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Facts

Disciplines	Diving, Marathon Swimming, Artistic Swimming, Swimming, Water Polo
Participants	14098
NOCs	210
Competitions held	776
Distinct events	119
IF	World Aquatics

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	USA	315	236	198	749
Australia	AUS	71	70	83	224
People's Republic of China	CHN	63	50	24	137
East Germany	GDR	40	34	25	99
Hungary	HUN	38	30	25	93
Great Britain	GBR	28	34	39	101
Japan	JPN	24	31	42	97
Netherlands	NED	23	21	21	65
Germany	GER	21	35	49	105
Russian Federation	RUS	19	18	18	55
Soviet Union	URS	18	27	35	80
Sweden	SWE	15	25	23	63
Canada	CAN	13	27	37	77
Italy	ITA	12	15	23	50
France	FRA	9	17	24	50
South Africa	RSA	7	7	6	20
Unified Team	EUN	6	5	3	14
Denmark	DEN	4	5	8	17
Yugoslavia	YUG	4	5	0	9
Ukraine	UKR	4	3	6	13
ROC	ROC	4	2	2	8
Spain	ESP	3	8	5	16
West Germany	FRG	3	5	15	23
Romania	ROU	3	2	4	9
Ireland	IRL	3	0	1	4
Tunisia	TUN	3	0	1	4
Mexico	MEX	2	7	8	17
Greece	GRE	2	6	2	10
Brazil	BRA	2	4	11	17
Zimbabwe	ZIM	2	4	1	7
Australasia	ANZ	2	3	3	8
New Zealand	NZL	2	1	3	6
Serbia	SRB	2	1	2	5
Austria	AUT	1	6	4	11
Belgium	BEL	1	6	4	11
Poland	POL	1	3	2	6
Croatia	CRO	1	3	0	4
Republic of Korea	KOR	1	3	0	4
Costa Rica	CRC	1	1	2	4
Argentina	ARG	1	1	1	3
Bulgaria	BUL	1	1	1	3
Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	1	0	2
Suriname	SUR	1	0	1	2
Kazakhstan	KAZ	1	0	0	1
Lithuania	LTU	1	0	0	1
Singapore	SGP	1	0	0	1
Belarus	BLR	0	2	1	3
Hong Kong, China	HKG	0	2	0	2
Slovakia	SVK	0	2	0	2
Finland	FIN	0	1	4	5
Cuba	CUB	0	1	1	2
Egypt	EGY	0	1	1	2
Malaysia	MAS	0	1	1	2
Norway	NOR	0	1	1	2
Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	0	1	1	2
Slovenia	SLO	0	1	0	1
Switzerland	SUI	0	0	3	3
Philippines	PHI	0	0	2	2
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	0	0	1	1
Venezuela	VEN	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Michael Phelps	USA	23	3	2	28
Mark Spitz	USA	9	1	1	11
Jenny Thompson	USA	8	3	1	12
Matt Biondi	USA	8	2	1	11
Katie Ledecky	USA	7	3	0	10
Svetlana Romashina	ROC RUS	7	0	0	7
Caeleb Dressel	USA	7	0	0	7
Ryan Lochte	USA	6	3	3	12
Kristin Otto	GDR	6	0	0	6
Amy Van Dyken	USA	6	0	0	6

