Australian Swim Team
The Australian Swim Team known as The Dolphins, has performed successfully at major international championships. The Australian Swim Team was first referred to as The Dolphins in 1989. Australian Swim Team's historical rival is the United States Swimming Team.
As of 2015, there were thirty six Australian swimmers inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. These swimmers include: Dawn Fraser, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Kieren Perkins, Murray Rose and Shane Gould. Since 1990, Swimming Australia has an annual award for the Australian Swimmer of the Year.Olympic Games">Swimming at the Summer Olympics">Olympic Games
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 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 | ? |
| 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 |
Notes - Open water included from 2008.Pool Results
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 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 |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 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 | - |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal
Rank |
| 1993 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 3 |
| 1995 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 1 |
| 1997 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 199 | 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 |
Commonwealth Games">Swimming at the Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 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 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 2 |
| 2014 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 2 |
| 2018 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 2 |
Notes - includes Open water since 2006.Australia did not send a team to the 2006 Championships.Paralympic Games
World Para Swimming Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Swimming World Championships.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal
Rank |
| 1994 | 17 | | | 42 | 2 |
| 1998 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 47 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 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 |
