Initial Olympic Swimming Entries Published For 2024 Paris Games | SwimSwam

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2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

• Pool Swimming: July 27 – August 4, 2024
  • Open Water Swimming: August 8 – 9, 2024
• La Défense Arena — Paris, France
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With just 15 days to go until the start of swimming action at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, we now have a glimpse into the initial male and female entries for each nation.

We’ll be breaking down any surprises in separate posts. But you’re able to see any individual athletes’ entries as they stand today by visiting the World Aquatics website and searching on any given athlete here.

The entries are also accessed via this document:

• Olympic Swimming Entries as of July 12th

A total of 854 athletes – 463 male and 391 female – from 187 countries, the Individual Neutral Athletes and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, will compete in the swimming events at the Paris 2024 Games.

Although the number of countries has grown from the 182 from the last edition of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the total number of athletes is less this time around. Tokyo had 880 individual swimmers entered.

The United States topped the swimming medal table in Tokyo, amassing a total of 30 pieces of hardware including 11 golds, 10 silvers and 9 bronze. Australia was next in line with 21 medals, including 9 golds, 3 silvers and 9 bronze while Great Britain rounded out the top 3 nations.

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