Back-to-Back: The Medalists from Paris Olympics Who Returned to World Champs Podium (Women’s Edition)
At last year’s Olympic Games in Paris, 42 medals were distributed across 14 individual events. Of the athletes who earned those pieces of hardware, many competed at this summer’s World Championships in Singapore. However, several medalists did not compete for a variety of reasons (retirement, rest, injury), while the United States’ Kate Douglass embraced a different schedule, replacing the 200 individual medley with the 100 breaststroke.
When calculating the numbers between Paris and Singapore, 45.23 percent (19-for-42) of the women’s medalists from the Olympics returned to the podium in the same event. Mollie O’Callaghan (200 freestyle), Katie Ledecky (800 freestyle/1500 freestyle), Kaylee McKeown (100 backstroke/200 backstroke), Kate Douglass (200 breaststroke) and Summer McIntosh (200 butterfly/200 IM/400 IM) were the swimmers who followed an Olympic crown with a world title.
Here is a look at the 11 women (accounting for 19 medals) who stood on the podium in the same event at both the Paris Games and World Champs in Singapore:
Meg Harris (Australia) – 50 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Silver
2025 World Champs: Gold
Torri Huske (United States) – 100 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Silver
2025 World Champs: Bronze
Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia) – 200 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Summer McIntosh (Canada) – 400 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Silver
2025 World Champs: Gold
Katie Ledecky (United States) – 400 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Bronze
2025 World Champs: Bronze
Katie Ledecky (United States) – 800 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Katie Ledecky (United States) – 1500 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Kaylee McKeown (Australia) – 100 Backstroke
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Regan Smith (United States) – 100 Backstroke
2024 Olympics: Silver
2025 World Champs: Silver
Katharine Berkoff (United States) – 100 Backstroke
2024 Olympcis: Bronze
2025 World Champs: Bronze
Kaylee McKeown (Australia) – 200 Backstroke
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Regan Smith (United States) – 200 Backstroke
2024 Olympics: Silver
2025 World Champs: Silver
Tang Qianting (China) – 100 Breaststroke
2024 Olympics: Silver
2025 World Champs: Bronze
Kate Douglass (United States) – 200 Breaststroke
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Gretchen Walsh (United States) – 100 Butterfly
2024 Olympics: Silver
2025 World Champs: Gold
Summer McIntosh (Canada) – 200 Butterfly
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Regan Smith (United States) – 200 Butterfly
2024 Olympics: Silver
2025 World Champs: Silver
Summer McIntosh (Canada) – 200 Individual Medley
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Summer McIntosh (Canada) – 400 Individual Medley
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
