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List of Olympic gold medalists in swimming by count

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Michael Phelps in 2017.

This is the top 15 male Olympic swimming gold medals.

Name Gold Silver Bronze Total
1. United States Michael Phelps 23 3 2 28
2. United States Mark Spitz 9 1 1 11
3. United States Caeleb Dressel 9 1 0 10
4. United States Matt Biondi 8 2 1 11
5. United States Ryan Lochte 6 3 3 12
6. United States Gary Hall, Jr. 5 3 2 10
7. Australia Ian Thorpe 5 3 1 9
8. United States Ryan Murphy 5 2 2 9
9. United States Aaron Peirsol 5 2 0 7
10. United States Nathan Adrian 5 1 2 8
11. United States Tom Jager 5 1 1 7
12. United States Don Schollander 5 1 0 6
13. United States Johnny Weissmuller 5 0 0 5
14. Russia Alexander Popov 4 5 0 9
15. East Germany Roland Matthes 4 2 2 8
United States Jason Lezak 4 2 2 8

This is the top 15 female Olympic swimming gold medalists:

Name Gold Silver Bronze Total
1. United States Katie Ledecky 9 4 1 14
2. United States Jenny Thompson 8 3 1 12
3. Australia Emma McKeon 6 3 5 14
4. East Germany Kristin Otto 6 0 0 6
United States Amy Van Dyken 6 0 0 6
6. Australia Kaylee McKeown 5 1 3 9
7. Australia Mollie O'Callaghan 5 1 2 8
8. Hungary Krisztina Egerszegi 5 1 1 7
United States Dana Vollmer 5 1 1 7
10. United States Missy Franklin 5 0 1 6
11. United States Dara Torres 4 4 4 12
12. Australia Dawn Fraser 4 4 0 8
East Germany Kornelia Ender 4 4 0 8
14. United States Allison Schmitt 4 3 3 10
15. Australia Ariarne Titmus 4 3 1 8


Individual events

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All swimmers with at least four individual gold medals are listed.

Men

Name Gold Silver Bronze Total
1. United States Michael Phelps 13 2 1 16
2. United States Mark Spitz 4 1 1 6
3. Russia Alexander Popov 4 1 0 5
4. East Germany Roland Matthes 4 0 1 5
5. Hungary Tamás Darnyi 4 0 0 4
Japan Kosuke Kitajima 4 0 0 4
France Léon Marchand 4 0 0 4

Women

Name Gold Silver Bronze Total
1. United States Katie Ledecky 8 1 1 10
2. Hungary Krisztina Egerszegi 5 1 1 7
3. Netherlands Inge de Bruijn 4 1 1 6
4. United States Janet Evans 4 1 0 5
Ukraine Yana Klochkova 4 1 0 5
6. Australia Kaylee McKeown 4 0 1 5
7. East Germany Kristin Otto 4 0 0 4

See also

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References

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