This is the top 15 male Olympic swimming gold medals.
Name | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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1. | Michael Phelps | 23 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
2. | Mark Spitz | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
3. | Matt Biondi | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
4. | Caeleb Dressel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
5. | Ryan Lochte | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
6. | Gary Hall, Jr. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
7. | Ian Thorpe | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
8. | Aaron Peirsol | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
9. | Nathan Adrian | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
10. | Tom Jager | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
11. | Don Schollander | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
12. | Johnny Weissmuller | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
13. | Alexander Popov | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
14. | Roland Matthes | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Jason Lezak | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
This is the top 15 female Olympic swimming gold medalists:
Name | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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1. | Jenny Thompson | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
2. | Katie Ledecky | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
3. | Kristin Otto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Amy Van Dyken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
5. | Emma McKeon | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
6. | Krisztina Egerszegi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Dana Vollmer | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
8. | Missy Franklin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
9. | Dara Torres | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
10. | Dawn Fraser | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
Kornelia Ender | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
12. | Allison Schmitt | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
13. | Inge de Bruijn | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
14. | Cate Campbell | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
15. | Libby Trickett | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
All swimmers with at least four individual gold medals are listed.
Men
Name | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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1. | Michael Phelps | 13 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
2. | Mark Spitz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
3. | Alexander Popov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
4. | Roland Matthes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
5. | Tamás Darnyi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Kosuke Kitajima | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Women
Name | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Katie Ledecky | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
2. | Krisztina Egerszegi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
3. | Inge de Bruijn | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
4. | Janet Evans | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Yana Klochkova | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
6. | Kristin Otto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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