The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Swimming - 800 Meter Freestyle

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 20 Medals
AUSTRALIA - 6 Medals
ITALY - 5 Medals

Medal Table
800 Meter Freestyle
 50 Meter Freestyle 100 Meter Freestyle
200 Meter Freestyle 400 Meter Freestyle 1500 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 Table
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1904 (880 Yards)
 Emil Rausch - Germany
 Francis Gailey - United States
 Géza Kiss - Hungary
2020
 Robert Finke - United States Gregorio Paltrinieri - Italy Mykhailo Romanchuk - Ukraine
2024
 Daniel Wiffen - Ireland
 Robert Finke - United States Gregorio Paltrinieri - Italy

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1968
 Debbie Meyer - United States
 Pam Kruse - United States
 Maria Teresa Ramírez - Mexico
1972
 Keena Rothhammer - United States
 Shane Gould - Australia
 Novella Calligaris - Italy
1976
 Petra Thümer - East Germany
 Shirley Babashoff - United States
 Wendy Weinberg - United States
1980
 Michelle Ford - Australia
 Ines Diers - East Germany
 Heike Dähne - East Germany
1984
 Tiffanu Cohen - United States
 Michele Richardson - United States
 Sarah Hardcastle - Great Britain
1988
 Janet Evans - United States
 Astrid Strauß - East Germany
 Julie McDonald - Australia
1992
 Janet Evans - United States
 Hayley Lewis - Australia
 Jana Henke - Germany
1996
 Brooke Bennett - United States
 Dagmar Hase - Germany
 Kirsten Vlieghuis - Netherlands
2000
 Brooke Bennett - United States Yana Klochkova - Ukraine
 Kaitlin Sandeno - United States
2004
 Ai Shibata - Japan
 Laure Manaudou - France
 Diana Munz - United States
2008
 Rebecca Adlington - Great Britain
 Alessia Filippi - Italy
 Lotte Friis - Denmark
2012
 Katie Ledecky - United States
 Mireia Belmonte García - Spain
 Rebecca Adlington - Great Britain
2016
 Katie Ledecky - United States Jazmin Carlin - Great Britain
 Boglárka Kapás - Hungary
2020
 Katie Ledecky - United States Ariarne Titmus - Australia Simona Quadarella - Italy
2024
 Katie Ledecky - United States Ariarne Titmus - Australia Paige Madden - United States


Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 12
 5
 4
 20
2
 Australia
 1
 4
 1
 6
3
 Italy 0
 2
 3
 5
4
 East Germany
 1
 2
 1
 4
5
 Great Britain
 1
 1
 2
 4
6
 Germany 1
 1
 1
 3
7
 Ukraine 0
 1
 1
 2
8
 Hungary 0
 0
 2
 2
9
 Japan
 1
 0
 0
 1
10
 Ireland
 1
 0
 0
 1
11
 France
 0
 1
 0
 1
12
 Spain
 0
 1
 0
 1
13
 Mexico
 0
 0
 1
 1
14
 Netherlands
 0
 0
 1
 1
15
 Denmark
 0
 0
 1
 1