List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming

Michael Phelps in 2017.

This is the top 15 male Olympic swimming gold medals.

	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Michael Phelps	23	3	2	28
2.	Mark Spitz	9	1	1	11
3.	Matt Biondi	8	2	1	11
4.	Caeleb Dressel	7	0	0	7
5.	Ryan Lochte	6	3	3	12
6.	Gary Hall, Jr.	5	3	2	10
7.	Ian Thorpe	5	3	1	9
8.	Aaron Peirsol	5	2	0	7
9.	Nathan Adrian	5	1	2	8
10.	Tom Jager	5	1	1	7
11.	Don Schollander	5	1	0	6
12.	Johnny Weissmuller	5	0	0	5
13.	Alexander Popov	4	5	0	9
14.	Roland Matthes	4	2	2	8
	Jason Lezak	4	2	2	8

This is the top 15 female Olympic swimming gold medalists:

	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Jenny Thompson	8	3	1	12
2.	Katie Ledecky	7	3	0	10
3.	Kristin Otto	6	0	0	6
	Amy Van Dyken	6	0	0	6
5.	Emma McKeon	5	2	4	11
6.	Krisztina Egerszegi	5	1	1	7
	Dana Vollmer	5	1	1	7
8.	Missy Franklin	5	0	1	6
9.	Dara Torres	4	4	4	12
10.	Dawn Fraser	4	4	0	8
	Kornelia Ender	4	4	0	8
12.	Allison Schmitt	4	3	3	10
13.	Inge de Bruijn	4	2	2	8
14.	Cate Campbell	4	1	3	8
15.	Libby Trickett	4	1	2	7

Individual events[]

All swimmers with at least four individual gold medals are listed.

Men

	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Michael Phelps	13	2	1	16
2.	Mark Spitz	4	1	1	6
3.	Alexander Popov	4	1	0	5
4.	Roland Matthes	4	0	1	5
5.	Tamás Darnyi	4	0	0	4
	Kosuke Kitajima	4	0	0	4

Women

	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Katie Ledecky	6	1	0	7
2.	Krisztina Egerszegi	5	1	1	7
3.	Inge de Bruijn	4	1	1	6
4.	Janet Evans	4	1	0	5
	Yana Klochkova	4	1	0	5
6.	Kristin Otto	4	0	0	4

See also[]

• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (men)
• 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
• European Aquatics Championships – Multiple medalists in swimming

References[]

• HistoFINA SWIMMING MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS AT OLYMPIC GAMES
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists