List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2020 Tokyo |
Katie Ledecky United States |
Erica Sullivan United States |
Sarah Köhler Germany |
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100 metre backstroke
200 metre backstroke
100 metre breaststroke
200 metre breaststroke
100 metre butterfly
200 metre butterfly
200 metre individual medley
400 metre individual medley
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Note: swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 100 metre medley relay
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
Mixed Events
4 × 100 metre medley relay
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2020 Tokyo |
Great Britain (GBR) Kathleen Dawson Adam Peaty James Guy Anna Hopkin Freya Anderson |
China (CHN) Xu Jiayu Yan Zibei Zhang Yufei Yang Junxuan |
Australia (AUS) Kaylee McKeown Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Temple Emma McKeon Bronte Campbell Isaac Cooper Brianna Throssell |
Open water
10 km marathon
Discontinued event
300 metre freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1920 Antwerp |
Ethelda Bleibtrey United States |
Margaret Woodbridge United States |
Frances Schroth United States |
All-time medal table 1912–2020
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 |
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women)
- List of gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships
- List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Swimming at the Summer Olympics
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Asian Games medalists in swimming
References
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. New York: Overlook Press. ISBN 1-58567-033-2.
- HistoFINA Swimming Medallists And Statistics At Olympic Games, January 31, 2015