List of swimmers with at least 4 Olympic gold medals

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, JD Lasica

Photo license: CC BY 2.0

This post is a list of swimmers with at least 4 Olympic gold medals as of May 26th, 2020. There are 39 swimmers listed below. I have also provided the country represented for each swimmer. The photo above is Michael Phelps in 2011. Data source: Wikipedia

Men

23 gold medals
Michael Phelps - United States

9 gold medals
Mark Spitz - United States

8 gold medals
Matt Biondi - United States

6 gold medals
Ryan Lochte - United States

5 gold medals
Gary Hall Jr. - United States
Ian Thorpe - Australia
Aaron Peirsol - United States
Nathan Adrian - United States
Tom Jager - United States
Don Schollander - United States
Johnny Weissmuller - United States

4 gold medals
Alexander Popov - Russia
Roland Matthes - East Germany
Jason Lezak - United States
Matt Grevers - United States

Women

8 gold medals
Jenny Thompson - United States

6 gold medals
Kristin Otto - West Germany
Amy Van Dyken - United States

5 gold medals
Krisztina Egerszegi - Hungary
Dana Vollmer - United States
Katie Ledecky - United States

4 gold medals
Dara Torres - United States
Dawn Fraser - Australia
Kornelia Ender - West Germany
Inge de Bruijn - Netherlands
Allison Schmitt - United States
Libby Trickett - Australia
Janet Evans - United States
Yana Klochkova - Ukraine