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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

List of swimmers with at least 4 Olympic gold medals

 

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, JD Lasica

Photo license: CC BY 2.0

 

This post is a list of swimmers with at least 4 Olympic gold medals as of May 26th, 2020. There are 39 swimmers listed below. I have also provided the country represented for each swimmer. The photo above is Michael Phelps in 2011. Data source: Wikipedia

 

Men

 

23 gold medals

Michael Phelps - United States

 

9 gold medals

Mark Spitz - United States

 

8 gold medals

Matt Biondi - United States

 

6 gold medals

Ryan Lochte - United States

 

5 gold medals

Gary Hall Jr. - United States

Ian Thorpe - Australia

Aaron Peirsol - United States

Nathan Adrian - United States

Tom Jager - United States

Don Schollander - United States

Johnny Weissmuller - United States

 

4 gold medals

Alexander Popov - Russia

Roland Matthes - East Germany

Jason Lezak - United States

Matt Grevers - United States

 

Women

 

8 gold medals

Jenny Thompson - United States

 

6 gold medals

Kristin Otto - West Germany

Amy Van Dyken - United States

 

5 gold medals

Krisztina Egerszegi - Hungary

Dana Vollmer - United States

Katie Ledecky - United States

 

4 gold medals

Dara Torres - United States

Dawn Fraser - Australia

Kornelia Ender - West Germany

Inge de Bruijn - Netherlands

Allison Schmitt - United States

Libby Trickett - Australia

Janet Evans - United States

Yana Klochkova - Ukraine