This is an overview of the gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships. These tournaments are the only global long course (50-meter pool) swimming championships organized by world swimming federation FINA. This list gives an overview of the dominant swimming relay nations throughout the history of swimming.
Currently, the Olympic program includes six relay events (three for men, three for women), while the World Championships program includes eight events (three for men, three for women, two mixed). These numbers were lower in the past, as shown in the table.
Flags link to the country. Names of countries link to the event article. Use the sort function in the left-hand column to separate Olympics and World Championships.
YearMenWomenMixed 4×100 m freestyle 4×200 m freestyle 4×100 m medley 4×100 m freestyle 4×200 m freestyle 4×100 m medley 4×100 m freestyle 4×100 m medleyOG 1900– Germany(team)––––––OG 1904 United States(4×50 yd)–––––––OG 1908– Great Britain––––––OG 1912– Australasia– Great Britain––––OG 1920– United States– United States––––OG 1924– United States– United States––––OG 1928– United States– United States––––OG 1932– Japan– United States––––OG 1936– Japan– Netherlands––––OG 1948– United States– United States––––OG 1952– United States– Hungary––––OG 1956– Australia– Australia––––OG 1960– United States United States United States– United States––OG 1964 United States United States United States United States– United States––OG 1968 United States United States United States United States– United States––OG 1972 United States United States United States United States– United States––WC 1973 United States United States United States East Germany– East Germany––WC 1975 United States West Germany United States East Germany– East Germany––OG 1976– United States United States United States– East Germany––WC 1978 United States United States United States United States– United States––OG 1980– Soviet Union Australia East Germany– East Germany––WC 1982 United States United States United States East Germany– East Germany––OG 1984 United States United States United States United States– United States––WC 1986 United States East Germany United States East Germany East Germany East Germany––OG 1988 United States United States United States East Germany– East Germany––WC 1991 United States Germany United States United States Germany United States––OG 1992 United States Unified Team United States United States– United States––WC 1994 United States Sweden United States China China China––OG 1996 United States United States United States United States United States United States––WC 1998 United States Australia Australia United States Germany United States––OG 2000 Australia Australia United States United States United States United States––WC 2001 Australia Australia Australia Germany Great Britain Australia––WC 2003 Russia Australia United States United States United States China––OG 2004 South Africa United States United States Australia United States Australia––WC 2005 United States United States United States Australia United States Australia––WC 2007 United States United States Australia Australia United States Australia––OG 2008 United States United States United States Netherlands Australia Australia––WC 2009 United States United States United States Netherlands China China––WC 2011 Australia United States United States Netherlands United States United States––OG 2012 France United States United States Australia United States United States––WC 2013 France United States France United States United States United States––WC 2015 France Great Britain United States Australia United States China United States Great BritainOG 2016 United States United States United States Australia United States United States––WC 2017 United States Great Britain United States United States United States United States United States United StatesWC 2019 United States Australia Great Britain Australia Australia United States United States AustraliaOG 2020 United States Great Britain United States Australia China Australia – Great BritainWC 2022 United States United States Italy Australia United States United States Australia United StatesWC 2023 Australia Great Britain United States Australia Australia United States Australia ChinaWC 2024 China China United States Netherlands China Australia China United StatesOG 2024 United States Great Britain China Australia Australia United States – United StatesWC 2025 Australia Great Britain Neutral Athletes B Australia Australia United States United States Neutral Athletes B
Note: Only events that are presently contested have their own column in the above table. In the early Olympics, two team events have been held that were discontinued later on; the men's 200-meter team race in 1900, and the men's 4 × 50 yard relay in 1904. These events have been located in a column corresponding to the most similar event and the nearest distance, respectively.
Medal table
Rank Country Totaltitles OlympicGames WorldChampionships OG(men) OG(women) OG(mixed) WC(men) WC(women) WC(mixed) Time span 1. 143 74 69 43 30 1 38 24 7 1904–2025 2. 43 15 28 4 11 – 11 14 3 1956–2025 3. 15 5 10 – 5 – 1 9 – 1973–1988 4. 14 2 12 1 1 – 2 8 2 1994–2024 5. 12 5 7 3 1 1 5 1 1 1908–20256. 5 2 3 – 2 – – 3 – 1936–2024 5 1 4 1 – – 1 3 – 1900–2001 8. 4 1 3 1 – – 3 – – 2012–20159. 2 2 – 2 – – – – – 1932–1936 Neutral Athletes B 2 – 2 – – – 1 – 1 202511. 1 1 – 1 – – – – – 1912 1 1 – – 1 – – – – 1952 1 1 – 1 – – – – – 1980 1 1 – 1 – – – – – 1992 1 1 – 1 – – – – – 2004 1 – 1 – – – 1 – – 1975 1 – 1 – – – 1 – – 1994 1 – 1 – – – 1 – – 2003 1 – 1 – – – 1 – – 2022Total 231 103 128 56 47 1 61 57 10 1900–2025 Italics denotes countries that no longer exist. OG = Olympic Games, WC = World Aquatics Championships. Sorted for 1) total titles, 2) Olympic titles, 3) year of first title.
See also List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (men) List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women) List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men) List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
References HistoFINA Swimming Medallists And Statistics At Olympic Games, January 31, 2015 HistoFINA Swimming Medallists And Statistics At FINA World Championships (50m), December 3, 2015 Sports-reference Olympic medalists