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Ireland at the Olympics | |
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IOC code | IRL |
NOC | Olympic Federation of Ireland |
Website | olympics.ie |
Medals | Gold 9 Silver 10 Bronze 12 Total 31 |
Ireland has won Olympic medals in 6 sports – go here for a list of Irish medals by sport. Ireland has won Olympic medals in 13 Olympic Games – go here for a list of Irish medals by Olympics. Ireland has won 12 bronze medals in the Olympics – in total 11 Irish athletes have won a bronze medal.
Michael Phelps
Larisa Latynina
World Swimmers of the Year
Year | Female Winner | Nationality |
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2017 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
2018 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
2019 | Regan Smith | United States |
2020 | Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic |
1. United States, 462 Titles. The United States has won 462 Titles in international swimming competitions, including medals in the Summer Olympic Games. USA Swimming is the official body that regulates competitive swimming in the US.
It is also rich, so it can afford many nice swimming pools. As of the second-last swimming event of the 2016 Olympics, the all-time Summer Olympics swimming medal count was as follows, with the population per medal in parentheses: USA – 553 (583,000) Australia – 180 (129,484)
Swimming: Top medal-winning countries at the Olympics
Rank | Nation | Gold |
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1 | United States (USA) | 246 |
2 | Australia (AUS) | 60 |
3 | East Germany (GDR) | 38 |
4 | Hungary (HUN) | 28 |