{"id":622421,"date":"2025-09-10T04:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=622421"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:30:21","slug":"ranking-the-top-20-womens-swimmers-in-the-world-part-iii-americans-and-australians-reach-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ranking-the-top-20-womens-swimmers-in-the-world-part-iii-americans-and-australians-reach-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the Top 20 Women’s Swimmers in the World, Part III: Americans and Australians Reach Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ranking the Top-20 Women’s Swimmers in the World, Part III: Americans and Australians Reach Top-10<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the recent World Championships<\/a>, swimmers competed for medals in 42 pool events, and the results clearly show the best swimmer in the world for each race. Comparing swimmers across events is a subjective task, with factors including versatility, dominance, longevity, big-race performance and relay contributions all considered. With the summer competition season concluded, we will again try to stack up the various competitors from one through 20.<\/em><\/p>\n

These rankings will be based largely on performances<\/a> at the World Championships but results from other meets will be considered. Swimmers who sat out this year’s major competitions will not be included on this list.<\/em><\/p>\n