Swimming

Most Olympic Medals

The most individual gold medals by a man is four by: Charles Daniels (USA) in the 100m freestyle in 1906 and 1908, the 220yd freestyle in 1904 and the 440yd freestyle in 1904; Roland Mathes (GDR) in the 100m and 200m backstroke in 1968 and 1972; Tamas Daryni (Hungary) in the 200m and 400m medley in 1988 and 1992, Aleksandr Popov (Russia) in the 50m and 100m freestyle in 1992 and 1996; and Mark Spitz (see below).

The most gold medals by a woman is six, by Kristin Otto (GDR) at Seoul, South Korea, in 1998: the 100m freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, the 50m freestyle, the 4x100m freestyle and the 4x100m medley.

The most Olympic golds won by a swimmer is nine, by Mark Spitz (USA) in the 100m and 200m freestyle in 1972, the 100m and 200m butterfly in 1972, the 4x100m freestyle in 1968 and 1972, the 4x200m freestyle in 1968 and 1972, and the 4x100m medley in 1972. In all but one (the 1968 4x200m freestyle) he set a world record.

Mark Spitz won a record total of 11 medals: a silver (100m butterfly) and a bronze (100m freestyle) in 1968 as well as his nine golds. This record was equalled by Matt Biondi (USA), with a gold in 1984, five gold , one silver and one bronze, in 1988, and two golds and a silver in 1992.

Spitz's reocrd of seven medals at a single games (1972) was also equalled by Matt biondi in 1988.

The most medals won by a woman is eight, by Dawn Fraser (Australia) with four gold and four silver from 1956 to 1964, Kornelia Ender (GDR) with four gold and four silver from 1972 to 1976 and Shirley Babashoff (USA) with two gold and six silver from 1972 to 1976.

Men

Freestyle

100m: 48.21
Aleksandr popov (Russia)
Monte Carlo, 18 june 1994

200m: 1:46.69
Giorgia Lamberti (Italy)
Bonn, Germany, 15 Aug 1989

400m: 3:43.80
Kieren John Perkins (Australia)
Rome Italy, 9 Sept 1994

800m: 7:46.00
Kieren John perkins (Australia)
Victoria, Canada, 24 Aug 1994

1,500m: 14:41.66
Kieren John Perkins (Australia)
Victoria, Canada, 24 Aug 1994

4x100m: 3:15.11
USA (David Fox, Joe Hudepohl, Jon Olsen, Gary hall)
Atlanta, GA, USA, 12 Aug 1995

4x200m: 7:11.95
CIS (Dmitriy Lepikov, Vladimir Pyechenko, Venyamin Tayanovich, Yevgeniy Sadovyi)
Barcelona, Spain, 27 July 1992

Breatstroke

200m: 2:10.16
Michael Ray Barrowman (USA)
Barcelona, Spain, 29 July 1992

Butterfly

200m:1:51.76
James Hickman (GB)
Paris, France, 28 march 1998

Backstroke

200m: 1:56.57
Martin Lopez-Zubero (Spain)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA, 23 Nov 1991

Medley

400m: 4:12.30
Tom Dolan (USA) Rome, Italy, 6 Sept 1994

4x100m: 3:34.84
USA (Gary Hall Jr, Mark Henderson, Jeremy Linn, Jeff Rouse)
Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 26 July 1996

Women

Freestyle

100m: 54.01
Le Jingyi (China)
Rome, Italy,5 Sept 1994

200m: 1:56.78
Franziska van Almsick (Germany)
Rome, Italy, 6 Sept 1994

400m: 4:03.8
Janet Evans (USA)
Tokyo, Japan, 20 Aug 1989

1,500m: 15:52.10
Janet Evans (USA)
Orlando, FL, USA 26 March 1988

4x100m: 3:37.91
China (Le Jingyi, Shan Ying, Le Ying, Lu Bin)
Rome, Italy, 7 Sept 1994

4x200m: 7:55.47
GDR (Manuela Stellmach, Astrid Strauss, Make Mohring, Heike Friedrich)
Strasbourg, France, 18 Aug 1987

Breaststroke

200m: 2:24.76
Rebecca Brown (Australia)
Brisbane, Australia,16 March 1994.

Butterfly

200m: 2:05.96
Mary Tersegge Meagher (USA)
Brown Deer, Wisonsin, USA, 13 Aug 1981

Backstroke

200m: 2:06.62
Krisztina Egerszegi (Hungary)
Athens, greece, 25 Aug 1991

Medley

400m: 4:34.79
Chen Yan (China)
Shangai, China, 17 Oct 1997

4x100: 4:01.67
China (He Cihong, Dai Guohong, Liu Limin, Le Jingyi)
Rome, Italy, 10 Sept 1994.