By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
Beyond their record-setting swims at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore, Summer McIntosh and Leon Marchand further cemented their legacies by climbing the all-time long course individual gold medal rankings.
McIntosh doubled her gold medal count from before the meet with her four individual wins in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 fly, and 400 free. Coming into the week, the 18-year-old had four gold medals to her name from the 2022 and 2023 World Championships, where she swept the 200 fly and 400 IM at both meets.
With her wins, she jumps to a tie for #7 on the all-time individual gold medal rankings list, tying American sprinter Caeleb Dressel with eight golds. Despite the historic meet, McIntosh wasn’t fully satisfied with the outcome, telling World Aquatics after her final race:
“I think it was very obvious that my goal was five golds. Time just didn’t matter. I just wanted to get my hand on the wall first five times.
“I fell short of that, but I think it’s just going to keep me hungry and motivated and keep moving forward. Even if I were to get five golds, I would still want more. That’s just my mentality.”
As for Marchand, he now ties Australian distance legend Grant Hackett for 9th on the all-time standings with six gold medals after winning both IM races. He swept the IM races at both the 2022 and 2023 Worlds, in addition to winning the 200 fly in 2023. The 23-year-old Frenchman didn’t even contest his two other primary events last week—the 200 fly and 200 breast—where he likely would have been a major threat for gold, especially in the latter.
Outside of McIntosh and Marchand elevating themselves into the top ten, Katie Ledecky further extended her lead on the list by adding two additional gold medals in the 800 free and 1500 free. She now has 18 gold medals, 3 more than 2nd-ranked Michael Phelps, building upon the lead that she took at the Fukuoka 2023 Worlds.
Updated List:
Katie Ledecky (United States) – 18 Michael Phelps (United States) – 15 Sarah Sjostrom (Sweden) – 14 Sun Yang (China) – 11 Ryan Lochte (United States) – 10 Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) – 9 Caeleb Dressel (United States) & Summer McIntosh (Canada) – 8 N/A (tie at 7th) Grant Hackett (Australia) & Leon Marchand (France) – 7Read the full story on SwimSwam: McIntosh (#7) & Marchand (#9) Rise In All-Time Individual Gold Medal Rankings After Singapore
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