American swimmer Caeleb Dressel joined Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz as the only male swimmers to win at least three individual gold medals at an... Olympic Games, and finished Tokyo 2020 with five golds in total.

Dressel won the 50m and 100m freestyle and the 100m butterfly, and was a key member of the 4x100m medley and 4x100m freestyle relay squads that also claimed gold for the USA.