Swimming — 100 metres Freestyle, Women

Times held 26
Total participants 847
Total countries 137

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1912 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 27 8
1920 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 19 9
1924 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 16 7
1928 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 24 11
1932 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 20 10
1936 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 33 14
1948 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 34 14
1952 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 41 19
1956 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 35 16
1960 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 32 19
1964 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 44 22
1968 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 57 27
1972 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 46 23
1976 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 45 25
1980 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 30 21
1984 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 45 30
1988 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 57 35
1992 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 48 34
1996 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 48 44
2000 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 54 49
2004 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 50 44
2008 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 48 41
2012 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 48 43
2016 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 46 36
2020 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 51 42
2024 100 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 29 24

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Fanny DurackANZ Mina WylieANZ Jennie FletcherGBR
1920 Ethelda BleibtreyUSA Irene GuestUSA Frances SchrothUSA
1924 Ethel LackieUSA Mariechen WehselauUSA Trudy EderleUSA
1928 Albina OsipowichUSA Eleanor GarattiUSA Joyce CooperGBR
1932 Helene MadisonUSA Willy den OudenNED Eleanor Garatti-SavilleUSA
1936 Rie MastenbroekNED Jeanette CampbellARG Gisela ArendtGER
1948 Greta AndersenDEN Ann CurtisUSA Marie-Louise VaessenNED
1952 Katalin SzőkeHUN Hannie TermeulenNED Judit TemesHUN
1956 Dawn FraserAUS Lorraine CrappAUS Faith LeechAUS
1960 Dawn FraserAUS Chris von SaltzaUSA Natalie StewardGBR
1964 Dawn FraserAUS Sharon StouderUSA Kathy EllisUSA
1968 Jan HenneUSA Sue PedersenUSA Linda GustavsonUSA
1972 Sandy NeilsonUSA Shirley BabashoffUSA Shane GouldAUS
1976 Kornelia EnderGDR Petra PriemerGDR Enith BrigithaNED
1980 Barbara KrauseGDR Caren MetschuckGDR Ines DiersGDR
1984 Nancy Hogshead
Carrie Steinseifer
USA
USA
Annemarie VerstappenNED
1988 Kristin OttoGDR Zhuang YongCHN Catherine PlewinskiFRA
1992 Zhuang YongCHN Jenny ThompsonUSA Franziska van AlmsickGER
1996 Le JingyiCHN Sandra VölkerGER Angel MartinoUSA
2000 Inge de BruijnNED Therèse AlshammarSWE Jenny Thompson
Dara Torres
USA
USA
2004 Jodie HenryAUS Inge de BruijnNED Natalie CoughlinUSA
2008 Britta SteffenGER Libby TrickettAUS Natalie CoughlinUSA
2012 Ranomi KromowidjojoNED Aliaksandra HerasimeniaBLR Tang YiCHN
2016 Penny Oleksiak
Simone Manuel
CAN
USA
Sarah SjöströmSWE
2020 Emma McKeonAUS Siobhán HaugheyHKG Cate CampbellAUS
2024 Sarah SjöströmSWE Torri HuskeUSA Siobhán HaugheyHKG

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 9 10 10 29
Australia AUS 5 2 3 10
Netherlands NED 3 3 3 9
East Germany GDR 3 2 1 6
People's Republic of China CHN 2 1 1 4
Germany GER 1 1 2 4
Sweden SWE 1 1 1 3
Australasia ANZ 1 1 0 2
Hungary HUN 1 0 1 2
Canada CAN 1 0 0 1
Denmark DEN 1 0 0 1
Hong Kong, China HKG 0 1 1 2
Argentina ARG 0 1 0 1
Belarus BLR 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 3 3
