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Swimming is Australia's most prolific Olympic sport, having been responsible for 78 of Australia's 185 Olympic gold medals. In addition, a list of the top 100 Australian Olympians of all time, compiled by the Australian Olympic Committee, named 35 swimmers in the top 100, more than any other sport. Swimmers have been given the honour of ...
Swimming Australia annually recognizes the Australian Swimmer of the Year. The Australian Swim Team has finished first in the gold medal rankings once at the Olympic Games in 1956 in Melbourne and twice at the Long Course World Championships in 2001 and 2023, both held in Fukuoka, Japan.
Pages in category "Olympic swimmers for Australia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 444 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In every single swimming event, from the men’s 50-meter free to the women’s 400-meter IM, humans have shaved second after second off world-best times throughout and since the 20th century. The ...
Kaylee Rochelle McKeown OAM (/ m ə ˈ k j uː ə n / mə-KEW-ən; born 12 July 2001) is an Australian swimmer and quintuple Olympic gold medalist. She is the reigning Olympic champion in the 100 and 200 metres backstroke.
Emma McKeon, Australia's most decorated Olympian, announced her retirement from competitive swimming on Monday. McKeon holds the Australian record of 14 Olympic medals — six of them gold — won ...
Ariarne Elizabeth Titmus OAM (born 7 September 2000) is an Australian swimmer.She is the reigning Olympic champion in the women's 400-metre freestyle, having won the event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics and the world record holder in the long course 200-metre freestyle and 400-metre freestyle events.
The first Olympic gold medal to be officially awarded to a woman at any Olympics was the Australian swimmer, Fanny Durack, who won medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres (330 ft) freestyle event. [27] Att the 1956 Summer Olympics, an Australian woman won a medal in every women's swimming event held during the games. [27]