Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 6 to 13 August 2016 at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics Aquatics Stadium.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
16 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 |  Australia |
3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 |  Hungary |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 |  Japan |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  Netherlands |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Great Britain |
1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 |  China |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 |  Canada |
1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 |  Italy |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 |  Sweden |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Denmark |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Spain |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Kazakhstan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Singapore |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  South Africa |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 |  Russia |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 |  France |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 |  Belgium |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Greece |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 |  Belarus |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Brazil |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
Women[]
Statistics[]
- There were 942 total athletes from 173 countries.
- Gaurika Singh was the youngest participant with 13 years and 254 days.
- Therese Alshammar was the oldest participant with 38 years and 351 days.
- 23 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- United States won 33 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Australia won 10 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Hungary won 7 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Sweden won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Denmark won its first gold medal in the sport since London 1948.
- Kazakhstan won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
- Singapore won its only medal of Rio de Janeiro 2016 and its first-ever medal in the sport.
- Michael Phelps won his 28th medal at the Olympic Games.
- 8 world records were broken, on 7 different distances.