kitajima, JPN 1:00.08 OR
2008 Kosuke Kitajima, JPN 59.20 WR

 

200-meter Breaststroke
Year   Time  
1908 Frederick Holman, GBR 3:09.2  WR
1912 Walter Bathe, GER 3:01.8  OR
1920 Hakan Malmroth, SWE 3:04.4   
1924 Robert Skelton, USA 2:56.6   
1928 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, JPN 2:48.8  OR
1932 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, JPN 2:45.4   
1936 Tetsuo Hamuro, JPN 2:41.5  OR
1948 Joseph Verdeur, USA 2:39.3  OR
1952 John Davies, AUS 2:34.4  OR
1956 Masaru Furukawa, JPN 2:34.7* OR
1960 Bill Mulliken, USA 2:37.4   
1964 Ian O'Brien, AUS 2:27.8  WR
1968 Felipe Muoz, MEX 2:28.7   
1972 John Hencken, USA 2:21.55 WR
1976 David Wilkie, GBR 2:15.11 WR
1980 Robertas Zhulpa, USSR 2:15.85  
1984 Victor Davis, CAN 2:13.34 WR
1988 Jzsef Szab, HUN 2:13.52  
1992 Mike Barrowman, USA 2:10.16 WR
1996 Norbert Rozsa, HUN 2:12.57  
2000 Domenico Fioravanti, ITA 2:10.87  
2004 Kosuke Kitajima, JPN 2:09.44 OR
2008 Kosuke Kitajima, JPN 2:07.64 OR

 

100-meter Butterfly
Year   Time  
1968 Doug Russell, USA 55.9  OR
1972 Mark Spitz, USA 54.27 WR
1976 Matt Vogel, USA 54.35  
1980 Pr Arvidsson, SWE 54.92  
1984 Michael Gross, W. Ger 53.08 WR
1988 Anthony Nesty, SUR 53.0  OR
1992 Pablo Morales, USA 53.32  
1996 Dennis Pankratov, RUS 52.27  
2000 Lars Frolander, SWE 52.00  
2004 Michael Phelps, USA 51.25  OR
2008 Michael Phelps, USA 50.58 OR

 

200-meter Butterfly
Year   Time  
1956 Bill Yorzyk, USA 2:19.3  OR
1960 Mike Troy, USA 2:12.8  WR
1964 Kevin Berry, AUS 2:06.6  WR
1968 Carl Robie, USA 2:08.7   
1972 Mark Spitz, USA 2:00.70 WR
1976 Mike Bruner, USA 1:59.23 WR
1980 Sergei Fesenko, USSR 1:59.76  
1984 Jon Sieben, AUS 1:57.04 WR
1988 Michael Gross, W. Ger 1:56.94 OR
1992 Melvin Stewart, USA 1:56.26 OR
1996 Dennis Pankratov, RUS 1:56.51  
2000 Tom Malchow, USA 1:55.35 OR
2004 Michael Phelps, USA 1:54.04 OR
2008 Michael Phelps, USA 1:52.03 WR

 

200-meter Individual Medley
Year   Time  
1968 Charles Hickcox, USA 2:12.0  OR
1972 Gunnar Larsson, SWE 2:07.17 WR
1984 Alex Baumann, CAN 2:01.42 WR
1988 Tams Darnyi, HUN 2:00.17 WR
1992 Tams Darnyi, HUN 2:00.76  
1996 Attila Czene, HUN 1:59.91  
2000 Massimiliano Rosolino, ITA 1:58.98 OR
2004 Michael Phelps, USA 1:57.14 OR
2008 Michael Phelps, USA 1:54.23 WR

 

400-meter Individual Medley
Year   Time  
1964 Richard Roth, USA 4:45.4  WR
1968 Charles Hickcox, USA 4:48.4   
1972 Gunnar Larsson, SWE 4:31.98 OR
1976 Rod Strachan, USA 4:23.68 WR
1980 Aleksandr Sidorenko, USSR 4:22.89 OR
1984 Alex Baumann, CAN 4:17.41 WR
1988 Tams Darnyi, HUN 4:14.75 WR
1992 Tams Darnyi, HUN 4:14.23 OR
1996 Tom Dolan, USA 4:14.90  
2000 Tom Dolan, USA 4:11.76 WR
2004 Michael Phelps, USA 4:08.26 WR
2008 Michael Phelps, USA 4:03.84 WR