This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in
swimming
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Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre
backstroke
Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimm ...
200 metre backstroke
100 metre breaststroke
200 metre breaststroke
100 metre
butterfly
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200 metre butterfly
200 metre individual medley
400 metre individual medley
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Note: swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
4 × 100 metre medley relay
Note: since 1992, swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
Mixed Events
4 × 100 metre medley relay
Open water
10 km marathon
Discontinued event
300 metre freestyle
All-time medal table 1912–2020
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
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List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women)
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List of gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships
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List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming
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Swimming at the Summer Olympics
Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to women since 1912. At the Olympics, swimming has the second-highest number of medal-contested events (after athletics).
Summary
Long-course swimming
Men's events
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
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List of Asian Games medalists in swimming
This is the complete list of Asian Games medalists in Swimming (sport), swimming from 1951 to 2018.
Men
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstrok ...
References
International Olympic Committee results database* Wallechinsky, David (2000). ''The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition''. New York: Overlook Press. .
HistoFINA Swimming Medallists And Statistics At Olympic Games, January 31, 2015
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Swimming (women)
medalists
Olympic
Olympics (women)
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Lists of female swimmers