The versatility of Douglass was once again on display, as she captured gold in the 200m breaststroke (in an American-Record time of 2:19.24), silver in the 200m IM, silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay (also in an American record time), and gold in the 4x100m medley relay, where she swam the freestyle leg in prelims. With her 200m breaststroke time, Douglass now owns three of the top-10 fastest performances in event history.

Torri Huske

Huske left Paris as the most decorated American swimmer, earning five medals (three gold, two silver) and participating in two World-Record setting relay teams. This performance made her one of only nine American female swimmers to ever tally five total medals at a single Olympiad.

Katie Ledecky

Ledecky’s legendary status grew with her four-medal (two gold, one silver, one bronze) showing in Paris. Her gold medals in the 800m and 1500m freestyle events came in typical Ledecky fashion, clocking top-20 times in event history with an 8:11.04 (14th-fastest 800m freestyle ever) and a 15:30.02 (eighth-fastest 1500m freestyle ever).

Regan Smith

Smith, like Huske, joined the elite list of athletes to capture five medals at a single Olympiad. The tally tied her for second on the list of total medalists, across all sports who competed in Paris. Along with her three individual medals (100m backstroke silver, 200m backstroke silver, 200m butterfly silver), Smith led off the U.S.’ World-Record setting 4x100m mixed medley relay with a 57.28 backstroke split, which was good for an Olympic record. 

Gretchen Walsh

In her Olympic debut, Walsh collected four medals via gold in the 4x100m medley relay and 4x100m mixed medley relay and silver in the 100m butterfly and 4x100m freestyle relay. Her final race in Paris was the 4x100m medley relay, where she helped the U.S. to gold and a World Record with her butterfly split of 55.03, which is tied for the fastest butterfly split in history.