Event types

Discipline	Name	Gender	Still contested?	Times held?
Artistic Swimming	Duet	Women		9
Artistic Swimming	Team	Women		7
Artistic Swimming	Solo	Women		3
Diving	Springboard	Men		27
Diving	Platform	Men		27
Diving	Synchronized Springboard	Men		6
Diving	Synchronized Platform	Men		6
Diving	Springboard	Women		24
Diving	Platform	Women		22
Diving	Synchronized Springboard	Women		6
Diving	Synchronized Platform	Women		6
Diving	Springboard	Boys		3
Diving	Platform	Boys		3
Diving	Springboard	Girls		3
Diving	Platform	Girls		3
Diving	Team	Mixed Youth		2
Diving	Plain High	Men		3
Diving	Plain High	Women		3
Marathon Swimming	10 kilometres Open Water	Men		4
Marathon Swimming	10 kilometres Open Water	Women		4
Swimming	50 metres Freestyle	Men		9
Swimming	100 metres Freestyle	Men		28
Swimming	200 metres Freestyle	Men		15
Swimming	400 metres Freestyle	Men		27
Swimming	800 metres Freestyle	Men		1
Swimming	1,500 metres Freestyle	Men		26
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay	Men		13
Swimming	4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay	Men		26
Swimming	100 metres Backstroke	Men		25
Swimming	200 metres Backstroke	Men		16
Swimming	100 metres Breaststroke	Men		14
Swimming	200 metres Breaststroke	Men		26
Swimming	100 metres Butterfly	Men		14
Swimming	200 metres Butterfly	Men		17
Swimming	200 metres Individual Medley	Men		12
Swimming	400 metres Individual Medley	Men		15
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay	Men		16
Swimming	50 metres Freestyle	Women		9
Swimming	100 metres Freestyle	Women		25
Swimming	200 metres Freestyle	Women		14
Swimming	400 metres Freestyle	Women		23
Swimming	800 metres Freestyle	Women		14
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay	Women		25
Swimming	1,500 metres Freestyle	Women		1
Swimming	4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay	Women		7
Swimming	100 metres Backstroke	Women		23
Swimming	200 metres Backstroke	Women		14
Swimming	100 metres Breaststroke	Women		14
Swimming	200 metres Breaststroke	Women		23
Swimming	100 metres Butterfly	Women		17
Swimming	200 metres Butterfly	Women		14
Swimming	200 metres Individual Medley	Women		12
Swimming	400 metres Individual Medley	Women		15
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay	Women		16
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay	Mixed		1
Swimming	50 metres Freestyle	Boys		3
Swimming	100 metres Freestyle	Boys		3
Swimming	200 metres Freestyle	Boys		3
Swimming	400 metres Freestyle	Boys		3
Swimming	800 metres Freestyle	Boys		2
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay	Boys		3
Swimming	50 metres Backstroke	Boys		3
Swimming	100 metres Backstroke	Boys		3
Swimming	200 metres Backstroke	Boys		3
Swimming	50 metres Breaststroke	Boys		3
Swimming	100 metres Breaststroke	Boys		3
Swimming	200 metres Breaststroke	Boys		3
Swimming	50 metres Butterfly	Boys		3
Swimming	100 metres Butterfly	Boys		3
Swimming	200 metres Butterfly	Boys		3
Swimming	200 metres Individual Medley	Boys		3
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay	Boys		3
Swimming	50 metres Freestyle	Girls		3
Swimming	100 metres Freestyle	Girls		3
Swimming	200 metres Freestyle	Girls		3
Swimming	400 metres Freestyle	Girls		3
Swimming	800 metres Freestyle	Girls		2
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay	Girls		3
Swimming	50 metres Backstroke	Girls		3
Swimming	100 metres Backstroke	Girls		3
Swimming	200 metres Backstroke	Girls		3
Swimming	50 metres Breaststroke	Girls		3
Swimming	100 metres Breaststroke	Girls		3
Swimming	200 metres Breaststroke	Girls		3
Swimming	50 metres Butterfly	Girls		3
Swimming	100 metres Butterfly	Girls		3
Swimming	200 metres Butterfly	Girls		3
Swimming	200 metres Individual Medley	Girls		3
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay	Girls		3
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay	Mixed Youth		3
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay	Mixed Youth		3
Swimming	50 yards Freestyle	Men		1
Swimming	100 yards Freestyle	Men		1
Swimming	220 yards Freestyle	Men		1
Swimming	440 yards Freestyle	Men		1
Swimming	500 metres Freestyle	Men		1
Swimming	880 yards Freestyle	Men		1
Swimming	1,000 metres Freestyle	Men		1
Swimming	1,200 metres Freestyle	Men		1
Swimming	1 mile Freestyle	Men		2
Swimming	4,000 metres Freestyle	Men		1
Swimming	4 × 50 yards Freestyle Relay	Men		1
Swimming	4 × 250 metres Freestyle Relay	Men		1
Swimming	100 yards Backstroke	Men		1
Swimming	440 yards Breaststroke	Men		1
Swimming	400 metres Breaststroke	Men		2
Swimming	100 metres Freestyle For Sailors	Men		1
Swimming	Underwater Swimming	Men		1
Swimming	Plunge For Distance	Men		1
Swimming	200 metres Obstacle Course	Men		1
Swimming	200 metres Team Swimming	Men		1
Swimming	100 yards, Handicap	Men		1
Swimming	220 yards, Handicap	Men		1
Swimming	440 yards, Handicap	Men		1
Swimming	880 yards, Handicap	Men		1
Swimming	1 mile, Handicap	Men		1
Swimming	300 metres Freestyle	Women		1
Water Polo	Water Polo	Men		28
Water Polo	Water Polo	Women		7