France FRA 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Dawn Fraser AUS 3 0 0 3
Zhuang Yong CHN 1 1 0 2
Inge de Bruijn NED 1 1 0 2
Sarah Sjöström SWE 1 0 1 2
Fanny Durack ANZ
AUS
1 0 0 1
Le Jingyi CHN 1 0 0 1
Greta Andersen DEN 1 0 0 1
Kornelia Ender GDR 1 0 0 1
Barbara Krause GDR 1 0 0 1
Kristin Otto GDR 1 0 0 1
Katalin Szőke HUN 1 0 0 1
Rie Mastenbroek NED 1 0 0 1
Ethelda Bleibtrey USA 1 0 0 1
Jan Henne USA 1 0 0 1
Nancy Hogshead USA 1 0 0 1
Ethel Lackie USA 1 0 0 1
Helene Madison USA 1 0 0 1
Sandy Neilson USA 1 0 0 1
Albina Osipowich USA 1 0 0 1
Carrie Steinseifer USA 1 0 0 1
Britta Steffen GER 1 0 0 1
Jodie Henry AUS 1 0 0 1
Ranomi Kromowidjojo NED 1 0 0 1
Emma McKeon AUS 1 0 0 1
Penny Oleksiak CAN 1 0 0 1
Simone Manuel USA 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Albania ALB 2016 Summer Olympics Nikol Merizaj 43 See all
Algeria ALG 2024 Summer Olympics Nesrine Medjahed 24 See all
American Samoa ASA 2012 Summer Olympics Megan Fonteno =35 See all
Andorra AND 2004 Summer Olympics Carolina Cerqueda 48 See all
Angola ANG 1980 Summer Olympics Michele Pessoa 27 See all
Argentina ARG 1936 Summer Olympics Jeanette Campbell 2 Silver See all
Armenia ARM 2020 Summer Olympics Varsenik Manucharyan 45 See all
Australasia ANZ 1912 Summer Olympics Fanny Durack 1 Gold See all
Australia AUS 1956 Summer Olympics Dawn Fraser 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Dawn Fraser 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Dawn Fraser 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Jodie Henry 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Emma McKeon 1 Gold
Austria AUT 1912 Summer Olympics Klara Milch 3 h1 r1/3 See all
1912 Summer Olympics Berta Zahourek 3 h2 r1/3
Azerbaijan AZE 2016 Summer Olympics Fatimə Alkərəmova 41 See all
Barbados BAR 1996 Summer Olympics Leah Martindale 12 See all
Belarus BLR 2012 Summer Olympics Aliaksandra Herasimenia 2 Silver See all
Belgium BEL 1920 Summer Olympics Germaine Van Dievoet 4 h2 r1/2 See all
Benin BEN 2004 Summer Olympics Gloria Koussihouede 50 See all
Bolivia BOL 2012 Summer Olympics Karen Tórrez 37 See all
Botswana BOT 2024 Summer Olympics Maxine Egner 27 See all
Brazil BRA 1936 Summer Olympics Piedade Coutinho =8 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Natasha Hristova 24 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Nina Rangelova 24
Burundi BDI 2004 Summer Olympics Larissa Inangorore 49 See all
Canada CAN 2016 Summer Olympics Penny Oleksiak =1 Gold See all
Cayman Islands CAY 2024 Summer Olympics Jillian Crooks 23 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1968 Summer Olympics Oei Liana =14 See all
Colombia COL 1968 Summer Olympics Patricia Olano 36 See all
Comoros COM 2012 Summer Olympics Ayouba Ali Sihame 48 See all
Cook Islands COK 2016 Summer Olympics Tracy Keith-Matchitt 38 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1988 Summer Olympics Sylvia Poll 5 See all
Croatia CRO 2024 Summer Olympics Jana Pavalić 21 See all
Cuba CUB 1976 Summer Olympics María Ramón DNS See all
Cyprus CYP 2024 Summer Olympics Kalia Antoniou 18 See all
Czechia CZE 2024 Summer Olympics Barbora Seemanová 13 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1968 Summer Olympics Oľga Kozičová =11 See all
Denmark DEN 1948 Summer Olympics Greta Andersen 1 Gold See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Kornelia Ender 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Barbara Krause 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Kristin Otto 1 Gold
Ecuador ECU 2020 Summer Olympics Anicka Delgado 31 See all
Egypt EGY 2000 Summer Olympics Rania El-Wani 11 See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Carmen Ferracuti 52 See all
Estonia EST 2000 Summer Olympics Elina Partõka =29 See all
Fiji FIJ 2000 Summer Olympics Caroline Pickering 38 See all
Finland FIN 2008 Summer Olympics Hanna-Maria Seppälä 4 See all
