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This is an overview of the men's swimming champions in individual events at the Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships. These tournaments are the only global long course (50 meter pool) swimming championships organized by world swimming federation FINA. This list gives an overview of the dominant swimmers throughout the history of swimming.
List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (men) List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women) List of gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the ...
Women. List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women) This article includes a sports people-related list of lists. Categories: Lists of sports people lists. Swimming at the Summer Olympics.
4×200 m freestyle. Water polo. Olympic Games. 1924 Paris. Team. Johnny Weissmuller (/ ˈwaɪsmʌlər /; born Johann Peter Weißmüller [ˈʋaɪ̯smʏlɐ]; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor. He was known for having one of the best competitive-swimming records of the 20th century.
Mark Spitz. Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time. This achievement set a record that lasted for 36 years, until it was surpassed by fellow ...
Of the 35 pool-based events, swimmers from the United States hold fifteen records, Australia five, France four, China, Canada and South Africa two each, and one each to Ireland, Great Britain, Russian Olympic Committee, Hungary, and Sweden. Nineteen of the current Olympic records were set at the 2024 Summer Olympics, seven in 2020, five in 2016 ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won gold for the discus throw. Torres won silver for the women's 4x100 freestyle team relay as anchor at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Robinson won silver for the men's 200m breaststroke at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Lange won gold for the Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics.