This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2020 Tokyo | Katie Ledecky United States | Erica Sullivan United States | Sarah Köhler Germany |
2024 Paris |
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
Note: swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1920 Antwerp | Ethelda Bleibtrey United States | Margaret Woodbridge United States | Frances Schroth United States |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States (USA) | 107 | 79 | 71 | 257 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 37 | 38 | 45 | 120 |
3 | Australia (AUS) | 35 | 31 | 30 | 96 |
4 | Netherlands (NED) | 17 | 17 | 15 | 49 |
5 | Hungary (HUN) | 13 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
6 | China (CHN) | 12 | 16 | 10 | 38 |
7 | Japan (JPN) | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 13 | 16 | 35 |
9 | South Africa (RSA) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
11 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 10 | 16 | 29 |
12 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
13 | Denmark (DEN) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
14 | Romania (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
15 | Ireland (IRL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
16 | France (FRA) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
17 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
18 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
19 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
20 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
21 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
22 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
23 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
24 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
25 | Australasia (ANZ) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
27 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Unified Team (EUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
29 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
30 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
31 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
33 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
34 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
35 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
36 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (39 entries) | 273 | 269 | 275 | 817 |
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