| Index | |||||||
| Swimming | |||||||
| Breaststroke - Men | |||||||
| Click on underlined Swimmer to access photograph and career highlights | |||||||
| 50 Metres | 100 Metres | 200 Metres | |||||
| 1960 | Olympics | ¬ | Mulliken | USA | |||
| 1962 | European | ¬ | Prokopenko | URS | |||
| 1962 | Commonwealth | O`Brien | AUS | O`Brien | AUS | ||
| 1964 | Olympics | ¬ | O`Brien | AUS | |||
| 1966 | European | ¬ | Prokopenko | URS | |||
| 1966 | Commonwealth | O`Brien | AUS | O`Brien | AUS | ||
| 1968 | Olympics | McKenzie | USA | Munoz | MEX | ||
| 1970 | European | Pankin | URS | Katzur | DDR | ||
| 1970 | Commonwealth | Mahony | CAN | Mahony | CAN | ||
| 1972 | Olympics | Taguchi | JPN | Hencken | USA | ||
| 1973 | World | Hencken | USA | Wilkie | GBR | ||
| 1974 | European | Pankin | URS | Wilkie | GBR | ||
| 1974 | Commonwealth | Leigh | GBR | Wilkie | GBR | ||
| 1975 | World | Wilkie | GBR | Wilkie | GBR | ||
| 1976 | Olympics | Hencken | USA | Wilkie | GBR | ||
| 1977 | European | Morken | FDR | Morken | FDR | ||
| 1978 | Commonwealth | Smith | CAN | Smith | CAN | ||
| 1978 | World | Kusch | FDR | Nevid | USA | ||
| 1980 | Olympics | Goodhew | GBR | Zhulpa | URS | ||
| 1981 | European | Kis | URS | Zhulpa | URS | ||
| 1982 | Commonwealth | Moorhouse | GBR | Davis | CAN | ||
| 1982 | World | Lundquist | SWE | Davis | CAN | ||
| 1983 | European | Zhulpa | URS | Moorhouse | GBR | ||
| 1984 | Olympics | Lundquist | SWE | Davis | CAN | ||
| 1985 | European | Moorhouse | GBR | Volkov | URS | ||
| 1985 | Pan Pacific | Moffet | USA | Moffet | USA | ||
| 1986 | Commonwealth | Davis | CAN | Moorhouse | GBR | ||
| 1986 | World | Davis | CAN | Szabo | HUN | ||
| 1987 | European | Moorhouse | GBR | Szabo | HUN | ||
| 1987 | Pan Pacific | Davis | CAN | Bentley | USA | ||
| 1988 | Olympics | Moorhouse | GBR | Szabo | HUN | ||
| 1989 | European | Moorhouse | GBR | Gillingham | GBR | ||
| 1989 | Pan Pacific | Korhammer | USA | Barrowman | USA | ||
| 1990 | Commonwealth | Moorhouse | GBR | Cleveland | CAN | ||
| 1991 | European | Rozsa | HUN | Gillingham | GBR | ||
| 1991 | Pan Pacific | Barrowman | USA | Barrowman | USA | ||
| 1991 | World | Rozsa | HUN | Barrowman | USA | ||
| 1992 | Olympics | Diebel | USA | Barrowman | USA | ||
| 1993 | European | Guttler | HUN | Gillingham | GBR | ||
| 1993 | Pan Pacific | Rogers | AUS | Rogers | AUS | ||
| 1994 | World | Rozsa | HUN | Rozsa | HUN | ||
| 1994 | Commonwealth | Rogers | AUS | Gillingham | GBR | ||
| 1995 | European | De Burghgraeve | BEL | Korneev | RUS | ||
| 1995 | Pan Pacific | Wunderlich | USA | Hayashi | JPN | ||
| 1996 | Olympics | De Burghgraeve | BEL | Rozsa | HUN | ||
| 1997 | European | Goukov | RUS | Goukov | RUS | ||
| 1997 | Pan Pacific | Grote | USA | Grote | USA | ||
| 1998 | Commonwealth | Cowley | AUS | Cowley | AUS | ||
| 1998 | World | De Burghgraeve | BEL | Grote | USA | ||
| 1999 | European | Warnecke | GER | Fioravanti | ITA | Perrot | FRA |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific | Cowley | AUS | Cowley | AUS | ||
| 2000 | European | Warnecke | GER | Fioravanti | ITA | Komornikov | RUS |
| 2000 | Olympics | Fioravanti | ITA | Fioravanti | ITA | ||
| 2001 | World | Lisogor | UKR | Sloudnov | RUS | Hansen | USA |
| 2002 | European | Lisogor | UKR | Lisogor | UKR | Rummolo | ITA |
| 2002 | Commonwealth | Gibson | GBR | Whitehead | GBR | Piper | AUS |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific | Kitajima | JPN | Hansen | USA | ||
| 2003 | World | Gibson | GBR | Kitajima | JPN | Kitajima | Jpn |
| 2004 | European | Lisogor | UKR | Lisogor | UKR | Bossini | ITA |
| 2004 | Olympics | Kitajima | JPN | Kitajima | JPN | ||
| 2005 | World | Warnecke | GER | Hansen | USA | Hansen | USA |
| 2006 | Commonwealth | Cook | GBR | Cook | GBR | Brown | CAN |
| 2006 | European | Lisogor | UKR | Sloudnov | RUS | Kuczko | POL |
| Terrin | ITA | ||||||
| 2006 | Pan Pacific | Hansen | USA | Hansen | USA | ||
| 2007 | World | Lisogor | UKR | Hansen | USA | Kitajima | JPN |
| 2008 | European | Lisogor | UKR | Dale Oen | NOR | Falko | RUS |
| 2008 | Olympics | Kitajima | JPN | Kitajima | JPN | ||
| 2009 | World | Van Der Burgh | RSA | Rickard | AUS | Gyurta | HUN |
| 2010 | European | Scozzoli | ITA | Dale Oen | NOR | Gyurta | HUN |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific | Da Silva | BRA | Kitajima | JPN | Kitajima | JPN |
| 2010 | Commonwealth | Van Der Burgh | RSA | Van Der Burgh | RSA | Rickard | AUS |
| 2011 | World | Da Silva | BRA | Dale Oen | NOR | Gyurta | HUN |
| 2012 | European | Dugonjic | SLO | Scozzoli | ITA | Gyurta | HUN |
| 2012 | Olympics | Van Der Burgh | RSA | Gyurta | HUN | ||