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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-06 · 21 entries checked · 19 flagged · 33 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 33 still open
Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics — The winners were not given a silver medal; at the 1896 Olympics, first place received a silver medal and an olive branch, while second place received a bronze medal and a laurel branch. Third place received no award.
Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics — The 1908 Games did not feature a 4 × 200 m relay; the relay was 4 × 200 yards because the pool was measured in yards.
Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics — The 1908 programme did not include a 400 m breaststroke event; the change was from the 1904 440-yard breaststroke to a new 200 m event, not a shortening of an existing 400 m event.
Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics — The lore states 'Great Britain and France fielding the largest teams at 26 and 20 swimmers respectively', but the United States also sent 26 swimmers, making the statement factually incomplete and misleading.
Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics — The entry says 'Finish judges determined results by eye, without replays' but videotaped footage was reviewed during the appeal, so the claim of 'no replays' is inaccurate.
Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics — The entry states that 'the rules did not allow the chief judge to cast a deciding vote' in the 100m freestyle controversy, but the rules did allow it; the dispute was over whether conditions for that vote were met.
Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics — The entry incorrectly states that the men's 100 metre backstroke was removed in 1964; it was actually contested and won by Thompson Mann of the USA.
Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics — The 1964 Olympic swimming program had 20 events, not 18.
Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics — The United States won 51 medals at the 1968 Olympics, not 52.
Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics — Shane Gould is not the only woman to have won five solo medals at a single Olympics as of 2022; Katie Ledecky and Emma McKeon have also done so.
Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics — The claim that the Olympic record was broken at least once in all 29 swimming events is not verifiably accurate and is likely an overstatement.
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics — The entry states 954 swimmers (558 men, 336 women), but 558+336=894, not 954, so the total or the gender breakdown is inconsistent.
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics — The entry claims 17 nations made their debut in Olympic swimming at these Games, but Aruba and Equatorial Guinea had previously competed, so the number is likely incorrect.
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