Greatest Swimmers of All Time
Greatest Swimmers Of All Time is a structured people dataset with 17 entries. Its fields include Name, Country, Years Active. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 17 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Name, Country, Years Active, Olympic Golds, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Years Active span
- 1956 to 2018
- Across 17 preview rows
- Olympic Golds range
- 2 to 23
- Across 17 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Name, Country, and Years Active across people entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 17 downloadable records
Name↕ | Country↕ | Years Active↕ | Olympic Golds↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Phelps | United States | 2000-2016 | 23 | Most decorated Olympian ever with 28 medals, eight golds in Beijing 2008, butterfly and IM master |
Mark Spitz | United States | 1965-1972 | 9 | Seven gold medals and seven world records at Munich 1972, nine Olympic golds total |
Katie Ledecky | United States | 2012-present | 9 | Most decorated female swimmer ever, dominant distance freestyler from 400m to 1500m |
Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1997-2012 | 5 | Thorpedo who won five Olympic golds and 11 world titles, transformed 200m and 400m freestyle |
Caeleb Dressel | United States | 2013-present | 7 | Seven Olympic golds, 50m freestyle and 100m butterfly specialist in the post-Phelps era |
Missy Franklin | United States | 2011-2018 | 5 | Five gold medals across two Olympic Games, 200m backstroke world record holder |
Kornelia Ender | East Germany | 1971-1977 | 4 | Four gold medals at Montreal 1976, 23 world records, first woman under two minutes in 200m free |
Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 1988-1996 | 5 | Five Olympic golds, three-peat in 200m backstroke across three different Games |
Matt Biondi | United States | 1984-1992 | 8 | Eight Olympic golds, 11 medals total, sprint freestyle dominance in the late 1980s |
Inge de Bruijn | Netherlands | 1991-2004 | 4 | Four Olympic golds, smashed world records in 50m and 100m freestyle and butterfly at Sydney 2000 |
Alexander Popov | Russia | 1991-2004 | 4 | Back-to-back Olympic 50m and 100m freestyle champion (1992, 1996), elegant sprint technique |
Adam Peaty | United Kingdom | 2014-present | 2 | Dominant 100m breaststroke specialist, first man under 57 seconds, Olympic champion 2016 and 2020 |
Natalie Coughlin | United States | 2000-2012 | 3 | 12 Olympic medals across three Games, first woman under a minute in the 100m backstroke |
Dawn Fraser | Australia | 1956-1964 | 4 | Three-peat in Olympic 100m freestyle (1956, 1960, 1964), first woman under a minute in that event |
Tracy Caulkins | United States | 1977-1984 | 3 | Versatile IM and stroke racer, set 63 American records across all four strokes |
Grant Hackett | Australia | 1994-2012 | 3 | Two-time Olympic 1500m freestyle champion, dominant distance racer of the early 2000s |
Leon Marchand | France | 2018-present | 4 | Four golds at Paris 2024, broke Phelps' 400m IM world record, new face of French swimming |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Greatest Swimmers of All Time organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
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This dataset contains 17 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
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Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 17 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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