Australia’s Olympic swimmers’ legacy - full list of medal winners

With 239 medals - 78 gold, 81 silver and 80 bronze - Australia are the second-most successful nation at the Olympics in the sport of swimming after the United States.

In fact, the Australian swimming team, nicknamed the Dolphins, account for over two-thirds of the 610 medals Australian athletes have won at the Summer Games to date, making swimming Australia’s best Olympic sport by far.

While there were no Australian swimmers present at the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, Frederick Lane bagged two gold medals at Paris 1900 to become the first Australian swimmer to win an Olympic medal.

Since then, a lot of swimming greats have followed in his strokes. Swimmer Fanny Durack, who won the women’s 100m freestyle swimming gold at Stockholm 1912, also holds the distinction of being the first Australian woman to win an Olympic medal.

Barring Athens 1896, Australian swimmers have been present in every edition of the modern Olympics to date. The Dolphins only failed to medal at one edition - Berlin 1936.

Emma McKeon is the most decorated Australian at the Olympics with 14 medals - six gold, three silver and five bronze. Seven of the 11 came at Tokyo 2020, which is also the standing record for most medals won by a single swimmer at any single Olympic edition.

She also jointly holds the record for most medals won by a female athlete in any sports at a single edition of the Olympics with Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya, who bagged two golds and five silvers at Helsinki 1952.

McKeon’s fellow Dolphin Ian Thorpe, meanwhile**,** is the most successful Australian man at the Summer Games with nine medals - five gold, three silver and one bronze.

Sandra Morgan, who was 14 years and 180 days old when she won the women’s 4x100m freestyle gold at Melbourne 1956, is the youngest Australian Olympic swimming champion in history and the second-yongest Olympic medallist for Australia.

Swimming legend Shane Gould, meanwhile, was just 275 days over 15 years when she won the women’s 200m individual medley event at Munich 1972, making her the youngest individual gold medal winner in Australia’s Olympic history.

Murray Rose, Leisel Jones, Jodie Henry, Petria Thomas, Stephanie Rice and Kaylee McKeown have been some of the other top Australian swimming stars on the Olympic stage over the years.

Australian Olympics swimmers: Medal winners from each edition

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Paris 1900

1. Frederick Lane - gold medal in men’s 200m freestyle
2. Frederick Lane - gold medal in men’s 200m obstacle event

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at St Louis 1904

1. Francis Gailey - silver medal in men’s 220 yard freestyle
2. Francis Gailey - silver medal in men’s 440 yard freestyle
3. Francis Gailey - silver medal in men’s 880 yard freestyle
4. Francis Gailey - bronze medal in men’s 1 mile freestyle

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at London 1908

1. Frank Beaurepaire - silver medal in men’s 400m freestyle
2. Frank Beaurepaire - bronze medal in men’s 1500m freestyle

Australia’s Olympic medals swimming at Stockholm 1912

1. Fanny Durack - gold medal in women's 100m freestyle
2. Leslie Boardman, Cecil Healy, Harold Hardwick - gold medal in men's 4×200m freestyle relay*
3. Cecil Healy - silver medal in men's 100m freestyle
4. Mina Wylie - silver medal in women's 100m freestyle
5. Harold Hardwick - bronze medal in men's 400m freestyle
6. Harold Hardwick - bronze medal in men's 1500m freestyle

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Antwerp 1920

1. Frank Beaurepaire, Harry Hay, William Herald, Ivan Stedman - silver medal in men's 4x200m freestyle relay
2. Frank Beaurepaire - bronze medal in men’s 1500m freestyle

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Paris 1924

1. Boy Charlton - gold medal in men’s 1500m freestyle
2. Frank Beaurepaire, Boy Charlton, Moss Christie, Ernest Henry, Ivan Stedman - silver medal in men's 4x200m freestyle relay
3. Boy Charlton - bronze medal in men’s 400m freestyle
4. Frank Beaurepaire - bronze medal in men’s 1500m freestyle

