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Facts

Disciplines	Diving, Marathon Swimming, Artistic Swimming, Swimming, Water Polo
Participants	14904
NOCs	215
Competitions held	825
Distinct events	120
IF	World Aquatics

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	USA	323	251	206	780
Australia	AUS	78	81	86	245
People's Republic of China	CHN	75	55	32	162
Hungary	HUN	41	31	26	98
East Germany	GDR	40	34	25	99
Great Britain	GBR	29	40	43	112
Japan	JPN	24	33	42	99
Netherlands	NED	24	21	25	70
Germany	GER	22	36	50	108
Russian Federation	RUS	19	18	18	55
Soviet Union	URS	18	27	35	80
Sweden	SWE	17	25	23	65
Canada	CAN	16	29	41	86
Italy	ITA	14	16	26	56
France	FRA	13	18	26	57
South Africa	RSA	8	8	6	22
Unified Team	EUN	6	5	3	14
Spain	ESP	4	8	6	18
Denmark	DEN	4	5	8	17
Yugoslavia	YUG	4	5	0	9
Ukraine	UKR	4	3	6	13
Romania	ROU	4	2	5	11
ROC	ROC	4	2	2	8
Ireland	IRL	4	0	3	7
West Germany	FRG	3	5	15	23
Serbia	SRB	3	1	2	6
Tunisia	TUN	3	0	1	4
Mexico	MEX	2	8	9	19
Greece	GRE	2	7	2	11
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
Austria	AUT	1	6	4	11
Belgium	BEL	1	6	4	11
Croatia	CRO	1	4	0	5
Poland	POL	1	3	2	6
Republic of Korea	KOR	1	3	1	5
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
Hong Kong, China	HKG	0	2	2	4
Belarus	BLR	0	2	1	3
Slovakia	SVK	0	2	0	2
Finland	FIN	0	1	4	5
Cuba	CUB	0	1	1	2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	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	4	4
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
Katie Ledecky	USA	9	4	1	14
Mark Spitz	USA	9	1	1	11
Caeleb Dressel	USA	9	1	0	10
Jenny Thompson	USA	8	3	1	12
Matt Biondi	USA	8	2	1	11
Svetlana Romashina	ROC RUS	7	0	0	7
Emma McKeon	AUS	6	3	5	14
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		10
Artistic Swimming	Team	Women		8
Artistic Swimming	Solo	Women		3
Diving	Springboard	Men		28
Diving	Platform	Men		28
Diving	Synchronized Springboard	Men		7
Diving	Synchronized Platform	Men		7
Diving	Springboard	Women		25
Diving	Platform	Women		23
Diving	Synchronized Springboard	Women		7
Diving	Synchronized Platform	Women		7
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		5
Marathon Swimming	10 kilometres Open Water	Women		5
Swimming	50 metres Freestyle	Men		10
Swimming	100 metres Freestyle	Men		29
Swimming	200 metres Freestyle	Men		16
Swimming	400 metres Freestyle	Men		28
Swimming	800 metres Freestyle	Men		2
Swimming	1,500 metres Freestyle	Men		27
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay	Men		14
Swimming	4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay	Men		27
Swimming	100 metres Backstroke	Men		26
Swimming	200 metres Backstroke	Men		17
Swimming	100 metres Breaststroke	Men		15
Swimming	200 metres Breaststroke	Men		27
Swimming	100 metres Butterfly	Men		15
Swimming	200 metres Butterfly	Men		18
Swimming	200 metres Individual Medley	Men		13
Swimming	400 metres Individual Medley	Men		16
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay	Men		17
Swimming	50 metres Freestyle	Women		10
Swimming	100 metres Freestyle	Women		26
Swimming	200 metres Freestyle	Women		15
Swimming	400 metres Freestyle	Women		24
Swimming	800 metres Freestyle	Women		15
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay	Women		26
Swimming	1,500 metres Freestyle	Women		2
Swimming	4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay	Women		8
Swimming	100 metres Backstroke	Women		24
Swimming	200 metres Backstroke	Women		15
Swimming	100 metres Breaststroke	Women		15
Swimming	200 metres Breaststroke	Women		24
Swimming	100 metres Butterfly	Women		18
Swimming	200 metres Butterfly	Women		15
Swimming	200 metres Individual Medley	Women		13
Swimming	400 metres Individual Medley	Women		16
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay	Women		17
Swimming	4 × 100 metres Medley Relay	Mixed		2
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	4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay	Boys		3
Swimming	800 metres Freestyle	Boys		2
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	4,000 metre freestyle, Professionals	Men		1
Swimming	300 metres Freestyle	Women		1
Water Polo	Water Polo	Men		29
Water Polo	Water Polo	Women		8