This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Current program
50 metres freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1988 Seoul | Kristin Otto![]() | Yang Wenyi![]() | Katrin Meissner![]() |
Jill Sterkel![]() | |||
1992 Barcelona | Yang Wenyi![]() | Zhuang Yong![]() | Angel Martino![]() |
1996 Atlanta | Amy Van Dyken![]() | Le Jingyi![]() | Sandra Völker![]() |
2000 Sydney | Inge de Bruijn![]() | Therese Alshammar![]() | Dara Torres![]() |
2004 Athens | Inge de Bruijn![]() | Malia Metella![]() | Libby Lenton![]() |
2008 Beijing | Britta Steffen![]() | Dara Torres![]() | Cate Campbell![]() |
2012 London | Ranomi Kromowidjojo![]() | Aliaksandra Herasimenia![]() | Marleen Veldhuis![]() |
2016 Rio | Pernille Blume![]() | Simone Manuel![]() | Aliaksandra Herasimenia![]() |
2020 Tokyo |
100 metres freestyle
200 metres freestyle
400 metres freestyle
800 metres freestyle
1500 metres freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2020 Tokyo |
100 metres backstroke
200 metres backstroke
100 metres breaststroke
200 metres breaststroke
100 metres butterfly
200 metres butterfly
200 metres individual medley
400 metres individual medley
4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1996 Atlanta | ![]() Trina Jackson Cristina Teuscher Sheila Taormina Jenny Thompson Lisa Jacob Annette Salmeen Ashley Whitney | ![]() Franziska van Almsick Kerstin Kielgass Anke Scholz Dagmar Hase Meike Freitag Simone Osygus | ![]() Julia Greville Nicole Stevenson Emma Johnson Susie O'Neill Lise Mackie |
2000 Sydney | ![]() Diana Munz Jenny Thompson Samantha Arsenault Lindsay Benko Julia Stowers Kim Black | ![]() Giaan Rooney Petria Thomas Kirsten Thomson Susie O'Neill Jacinta van Lint Elka Graham | ![]() Franziska van Almsick Antje Buschschulte Sara Harstick Kerstin Kielgass Meike Freitag Britta Steffen |
2004 Athens | ![]() Natalie Coughlin Carly Piper Dana Vollmer Kaitlin Sandeno Lindsay Benko Rhi Jeffrey Rachel Komisarz | ![]() Zhu Yingwen Xu Yanwei Yang Yu Pang Jiaying Li Ji | ![]() Franziska van Almsick Petra Dallmann Antje Buschschulte Hannah Stockbauer Janina Götz Sara Harstick |
2008 Beijing | ![]() Stephanie Rice Bronte Barratt Kylie Palmer Linda Mackenzie Felicity Galvez Angie Bainbridge Melanie Schlanger Lara Davenport | ![]() Yang Yu Zhu Qianwei Tan Miao Pang Jiaying Tang Jingzhi | ![]() Allison Schmitt Natalie Coughlin Caroline Burckle Katie Hoff Christine Marshall Kim Vandenberg Julia Smit |
2012 London | ![]() Missy Franklin Dana Vollmer Shannon Vreeland Allison Schmitt Lauren Perdue Alyssa Anderson | ![]() Bronte Barratt Melanie Schlanger Kylie Palmer Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Angie Bainbridge Jade Neilsen Blair Evans | ![]() Camille Muffat Charlotte Bonnet Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Coralie Balmy Margaux Farrell Mylène Lazare |
2016 Rio | ![]() Allison Schmitt Leah Smith Maya DiRado Katie Ledecky Missy Franklin Melanie Margalis Cierra Runge | ![]() Leah Neale Emma McKeon Bronte Barratt Tamsin Cook Jessica Ashwood | ![]() Katerine Savard Taylor Ruck Brittany MacLean Penny Oleksiak Emily Overholt Kennedy Goss |
2020 Tokyo |
Note: swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 100 metres medley relay
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1960 Rome | ![]() Lynn Burke Patty Kempner Carolyn Schuler Chris von Saltza | ![]() Marilyn Wilson Rosemary Lassig Jan Andrew Dawn Fraser | ![]() Ingrid Schmidt Ursula Küper Bärbel Fuhrmann Ursel Brunner |
1964 Tokyo | ![]() Cathy Ferguson Cynthia Goyette Sharon Stouder Kathy Ellis | ![]() Corrie Winkel Klenie Bimolt Ada Kok Erica Terpstra | ![]() Tatyana Savelyeva Svetlana Babanina Tatyana Devyatova Natalya Ustinova |
1968 Mexico City | ![]() Kaye Hall Catie Ball Ellie Daniel Susan Pedersen | ![]() Lynne Watson Judy Playfair Lyn McClements Janet Steinbeck | ![]() Angelika Kraus Uta Frommater Heike Hustede Heidemarie Reineck |
1972 Munich | ![]() Melissa Belote Cathy Carr Deena Deardurff Sandy Neilson | ![]() Christine Herbst Renate Vogel Roswitha Beier Kornelia Ender | ![]() Gudrun Beckmann Vreni Eberle Silke Pielen Heidemarie Reineck |
1976 Montreal | ![]() Ulrike Richter Hannelore Anke Kornelia Ender Andrea Pollack | ![]() Camille Wright Shirley Babashoff Linda Jezek Lauri Siering | ![]() Susan Sloan Robin Corsiglia Wendy Hogg Anne Jardin |
1980 Moscow | ![]() Rica Reinisch Ute Geweniger Andrea Pollack Caren Metschuck | ![]() Helen Jameson Margaret Kelly Ann Osgerby June Croft | ![]() Yelena Kruglova Elvira Vasilkova Alla Grishchenkova Natalya Strunnikova |
