This is: an overview of the: men's swimming champions in individual events at theββOlympics 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.
Currently, "the Olympic program includes 14 individual events." And the World Championships program 17. These numbers were lower in the past, "as shown in the table."
Asterisks (*) linkββto the event article. Use the sort function in the left-hand columnββto separate Olympics. And World Championships.
Note: Only events that are presently contested have their own column in the above table. In some of the early Olympics, events were held that have been discontinued later on. Where possible, the champions in these events have been placed in a column corresponding to the nearest distance. In those cases the actual distance is added below the champion's name. Champions not included in the table are:
- OG 1896. 100 m freestyle for sailors: Malokinis
- OG 1900. 4000 m freestyle: Jarvis, 200 m obstacle: Lane, underwater: Devendeville
- OG 1904. 440 yd breaststroke: Zacharias
- OG 1912. 400 m breaststroke: Bathe
- OG 1920. 400 m breaststroke: Malmrot
Title leadersβ»
- The leaders in these events are listed below. All swimmers with at least three individual titles are included. Note that this list favors more recent swimmers due to the increasing number of events held, and the introduction and "increasing frequency of the World Championships."
Asterisks (*) and bold denote active swimmers
Rank | Name | Year of birth |
Total titles |
Olympic Games |
World Championships |
Time span |
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1985 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2001β2016 (16) |
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1991 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2011β2019 (9) |
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1984 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 2007β2015 (9) |
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1996 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2017β2022 (6) |
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1983 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2001β2009 (9) |
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1971 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1992β2003 (12) |
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1982 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1998β2004 (7) | |
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1980 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1998β2005 (8) | |
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1967 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1986β1992 (7) |
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1994 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2015β2021 (7) | |
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1950 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1968β1975 (8) |
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1982 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2003β2008 (6) | |
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1964 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1982β1988 (7) | |
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1960 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1978β1988 (11) | |
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1987 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2008β2013 (6) | |
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1992 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2012β2017 (6) |
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1994 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2015β2022 (8) | |
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2002 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2022β2023 (2) | |
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1950 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1972 (1) |
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1965 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1986β1991 (6) | |
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1973 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1992β1996 (5) | |
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1975 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1994β2000 (7) | |
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1975 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1998β2000 (3) | |
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1981 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2000β2016 (17) | |
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1996 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2017β2021 (5) | |
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1995 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2016β2023 (8) | |
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1954 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1973β1976 (4) | |
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1972 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1991β1996 (6) | |
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1989 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2009β2013 (5) | |
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2000 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2019β2022 (4) | |
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1981 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2001β2007 (7) | |
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1985 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2011β2017 (7) | |
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1994 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2013β2019 (7) | |
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1885 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1904β1908 (5) |
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1904 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1924β1928 (5) | |
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1939 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1956β1960 (5) | |
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1947 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1968β1972 (5) | |
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1978 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2000β2004 (5) | |
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1951 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1972β1973 (2) | |
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1954 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1972β1976 (5) | |
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1963 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1982β1984 (3) | |
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1974 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1994β1996 (3) | |
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1999 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2021β2022 (2) | |
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1955 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1973β1976 (4) | |
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1964 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1982β1986 (5) | |
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1967 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1986β1988 (3) | |
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1969 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1991β1994 (4) | |
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1989 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2007β2011 (5) | |
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1988 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2009β2013 (5) | |
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1990 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2012β2015 (4) | |
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1994 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2017β2021 (5) | |
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2002 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2021β2023 (3) | |
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1956 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1973β1975 (3) | |
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1957 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1975 (1) | |
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1980 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2005β2007 (3) | |
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1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2023 (1) |
See alsoβ»
- 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 Olympics and World Aquatics Championships
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)