HistoFINA SWIMMING MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS AT OLYMPIC GAMES Last updated in November, 2016 (After the Rio 2016 Olympic Games) Fédération Internationale de Natation Ch. De Bellevue 24a/24b – 1005 Lausanne – Switzerland TEL: (41-21) 310 47 10 – FAX: (41-21) 312 66 10 – E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.fina.org Copyright FINA, Lausanne 2013 In memory of Jean-Louis Meuret CONTENTS OLYMPIC GAMES Swimming – 1896-2012 Introduction 3 Olympic Games dates, sites, number of victories by National Federations (NF) and on the podiums 4 1896 – 2016 – From Athens to Rio 6 Olympic Gold Medals & Olympic Champions by Country 21 MEN’S EVENTS – Podiums and statistics 22 WOMEN’S EVENTS – Podiums and statistics 82 FINA Members and Country Codes 136 2 Introduction In the following study you will find the statistics of the swimming events at the Olympic Games held since 1896 (under the umbrella of FINA since 1912) as well as the podiums and number of medals obtained by National Federation. You will also find the standings of the first three places in all events for men and women at the Olympic Games followed by several classifications which are listed either by the number of titles or medals by swimmer or National Federation. It should be noted that these standings only have an historical aim but no sport signification because the comparison between the achievements of swimmers of different generations is always unfair for several reasons: 1. The period of time. The Olympic Games were not organised in 1916, 1940 and 1944 2. The evolution of the programme. The number of events hasn’t stopped growing. 3. Some political boycotts didn’t give some swimmers the opportunity to take part i.e. in 1956, 1980, 1984. Important note: In this study, only finalists of relays are mentionned and not those who swam in the heats. This edition may contain errors; please feel free to contact the press office (press @fina.org) should you spot any mistakes. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS – The abbreviations used for each National Federation are included at the end of this document. However, for Germany, for the period of 1968-1991, the abbreviations FRG for the Federal Republic and GDR for the Democratic Republic have been used. Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, etc. were part of the USSR until 1991. The acronym TCH was used for Czechoslovakia (CZE + SVK). 3 OLYMPIC GAMES Since 1896, the Olympic Games have been organised 28 times. The next edition will take place in Tokyo (JPN) from Friday, 24 July – Sunday 9 August 2020. Dates Sites Number of events Men Women 1 1896 Athens, GRE (April 6 – 15) 4 0 2 1900 Paris, FRA (May 14 – October 28) 7 0 3 1904 Saint-Louis, USA (July 1 – November 23) 8 0 4 1908 London, GBR (April 17 – October 31) 6 0 5 1912 Stockholm , SWE (May 5 – July 27) 7 2 6 1920 Antwerp, BEL (April 20 – September 12) 7 3 7 1924 Paris, FRA (May 4 – July 27) 6 5 8 1928 Amsterdam, NED (May 17 – August 12) 6 5 9 1932 Los Angeles, USA (July 30 – August 14) 6 5 10 1936 Berlin, GER (August 1 – 16) 6 5 11 1948 London, GBR (July 29 – August 14) 6 5 12 1952 Helsinki, FIN (July 19 – August 3) 6 5 13 1956 Melbourne, AUS (November 22 – December 8) 7 6 14 1960 Rome, ITA (August 25 – September 11) 8 7 15 