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Amsterdam 1928

1. Boy Charlton - silver medal in men’s 400m freestyle
2. Boy Charlton - silver medal in men’s 1500m freestyle

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Los Angeles 1932

1. Clare Dennis - gold medal in women's 200m breaststroke
2. Bonnie Mealing - silver medal in women's 100m backstroke

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at London 1948

1. John Marshall - silver medal in men’s 1500m freestyle
2. Beatrice Nancy Lyons - silver medal in women’s 200m breaststroke
3. John Marshall - bronze medal in men’s 400m freestyle
4. Judy-Joy Davies - bronze medal in women’s 100m backstroke

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Helsinki 1952

1. John Davies - gold medal in men's 200m breaststroke

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Melbourne 1956

1. Jon Henricks - gold medal in men's 100 m freestyle
2. Murray Rose - gold medal in men's 400m freestyle
3. Murray Rose - gold medal in men's 1500m freestyle
4. David Theile - gold medal in men's 100m backstroke
5. John Devitt, Jon Henricks, Kevin O'Halloran, and Murray Rose - gold medal in men's 4×200m freestyle relay
6. Dawn Fraser - gold medal in women's 100m freestyle
7. Lorraine Crapp - gold medal in women's 400m freestyle
8. Lorraine Crapp, Dawn Fraser, Faith Leech and Sandra Morgan - gold medal in women's 4×100m freestyle relay
9. John Devitt - silver medal in men's 100m freestyle
10. John Monckton - silver medal in men's 100m backstroke
11. Lorraine Crapp - silver medal in women's 100m freestyle
12. Dawn Fraser - silver medal in women's 400m freestyle
13. Gary Chapman - bronze medal in men's 100m freestyle
14. Faith Leech - bronze medal in women's 100m freestyle

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Rome 1960

1. John Devitt - gold medal in men's 100m freestyle
2. Murray Rose - gold medal in men's 400m freestyle
3. John Konrads - gold medal in men's 1500m freestyle
4. David Theile - gold medal in men's 100m backstroke
5. Dawn Fraser - gold medal in women's 100m freestyle
6. Neville Hayes - silver medal in men's 200m butterfly
7. Murray Rose - silver medal in men's 1500m freestyle
8. Janice Andrew, Dawn Fraser, Rosemary Lassig and Marilyn Wilson - silver medal in women's 4x100m medley relay
9. Alva Colquhoun, Dawn Fraser, Lorraine Crapp and Ilsa Konrads - silver medal in women's 4x100m freestyle relay
10. Terry Gathercole, Neville Hayes, Geoffrey Shipton and David Theile - silver medal in men's 4x100m medley relay
11. John Konrads - bronze medal in men's 400m freestyle
12. Janice Andrew - bronze medal in women's 100m butterfly
13. John Devitt, David Dickson, John Konrads and Murray Rose - bronze medal in men's 4x200m freestyle relay

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Tokyo 1964

1. Robert Windle - gold medal in men's 1500m freestyle
2. Ian O'Brien - gold medal in men's 200m breaststroke
3. Kevin Berry - gold medal in men's 200m butterfly
4. Dawn Fraser - gold medal in women's 100m freestyle
5. Lynette Bell, Dawn Fraser, Janice Murphy, and Robyn Thorn - silver medal in women's 4×100m freestyle relay
6. Allan Wood - bronze medal in men's 400m freestyle
7. Allan Wood - bronze medal in men's 1500m freestyle
8. David Dickson, Peter Doak, John Ryan and Robert Windle - bronze medal in men's 4×100m freestyle relay
9. David Dickson, Kevin Berry, Ian O'Brien and Peter Reynolds - bronze medal in men's 4x100 m medley relay

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Mexico City 1968

1. Lyn McClements – gold medal in women's 100m butterfly
2. Michael Wenden – gold medal in men's 100m freestyle
3. Michael Wenden – gold medal in men's 200m freestyle
4. Lynne Watson, Judy Playfair, Lyn McClements, and Janet Steinbeck - silver medal in women's 4x100m medley relay
5. Greg Rogers, Graham White, Bob Windle, and Michael Wenden - silver medal in men's 4x200m freestyle relay
6. Greg Brough - bronze medal in men's 1500m freestyle
7. Karen Lynne Moras - bronze medal in women's 400m freestyle
8. Greg Rogers, Robert Cusack, Bob Windle and Michael Wenden - bronze medal in men's 4x100m freestyle relay