France FRA 1988 Summer Olympics Catherine Plewinski 3 Bronze See all
Germany GER 2008 Summer Olympics Britta Steffen 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1912 Summer Olympics Jennie Fletcher 3 Bronze See all
1928 Summer Olympics Joyce Cooper 3 Bronze
1960 Summer Olympics Natalie Steward 3 Bronze
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Neri Niagkouara 6 See all
Grenada GRN 2024 Summer Olympics Tilly Collymore 26 See all
Guam GUM 1988 Summer Olympics Veronica Cummings 50 See all
Guatemala GUA 1984 Summer Olympics Blanca Morales 37 See all
Guyana GUY 2024 Summer Olympics Aleka Persaud 28 See all
Honduras HON 1988 Summer Olympics Ana Fortín 44 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2020 Summer Olympics Siobhán Haughey 2 Silver See all
Hungary HUN 1952 Summer Olympics Katalin Szőke 1 Gold See all
Iceland ISL 2024 Summer Olympics Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir 19 See all
India IND 1952 Summer Olympics Dolly Nazir 41 See all
Ireland IRL 1928 Summer Olympics Marguerite Dockrell 3 h5 r1/3 See all
Israel ISR 2008 Summer Olympics Anya Gostomelsky 22 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Andi Murez 22
Italy ITA 1964 Summer Olympics Daniela Beneck =9 See all
Jamaica JAM 2004 Summer Olympics Angela Chuck 39 See all
Japan JPN 2000 Summer Olympics Sumika Minamoto 7 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2004 Summer Olympics Yelena Skalinskaya 41 See all
Kenya KEN 1956 Summer Olympics Margaret Northrop 34 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Yekaterina Tochenaya 43 See all
Latvia LAT 2020 Summer Olympics Ieva Maļuka 37 See all
Lebanon LBN 2000 Summer Olympics Rola El-Haress 48 See all
Libya LBA 1980 Summer Olympics Nadia Fezzani 28 See all
Lithuania LTU 2012 Summer Olympics Rūta Meilutytė =29 See all
Luxembourg LUX 2016 Summer Olympics Julie Meynen 25 See all
Madagascar MAD 1980 Summer Olympics Bako Ratsifa 25 See all
Malaysia MAS 1984 Summer Olympics Helen Chow 38 See all
Maldives MDV 2016 Summer Olympics Aminath Shajan 46 See all
Malta MLT 2008 Summer Olympics Madeleine Scerri 45 See all
Marshall Islands MHL 2020 Summer Olympics Colleen Furgeson 44 See all
Mauritius MRI 2016 Summer Olympics Heather Arseth 37 See all
Mexico MEX 1980 Summer Olympics Isabel Reuss 11 See all
Mongolia MGL 2000 Summer Olympics Sanjaajamtsyn Altantuyaa 53 See all
Montenegro MNE 2016 Summer Olympics Jovana Terzić 42 See all
Mozambique MOZ 1988 Summer Olympics Carolina Araujo 53 See all
Namibia NAM 1996 Summer Olympics Monica Dahl 32 See all
Nepal NEP 2012 Summer Olympics Shreya Dhital 47 See all
Netherlands NED 1936 Summer Olympics Rie Mastenbroek 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Inge de Bruijn 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Ranomi Kromowidjojo 1 Gold
New Zealand NZL 1920 Summer Olympics Violet Walrond 5 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1980 Summer Olympics Garnet Charwat 26 See all
Nigeria NGR 1992 Summer Olympics Joshua Ikhaghomi 42 See all
North Macedonia MKD 2020 Summer Olympics Mia Blazhevska Eminova 40 See all
Norway NOR 1976 Summer Olympics Lene Jenssen =11 See all
Palau PLW 2000 Summer Olympics Nicole Hayes 47 See all
Panama PAN 2004 Summer Olympics Eileen Marie Coparropa 30 See all
Paraguay PAR 2016 Summer Olympics Karen Riveros 39 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1992 Summer Olympics Zhuang Yong 1 Gold See all
1996 Summer Olympics Le Jingyi 1 Gold
Peru PER 1980 Summer Olympics Celeste García 22 See all
Philippines PHI 2024 Summer Olympics Kayla Sanchez 15 See all
Poland POL 2004 Summer Olympics Paulina Barzycka 19 See all
Portugal POR 1992 Summer Olympics Ana Alegria 41 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 2004 Summer Olympics Vanessa García 35 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Mariya Kameneva 20 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2004 Summer Olympics Ryu Yun-Ji 15 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2004 Summer Olympics Nicoleta Coica 47 See all