1964 Tokyo, JPN (October 10 – 24) 10 8 16 1968 Mexico, MEX (October 12 – 27) 15 14 17 1972 Munich, GER (August 26 – September 11) 15 14 18 1976 Montreal, CAN (July 17 – August 1) 13 13 19 1980 Moscow, URS (July 19 – August 3) 13 13 20 1984 Los Angeles, USA (July 28 – August 12) 15 14 21 1988 Seoul, KOR (September 17 – October 2) 16 15 22 1992 Barcelona, ESP (July 25 – August 9) 16 15 23 1996 Atlanta, USA (July 19 – August 4) 16 16 24 2000 Sydney, AUS (September 15 – October 1) 16 16 25 2004 Athens, GRE (August 13 – 29) 16 16 26 2008 Beijing, CHN (August 8 – 24) 16 16 27 2012 London, GBR (July 27 – August 12) 16 16 28 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA (August 5-21) 16 16 4 NF WITH VICTORIES ON THE PODIUM W M Total W M Total 1 1896 - 4 4 - 8 8 2 1904 - 3 3 - 4 4 3 1908 - 3 3 - 8 8 4 1912 2 4 6 5 7 8 5 1920 1 2 2 3 7 7 6 1924 2 2 3 3 5 6 7 1928 3 4 6 5 9 11 8 1932 2 2 3 3 5 6 9 1936 2 3 4 6 4 7 10 1948 3 1 3 6 4 7 11 1952 2 3 5 5 7 12 12 1956 4 3 5 7 5 8 13 1960 3 2 3 7 5 8 14 1964 4 2 4 5 6 8 15 1968 4 4 6 9 9 11 16 1972 3 5 5 9 10 11 17 1976 3 2 4 5 7 8 18 1980 3 6 6 8 8 11 19 1984 3 4 5 9 10 13 20 1988 4 9 10 12 17 22 21 1992 6 6 9 8 16 18 22 1996 7 6 10 14 10 19 23 2000 6 5 8 14 11 18 24 2004 10 5 11 14 15 20 25 2008 7 8 15 13 13 21 26 2012 6 5 8 11 13 17 27 2016 7 7 12 12 13 18 WORLD RECORDS OLYMPIC RECORDS W M Total W M Total 1 1896 NE* - - NE 1 - 2 1900 NE - - NE 3 - 3 1904 NE - - NE In yards - 4 1908 NE 4 4 NE 20 - 5 1912 1 1 2 4 18 22 6 1920 1 2 3 4 6 10 7 1924 1 2 3 7 13 20 8 1928 1 1 2 11 12 23 9 1932 2 1 3 9 13 22 10 1936 - - - 9 12 21 11 1948 - 1 1 12 7 19 12 1952 1 - 1 9 12 21 13 1956 2 5 7 15 13 28 14 1960 4 4 8 18 18 36 15 1964 5 9 14 25 32 57 16 1968 1 4 5 33 25 58 17 1972 12 16 28 37 41 78 18 1976 11 18 29 41 35 76 19 1980 9 1 10 15 4 19 20 1984 - 11 11 9 29 38 21 1988 3 8 11 22 20 42 22 1992 4 5 9 12 13 25 23 1996 1 8 9 3 6 9 24 2000 6 9 15 17 21 38 25 2004 4 4 8 9 17 26 26 2008 11 14 25 29 37 66 27 2012 6 3 9 12 4 16 28 2016 5 3 8 16 7 23 *NE: No women’s events 5 1896 – ATHENS Podiums I Olympiad MEN NO WOMEN 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 50m freestyle 100m freestyle HUN GRE AUT 200m freestyle 500m freestyle AUT GRE GRE 800m freestyle 1200m freestyle HUN GRE GRE 100m backstroke 200m backstroke 100m breaststroke 200m breaststroke 100m butterfly 200m butterfly 200m medley 400m medley MEDALS 4x100m freestyle NF MEN WOMEN 1st 2nd 3rd Total 1st 2nd 3rd 4x200m freestyle HUN 2 - - 2 - - - 4x100m medley AUT 1 - 1 2 - - - 100m for sailors GRE GRE GRE GRE 1 4 3 8 - - - 1900 – PARIS Podiums II Olympiad MEN NO WOMEN 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 50m freestyle 100m freestyle 200m freestyle AUS HUN AUT 400m freestyle 800m freestyle 1000m freestyle GBR AUT HUN 4000m freestyle GBR HUN GER 100m backstroke 200m backstroke GER AUT NED 50m breaststroke 100m breaststroke MEDALS 200m breaststroke NF MEN WOMEN st nd rd st nd rd 50m butterfly 1 2 3 Total 1 2 3 100m butterfly GBR 2 - 1 3 - - - 200m butterfly GER 2 - 1 3 - - - 100m medley AUS 2 - - 2 - - - 200m medley FRA 1 2 - 3 - - - 400m medley AUT - 3 1 4 - - - 200m with obst. AUS AUT GBR HUN - 2 1 3 - - - 200m team race GER FRA No 3rd DEN - - 1 1 - - - Underwater sw. FRA FRA DEN NED - - 1 1 - - - 6 1904 – ST. LOUIS Podiums NO EVENTS III