Katie Ledecky Tops Voting For Current Best Female Swimmer in the World (Full Results)

Katie Ledecky of the United States of America reacts after winning the gold medal in the 1500m Freestyle Women Final during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 25th, 2023.

Katie Ledecky Tops Voting For Current Best Female Swimmer in the World (Full Results)

Coming off a four-medal haul at the recent World Championships in Fukuoka, the United States’ Katie Ledecky topped voting in Swimming World’s recent poll that asked readers who they thought was the current best female swimmer in the world. Ledecky captured 36% of the vote, which was nearly twice the 19% registered by Australian Mollie O’Callaghan and Canadian Summer McIntosh.

Ledecky received her support after winning the 800-meter freestyle and 1500-meter freestyle at the World Championships, where she was also the silver medalist in the 400 freestyle and as a member of the American 800 freestyle relay. Ledecky’s dominance of the distance events presumably gave her the victory, as she won the 800 free by nearly five seconds and prevailed in the 1500 freestyle by more than 17 seconds.

When presenting the poll to its readership, Swimming World listed six athletes as nominees. The six athletes were the premier performers at the World Champs. Aussie Kaylee McKeown finished fourth, followed by countrywoman Ariarne Titmus and Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom.

It’s worth noting that Ledecky was the lone American on the list while three Australians were featured, and likely split the votes of their country.

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James

9 months ago

I don’t even think it’s about split votes for the Australians: 90%+ of Americans would vote for an American over anyone else, and the majority of your readership is American. No other outcome was ever possible.

Southerly Buster

9 months ago

Maybe we needed an American-style Primary Election for the 3 Australians to give them a chance in the main poll. 🙂

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Ellie

9 months ago

Congratulations to Katie on her continued remarkable performances!