| Swimming at the Summer Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Governing body | FINA |
| Events | 36 (boys: 17; girls: 17; mixed: 2) |
| Games | |
Swimming was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2010. [1]
| Swimming at the Summer Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Governing body | FINA |
| Events | 36 (boys: 17; girls: 17; mixed: 2) |
| Games | |
Swimming was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2010. [1]
| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | 34 |  China |
| 2 | 2014 | 36 | China |
| 3 | 2018 | 36 |  Russia |
| 4 | 2026 | 34 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 24 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 21 | 13 | 7 | 41 |
| 3 |  Hungary (HUN) | 15 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 |  Italy (ITA) | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 |  Australia (AUS) | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 |
| 6 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 |  United States (USA) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 |  Japan (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 |  France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 |  South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 |  Canada (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 13 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 |  Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Vietnam (VIE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 |  Israel (ISR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 20 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 24 |  Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 |  Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 27 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 28 |  Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 29 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 31 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
 Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 34 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 35 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 |  El Salvador (ESA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 |  Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 43 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 45 |  Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (47 entries) | 109 | 104 | 108 | 321 | |
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