PARIS OLYMPICS: Mollie O’Callaghan, Kaylee McKeown, Ariarne Titmu best of Australian swim team
AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS
* Medals: 7 gold 8 silver 3 bronze
* Gold medals by event: Kaylee McKeown 2 (women’s 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke); Ariarne Titmus (women’s 400m freestyle), Mollie O’Callaghan (women’s 200m freestyle), Cameron McEvoy (men’s 50m freestyle), women’s 4x100m freestyle, women’s 4x200m freestyle
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.* Silver: Ariarne Titmus 2 (women’s 200m freestyle, women’s 800m freestyle); Elijah Winnington (men’s 400m freestyle), Kyle Chalmers (men’s 100m freestyle), Zac Stubblety-Cook (men’s 200m breaststroke), men’s 4x100m freestyle relay, Meg Harris (women’s 50m freestyle), women’s 4x100m medley relay
* Bronze: Kaylee McKeown (women’s 200m individual medley), men’s 4x200m freestyle relay, mixed 4x100m medley relay
MULTIPLE MEDALLISTS
* Mollie O’Callaghan: 3 gold (women’s 200m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay), 1 silver (women’s 4x100m medley), 1 bronze (mixed 4x100m medley relay)
* Ariarne Titmus: 2 gold (women’s 400m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay), 2 silvers (200m freestyle, 800m freestyle)
* Kaylee McKeown: 2 gold (women’s 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke), 1 silver (women’s 4x100m medley relay), 2 bronze (women’s 200m individual medley, mixed 4x100m medley relay)
* Shayna Jack: 2 gold (women’s 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay)
* Emma McKeon: 1 gold (women’s 4x100m freestyle relay), 1 silver (women’s 4x100m medley relay), 1 bronze (mixed 4x100m medley relay)
* Kyle Chalmers: 2 silver (men’s 100m freestyle, men’s 4x100m freestyle relay), 1 bronze (mixed 4x100m medley relay)
* Meg Harris: 1 gold (women’s 4x100m freestyle relay), 1 silver (women’s 50m freestyle relay)
* Elijah Winnington: 1 silver (men’s 400m freestyle), 1 bronze (men’s 4x200m freestyle relay)
* Flynn Southam: 1 silver (men’s 4x100m freestyle relay), 1 bronze (men’s 4x200m freestyle relay)
* Kai Taylor: 1 silver (men’s 4x100m freestyle relay), 1 bronze (men’s 4x200m freestyle relay)
* Zac Stubblety-Cook: 1 silver (men’s 200m breaststroke), 1 bronze (mixed 4x100m medley relay)
MILESTONES
* Kaylee McKeown: First swimmer to successfully defend 100m-200m backstroke Olympic titles. First Australian swimmer to win four individual Olympic career gold medals
* Mollie O’Callaghan: Wins three golds for a career total of five
* Emma McKeon: Wins sixth career gold medal, overall has 14 medals - the golds, three silvers and five bronze - to remain Australia’s most successful Olympian
* Cameron McEvoy: Aged 30, is Australia’s oldest Olympic swimming gold medallist
* Kyle Chalmers: Has nine Olympic career medals - one gold, three silver, five bronze - and podium finishes at the past three Games in the men’s 100m freestyle
* Twenty-six of Australia’s 41 swimmers win medals
MOST OLYMPIC SWIM CAREER GOLDS
* 6 - Emma McKeon
* 5 - Ian Thorpe, Kaylee McKeown, Mollie O’Callaghan
* 4 - Murray Rose, Dawn Fraser, Ariarne Titmus
* 3 - Shane Gould, Grant Hackett, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry, Stephanie Rice
AUSTRALIA’S TOP FIVE OLYMPICS AT THE POOL
Tokyo 2021 - 9 gold 3 silver 9 bronze
Melbourne 1956 - 8 gold 4 silver 2 bronze
Paris 2024 - 7 gold 8 silver 3 bronze
Athens 2004 - 7 gold five silver 3 bronze
Beijing 2008 - 6 gold 6 silver 8 bronze