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Munich 1972

1. Shane Gould - gold medal in women's 200m individual medley
2. Shane Gould - gold medal in women's 200m freestyle
3. Shane Gould - gold medal in women's 400m freestyle
4. Beverley Whitfield - gold medal in women's 200m breaststroke
5. Gail Neall - gold medal in women's 400m individual medley
6. Bradford Cooper - gold medal in men's 400m freestyle
7. Shane Gould - silver medal in women's 800m freestyle
8. Graham Windeatt - silver medal in men's 1500m freestyle
9. Shane Gould - bronze medal in women's 100m freestyle
10. Beverley Whitfield - bronze medal in women's 100m breaststroke

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Montreal 1976

1. Stephen Holland - bronze medal in men's 1500m freestyle

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Moscow 1980

1. Michelle Ford - gold medal in women's 800m freestyle
2. Mark Kerry, Peter Evans, Mark Tonelli and Neil Brooks - gold medal in men's 4x100m medley relay
3. Graeme Brewer - bronze medal in men’s 200m freestyle
4. Max Metzker - bronze medal in men’s 1500m freestyle
5. Peter Evans - bronze medal in men’s 100m breaststroke
6. Mark Kerry - bronze medal in men’s 200m backstroke
7. Michelle Ford - bronze medal in women’s 200m butterfly

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Los Angeles 1984

1. Jon Sieben - gold medal in men’s 200m butterfly
2. Suzie Landells - silver medal in women's 400m individual medley
3. Mark Stockwell - silver medal in men's 100m freestyle
4. Glenn Beringen - silver medal in men's 200m breaststroke
5. Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Greg Fasala and Mark Stockwell - silver medal in men's 4x100m freestyle relay
6. Karen Phillips - silver medal in women’s 200m butterfly
7. Peter Evans - bronze medal in men's 100m breaststroke
8. Glenn Buchanan - bronze medal in men's 100m butterfly
9. Rob Woodhouse - bronze medal in men's 400m individual medley
10. Justin Lemberg - bronze medal in men's 400m freestyle
11. Michele Pearson - bronze medal in women's 200m individual medley
12. Glenn Buchanan, Peter Evans, Mark Kerry and Mark Stockwell - bronze medal in men's 4x100m medley relay

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Seoul 1988

1. Duncan Armstrong - gold medal in men's 200m freestyle
2. Duncan Armstrong - silver medal in men’s 400m freestyle
3. Julie McDonald - bronze medal in women's 800m freestyle

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Barcelona 1992

1. Kieren Perkins - gold medal in men's 1500m freestyle
2. Kieren Perkins - silver medal in men’s 400m freestyle
3. Hayley Lewis - silver medal in women's 800m freestyle
4. Glen Housman - silver medal in men's 1500m freestyle
5. Phil Rogers - bronze medal in men's 100m breaststroke
6. Hayley Lewis - bronze medal in women's 400m freestyle
7. Samantha Riley - bronze medal in women's 100m breaststroke
8. Susie O'Neill - bronze medal in women's 200m butterfly
9. Nicole Stevenson - bronze medal in women's 200m backstroke

