Sweden at the World Aquatics Championships

Sweden at the
World Aquatics Championships
Sweden at the; World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	SWE
National federation	Svenska Simidrott
Website	www.svensksimidrott.se
Medals; Ranked 13th	Gold 19 Silver 20 Bronze 17 Total 56
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)
	1973; 1975; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1991; 1994; 1998; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023; 2024; 2025;

World Aquatics codeSWE

National federationSvenska Simidrott

Websitewww.svensksimidrott.se

Medals
Ranked 13th

Gold: 19
Silver: 20
Bronze: 17
Total: 56

Sweden has participated in all World Aquatics Championships since the beginning in 1973.

Medal	Name	Year	Sport	Event
Gold	Ulrika Knape	1973 Belgrade	Diving	Women's 10 m platform
Gold	Gunnar Larsson	1973 Belgrade	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley
Silver	Ulrika Knape	1973 Belgrade	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard
Bronze	Bengt Gingsjö	1973 Belgrade	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle
Bronze	Ulrika Knape	1975 Cali	Diving	Women's 10 m platform
Bronze	Pär Arvidsson	1978 West Berlin	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly
Bronze	Per Holmertz Dan Larsson Per-Alvar Magnusson Per-Ola Quist	1978 West Berlin	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay
Bronze	Per Johansson	1982 Guayaquil	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle
Bronze	Bengt Baron	1982 Guayaquil	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly
Bronze	Bengt Baron Per Holmertz Per Johansson Per Wikström	1982 Guayaquil	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay
Silver	Tommy Werner	1991 Perth	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle
Gold	Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Christer Wallin Tommy Werner	1994 Rome	Swimming	Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay
Silver	Anders Holmertz	1994 Rome	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle
Silver	Lars Frölander	1994 Rome	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly
Silver	Lars Frölander	1998 Perth	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly
Bronze	Lars Frölander	1998 Perth	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle
Gold	Lars Frölander	2001 Fukuoka	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly
Silver	Therese Alshammar	2001 Fukuoka	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle
Silver	Therese Alshammar	2001 Fukuoka	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly
Silver	Lars Frölander	2001 Fukuoka	Swimming	Men's 50 m butterfly
Bronze	Lars Frölander	2001 Fukuoka	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle
Bronze	Anna-Karin Kammerling	2001 Fukuoka	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly
Bronze	Anna-Karin Kammerling	2003 Barcelona	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly
Silver	Anna-Karin Kammerling	2005 Montreal	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly
Bronze	Therese Alshammar	2005 Montreal	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly
Bronze	Josefin Lillhage	2005 Montreal	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle
Gold	Therese Alshammar	2007 Melbourne	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly
Silver	Therese Alshammar	2007 Melbourne	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle
Bronze	Stefan Nystrand	2007 Melbourne	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle
Gold	Sarah Sjöström	2009 Rome	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly
Silver	Therese Alshammar	2009 Rome	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle
Gold	Therese Alshammar	2011 Shanghai	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle
Silver	Therese Alshammar	2011 Shanghai	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly
Gold	Sarah Sjöström	2013 Barcelona	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly
Silver	Sarah Sjöström	2013 Barcelona	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle
Gold	Sarah Sjöström	2015 Kazan	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly
Gold	Sarah Sjöström	2015 Kazan	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly
Gold	Jennie Johansson	2015 Kazan	Swimming	Women's 50 m breaststroke
Silver	Sarah Sjöström	2015 Kazan	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle
Silver	Michelle Coleman Jennie Johansson Sarah Sjöström Louise Hansson	2015 Kazan	Swimming	Women's 4×100 m medley relay
Bronze	Sarah Sjöström	2015 Kazan	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle
Gold	Sarah Sjöström	2017 Budapest	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly
Gold	Sarah Sjöström	2017 Budapest	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly
Gold	Sarah Sjöström	2017 Budapest	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle
Silver	Sarah Sjöström	2017 Budapest	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle

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Historical	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

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