The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Swimming - 100 Meter Breaststroke

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 23 Medals

AUSTRALIA - 11 Medals

SOVIET UNION - 10 Medals

Medal Table
100 Meter Breaststroke
50 Meter Freestyle 100 Meter Freestyle
200 Meter Freestyle 400 Meter Freestyle 800 Meter Freestyle
1500 Meter Freestyle 100 Meter Backstroke 200 Meter Backstroke
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
1968
Don McKenzie - United States
Vladimir Kosinsky - Soviet Union
Nikolai Pankin - Soviet Union
1972
Nobutaka Taguchi - Japan
Tom Bruce - United States
John Hencken - United States
1976
John Hencken - United States
David Wilkie - Great Britain
Arvydas Juozaitis - Soviet Union
1980
Duncan Goodhew - Great Britain
Arsens Miskarovs - Soviet Union
Peter Evans - Australia
1984
Steve Lundquist - United States
Victor Davis - Canada
Peter Evans - Australia
1988
Adrian Moorhouse - Great Britain
Károly Güttler - Hungary
Dmitry Volkov - Soviet Union
1992
Nelson Diebel - United States
Norbert Rózsa - Hungary
Phil Rogers - Australia
1996
Fred Deburghgraeve - Belgium
Jeremy Linn - United States
Mark Warnecke - Germany
2000
Domenico Fioravanti - Italy
Ed Moses - United States
Roman Sloudnov - Russia
2004
Kosuke Kitajima - Japan
Brendan Hansen - United States
Hugues Duboscq - France
2008
Kosuke Kitajima - Japan Alexander Dale Oen - Norway
Hugues Duboscq - France
2012
Cameron van der Burgh - South Africa
Christian Sprenger - Australia
Brendan Hansen - United States
2016
Adam Peaty - Great Britain
Cameron van der Burgh - South Africa Cody Miller - United States
2020
Adam Peaty - Great Britain Arno Kamminga - Netherlands Nicolň Martinenghi - Italy
2024
Nicolň Martinenghi - Italy Adam Peaty - Great Britain
Nic Fink - United States
NONE AWARDED

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1968
Đurđica Bjedov - Yugoslavia
Galina Prozumenshchikova - Soviet Union
Sharon Wichman - United States
1972
Cathy Carr - United States
Galina Prozumenshchikova - Soviet Union Beverley Whitfield - Australia
1976
Hannelore Anke - East Germany
Lyubov Rusanova -Soviet Union
Marina Koshevaya - Soviet Union
1980
Ute Geweniger - East Germany
Elvira Vasilkova - Soviet Union
Susanne Nielsson - Denmark
1984
Petra van Staveren - Netherlands
Anne Ottenbrite - Canada
Catherine Poirot - France
1988
Tanya Dangalakova - Bulgaria
Antoaneta Frenkeva - Bulgaria
Silke Hörner - East Germany
1992
Yelena Rudkovskaya - Unified Team
Anita Nall - United States
Samantha Riley - Australia
1996
Penelope Heyns - South Africa
Amanda Beard - United States
Samantha Riley - Australia
2000
Megan Quann - United States
Leisel Jones - Australia
Penny Heyns - South Africa
2004
Luo Xuejuan - China
Brooke Hanson - Australia
Leisel Jones - Australia
2008
Leisel Jones - Australia
Rebecca Soni - United States
Mirna Jukić - Austria
2012
Rūta Meilutytė - Lithuania
Rebecca Soni - United States Satomi Sazuki - Japan
2016
Lilly King - United States
Yulia Efimova - Russia
Katie Meili - United States
2020
Lydia Jacoby - United States Tatjana Schoenmaker - South Africa Lilly King - United States
2024
Tatjana Smith - South Africa
Tang Qianting - China
Mona McSharry - Ireland

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States
8
9
6
23
2
Australia
1
3
7
11
3
Soviet Union
0
6
4
10
4
Great Britain
4
2
0
6
5
South Africa 3
2
1
6
6
Japan
3
0
1
4
7
Italy 2
0
1
3
8
East Germany
2
0
1
3
9
France
0
0
3
3
10
Bulgaria
1
1
0
2
11
Netherlands 1
1
0
2
12
China 1
1
0
2
13
Canada
0
2
0
2
14
Hungary
0
2
0
2
15
Russia
0
1
1
2
16
Belgium
1
0
0
1
17
Lithuania
1
0
0
1
18
Unified Team
1
0
0
1
19
Yugoslavia
1
0
0
1
20
Norway
0
1
0
1
21
Denmark
0
0
1
1
22
Germany
0
0
1
1
23
Austria
0
0
1
1
24
Ireland
0
0
1
1