The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Swimming - 100 Meter Backstroke

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 65 Medals
EAST GERMANY - 10 Medals
AUSTRALIA - 10 Medals

Medal Table
100 Meter Backstroke
 50 Meter Freestyle 100 Meter Freestyle
200 Meter Freestyle 400 Meter Freestyle 800 Meter Freestyle
1500 Meter Freestyle 200 Meter Backstroke
 100 Meter Breaststroke
200 Meter Breaststroke
 100 Meter Butterfly
 200 Meter Butterfly
200 Meter Individual Medley
 400 Meter Individual Medley
 4 X 100 Meter Freestyle
4 X 200 Meter Freestyle
 4 X 100 Meter Medley
 Marathon 10KM
Discontinued Events

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1908
 Arno Bieberstein - Germany
 Ludvig Dam - Denmark
 Herbert Haresnape - Great Britain
1912
 Harry Hebner - United States
 Otta Fahr - Germany
 Paul Kellner - Germany
1920
 Warren Kealoha - United States
 Ray Kegeris - United States
 Gérard Blitz - Belgium
1924
 Warren Kealoha - United States Paul Wyatt - United States
 Károly Bartha - Hungary
1928
 George Kojac - United States
 Walter Laufer - United States
 Paul Wyatt - United States
1932
 Masaji Kiyokawa - Japan
 Toshio Irie - Japan
 Kentaro Kawatsu - Japan
1936
 Adolph Kiefer - United States
 Al Vande Weghe - United States
 Masaji Kiyokawa - Japan
1948
 Allen Stack - United States
 Bob Cowell - United States
 Georges Vallerey, Jr. - France
1952
 Yoshi Oyakawa - United States
 Gilbert Bozon - France
 Jack Taylor - United States
1956
 David Theile - Australia
 Jon Monckton - Australia
 Frank McKinney - United States
1960
 David Theile - Australia Frank McKinney - United States Bob Bennett - United States
1968
 Roland Matthes - East Germany
 Charlie Hickcox - United States
 Ronnie Mills - United States
1972
 Roland Matthes - East Germany Mike Stamm - United States
 John Murphy - United States
1976
 John Naber - United States
 Peter Rocca - United States
 Roland Matthes - East Germany
1980
 Bengt Baron - Sweden
 Viktor Kuznetsov - Soviet Union
 Vladimir Dolgov - Soviet Union
1984
 Rick Carey - United States
 Dave Wilson - United States
 Mike West - Canada
1988
 Daichi Susuki - Japan
 David Berkoff - United States
 Igor Polyansky - Soviet Union
1992
 Mark Tewksbury - Canada
 Jeff Rouse - United States
 David Berkoff - United States
1996
 Jeff Rouse - United States Rodolfo Falcón - Cuba
 Neisser Bent - Cuba
2000
 Lenny Krayzelberg - United States
 Matt Welsh - Australia
 Stev Theloke - Germany
2004
 Aaron Peirsol - United States
 Markus Rogan - Austria
 Tomomi Morita - Japan
2008
 Aaron Peirsol - United States Matt Grevers - United States
 Arkady Vyatchanin - Russia
Hayden Stoeckel - Australia
2012
 Matt Grevers - United States Nick Thoman - United States
 Ryosuke Irie - Japan
2016
 Ryan Murphy - United States
 Xu Jiayu - China
 David Plummer - United States
2020
 Evgeny Rylov - Russian Olympic Committee Kliment Kolesnikov - Russian Olympic Committee Ryan Murphy - United States
2024
 Thomas Ceccon - Italy
 Xu Jiayu - China Ryan Murphy - United States

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1924
 Sybil Bauer - United States
 Phyllis Harding - Great Britain
 Aileen Riggin - United States
1928
 Marie Braun - Netherlands
 Ellen King - Great Britain
 Joyce Cooper - Great Britain
1932
 Eleanor Holm - United States
 Bonnie Mealing - Australia
 Valerie Davies - Great Britain
1936
 Nida Senff - Netherlands
 Rie Mastenbroek - Netherlands
 Alice Bridges - United States
1948
 Karen Harup - Denmark
 Suzanne Zimmerman - United States
 Judy-Joy Davies - Australia
1952
 Joan Harrison - South Africa
 Geertje Wielema - Netherlands
 Jean Stewart - New Zealand
1956
 Judy Grinham - Great Britain
 Carin Cone - United States
 Margaret Edwards - Great Britain
1960
 Lynn Burke - United States
 Natalie Steward - Great Britain
 Satoko Tanaka - Japan
1964
 Cathy Ferguson - United States
 Kiki Caron - France
 Ginny Duenkel - United States
1968
 Kaye Hall - United States
 Elaine Tanner - Canada
 Jane Swagerty - United States
1972
 Melissa Belote - United States
 Andrea Gyarmati - Hungary
 Susie Atwood - United States
1976
 Ulrike Richter - East Germany
 Birgit Treiber - East Germany
 Nancy Garapick - Canada
1980
 Rica Reinisch - East Germany
 Ina Kleber - East Germany
 Petra Riedel - East Germany
1984
 Theresa Andrews - United States
 Betsy Mitchell - United States
 Jolanda de Rover - Netherlands
1988
 Kristin Otto - East Germany
 Krisztina Egerszegi - Hungary
 Cornelia Sirch - East Germany
1992
 Krisztina Egerszegi - Hungary Tünde Szabó - Hungary
 Lea Loveless - United States
1996
 Beth Botsford - United States
 Whitney Hedgepeth - United States
 Marianne Kriel - South Africa
2000
 Diana Mocanu - Romania
 Mai Nakamura - Japan
 Nina Zhivanevskaya - Spain
2004
 Natalie Coughlin - United States
 Kirsty Coventry - Zimbabwe
 Laure Manaudou - France
2008
 Natalie Coughlin - United States Kirsty Coventry - Zimbabwe Margaret Hoelzer - United States
2012
 Missy Franklin - United States
 Emily Seebohm - Australia
 Aya Terakawa - Japan
2016
 Katinka Hosszú - Hungary
 Kathleen Baker - United States
 Fu Yuanhui - China
Kylie Masse - Canada
2020
 Kaylee McKeown - Australia Kylie Masse - Canada Regan Smith - United States
2024
 Kaylee McKeown - Australia Regan Smith - United States Katharine Berkoff - United States

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 26
 20
 19
 65
2
 East Germany
 5
 2
 3
 10
3
 Australia 4
 4
 2
 10
4
 Japan
 2
 2
 6
 10
5
 Great Britain
 1
 3
 4
 8
6
 Hungary
 2
 3
 1
 6
7
 Canada 1
 2
 3
 6
8
 Netherlands
 2
 2
 1
 5
9
 Germany
 1
 1
 2
 4
10
 France
 0
 2
 2
 4
11
 China 0
 2
 1
 3
12
 Soviet Union
 0
 1
 2
 3
13
 Denmark
 1
 1
 0
 2
14
 Russian Olympic Committee 1
 1
 0
 2
15
 South Africa
 1
 0
 1
 2
16
 Zimbabwe
 0
 2
 0
 2
17
 Cuba
 0
 1
 1
 2
18
 Sweden
 1
 0
 0
 1
19
 Romania
 1
 0
 0
 1
20
 Italy
 1
 0
 0
 1
21
 Austria
 0
 1
 0
 1
22
 Belgium
 0
 0
 1
 1
23
 Russia
 0
 0
 1
 1
24
 New Zealand
 0
 0
 1
 1
25
 Spain
 0
 0
 1
 1