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Atlanta 1996

1. Kieren Perkins - gold medal in men's 1500m freestyle
2. Susie O'Neill - gold medal in women's 200m butterfly
3. Daniel Kowalski - silver medal in men's 1500m freestyle
4. Scott Miller - silver medal in men's 100m butterfly
5. Petria Thomas - silver medal in women's 200m butterfly
6. Nicole Stevenson, Susie O'Neill, Samantha Riley, Sarah Ryan, Helen Denman (heats), and Angela Kennedy (heats) - silver medal in women's 4 × 100m medley relay
7. Daniel Kowalski - bronze medal in men's 200m freestyle
8. Daniel Kowalski - bronze medal in men's 400m freestyle
9. Scott Goodman - bronze medal in men's 200m butterfly
10. Phil Rogers, Steven Dewick, Scott Miller, Michael Klim and Toby Haenen (heats) - bronze medal in men's 4x100m medley relay
11. Samantha Riley - bronze medal in women's 100m breaststroke
12. Emma Johnson, Susie O'Neill, Julia Greville, Nicole Stevenson and Lise Mackie (heats) - bronze medal in women's 4x200 m freestyle relay

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Sydney 2000

1. Ian Thorpe - gold medal in men’s 400m freestyle
2. Grant Hackett - gold medal in men’s 1500m freestyle
3. Grant Hackett, Bill Kirby, Michael Klim, Daniel Kowalski, Todd Pearson and Ian Thorpe - gold medal in men’s 4x200m freestyle relay
4. Adam Pine, Todd Pearson, Michael Klim, Ashley Callus, Chris Fydler and Ian Thorpe - gold medal in men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
5. Susie O'Neill - gold medal in women's 200m butterfly
6. Ian Thorpe - silver medal in men’s 200m freestyle
7. Kieren Perkins - silver medal in men’s 1500m freestyle
8. Matt Welsh - silver medal in men’s 100m backstroke
9. Michael Klim - silver medal in men’s 100m butterfly
10. Regan Harrison, Geoff Huegill, Michael Klim, Ryan Mitchell, Adam Pine, Ian Thorpe, Josh Watson and Matt Welsh - silver medal in men’s 4x100m medley relay
11. Leisel Jones - silver medal in women's 100m breaststroke
12. Susie O'Neill - silver medal in women's 200m butterfly
13. Elka Graham, Susie O'Neill, Giaan Rooney, Petria Thomas, Kirsten Thomson and Jacinta van Lint - silver medal in women's 4x200 m freestyle relay
14. Dyana Calub, Leisel Jones, Susie O'Neill, Giaan Rooney, Sarah Ryan, Petria Thomas, and Tarnee White - silver medal in women's 4x100 m medley relay
15. Matt Welsh - bronze medal in men’s 200m backstroke
16. Geoff Huegill - bronze medal in men’s 100m butterfly
17. Justin Norris - bronze medal in men’s 200m butterfly
18. Petria Thomas - bronze medal in women’s 200m butterfly

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Athens 2004

1. Ian Thorpe - gold medal in men’s 400m freestyle
2. Alice Tait, Jodie Henry, Lisbeth Lenton, Sarah Ryan and Petria Thomas - gold medal in women’s 4x100m freestyle relay
3. Petria Thomas - gold medal in women’s 100m butterfly
4. Ian Thorpe - gold medal in men’s 200m freestyle
5. Jodie Henry - gold medal in women’s 100m freestyle
6. Grant Hackett - gold medal in men’s 1500m freestyle
7. Jodie Henry, Brooke Hanson, Leisel Jones, Alice Tait, Giaan Rooney, Jessicah Schipper and Petria Thomas - gold medal in women’s 4x100m medley relay
8. Grant Hackett - silver medal in men’s 400m freestyle
9. Brooke Hanson - silver medal in women’s 100m breaststroke
10. Grant Hackett, Michael Klim, Antony Matkovich, Todd Pearson, Nicholas Sprenger, Craig Stevens and Ian Thorpe - silver medal in men’s 4x200m freestyle relay
11. Petria Thomas - silver medal in women’s 200m butterfly
12. Leisel Jones - silver medal in women’s 200m breaststroke
13. Leisel Jones - bronze medal in women’s 100m breaststroke
14. Ian Thorpe - bronze medal in men’s 100m freestyle
15. Lisbeth Lenton - bronze medal in women’s 50m freestyle

