List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming

This is the top 15 male Olympic swimming gold medalists:

	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Michael Phelps	18	2	2	22
2.	Mark Spitz	9	1	1	11
3.	Matt Biondi	8	2	1	11
4.	Ryan Lochte	5	3	3	11
5.	Gary Hall, Jr.	5	3	2	10
6.	Ian Thorpe	5	3	1	9
7.	Aaron Peirsol	5	2	0	7
8.	Tom Jager	5	1	1	7
9.	Don Schollander	5	1	0	6
10.	Johnny Weissmuller	5	0	0	5
11.	Alexander Popov	4	5	0	9
12	Roland Matthes	4	2	2	8
12	Jason Lezak	4	2	2	8
14.	Matt Grevers	4	2	0	6
15	Charles Daniels	4	1	2	7
15	Kosuke Kitajima	4	1	2	7

This is the top 15 female Olympic swimming gold medalists:

	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Jenny Thompson	8	3	1	12
2	Kristin Otto	6	0	0	6
2	Amy Van Dyken	6	0	0	6
4.	Krisztina Egerszegi	5	1	1	7
5.	Dara Torres	4	4	4	12
6	Dawn Fraser	4	4	0	8
6	Kornelia Ender	4	4	0	8
8.	Inge de Bruijn	4	2	2	8
9.	Libby Trickett	4	1	2	7
10	Janet Evans	4	1	0	5
10	Yana Klochkova	4	1	0	5
12.	Missy Franklin	4	0	1	5
13.	Leisel Jones	3	5	1	9
14.	Natalie Coughlin	3	4	5	12
15.	Petria Thomas	3	4	1	8

Individual events

All swimmers with at least four individual gold medals are listed.

Men

	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Michael Phelps	11	1	1	13
2.	Mark Spitz	4	1	1	6
3.	Alexander Popov	4	1	0	5
4.	Roland Matthes	4	0	1	5
5	Tamás Darnyi	4	0	0	4
5	Kosuke Kitajima	4	0	0	4

Women

	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Krisztina Egerszegi	5	1	1	7
2.	Inge de Bruijn	4	1	1	6
3	Janet Evans	4	1	0	5
3	Yana Klochkova	4	1	0	5
5.	Kristin Otto	4	0	0	4

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