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Swimming

Games: 27 games in 19 countries
Events: 55

Sports:

Participants: 7,633 (4,531 men and 3,102 women) from 185 countries
Youngest Participant: HKG Yip Tsz Wa (11 years, 298 days), 2004 Summer Games
Oldest Participant: GBR William Henry (46 years, 304 days), 1906 Summer Games
Top Athlete Medalist(s): USA Michael Phelps (16 medals)
Top Country Medalist(s): USA United States (489 medals)

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Country Medal Leaders

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Rk Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 216 153 120 489
2 Australia 56 57 60 173
3 East Germany 38 32 22 92
4 Germany 14 24 35 73
5 Great Britain 16 24 30 70
6 Hungary 24 24 17 65
7 Japan 20 21 21 62
8 Soviet Union 12 21 26 59
9 Netherlands 18 17 18 53
10 Canada 7 13 20 40
11 Sweden 8 14 13 35
12 France 4 11 18 33
13 China 7 15 5 27
14 West Germany 3 5 14 22
15 Italy 4 4 9 17
16 Russia 5 5 5 15
17 Austria 2 6 6 14
18 South Africa 4 2 6 12
19 Denmark 2 5 5 12
20 Brazil 1 3 7 11
21 Unified Team 6 3 1 10
22 Romania 3 2 4 9
23 Australasia 2 3 3 8
24 Ukraine 4 2 1 7
25 Zimbabwe 2 4 1 7
26 New Zealand 2 1 3 6
27 Poland 1 3 2 6
28 Greece 1 3 2 6
29 Ireland 3 0 1 4
30 Belgium 1 1 2 4
31 Costa Rica 1 1 2 4
32 Spain 1 0 3 4
33 Finland 0 1 3 4
34 Bulgaria 1 1 1 3
35 Argentina 1 1 1 3
36 South Korea 1 1 0 2
37 Yugoslavia 1 1 0 2
38 Mexico 1 0 1 2
39 Suriname 1 0 1 2
40 Slovakia 0 2 0 2
41 Norway 0 1 1 2
42 Cuba 0 1 1 2
43 Philippines 0 0 2 2
44 Tunesia 1 0 0 1
45 Serbia 0 1 0 1
46 Croatia 0 1 0 1
47 Slovenia 0 1 0 1
48 Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 1 1
49 Venezuela 0 0 1 1
50 Switzerland 0 0 1 1

Athlete Medal Leaders

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Rk Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Michael Phelps (USA) 14 0 2 16
2 Jenny Thompson (USA) 8 3 1 12
3 Dara Torres (USA) 4 4 4 12
4 Mark Spitz (USA) 9 1 1 11
5 Matt Biondi (USA) 8 2 1 11
6 Natalie Coughlin (USA) 3 4 4 11
7 Gary Hall, Jr. (USA) 5 3 2 10
8 Franziska van Almsick (GER) 0 4 6 10
9 Ian Thorpe (AUS) 5 3 1 9
10 Aleksandr Popov (EUN, RUS) 4 5 0 9
11 Zoltán von Halmay (HUN) 3 5 1 9
12 Charlie Daniels (USA) 5 1 2 8
13 Kornelia Ender (GDR) 4 4 0 8
14 Dawn Fraser (AUS) 4 4 0 8
15 Roland Matthes (GDR) 4 2 2 8
16 Inge de Bruijn (NED) 4 2 2 8
17 Henry Taylor (GBR) 4 1 3 8
18 Petria Thomas (AUS) 3 4 1 8
19 Leisel Jones (AUS) 3 4 1 8
20 Shirley Babashoff (USA) 2 6 0 8
21 Susie O'Neill (AUS) 2 4 2 8

Events

Event
Men's 50 yard Freestyle
Men's 50 metres Freestyle
Men's 100 yard Freestyle
Men's 100 metres Freestyle
Men's 220 yard Freestyle
Men's 200 metres Freestyle
Men's 440 yard Freestyle
Men's 400 metres Freestyle
Men's 500 metres Freestyle
Men's 880 yard Freestyle
Men's 1,000 metres Freestyle
Men's 1,200 metres Freestyle
Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle
Men's One Mile Freestyle
Men's 4,000 metres Freestyle
Men's 4 × 50 Yard Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 250 metres Freestyle Relay
Men's 100 Yard Backstroke
Men's 100 metres Backstroke
Men's 200 metres Backstroke
Men's 100 metres Breaststroke
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke
Men's 440 Yard Breaststroke
Men's 400 metres Breaststroke
Men's 100 metres Butterfly
Men's 200 metres Butterfly
Men's 200 metres Individual Medley
Men's 400 metres Individual Medley
Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay
Men's 100 metres Freestyle For Sailors
Men's Underwater Swimming
Men's Plunge For Distance
Men's 200 metres Obstacle Course
Men's 200 metres Team Swimming
Men's 10 kilometres Open Water
Women's 50 metres Freestyle
Women's 100 metres Freestyle
Women's 200 metres Freestyle
Women's 300 metres Freestyle
Women's 400 metres Freestyle
Women's 800 metres Freestyle
Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay
Women's 100 metres Backstroke
Women's 200 metres Backstroke
Women's 100 metres Breaststroke
Women's 200 metres Breaststroke
Women's 100 metres Butterfly
Women's 200 metres Butterfly
Women's 200 metres Individual Medley
Women's 400 metres Individual Medley
Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay
Women's 10 kilometres Open Water