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Beijing 2008

1. Stephanie Rice - gold medal in women’s 400m individual medley
2. Lisbeth Trickett - gold medal in women’s 100m butterfly
3. Leisel Jones - gold medal in women’s 100m breaststroke
4. Stephanie Rice - gold medal in women’s 200m individual medley
5. Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer, Linda Mackenzie, Felicity Galvez, Angie Bainbridge, Melanie Schlanger Lara Davenport - gold medal in women’s 4x200m freestyle relay
6. Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Libby Trickett, Tarnee White, Felicity Galvez, Shayne Reese - gold medal in women’s 4x100m medley relay
7. Eamon Sullivan - silver medal in men’s 100m freestyle
8. Brenton Rickard - silver medal in men’s 200m breaststroke
9. Leisel Jones - silver medal in women’s 200m breaststroke
10. Libby Trickett - silver medal in women’s 100m freestyle
11. Grant Hackett - silver medal in men’s 1500m freestyle
12. Hayden Stoeckel, Brenton Rickard, Andrew Lauterstein, Eamon Sullivan, Ashley Delaney, Christian Sprenger, Adam Pine, Matt Targett - silver medal in men’s 4x100m medley relay
13. Cate Campbell, Alice Mills, Melanie Schlanger, Libby Trickett, Shayne Reese - bronze medal in women’s 4x100m freestyle relay
14. Jessicah Schipper - bronze medal in women’s 100m butterfly
15. Eamon Sullivan, Andrew Lauterstein, Ashley Callus, Matt Targett, Leith Brodie, Patrick Murphy - bronze medal in men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
16. Hayden Stoeckel - bronze medal in men’s 100m backstroke
17. Patrick Murphy, Grant Hackett, Grant Brits, Nick Ffrost, Leith Brodie, Kirk Palmer - bronze medal in men’s 4x200m freestyle relay
18. Jessicah Schipper - bronze medal in women’s 200m butterfly
19. Andrew Lauterstein - bronze medal in men’s 100m butterfly
20. Cate Campbell - bronze medal in women’s 50m freestyle

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at London 2012

1. Cate Campbell, Alicia Coutts, Brittany Elmslie, Yolane Kukla, Melanie Schlanger, Emily Seebohm, Lisbeth Trickett - gold medal in women’s 4x100m freestyle relay
2. Christian Sprenger - silver medal in men’s 100m breaststroke
3. Emily Seebohm - silver medal in women’s 100m backstroke
4. Alicia Coutts - silver medal in women’s 200m individual medley
5. James Magnussen - silver medal in men’s 100m freestyle
6. Angie Bainbridge, Bronte Barratt, Alicia Coutts, Brittany Elmslie, Blair Evans, Jade Neilsen, Kylie Palmer, and Melanie Schlanger - silver medal in women’s 4x200m freestyle relay
7. Alicia Coutts, Brittany Elmslie, Leisel Jones, Melanie Schlanger, Emily Seebohm - silver medal in women’s 4x100m medley relay
8. Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty - silver medal in Elliott 6m (sailing)
9. Alicia Coutts - bronze medal in women’s 100m butterfly
10. Bronte Barratt - bronze medal in women’s 200m freestyle
11. Tommaso D'Orsogna, James Magnussen, Brenton Rickard, Christian Sprenger, Hayden Stoeckel, Matt Targett - bronze medal in men’s 4x100m medley relay

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Rio 2016

1. Mack Horton - gold medal in men’s 400m freestyle
2. Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell, Brittany Elmslie, Emma McKeon, Madison Wilson - gold in women’s 4x100m freestyle relay
3. Kyle Chalmers - gold medal in men’s 100m freestyle
4. Madeline Groves - silver medal in women’s 200m butterfly
5. Jessica Ashwood, Bronte Barratt, Tamsin Cook, Emma McKeon, and Leah Neale - silver medal in women’s 4x200m freestyle relay
6. Mitch Larkin - silver medal in men’s 200m backstroke
7. Cate Campbell, Brittany Elmslie, Madeline Groves, Emma McKeon, Taylor McKeown, Emily Seebohm, and Madison Wilson - silver medal in women’s 4x100m medley relay
8. Matthew Abood, Kyle Chalmers, James Magnussen, James Roberts, and Cameron McEvoy - bronze medal in men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
9. Emma McKeon - bronze medal in women’s 200m freestyle
10. Kyle Chalmers, Mitch Larkin, Cameron McEvoy, David Morgan, Jake Packard - bronze medal in men’s 4x100m medley relay

