The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Swimming - 50 Meter Freestyle

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 20 Medals
FRANCE - 7 Medals
NETHERLANDS - 5 Medals

Medal Table
50 Meter Freestyle
 100 Meter Freestyle
 200 Meter Freestyle
400 Meter Freestyle
 800 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 Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1904
 Zoltán Halmay - Hungary
 Scott Leary - United States
 Charles Daniels - United States
1988
 Matt Biondi - United States
 Tom Jager - United States
 Gennadiy Prigoda - Soviet Union
1992
 Alexander Popov - Unified Team
 Matt Biondi - United States
 Tom Jager - United States
1996
 Alexander Popov - Russia
 Gary Hall, Jr. - United States
 Fernando Scherer - Brazil
2000
 Anthony Ervin - United States
Gary Hall, Jr. - United States
 NONE
 Pieter van den Hoogenband - Netherlands
2004
 Gary Hall, Jr. - United States
 Duje Draganja - Croatia
 Roland Mark Schoeman - South Africa
2008
 César Cielo - Brazil
 Amaury Leveaux - France
 Alain Bernard - France
2012
 Florent Manaudou - France
 Cullen Jones - United States
 César Cielo - Brazil
2016
 Anthony Ervin - United States
 Florent Manaudou - France Nathan Adrian - United States
2020
 Caeleb Dressel - United States Florent Manaudou - France Bruno Fratus - Brazil
2024
 Cameron McEvoy - Australia
 Ben Proud - Great Britain
 Florent Manaudou - France

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1988
 Kristin Otto - East Germany
 Yang Wenyi - China
 Katrin Meissner - East Germany
Jill Sterkel - United States
1992
 Yang Wenyi - China
 Zhuang Yong - China
 Angel Martino - United States
1996
 Amy Van Dyken - United States
 Le Jengyi - China
 SAndra Völker - Germany
2000
 Inge de Bruijn - Netherlands
 Therese Alshammar - Sweden
 Dara Torres - United States
2004
 Inge de Bruijn - Netherlands Malia Metella - France
 Libby Lenton - Australia
2008
 Britta Steffen - Germany
 Dara Torres - United States
 Cate Campbell - Australia
2012
 Ranomi Kromowidjojo - Netherlands
 Aliaksandra Herasimenia - Belarus
 Marleen Veldhuis - Netherlands
2016
 Pernille Blume - Denmark
 Simone Manuel - United States
 Aliaksandra Herasimenia - Belarus
2020
 Emma McKeon - Australia Sarah Sjöström - Sweden Pernille Blume - Denmark
2024
 Sarah Sjöström - Sweden Meg Harris - Australia
 Zhang Yufei - China

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 7
 7
 6
 20
2
 France 1
 4
 2
 7
3
 Netherlands
 3
 0
 2
 5
4
 Australia 2
 1
 2
 5
5
 China
 1
 3
 1
 5
6
 Brazil
 1
 0
 3
 4
7
 Sweden 1
 2
 0
 3
8
 Germany
 1
 0
 1
 2
9
 East Germany
 1
 0
 1
 2
10
 Denmark 1
 0
 1
 2
11
 Belarus
 0
 1
 1
 2
12
 Hungary
 1
 0
 0
 1
13
 Russia
 1
 0
 0
 1
14
 Unified Team
 1
 0
 0
 1
15
 Croatia
 0
 1
 0
 1
16
 Great Britain
 0
 1
 0
 1
17
 South Africa
 0
 0
 1
 1
18
 Soviet Union
 0
 0
 1
 1