Men - Gold: Buster Crabbe - United States
Silver - Jean Taris - France
Bronze - Tsutomu Oyokota - Japan Women - Gold: Helene Madison - United States
Silver: Lenore Kight - United States
Bronze: Jenny Maakal - South Africa
In the most recent Olympics (2012), Sun Yang of China won the gold in the 400m freestyle.
Park Taehwan (Korea) won the gold medal in the men's 400 meter freestyle swimming in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
400m freestyle. he came 14th overall.
Yes. His name is spelled Park Tae Hwan. He is an 18 yr old from South Korea. He won the 400m freestyle at the Beijing Olympics and silver in the 200m freestyle against Michael Phelps. He was in the Athens Olympics in 2004, but got DQ'd in the semi's of the 400m freestyle for a false start. He is a great swimmer considering that he's an Asian.
Ryan Cochrane (born October 29, 1988) is a Canadian swimmer won the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and is the Canadian Record Holder for the 400m and 1500m freestyle.
Otis Harris
Swimming. He won a Silver medal in the Beijing 2008 Olympics in the 1500m Men's freestyle event and Bronze in the 4 X 200m Men's freestyle relay event.Prior to this, Hackett won Gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, in the 1500m freestyle event, and Silver in the 4 X 200m freestyle relay and the 400m freestyle.Going back further, at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, Hackett won Gold in both the 1500m freestyle event and the 4 X 200m freestyle relay.
Michael Johnson (USA) set the 200 Meter Dash World Record at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games with a time of 19.32 seconds.
Sun YangChina (CHN)
Camille MuffatFrance (FRA)
Started training when he was 10, started walking when he was 1.
Peter VanderkaayUnited States (USA)