World Aquatics Championships 2023: Katie Ledecky - All titles, records and medals – complete list

The American superstar has now won 21 golds at Worlds, 20 in individual events, taking her overall medal count tally to 26.

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Katie Ledecky during a medal ceremony at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka

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At her sixth World Aquatics Championships, Fukuoka 2023, American swim superstar Katie Ledecky has taken her overall tally to 26 medals at the long-course worlds.

She won silver in the 400m freestyle on Sunday (23 July) behind Australia's Ariarne Titmus before winning her 20th career Worlds gold medal with victory in the women's 1500m freestyle on Tuesday (25 July). A further gold in the women's 800m on Saturday (29 July) took her clear of Phelps' world championship title haul in individual races.

Below is the complete list of Seven-time Olympic champion Ledecky’s World Aquatics (formerly FINA) titles, records and medals.

World Aquatics Championships – All of Katie Ledecky’s medals

2013 World Championships, Barcelona

  • Gold – 400m freestyle
  • Gold – 800m freestyle
  • Gold – 1500m freestyle
  • Gold – 4x200m freestyle relay

2015 World Championships, Kazan

  • Gold – 200m freestyle
  • Gold – 400m freestyle
  • Gold – 800m freestyle
  • Gold – 1500m freestyle
  • Gold – 4x200m freestyle relay

2017 World Championships, Budapest

  • Gold – 400m freestyle
  • Gold – 800m freestyle
  • Gold – 1500m freestyle
  • Gold – 4x100m freestyle relay
  • Gold – 4x200m freestyle relay
  • Silver – 200m freestyle

2019 World Championships, Gwangju

  • Gold – 800m freestyle
  • Silver – 400m freestyle
  • Silver – 4x200m freestyle relay

2022 World Championships, Budapest

  • Gold – 400m freestyle
  • Gold – 800m freestyle
  • Gold – 1500m freestyle
  • Gold – 4x200m freestyle relay

2023 World Championships, Fukuoka

  • Silver – 400m freestyle
  • Gold – 1500m freestyle
  • Silver - 4x200m freestyle relay
  • Gold - 800m freestyle.

World Aquatics Championships – All of Katie Ledecky’s records

Ledecky is the current World Record holder in two events: the 800m freestyle and the 1500m freestyle.

She set the 800m WR at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, swimming 8:04.79.

Her 1500m record was set at the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis at 15:20.48.

World Aquatics Championships – All of Katie Ledecky’s awards

Ledecky was FINA’s Swimmer of the Year in 2013 and has twice won FINA’s Best Swimming Performance of the Year (2015, 2016).

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