Swimming : Men's 1,500 m Freestyle

Medals per country:
                                      Total   Gold   Silver  Bronze
    Australia                           23       8       8       7
    United States                       19       7       6       6
    Japan                                6       2       3       1
    United Kingdom (Great Britain)       6       1       2       3
    Soviet Union                         3       2       1       0
    Canada                               3       1       1       1
    Sweden                               2       1       1       0
    West Germany                         2       0       1       1
    Tunisia                              1       1       0       0
    Brazil                               1       0       0       1
    East Germany                         1       0       0       1
    Germany                              1       0       0       1
    Hungary                              1       0       0       1

Medal winners:
      Gold                             Silver                           Bronze
2008  Oussama Mellouli  TUN 14:40.84   Grant Hackett     AUS 14:41.53   Ryan Cochrane     CAN 14:42.69   
2004  Grant Hackett     AUS 14:43.4    Larsen Jensen     USA 14:45.3    David Davies      GBR 14:46.0    
2000  Grant Hackett     AUS 14:48.3    Kieren Perkins    AUS 14:53.6    Chris Thompson    USA 14:56.8    
1996  Kieren Perkins    AUS 14:56.4    Daniel Kowalski   AUS 15:02.4    Graeme Smith      GBR 15:02.5    
1992  Kieren Perkins    AUS 14:43.5    Glen Housman      AUS 14:55.3    Jorg Hoffmann     GER 15:02.3    
1988  Vladimir Salnikov URS 15:00.4    Stefan Pfeiffer   FRG 15:02.7    Uwe Dassler       GDR 15:06.1    
1984  Michael O'Brien   USA 15:05.2    George Dicarlo    USA 15:10.6    Stefan Pfeiffer   FRG 15:12.1    
1980  Vladimir Salnikov URS 14:58.3    Alexander Chaev   URS 15:14.3    Max Matzker       AUS 15:14.5    
1976  Brian Goodell     USA 15:02.4    Bobby Hackett     USA 15:03.9    Stephen Holland   AUS 15:04.7    
1972  Michael Burton    USA 15:52.6    Graham Windeatt   AUS 15:58.5    Douglas Northway  USA 16:09.2    
1968  Michael Burton    USA 16:38.9    John Kinsella     USA 16:57.3    Gregory Brough    AUS 17:04.7    
1964  Robert Windle     AUS 17:01.7    John Nelson       USA 17:03.0    Allan Wood        GBR 17:07.7    
1960  John Konrads      AUS 17:19.6    Murray Rose       AUS 17:21.7    George Breen      USA 17:30.6    
1956  Murray Rose       AUS 17:58.9    Tsuyoshi Yamanaka JPN 18:00.3    George Breen      USA 18:08.2    
1952  Ford Konno        USA 18:30.3    Shiro Hashizune   JPN 18:41.4    Tetsuo Okamoto    BRA 18:51.3    
1948  James McLane      USA 19:18.5    John Marshall     AUS 19:31.3    Gyorgy Mitro      HUN 19:43.2    
1936  Noboru Terada     JPN 19:13.7    Jack Medica       USA 19:34.0    Shumpei Uto       JPN 19:34.5    
1932  Kusuo Kitamura    JPN 19:12.4    Shozo Makino      JPN 19:14.1    James Cristy      USA 19:39.5    
1928  Arne Borg         SWE 19:51.8    Andrew Charlton   AUS 20:02.6    Clarence Crabbe   USA 20:28.8    
1924  Andrew Charlton   AUS 20:06.6    Arne Borg         SWE 20:41.4    Frank Beaurepaire AUS 21:48.4    
1920  Norman Ross       USA 22:23.2    George Vernot     CAN 22:36.4    Frank Beaurepaire AUS 23:04.0    
1912  George Hodgson    CAN 22:00.0    John Hatfield     GBR 22:39.0    Harold Hardwick   AUS 23:15.4    
1908  Henry Taylor      GBR 22:48.4    Sydney Battersby  GBR 22:51.2    Frank Beaurepaire AUS 22:56.2