Rhodesia RHO 1960 Summer Olympics Dottie Sutcliffe 30 See all
Romania ROU 1992 Summer Olympics Luminița Dobrescu 10 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Nataliya Meshcheryakova 13 See all
San Marino SMR 2012 Summer Olympics Clelia Tini 38 See all
Senegal SEN 2012 Summer Olympics Mareme Faye 46 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Jeanne Boutbien 46
Serbia SRB 2012 Summer Olympics Miroslava Najdanovski =35 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1996 Summer Olympics Duška Radan 46 See all
Singapore SGP 2000 Summer Olympics Joscelin Yeo 22 See all
Slovakia SVK 2000 Summer Olympics Martina Moravcová 5 See all
Slovenia SLO 2024 Summer Olympics Neža Klančar 14 See all
South Africa RSA 1952 Summer Olympics Joan Harrison 4 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1968 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Minh Tam 53 See all
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Olga Klevakina 4 See all
Spain ESP 1980 Summer Olympics Natalia Mas 18 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 2012 Summer Olympics Reshika Udugampola 44 See all
Sudan SUD 2024 Summer Olympics Rana Saad-el-din 29 See all
Sweden SWE 2024 Summer Olympics Sarah Sjöström 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 1988 Summer Olympics Marie-Thérèse Armentero 18 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 2012 Summer Olympics Bayan Jumah 40 See all
Tajikistan TJK 2000 Summer Olympics Katerina Izmaylova 54 See all
Thailand THA 2016 Summer Olympics Natthanan Chankrajang 32 See all
The Bahamas BAH 2012 Summer Olympics Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 10 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1996 Summer Olympics Siobhan Cropper 26 See all
Tunisia TUN 1988 Summer Olympics Senda Gharbi 33 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2008 Summer Olympics Olga Hachatryan 48 See all
Türkiye TUR 2012 Summer Olympics Burcu Dolunay 22 See all
Uganda UGA 2024 Summer Olympics Gloria Muzito 22 See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Olha Mukomol 17 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Yelena Shubina 11 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 2012 Summer Olympics Magdalena Moshi 45 See all
United States USA 1920 Summer Olympics Ethelda Bleibtrey 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Ethel Lackie 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Albina Osipowich 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Helene Madison 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Jan Henne 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Sandy Neilson 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Nancy Hogshead =1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Carrie Steinseifer =1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Simone Manuel =1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1976 Summer Olympics Shelley Cramer 29 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Shelley Cramer 29
Uruguay URU 2016 Summer Olympics Inés Remersaro 34 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2004 Summer Olympics Irina Shlemova 45 See all
Venezuela VEN 1964 Summer Olympics Anneliese Rockenbach 22 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Chung Thị Thanh Lan 29 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Heidi Reineck 5 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1968 Summer Olympics Mirjana Šegrt 7 See all
Zambia ZAM 2016 Summer Olympics Jade Howard 35 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1980 Summer Olympics Lynne Tasker 23 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2016 Summer Olympics Yusra Mardini 45 See all