Olympiad MEN WOMEN 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 50 yards freestyle HUN USA USA 100 yards freestyle HUN USA USA 220 yards freestyle USA USA GER 440 yards USA USA AUT ½ mile (804,50m) GER USA HUN 1 mile (1609,34 m.) GER HUN USA 100 yards backstroke GER GER GER 200m backstroke 100m breaststroke ¼ mile breaststroke GER GER USA MEDALS 100m butterfly NF 200m butterfly MEN WOMEN 1st 2nd 3rd Total 1st 2nd 3rd 200m medley GER 4 2 2 8 - - - 400m medley USA 2 5 4 11 - - - 4x100m freestyle HUN 2 1 1 4 - - - 4x200m freestyle AUT - - 1 1 - - - 4x100m medley 1908 – LONDON Podiums NO EVENTS IV Olympiad MEN WOMEN 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 50m freestyle 100m freestyle USA HUN SWE 200m freestyle 400m freestyle GBR AUS AUT 800m freestyle 1500m freestyle GBR GBR AUS 100m backstroke GER DEN GBR 200m backstroke MEDALS 100m breaststroke NF MEN WOMEN 200m breaststroke GBR GBR SWE 1st 2nd 3rd Total 1st 2nd 3rd 100m butterfly GBR 4 2 1 7 - - - 200m butterfly USA 1 - 1 2 - - - 200m medley GER 1 - - 1 - - - HUN - 2 - 2 - - - 400m medley AUS - 1 1 2 - - - 4x100m freestyle DEN - 1 - 1 - - - 4x200m freestyle GBR HUN USA SWE - - 2 2 - - - 4x100m medley AUT - - 1 1 - - - 7 1912 – Podiums STOCKHOLM V Olympiad MEN WOMEN 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 50m freestyle 100m freestyle USA AUS USA AUS AUS GBR 200m freestyle 400m freestyle CAN GBR AUS 800m freestyle 1500m freestyle CAN GBR AUS 100m backstroke USA GER GER MEDALS 200m backstroke NF MEN WOMEN 200m breaststroke GER GER GER 1st 2nd 3rd Total 1st 2nd 3rd Total 400m breaststroke GER SWE GBR GER 2 2 2 6 - 1 - 1 7 100m butterfly USA 2 1 1 4 - - - - 4 200m butterfly CAN 2 - - 2 - - - - 3 200m medley Austr.* 1 - - 1 - - - - 2 400m medley GBR - 2 2 4 1 - 1 2 6 4x100m freestyle GBR GER AUT AUS - 1 2 3 1 1 - 2 5 4x200m freestyle Austral.* USA GBR SWE - 1 - 1 - - - 1 2 4x100m medley AUT - - - - - - 1 1 1 *Australasia: AUS + NZL 1920 – ANTWERP Podiums VIII Olympiad MEN WOMEN st nd rd 1 2 3 1st 2nd 3rd 50m freestyle 100m freestyle USA USA USA USA USA USA 300m freestyle USA USA USA 400m freestyle USA USA CAN 800m freestyle 1500m freestyle USA CAN AUS 100m backstroke USA USA BEL 200m backstroke MEDALS 200m breaststroke SWE SWE FIN NF MEN WOMEN 400m breaststroke SWE SWE FIN 1st 2nd 3rd Total 1st 2nd 3rd Total 100m butterfly USA 5 3 1 9 3 2 2 7 16 200m butterfly SWE 2 2 - 4 - - 1 1 5 200m medley CAN - 1 1 2 - - - - 2 400m medley GBR - - 1 1 - 1 - 1 2 4x100m freestyle USA GBR SWE AUS - 1 1 2 - - - - 2 4x200m freestyle USA AUS GBR FIN - - 2 2 - - - - 2 4x100m medley BEL - - 1 1 - - - - 1 8 1924 – PARIS Podiums IX Olympiad MEN WOMEN 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 50m freestyle 100m freestyle USA USA USA USA USA USA 200m freestyle USA SWE AUS 400m freestyle USA USA USA 800m freestyle 1,500m freestyle AUS SWE AUS 100m backstroke USA USA HUN USA GBR USA 200m backstroke 100m breaststroke MEDALS 200m breaststroke USA BEL USA GBR USA GBR NF MEN WOMEN 100m butterfly 1st 2nd 3rd Total 1st 2nd 3rd Total 200m butterfly USA 5 2 2 9 4 3 3 10 19 200m medley GBR - - - - 1 2 1 4 4 400m medley AUS 1 1 2 4 - - - - 4 4x100m freestyle USA GBR SWE SWE - 2 1 3 - - 1 1 4 4x200m freestyle USA AUS SWE BEL - 1 - 1 - - - - 1 4x100m medley HUN - - 1 1 - - - - 1 1928 – Podiums