The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Swimming - 1500 Meter Freestyle

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 25 Medals

AUSTRALIA - 22 Medals

JAPAN - 6 Medals

Medal Table
1500 Meter Freestyle
50 Meter Freestyle 100 Meter Freestyle
200 Meter Freestyle 400 Meter Freestyle 800 Meter Freestyle
100 Meter Backstroke
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
Henry Taylor - Great Britain
Thomas Battersby - Great Britain
Frank Beaurepaire - Australasia
1912
George Hodgson - Canada
Jack Hatfield - Great Britain
Harold Hardwick - Australasia
1920
Norman Ross - United States
George Vernot - Canada
Frank Beaurepaire - Australia
1924
Andrew Charlton - Australia
Arne Borg - Sweden
Frank Beaurepaire - Australia
1928
Arne Borg - Sweden
Andrew Charlton - Australia
Buster Crabbe - United States
1932
Kusuo Kitamura - Japan
Shozo Makino - Japan
Jim Cristy - United States
1936
Noboru Tarada - Japan
Jack Medica - United States
Shunpei Uto - Japan
1948
Jimmy McLane - United States
John Marshall - Australia
György Mitró - Hungary
1952
Ford Konno - United States
Shiro Hashizume - Japan
Tetsuo Okamoto - Brazil
1956
Murray Rose - Australia
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka - Japan
George Breen - United States
1960
John Konrads - Australia
Murray Rose - Australia
George Breen - United States
1964
Bob Windle - Australia
John Nelson - United States
Allan Wood - Australia
1968
Mike Burton - United States
John Kinsella - United States
Greg Brough - Australia
1972
Mike Burton - United States
Graham Windeatt - Australia
Doug Northway - United States
1976
Brian Goodell - United States
Bobby Hackett - United States
Stephne Holland - Australia
1980
Vladimir Salnikov - Soviet Union
Aleksandr Chayev - Soviet Union
Max Metzker - Australia
1984
Mike O'Brien - United States
George DiCarlo - United States
Stefan Pfieffer - West Germany
1988
Vladimir Salnikov - Soviet Union Stefan Pfieffer - West Germany Uwe Dassler - East Germany
1992
Kieren Perkins - Australia
Glen Housman - Australia
Jörg Hoffmann - Germany
1996
Kieren Perkins - Australia Daniel Kowalski - Australia
Graeme Smith - Great Britain
2000
Grant Hackett - Australia
Kieren Perkins - Australia Chris Thompson - United States
2004
Grant Hackett - Australia Larsen Jensen - United States
David Davies - Great Britain
2008
Oussama Mellouli - Tunisia
Grant Hackett - Australia Ryan Cochrane - Canada
2012
Sun Yang - China
Ryan Cochrane - Canada Oussama Mellouli - Tunisia
2016
Gregorio Patrinieri - Italy
Connor Jaeger - United States
Gabriele Detti - Italy
2020
Robert Finke - United States Mykhailo Romanchuk - Ukraine Florian Wellbrock - Germany
2024
Bobby Finke - United States
Gregorio Paltrinieri - Italy
Daniel Wiffen - Ireland

Women's  Men's  Medal Table
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
2020
Katie Ledecky - United States Erica Sullivan - United States Sarah Köhler - Germany
2024
Katie Ledecky - United States Anastasiya Kirpichnikova - France
Isabel Gose - Germany

Medal Total  Men's  Women's 
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States 11
8
6
25
2
Australia
8
8
6
22
3
Japan
2
3
1
6
4
Great Britain
1
2
2
5
5
Canada
1
2
1
4
6
Germany 0
0
4
4
7
Soviet Union
2
1
0
3
8
Italy 1
1
1
3
9
Sweden
1
1
0
2
10
Tunisia
1
0
1
2
11
West Germany
0
1
1
2
12
Australasia
0
0
2
2
13
China
1
0
0
1
14
Ukraine
0
1
0
1
15
France
0
1
0
1
16
Hungary
0
0
1
1
17
Brazil
0
0
1
1
18
Ireland
0
0
1
1
19
East Germany
0
0
1
1