The 100 Greatest Swimmers in History

Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Quick Look at the Top 100
1: Michael Phelps
2: Mark Spitz
3: Katie Ledecky
4: Tracy Caulkins
5: Krisztina Egerszegi
6: Janet Evans
7: Dawn Fraser
8: Johnny Weissmuller
9: Ian Thorpe
10: Matt Biondi
11: Shane Gould
12: Don Schollander
13: Tamas Darnyi
14: Mary T. Meagher
15: Ryan Lochte
16: Kornelia Ender
17: Alexander Popov
18: Debbie Meyer
19: Roland Matthes
20: Vladimir Salnikov
21: Grant Hackett
22: Murray Rose
23: Kristin Otto
24: Aaron Peirsol
25: Michael Gross
26: Inge de Bruijn
27: Natalie Coughlin
28: Kosuke Kitajima
29: Duke Kahanamoku
30: Shirley Babashoff
31: Leisel Jones
32: Yana Klochkova
33: Claudia Kolb
34: Kieren Perkins
35: Ragnhild Hveger
36: Pieter van den Hoogenband
37: Jenny Thompson
38: John Naber
39: Kirsty Coventry
40: Sun Yang
41: Helene Madison
42: Adolph Kiefer
43: Penny Heyns
44: Gary Hall Jr.
45: Rebecca Soni
46: Tom Dolan
47: Lorraine Crapp
48: Ethelda Bleibtrey
49: Mike Burton
50: Arne Borg
51: Charles Daniels
52: Donna de Varona
53: Mike Barrowman
54: Dara Torres
55: Sybil Bauer
56: Petra Schneider
57: John Hencken
58: David Wilkie
59: Tracey Wickham
60: Hendrika Mastenbroek
61: Tim Shaw
62: Galina Prozumenshchikova
63: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta
64: Charles Hickcox
65: Ann Curtis
66: John Konrads
67: Karen Muir
68: Alex Baumann
69: Fanny Durack
70: Susan O'Neill
71: Brian Goodell
72: Lenny Krayzelburg
73: Gunnar Larsson
74: Martha Norelius
75: Katinka Hosszu
76: Anthony Ervin
77: Brooke Bennett
78: Denis Pankratov
79: Norman Ross
80: Petria Thomas
81: Amanda Beard
82: Andrew Charlton
83: Gary Hall Sr.
84: Cynthia Woodhead
85: Zoltan Halmay
86: Henry Taylor
87: Adam Peaty
88: Libby Trickett
89: Ada Kok
90: Jim Montgomery
91: Sarah Sjostrom
92 : Laszlo Cseh
93: Jonty Skinner
94: Norbert Rozsa
95: Rowdy Gaines
96: Rick Carey
97: Bruce Furniss
98: Victor Davis
99: Martin Zubero
100: Brendan Hansen
Under Consideration
Coaching Greats
Appendix A: The Male Rankings
Appendix B: The Female Rankings
Appendix C: The Top 100 by Country
Appendix D: Olympic Medals by Country
Appendix E: Olympic Medals by Individuals
Appendix F: Olympic Medals, Male
Appendix G: Olympic Medals, Female
Appendix H: World Championships Medals by Individuals
Appendix I: World Championships Medals, Male
Appendix J: World Championships Medals, Female
Bibliography
Index
About the Author