Swimming Superstars

Caeleb Dressel set the world record for the fastest 100-meter freestyle swim at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, with a time of 46.96 seconds.

Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian in swimming history, with a total of 28 medals, including 23 golds.

Fanny Durack won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle event at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.

Michael Phelps is the only swimmer to have won the 200-meter butterfly event at three consecutive Olympic Games, doing so in 2004, 2008, and 2012.

Michael Phelps set the world record for the fastest 400-meter individual medley swim at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, with a time of 4:03.84.

Kathleen McCrone was the youngest swimmer to have won an Olympic gold medal, doing so at the age of 13 years and 268 days at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Kliment Kolesnikov set the world record for the fastest 50-meter backstroke swim at the 2021 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with a time of 24.00 seconds.

Michael Phelps is the only swimmer to have won the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle events at the same Olympic Games three times, doing so in 2004, 2008, and 2012.

Anton Chupkov set the world record for the fastest 200-meter breaststroke swim at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, with a time of 2:06.12.

Katie Ledecky is the only swimmer to have won the 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1500-meter freestyle events at the same Olympic Games, doing so at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Caeleb Dressel set the world record for the fastest 100-meter butterfly swim at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, with a time of 49.50 seconds.

Michael Phelps is the only swimmer to have won the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley events at the same Olympic Games twice, doing so in 2004 and 2008.

Caeleb Dressel set the world record for the fastest 50-meter freestyle swim at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, with a time of 21.04 seconds.

Aaron Peirsol is the only swimmer to have won the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke events at the same Olympic Games four times, doing so in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012.

Katie Ledecky set the world record for the fastest 800-meter freestyle swim at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a time of 8:04.79.