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Oldest and Earliest Olympic Champions in Swimming (male)[edit]

Event Oldest Living Champion Date of Birth Earliest Surviving Champion Games
50 metres freestyle Matt Biondi 8 October 1965 Matt Biondi 1988
100 metres freestyle Jon Henricks 6 June 1935 Jon Henricks 1956
200 metres freestyle Michael Wenden 17 November 1949 Michael Wenden 1968
400 metres freestyle Don Schollander 30 April 1946 Don Schollander 1964
1500 metres freestyle Ford Konno 1 January 1933 Ford Konno 1952
100 metres backstroke Yoshi Oyakawa 9 August 1933 Yoshi Oyakawa 1952
200 metres backstroke Jed Graef 1 May 1942 Jed Graef 1964
100 metres breaststroke Nobutaka Taguchi 18 June 1951 Nobutaka Taguchi 1972
200 metres breaststroke Ian O'Brien 3 March 1947 Ian O'Brien 1964
100 metres butterfly Douglas Russell 20 February 1946 Douglas Russell 1968
200 metres butterfly Mark Spitz 10 February 1950 Mark Spitz 1972
200 metre individual medley Gunnar Larsson 12 May 1951 Gunnar Larsson 1972
400 metre individual medley Dick Roth 26 September 1947 Dick Roth 1964
4x100 metre freestyle Relay Steve Clark 17 June 1943 Steve Clark, Michael Austin & Don Schollander 1964
4x200 metre freestyle Relay Ford Konno 1 January 1933 Ford Konno 1952
4x100 metre medley Relay Jeff Farrell 28 February 1937 Paul Hait, Lance Larson & Jeff Farrell 1960

Oldest and Earliest Olympic Medalists in Swimming (male)[edit]

Event Oldest Living Medalist Date of Birth Earliest Surviving Medalist Games
50 metres freestyle Tom Jager 6 October 1964 Matt Biondi, Tom Jager & Gennadiy Prigoda 1988
100 metres freestyle Hiroshi Suzuki 18 September 1933 Hiroshi Suzuki 1952
200 metres freestyle Don Schollander 30 April 1946 Michael Wenden, Don Schollander & John Nelson 1968
400 metres freestyle Shunpei Uto[1] 1 December 1918 Shunpei Uto[2] 1936
1500 metres freestyle Shunpei Uto[3] 1 December 1918 Shunpei Uto[4] 1936
100 metres backstroke Yoshi Oyakawa 9 August 1933 Yoshi Oyakawa 1952
200 metres backstroke Jed Graef 1 May 1942 Jed Graef, Gary Dilley & Bob Bennett 1964
100 metres breaststroke Nobutaka Taguchi 18 June 1951 Nobutaka Taguchi, Tom Bruce & John Hencken 1972
200 metres breaststroke Wieger Mensonides 12 July 1938 Wieger Mensonides 1960
100 metres butterfly Douglas Russell 20 February 1946 Douglas Russell, Mark Spitz & Ross Wales 1968
200 metres butterfly Dave Gillanders 18 May 1939 Dave Gillanders 1960
200 metre individual medley John Ferris 24 July 1949 John Ferris 1968
400 metre individual medley Dick Roth 26 September 1947 Dick Roth 1964
4x100 metre freestyle Relay Uwe Jacobsen 22 September 1940 Eleven medalists living, exception Gary Ilman 1964
4x200 metre freestyle Relay Teijiro Tanikawa 20 December 1932 Ford Konno, Hiroshi Suzuki, Toru Goto, Teijiro Tanikawa 1952
4x100 metre medley Relay Jeff Farrell 28 February 1937 Paul Hait, Lance Larson, Jeff Farrell, David Theile
Geoff Shipton, Kazuo Tomita, Keigo Shimuzu
1960

Oldest and Earliest Olympic Champions in Swimming (female)[edit]