1984 Los Angeles | ![]() Theresa Andrews Tracy Caulkins Mary T. Meagher Nancy Hogshead | ![]() Svenja Schlicht Ute Hasse Ina Beyermann Karin Seick | ![]() Reema Abdo Anne Ottenbrite Michelle MacPherson Pamela Rai |
1988 Seoul | ![]() Kristin Otto Silke Hörner Birte Weigang Katrin Meissner | ![]() Beth Barr Tracey McFarlane Janel Jorgensen Mary Wayte | ![]() Lori Melien Allison Higson Jane Kerr Andrea Nugent |
1992 Barcelona | ![]() Crissy Ahmann-Leighton Lea Loveless Anita Nall Jenny Thompson Janie Wagstaff Megan Kleine Summer Sanders Nicole Haislett | ![]() Franziska van Almsick Jana Dörries Dagmar Hase Daniela Hunger Daniela Brendel Bettina Ustrowski Simone Osygus | ![]() Nina Zhivanevskaya Olga Kirichenko Natalya Meshcheryakova Yelena Rudkovskaya Yelena Shubina |
1996 Atlanta | ![]() Beth Botsford Amanda Beard Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken Catherine Fox Whitney Hedgepeth Kristine Quance Jenny Thompson | ![]() Nicole Stevenson Samantha Riley Susie O'Neill Sarah Ryan Helen Denman Angela Kennedy | ![]() Chen Yan Han Xue Cai Huijue Shan Ying |
2000 Sydney | ![]() Dara Torres Barbara Bedford Megan Quann Jenny Thompson Courtney Shealy Ashley Tappin Amy Van Dyken Staciana Stitts | ![]() Petria Thomas Leisel Jones Susie O'Neill Dyana Calub Giaan Rooney Tarnee White Sarah Ryan | ![]() Masami Tanaka Sumika Minamoto Mai Nakamura Junko Onishi |
2004 Athens | ![]() Giaan Rooney Leisel Jones Petria Thomas Jodie Henry Brooke Hanson Jessicah Schipper Alice Mills | ![]() Natalie Coughlin Amanda Beard Jenny Thompson Kara Lynn Joyce Haley Cope Tara Kirk Rachel Komisarz Amanda Weir | ![]() Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Franziska van Almsick Daniela Götz |
2008 Beijing | ![]() Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Lisbeth Trickett Tarnee White Felicity Galvez Shayne Reese | ![]() Natalie Coughlin Rebecca Soni Christine Magnuson Dara Torres Margaret Hoelzer Megan Jendrick Elaine Breeden Kara Lynn Joyce | ![]() Zhao Jing Sun Ye Zhou Yafei Pang Jiaying Xu Tianlongzi |
2012 London | ![]() Missy Franklin Rebecca Soni Dana Vollmer Allison Schmitt Rachel Bootsma Breeja Larson Claire Donahue Jessica Hardy | ![]() Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Alicia Coutts Melanie Schlanger Brittany Elmslie | ![]() Aya Terakawa Satomi Suzuki Yuka Kato Haruka Ueda |
2016 Rio | ![]() Kathleen Baker Lilly King Dana Vollmer Simone Manuel Olivia Smoliga Katie Meili Kelsi Worrell Abbey Weitzeil | ![]() Emily Seebohm Taylor McKeown Emma McKeon Cate Campbell Madison Wilson Madeline Groves Brittany Elmslie | ![]() Mie Nielsen Rikke Møller Pedersen Jeanette Ottesen Pernille Blume |
2020 Tokyo |
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
10 km marathon
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2008 Beijing | Larisa Ilchenko![]() | Keri-Anne Payne![]() | Cassandra Patten![]() |
2012 London | Éva Risztov![]() | Haley Anderson![]() | Martina Grimaldi![]() |
2016 Rio | Sharon van Rouwendaal![]() | Rachele Bruni![]() | Poliana Okimoto![]() |
2020 Tokyo |
Discontinued event
300 metres freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1920 Antwerp | Ethelda Bleibtrey![]() | Margaret Woodbridge![]() | Frances Schroth![]() |
All-time medal table 1912–2016
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 95 | 68 | 61 | 224 |
2 | ![]() | 37 | 38 | 44 | 119 |
3 | ![]() | 27 | 26 | 23 | 76 |
4 | ![]() | 15 | 15 | 14 | 44 |
5 | ![]() | 13 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
6 | ![]() | 10 | 15 | 9 | 34 |
7 | ![]() | 6 | 13 | 14 | 33 |
8 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 |
9 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
10 | ![]() | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
11 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
12 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
13 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
14 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
15 | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 |
16 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
17 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
19 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
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 |
28 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
29 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
30 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
31 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (37 nations) | 243 | 240 | 247 | 730 |
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
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- Swimming at the Summer Olympics
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