Summary
The Australian Swim Team known as The Dolphins,[1] has performed successfully at major international championships. The Australian Swim Team was first referred to as The Dolphins in 1989. [1] Australian Swim Team's historical rival is the United States Swimming Team.
In 2015, there were thirty six Australian swimmers inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2] These swimmers include: Dawn Fraser, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Kieren Perkins, Murray Rose and Shane Gould. Since 1990, Swimming Australia has an annual award for the Australian Swimmer of the Year.
The Australian Swim Team has finished first on the gold medal rankings once at the Olympic Games in 1956 at Melbourne and twice in the Long Course World Championships in 2001 and 2023 both at Fukuoka in Japan.
Olympic Games edit
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1906 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1908 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1912 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 1920 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1924 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 1928 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1932 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1936 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1948 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 1952 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1956 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| 1960 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| 1964 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 1968 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| 1972 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| 1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 1984 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1992 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| 1996 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| 2000 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 2 |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 2 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 2020 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 2 |
Notes - Open water included from 2008. [3]
FINA Long Course World Championships edit
Pool Results edit
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 1975 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 1982 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1991 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| 1994 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| 1998 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 2 |
| 2001 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 1 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 2 |
| 2005 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 2 |
| 2007 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 2 |
| 2022 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 2 |
| 2023 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 3 |
Open Water Results edit
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
FINA Short Course World Championships edit
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 3 |
| 1995 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 1 |
| 1997 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 1 |
| 1999 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 2002 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| 2004 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 30 | 2 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 1 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | na |
| 2022 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 2 |
Commonwealth Games edit
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1934 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1938 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| 1950 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 1954 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 1958 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 1 |
| 1962 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 1 |
| 1966 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 1 |
| 1970 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 1 |
| 1974 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 1 |
| 1978 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 2 |
| 1982 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 1 |
| 1986 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 1 |
| 1990 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 53 | 1 |
| 1994 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 53 | 1 |
| 1998 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 48 | 1 |
| 2002 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 1 |
| 2006 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 55 | 1 |
| 2010 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 54 | 1 |
| 2014 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 57 | 1 |
| 2018 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 73 | 1 |
| 2022 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 65 | 1 |
Pan Pacific Championships edit
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 2 |
| 1987 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 2 |
| 1989 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 2 |
| 1991 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 29 | 2 |
| 1993 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 30 | 2 |
| 1995 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 2 |
| 1997 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 2 |
| 1999 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 32 | 1 |
| 2002 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 28 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 3 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 32 | 2 |
| 2014 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 2 |
| 2018 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 2 |
Notes - includes Open water since 2006.
FINA World Junior Swimming Championships edit
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 2013 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 1 |
| 2015 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 2 |
Australia did not send a team to the 2006 nor the 2022 Championships.
Paralympic Games edit
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 1964 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| 1968 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| 1972 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| 1976 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 1980 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 1984 | 20 | 30 | 24 | 74 | 9 |
| 1988 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 14 |
| 1992 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 6 |
| 1996 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 44 | 3 |
| 2000 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 50 | 5 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 35 | 5 |
| 2008 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 7 |
| 2012 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 2 |
| 2016 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 5 |
| 2020 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 6 |
World Para Swimming Championships edit
World Para Swimming Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Swimming World Championships.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 17 | 42 | 2 | ||
| 1998 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 47 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 12 | 29 | ||
| 2006 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 27 | |
| 2010 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 6 |
| 2013 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 7 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 17 |
| 2022 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 31 | 7 |
| 2023 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 6 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "The Australian Dolphins Swim Team re-launched on the Road to Rio". Swimming Australia website. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Australian members". International Swimming Hall of Fame Honores. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Olympic Games Medal Tally & Team Lists". Swimming Australia website. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Swimming Results". Australian Commonwealth Games Association website. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medal Tally & Team Lists". Swimming Australia website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
External links edit
- Australian Swim Team History
- Australian Swim Team on Facebook