Event Oldest Living Champion Date of Birth Earliest Surviving Champion Games
50 metres freestyle Kristin Otto 7 February 1966 Kristin Otto 1988
100 metres freestyle Dawn Fraser 4 September 1937 Dawn Fraser 1956
200 metres freestyle Debbie Meyer 14 August 1952 Debbie Meyer 1968
400 metres freestyle Valéria Gyenge 3 April 1933 Valéria Gyenge 1952
800 metres freestyle Debbie Meyer 14 August 1952 Debbie Meyer 1968
100 metres backstroke Joan Harrison 29 November 1935 Joan Harrison 1952
200 metres backstroke Pokey Watson 11 July 1950 Pokey Watson 1968
100 metres breaststroke Đurđica Bjedov 5 April 1947 Đurđica Bjedov 1968
200 metres breaststroke Anita Lonsbrough 10 August 1941 Anita Lonsbrough 1960
100 metres butterfly Carolyn Schuler 5 January 1943 Carolyn Schuler 1960
200 metres butterfly Ada Kok 6 June 1947 Ada Kok 1968
200 metres individual medley Claudia Kolb 19 December 1949 Claudia Kolb 1968
400 metres individual medley Donna de Varona 26 April 1947 Donna de Varona 1964
4 × 100 metres freestyle relay Dawn Fraser 4 September 1937 Dawn Fraser, Sandra Morgan & Lorraine Crapp 1956
4 × 200 metres freestyle relay Sheila Taormina 18 March 1969 Trina Jackson, Cristina Teuscher, Sheila Taormina & Jenny Thompson 1996
4 × 100 metres medley relay Patty Kempner 24 August 1942 Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler & Chris von Saltza 1960

Oldest and Earliest Olympic Medalists in Swimming (female)[edit]

Event Oldest Living Medalist Date of Birth Earliest Surviving Medalist Games
50 metres freestyle Jill Sterkel 27 May 1961 Kristin Otto, Yang Wenyi, Jill Sterkel & Katrin Meissner 1988
100 metres freestyle Dawn Fraser 4 September 1937 Dawn Fraser & Lorraine Crapp 1956
200 metres freestyle Jan Henne 11 August 1947 Debbie Meyer, Jan Henne & Jane Barkman 1968
400 metres freestyle Valéria Gyenge 3 April 1933 Valéria Gyenge 1952
800 metres freestyle Pam Kruse 3 June 1950 Debbie Meyer, Pam Kruse & Maria Teresa Ramírez 1968
100 metres backstroke Joan Harrison 29 November 1935 Joan Harrison 1952
200 metres backstroke Pokey Watson 11 July 1950 Pokey Watson, Elaine Tanner & Kaye Hall 1968
100 metres breaststroke Đurđica Bjedov 5 April 1947 Đurđica Bjedov & Sharon Wichman 1968
200 metres breaststroke Nancy Lyons 12 April 1930 Nancy Lyons 1948
100 metres butterfly Mary Sears 10 May 1939 Nancy Ramey & Mary Sears 1956
200 metres butterfly Ada Kok 6 June 1947 Ada Kok, Helga Lindner & Ellie Daniel 1968
200 metres individual medley Jan Henne 11 August 1947 Claudia Kolb, Susan Pedersen & Jan Henne 1968
400 metres individual medley Sharon Finneran 4 February 1946 Donna de Varona, Sharon Finneran & Martha Randall 1964
4 × 100 metres freestyle relay Ingeborg Schmitz[5] 22 April 1922 Ingeborg Schmitz[6] 1936
4 × 200 metres freestyle relay Sheila Taormina 18 March 1969 All twelve medalists living 1996
4 × 100 metres medley relay Dawn Fraser 4 September 1937 Ten medalists living, exceptions Rosemary Lassig & Ingrid Schmidt 1960
  1. ^ Uto almost certainly deceased but no confirmation. Oldest certainly living is Ford Konno, 1 January 1933.
  2. ^ If Uto deceased then Ford Konno, 1952.
  3. ^ Uto almost certainly deceased but no confirmation. Oldest certainly living is Ford Konno, 1 January 1933.
  4. ^ If Uto deceased then Ford Konno 1952.
  5. ^ Likely deceased. Next oldest is Joan Rosazza born 19 May 1937.
  6. ^ Likely deceased. Next earliest are 8 swimmers from 1956.