Major achievements in swimming by nation

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This is a list of the best results achieved by athletes from different nations at four major competitions where swimming events are (or were) competed. [1] Results are based on major competitions according to FINA's historical records: the swimming and open water swimming events at the Olympic Games, the swimming and open water swimming events at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, the FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships and the defunct FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships. [2] The results listed here only refer to swimming and open water swimming events. [3] [4] [5] Medals earned by athletes from defunct NOCs or historical teams have been merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states, as follows: Russia inherits medals from the Soviet Union and the Unified Team (but they are not combined in accordance with the IOC rules); Serbia inherits medals from Yugoslavia; Australia inherits medals from Australasia; and Germany inherits medals from West Germany and East Germany (they are not combined). The table is pre-sorted by total number of medals, then most gold medal results, silver medal results and bronze medal results, respectively. [6] [7] [8] When equal ranks are given, countries are listed in alphabetical order. [9] [10] [11]

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World Aquatics Championships Olympic Games Short Course Worlds Open Water Worlds
Rk.Nation Long course Open Water Long courseOpen waterShort courseOpen water
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1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
8Flag of France.svg  France Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
9Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
10Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
12Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
13Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
14Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
15Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
16Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
17Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
17Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
19Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
20Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
21Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
21Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
23Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
24Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
25Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
26Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
27Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
28Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
29Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
30Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
30Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
32Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
33Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
34Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Gold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
35Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
35Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
37Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
37Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
37Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
40Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
41Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
41Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
43Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
43Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Gold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
45Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
46Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
47Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
47Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
49Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
49Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
51Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Gold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
51Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
53Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
53Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
53Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
56Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands Gold medal icon.svg
57Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Silver medal icon.svg
57Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Silver medal icon.svg
57Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Silver medal icon.svg
57Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Silver medal icon.svg
61Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Bronze medal icon.svg
61Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands Bronze medal icon.svg
61Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Bronze medal icon.svg
61Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Bronze medal icon.svg

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