Swimming

Games: 27 games in 19 countries
Events: 55

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Participants: 7,633 (4,530 men and 3,103 women) from 185 countries
Youngest Participant:  Yip Tsz Wa (11 years, 298 days), 2004 Summer Games
Oldest Participant:  William Henry (46 years, 304 days), 1906 Summer Games
Top Athlete Medalist(s):  Michael Phelps (16 medals)
Top Country Medalist(s): United States (489 medals)

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Country Medal Leaders Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE 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 Argentina 1 1 1 3 35 Bulgaria 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 Cuba 0 1 1 2 42 Norway 0 1 1 2 43 Philippines 0 0 2 2 44 Tunisia 1 0 0 1 45 Slovenia 0 1 0 1 46 Serbia 0 1 0 1 47 Croatia 0 1 0 1 48 Switzerland 0 0 1 1 49 Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 1 1 50 Venezuela 0 0 1 1

Athlete Medal Leaders Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE 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 Inge de Bruijn (NED) 4 2 2 8 16 Roland Matthes (GDR) 4 2 2 8 17 Henry Taylor (GBR) 4 1 3 8 18 Leisel Jones (AUS) 3 4 1 8 19 Petria Thomas (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

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