Australian Swim Team Explained

The Australian Swim Team, also known as The Dolphins,^[1] is the national swim team of Australia. The team has a rich history of success at major international championships, with its primary rival being the United States Swimming Team. The nickname 'The Dolphins' was first used in 1989.

The Australian Swim Team has produced numerous world-class swimmers, with thirty-six members inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as of 2015.^[2] Notable inductees include Dawn Fraser, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Kieren Perkins, Murray Rose, and Shane Gould. Swimming Australia annually recognizes the Australian Swimmer of the Year.

The Australian Swim Team has finished first in the gold medal rankings once at the Olympic Games in 1956 in Melbourne and twice at the Long Course World Championships in 2001 and 2023, both held in Fukuoka, Japan.

Olympic Games

See also: List of Australian Olympic medallists in swimming.

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	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
2024	7	9	3	19	2

Notes - Open water included from 2008.^[3]

FINA Long Course World Championships

Pool Results

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	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

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	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

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	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

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	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

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Pan Pacific Championships

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	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

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	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

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	Gold Medal Rank
	2	0	0	2	9
	9	2	2	13	2
	5	5	1	11	6
	1	3	5	9	10
	3	5	2	10	12
	1	8	2	11	15
	20	30	24	74	9
	5	12	14	31	14
	10	12	13	25	6
	16	16	12	44	3
	14	15	21	50	5
	6	14	15	35	5
	9	11	9	29	7
	18	7	12	37	2
	9	10	10	29	5
	8	10	15	33	6
	6	8	13	27	7

World Para Swimming Championships

World Para Swimming Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Swimming World Championships.

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	Gold Medal Rank
1994	17			42	2
1998	13	16	18	47	3
2002	8	9	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

• Swimming Australia
• Australian Paralympic Swim Team

External links

• Australian Swim Team History

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Australian Dolphins Swim Team re-launched on the Road to Rio . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150330004227/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=66863&id=2 . 30 March 2015 . 2 September 2015 . Swimming Australia website.
2. Web site: Australian members . 2 September 2015 . International Swimming Hall of Fame Honores.
3. Web site: Olympic Games Medal Tally & Team Lists . Swimming Australia website . 2 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421221514/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=1088%20 . 21 April 2015 .
4. Web site: Swimming Results . Australian Commonwealth Games Association website . 2 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150917234600/http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/page/69/by-sports . 17 September 2015 .
5. Web site: Commonwealth Games Medal Tally & Team Lists . Swimming Australia website . 2 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150905122013/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=31301 . 5 September 2015 .