Swimming was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2010.[1]
| Swimming at the Summer Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Governing body | FINA |
| Events | 36 (men: 17; womens: 17; mixed: 2) |
| Games | |
Summary
edit| Games | Year | Events | Best nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | 34 |  China
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| 2 | 2014 | 36 | China
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| 3 | 2018 | 36 |  Russia
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| 4 | 2026 | 34 |
Medal table
edit- As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 24 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
| 2 | Russia | 21 | 13 | 7 | 41 |
| 3 |  Hungary | 15 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 |  Italy | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 |  Australia | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 |
| 6 |  Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 |  United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 |  Japan | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 |  Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 |  France | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 |  South Africa | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 |  Canada | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 13 |  Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 |  Croatia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Vietnam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Brazil | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 |  Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 |  Israel | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 South Korea | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 20 |  Norway | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 |  Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 24 |  Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 |  Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 |  Germany | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 27 |  Spain | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 28 |  Venezuela | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 29 |  Romania | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Serbia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 31 |  Argentina | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Greece | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
 Hong Kong | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 34 |  Poland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 35 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 |  El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Thailand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 |  Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 43 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 45 |  Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (47 entries) | 109 | 104 | 108 | 321 | |