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Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 28 July to 4 August 2012 at the London Aquatics Centre.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States 16 9 6 31
2 China China 5 2 3 10
3 France France 4 2 1 7
4 Netherlands Netherlands 2 1 1 4
5 South Africa South Africa 2 1 0 3
6 Hungary Hungary 2 0 1 3
7 Australia Australia 1 6 3 10
8 Tunisia Tunisia 1 0 1 2
9 Lithuania Lithuania 1 0 0 1
10 Japan Japan 0 3 8 11
11 Russia Russia 0 2 2 4
12 Belarus Belarus 0 2 0 2
South Korea South Korea 0 2 0 2
Spain Spain 0 2 0 2
15 Canada Canada 0 1 2 3
Great Britain Great Britain 0 1 2 3
17 Brazil Brazil 0 1 1 2
18 Germany Germany 0 1 0 1
19 Italy Italy 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Florent Manaudou
France
Cullen Jones
United States
Cesar Cielo
Brazil
100 m freestyle Nathan Adrian
United States
James Magnussen
Australia
Brent Hayden
Canada
200 m freestyle Yannick Agnel
France
Park Tae-hwan South Korea
Sun Yang China
-
400 m freestyle Sun Yang
China
Park Tae-hwan
South Korea
Peter Vanderkaay
United States
1500 m freestyle Sun Yang
China
Ryan Cochrane
Canada
Oussama Mellouli
Tunisia
100 m backstroke Matthew Grevers
United States
Nick Thoman
United States
Ryosuke Irie
Japan
200 m backstroke Tyler Clary
United States
Ryosuke Irie
Japan
Ryan Lochte
United States
100 m breaststroke Cameron van der Burgh
South Africa
Christian Sprenger
Australia
Brendan Hansen
United States
200 m breaststroke Daniel Gyurta
Hungary
Michael Jamieson
Great Britain
Ryo Tateishi
Japan
100 m butterfly Michael Phelps
United States
Chad le Clos South Africa
Evgeny Korotyshkin Russia
-
200 m butterfly Chad le Clos
South Africa
Michael Phelps
United States
Takeshi Matsuda
Japan
200 m individual medley Michael Phelps
United States
Ryan Lochte
United States
Laszlo Cseh
Hungary
400 m individual medley Ryan Lochte
United States
Thiago Pereira
Brazil
Kosuke Hagino
Japan
4x100 m freestyle relay France France
Yannick Agnel
Alain Bernard
Fabien Gilot
Clement Lefert
Amaury Leveaux
Jeremy Stravius
United States United States
Nathan Adrian
Ricky Berens
James Feigen
Matthew Grevers
Cullen Jones
Jason Lezak
Ryan Lochte
Michael Phelps
Russia Russia
Sergei Fesikov
Andrey Grechin
Danila Izotov
Evgeny Lagunov
Nikita Lobintsev
Vladimir Morozov
4x200 m freestyle relay United States United States
Ricky Berens
Conor Dwyer
Charlie Houchin
Ryan Lochte
Matthew McLean
Michael Phelps
Davis Tarwater
France France
Yannick Agnel
Clement Lefert
Amaury Leveaux
Gregory Mallet
Jeremy Stravius
China China
Dai Jun
Hao Yun
Jiang Haiqi
Li Yunqi
Lu Zhiwu
Sun Yang
4x100 m medley relay United States United States
Nathan Adrian
Matthew Grevers
Brendan Hansen
Cullen Jones
Tyler McGill
Michael Phelps
Eric Shanteau
Nick Thoman
Japan Japan
Takuro Fujii
Ryosuke Irie
Kosuke Kitajima
Takeshi Matsuda
Australia Australia
Tommaso D'Orsogna
James Magnussen
Brenton Rickard
Christian Sprenger
Hayden Stoeckel
Matt Targett
10 km open water Oussama Mellouli
Tunisia
Thomas Lurz
Germany
Richard Weinberger
Canada

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Netherlands
Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Belarus
Marleen Veldhuis
Netherlands
100 m freestyle Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Netherlands
Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Belarus
Tang Yi
China
200 m freestyle Allison Schmitt
United States
Camille Muffat
France
Bronte Barratt
Australia
400 m freestyle Camille Muffat
France
Allison Schmitt
United States
Rebecca Adlington
Great Britain
800 m freestyle Katie Ledecky
United States
Mireia Belmonte Garcia
Spain
Rebecca Adlington
Great Britain
100 m backstroke Missy Franklin
United States
Emily Seebohm
Australia
Aya Terakawa
Japan
200 m backstroke Missy Franklin
United States
Anastasia Zueva
Russia
Elizabeth Beisel
United States
100 m breaststroke Ruta Meilutyte
Lithuania
Rebecca Soni
United States
Satomi Suzuki
Japan
200 m breaststroke Rebecca Soni
United States
Satomi Suzuki
Japan
Iuliia Efimova
Russia
100 m butterfly Dana Vollmer
United States
Lu Ying
China
Alicia Coutts
Australia
200 m butterfly Jiao Liuyang
China
Mireia Belmonte Garcia
Spain
Natsumi Hoshi
Japan
200 m individual medley Ye Shiwen
China
Alicia Coutts
Australia
Caitlin Leverenz
United States
400 m individual medley Ye Shiwen
China
Elizabeth Beisel
United States
Li Xuanxu
China
4x100 m freestyle relay Australia Australia
Cate Campbell
Alicia Coutts
Brittany Elmslie
Yolane Kukla
Melanie Schlanger
Emily Seebohm
Libby Trickett
Netherlands Netherlands
Inge Dekker
Femke Heemskerk
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Hinkelien Schreuder
Marleen Veldhuis
United States United States
Natalie Coughlin
Missy Franklin
Jessica Hardy
Lia Neal
Allison Schmitt
Amanda Weir
4x200 m freestyle relay United States United States
Alyssa Anderson
Missy Franklin
Lauren Perdue
Allison Schmitt
Dana Vollmer
Shannon Vreeland
Australia Australia
Angie Bainbridge
Bronte Barratt
Alicia Coutts
Brittany Elmslie
Blair Evans
Jade Neilsen
Kylie Palmer
Melanie Schlanger
France France
Coralie Balmy
Charlotte Bonnet
Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne
Margaux Farrell
Mylene Lazare
Camille Muffat
4x100 m medley relay United States United States
Rachel Bootsma
Claire Donahue
Missy Franklin
Jessica Hardy
Breeja Larson
Allison Schmitt
Rebecca Soni
Dana Vollmer
Australia Australia
Alicia Coutts
Brittany Elmslie
Leisel Jones
Melanie Schlanger
Emily Seebohm
Japan Japan
Yuka Kato
Satomi Suzuki
Aya Terakawa
Haruka Ueda
10 km open water Eva Risztov
Hungary
Haley Anderson
United States
Martina Grimaldi
Italy

Statistics[]

  • There were 931 total athletes from 167 countries.
  • Adzo Kpossi was the youngest participant with 13 years and 190 days.
  • Lars Frolander was the oldest participant with 38 years and 68 days.
  • 21 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  • United States won 31 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Japan won 11 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Australia won 10 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • South Africa won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Tunisia won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Belarus won its first 2 medals in swimming.
  • Lithuania won its first ever medal in the sport.
  • 9 world records were broken, on 8 different distances.
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