List of Olympic champions in swimming / national rankings

Olympic champion swimming

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This list is part of the list of Olympic champions in swimming . It contains the national rankings or medal table and is divided into three separate lists for men's and women's competitions as well as an overall list. All individual lists are sorted according to the number of medals won.

• Place: order of countries again. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
• Country: Name of the country. In individual cases, the respective predecessor states are also included.
• Gold: Number of gold medals won
• Silver: Number of silver medals won
• Bronze: Number of bronze medals won
• Total: Number of all medals won

Status: up to and including 2016

total

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	246	172	135	553
02	Australia	60	63	62	185
03	Germany (including GDR ) (including BR Germany )	55 (38) (3)	61 (32) (5)	71 (22) (14)	187 (92) (22)
04th	Hungary	28	26th	20th	74
05	Japan	22nd	26th	31	79
06th	Netherlands	21st	18th	16	55
07th	Soviet Union (including United Team )	18 (6)	24 (3)	27 (1)	69 (10)
08th	United Kingdom	16	27	31	74
09	People's Republic of China	13	18th	11	42
10	Sweden	9	15th	14th	38
11	Canada	8th	15th	26th	49
12	France	8th	15th	20th	43
13	South Africa	6th	6th	6th	18th
14th	Russia	5	9	8th	22nd
15th	Italy	5	5	12	22nd
16	Ukraine	4th	2	1	7th
17th	Denmark	3	5	6th	14th
18th	Romania	3	2	4th	9
19th	Ireland	3	-	1	4th
20th	Zimbabwe	2	4th	1	7th
21st	Australasia	2	3	3	8th
22nd	Spain	2	2	4th	8th
23	New Zealand	2	1	3	6th
24	Tunisia	2	-	1	3
25th	Austria	1	6th	5	12
26th	Brazil	1	4th	9	14th
27	Greece	1	4th	3	8th
28	Poland	1	3	2	6th
29	South Korea	1	3	-	4th
30th	Belgium	1	2	2	5
31	Costa Rica	1	1	2	4th
32	Argentina	1	1	1	3
32	Bulgaria	1	1	1	3
34	Yugoslavia	1	1	-	2
35	Mexico	1	-	1	2
35	Suriname	1	-	1	2
37	Kazakhstan	1	-	-	1
37	Lithuania	1	-	-	1
37	Singapore	1	-	-	1
40	Belarus	-	2	1	3
41	Slovakia	-	2	-	2
41	Finland	-	1	3	4th
43	Cuba	-	1	1	2
43	Norway	-	1	1	2
45	Croatia	-	1	-	1
45	Serbia	-	1	-	1
45	Slovenia	-	1	-	1
48	Philippines	-	-	2	2
49	Switzerland	-	-	1	1
49	Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	1	1
49	Venezuela	-	-	1	1

Men

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	143	100	70	313
02	Australia	33	33	37	103
03	Germany (including GDR ) (including BR Germany )	18 (6) (3)	23 (7) (4)	27 (5) (7)	68 (18) (14)
04th	Japan	17th	22nd	21st	60
05	Hungary	14th	19th	14th	47
06th	Soviet Union (including United Team )	14 (5)	17 (3)	18 (-)	49 (8)
07th	United Kingdom	10	15th	14th	39
08th	Sweden	8th	10	10	28
09	France	6th	10	14th	30th
10	Canada	6th	8th	12	26th
11	Russia	4th	5	7th	16
12	Netherlands	4th	2	4th	10
13	Italy	4th	1	9	14th
14th	South Africa	3	6th	1	10
15th	People's Republic of China	3	4th	2	9
16	New Zealand	2	1	2	5
17th	Tunisia	2	-	1	3
18th	Austria	1	6th	3	10
19th	Brazil	1	4th	8th	13
20th	Greece	1	4th	3	8th
21st	South Korea	1	3	-	4th
22nd	Australasia	1	2	3	6th
23	Belgium	1	2	1	4th
24	Spain	1	-	2	3
25th	Suriname	1	-	1	2
26th	Argentina	1	-	-	1
26th	Kazakhstan	1	-	-	1
26th	Mexico	1	-	-	1
26th	Singapore	1	-	-	1
30th	Denmark	-	2	1	3
31	Finland	-	1	3	4th
32	Cuba	-	1	1	2
32	Poland	-	1	1	2
32	Ukraine	-	1	1	2
35	Croatia	-	1	-	1
35	Norway	-	1	-	1
35	Serbia	-	1	-	1
38	Philippines	-	-	2	2
39	Romania	-	-	1	1
39	Switzerland	-	-	1	1
39	Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	1	1
39	Venezuela	-	-	1	1

Women

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	103	72	65	240
02	Germany (including GDR ) (including BR Germany )	37 (32) (-)	38 (25) (1)	44 (17) (7)	119 (74) (8)
03	Australia	27	30th	25th	82
04th	Netherlands	17th	16	12	45
05	Hungary	14th	7th	6th	27
06th	People's Republic of China	10	14th	9	33
07th	United Kingdom	6th	12	17th	35
08th	Japan	5	4th	10	19th
09	Soviet Union (including United Team )	4 (1)	7 (-)	9 (1)	20 (2)
10	Ukraine	4th	1	-	5
11	Denmark	3	3	5	11
12	Romania	3	2	3	8th
13	South Africa	3	-	5	8th
14th	Ireland	3	-	1	4th
15th	Canada	2	7th	14th	23
16	France	2	5	6th	13
17th	Zimbabwe	2	4th	1	7th
18th	Sweden	1	5	4th	10
19th	Russia	1	4th	1	6th
20th	Italy	1	4th	3	8th
21st	Spain	1	2	2	5
22nd	Poland	1	2	1	4th
23	Costa Rica	1	1	2	4th
24	Bulgaria	1	1	1	3
25th	Australasia	1	1	-	2
25th	Yugoslavia	1	1	-	2
27	Lithuania	1	-	-	1
28	Belarus	-	2	1	3
29	Slovakia	-	2	-	2
30th	Argentina	-	1	1	2
31	Slovenia	-	1	-	1
32	Austria	-	-	2	2
33	Belgium	-	-	1	1
33	Brazil	-	-	1	1
33	Mexico	-	-	1	1
33	New Zealand	-	-	1	1
33	Norway	-	-	1	1