This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Note: since 1984, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
Note: swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
Note: since 1984, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1920 Antwerp | Ethelda Bleibtrey ![]() | Margaret Woodbridge ![]() | Frances Schroth ![]() |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 112 | 88 | 75 | 275 |
2 | ![]() | 41 | 36 | 31 | 108 |
3 | ![]() | 37 | 38 | 46 | 121 |
4 | ![]() | 18 | 17 | 16 | 51 |
5 | ![]() | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
6 | ![]() | 12 | 17 | 16 | 45 |
7 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
8 | ![]() | 6 | 13 | 16 | 35 |
9 | ![]() | 6 | 11 | 17 | 34 |
10 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
11 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
12 | ![]() | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
13 | ![]() | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
14 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
15 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
16 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
17 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
18 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
19 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
20 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
21 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
22 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
23 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
24 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
25 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
27 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
29 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
30 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
31 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
32 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
33 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
34 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
35 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
36 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (39 entries) | 292 | 287 | 293 | 872 |
Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competition swimmer and anesthesiologist.
Misty Dawn Marie Hyman is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Hyman won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Megan M. Jendrick is an American former competition swimmer, former world record-holder, and fitness columnist. She won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Jendrick set 27 American records and four world records in her swimming career. She is a 13-time national champion, ten-time U.S. Open champion, seven-time masters world record-holder, and fifteen-time U.S. Masters national record-holder. Jendrick is married to American author Nathan Jendrick.
Kristine Lora Quance, also known by her married name Kristine Julian, is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in breaststroke and medley events. Quance competed at the international level in the 1990s, and swam at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, winning a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay. She is a 10-time United States national champion; and twice won the Kiphuth Award as the highest individual point scorer at an individual national championship. In the 1992 Summer National Championships, she won all four of the events in which she swam.
Scott Daniel Goldblatt is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specialized in freestyle events. While swimming primarily in the lead position of the 4 x 200 freestyle relay, Goldblatt took a gold and silver in the 2000, and 2004 Olympics and a silver and bronze medal in the 2001 and 2003 World Aquatics Championships. He also performed well in the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning several medals.
Mary Alice Bradburne is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and television sports commentator. During her international swimming career, Wayte won ten medals in major international championships, including four golds.
Cristina Teuscher is an American former freestyle and medley swimmer who was a member of the U.S. women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and won a bronze in the 2000-meter IM at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Joshua Clark Davis is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Davis represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics.
Nathaniel James Dusing is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and world champion.
Susan von der Lippe was an American competition swimmer for Stanford University, a 1984 Olympic gold and silver medalist, and a United States Masters world record-holder in multiple events.
Mireia Belmonte García is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion swimmer. She is the world record holder in the short course 200 metre butterfly and 400 metre individual medley. Formerly, she held the world record in the short course 400 metre freestyle, 800 metre freestyle, and 1500 metre freestyle. She was the first Spanish woman to win a gold medal in swimming at an Olympic Games and is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish swimmer of all time.
Ashley Tara Tappin, also known by her married name Ashley Doussan, is an American former competition swimmer and three-time Olympic champion.
Betsy Mitchell is an American competition swimmer who was a world record-holder, world champion, and Olympic gold and silver medalist. She also was a member of the United States' 1994 Rowing World Championship team.
Alyssa Jean Anderson is an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Haley Cope, also known by her married name Haley Clark, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. She won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, eight world championship medals, and held a world record in the 50-meter backstroke.
Erin Ashley Phenix is an American former competition swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Jill Ann Sterkel is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and water polo player. Sterkel won four medals in three Olympic Games spanning twelve years from 1976 through 1988. She was the women's head coach of the Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team at the University of Texas at Austin from 1993 to 2006.
Emma Jennifer McKeon, is a retired Australian competitive swimmer. She is an eight-time world record holder, three current and five former, in relays. Her total career haul of 14 Olympic medals following the 2024 Olympic Games made her the most decorated Australian, the third-most decorated swimmer, and the seventh-most decorated athlete in Olympic history and included one gold medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, four gold medals from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and one gold medal from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. With four gold and three bronze medals she was the most decorated athlete across all sports at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and tied for the most medals won by a woman in a single Olympic Games. She also won 20 medals, including five gold medals, at the World Aquatics Championships; and a record 20 medals, including 14 gold, at the Commonwealth Games.
Tatjana Smith is a South African retired swimmer who specialised in breaststroke events. She is a two-time Olympic champion and the most decorated South African Olympian in history. Smith won the gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games, setting Olympic records in both events and the world record in the former, and the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 2024 Olympic Games. She is also a World Championships gold medalist (2023) and two-time silver medalist.