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Tokyo 2020

1. Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon, Mollie O'Callaghan, Madison Wilson - gold medal in women's 4x100m freestyle relay
2. Ariarne Titmus - gold medal in women’s 400m freestyle
3. Kaylee McKeown - gold medal in women's 100m backstroke
4. Ariarne Titmus - gold medal in women's 200m freestyle
5. Zac Stubblety-Cook - gold medal in men's 200m breaststroke
6. Emma McKeon - gold medal in women's 100m freestyle
7. Kaylee McKeown - gold medal in women's 200m backstroke
8. Emma McKeon - gold medal in women's 50m freestyle
9. Cate Campbell, Chelsea Hodges, Kaylee McKeown, Emma McKeon, Mollie O'Callaghan, Emily Seebohm, Brianna Throssell - gold medal in women's 4x100m medley relay
10. Jack McLoughlin - silver medal in men's 400m freestyle
11. Kyle Chalmers - silver medal in men's 100m freestyle
12. Ariarne Titmus- silver medal in women's 800m freestyle
13. Brendon Smith - bronze medal in men's 400m individual medley
14. Emma McKeon - bronze medal in women's 100m butterfly
15. Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham, Zac Incerti, Cameron McEvoy, Matthew Temple - bronze medal in men's 4x100m freestyle relay
16. Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham, Mack Horton, Zac Incerti, Thomas Neill, Elijah Winnington - bronze medal in men's 4x200m freestyle relay
17. Tamsin Cook, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon, Leah Neale, Mollie O'Callaghan, Brianna Throssell, Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson - bronze medal in women’s Women's 4x200m freestyle relay
18. Cate Campbell - bronze medal in women's 100m freestyle
19. Emily Seebohm - bronze medal in women's 200m backstroke
20. Bronte Campbell, Isaac Cooper, Emma McKeon, Kaylee McKeown, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Matthew Temple, Brianna Throssell - bronze medal in mixed 4x100m medley relay
21. Kareena Lee - bronze medal in women’s marathon 10km

Australia’s Olympic swimming medals at Paris 2024

1. Ariarne Titmus - gold medal in women's 400m freestyle
2. Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon, Meg Harris - gold medal in women's 4x100m freestyle relay
3. Mollie O'Callaghan - gold medal in women's 200m freestyle
4. Kaylee McKeown - gold medal in women's 100m backstroke
5. Mollie O'Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell, Ariarne Titmus - gold medal in women's 4x200m freestyle relay
6. Kaylee McKeown - gold medal in women's 200m backstroke
7. Cameron McEvoy - gold medal in men's 50m freestyle
8. Elijah Winnington - silver medal in men's 400m freestyle
9. Jack Cartwright, Flynn Southam, Kai Taylor, Kyle Chalmers - silver medal in men's 4x100m freestyle relay
10. Ariarne Titmus - silver medal in women's 200m freestyle
11. Zac Stubblety-Coo k- silver medal in men's 200m breaststroke
12. Kyle Chalmers - silver medal in men's 100m freestyle
13. Ariarne Titmus - silver medal in women's 800m freestyle
14. Meg Harris - silver medal in women's 50m freestyle
15. Kaylee McKeown, Jenna Strauch, Emma McKeon, Mollie O'Callaghan - silver medal in women's 4x100m medley relay
16. Maximillian Giuliani, Flynn Southam, Elijah Winnington, Thomas Neill, - bronze medal in men's 4x200m freestyle relay
17. Kaylee McKeown - bronze medal in women's 200m individual medley
18. Kaylee McKeown, Joshua Yong, Matthew Temple, Mollie O'Callaghan - bronze medal in mixed 4x100m medley relay
19. Moesha Johnson - silver medal in women's marathon 10km