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Luiz Altamir Melo
Luiz Altamir Melo (Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo), Brazilian swimmer born 1996 in Boa Vista, Roraima; Flamengo athlete, 2018 short-course world champion and 4x200 m freestyle relay world record holder (6:46.81), Youth Olympic and two-time Pan American Games gold medalist.
Luke Hobson
Luke Hobson (born 2003), American swimmer from Reno, Nevada, University of Texas; Paris 2024 bronze in 200m freestyle and silver in 4x200m relay; short course 200m free world record 1:38.61.
Lutz Unger
Lutz Unger (born 1951, Wernigerode) is a retired East German swimmer of SC Dynamo Berlin. Olympic silver (4x100 medley relay) and bronze (4x100 freestyle relay) at Munich 1972; 1970 world record 3:54.4 medley relay.
Mack Horton
Mack Horton, full name Mackenzie James Horton, is a retired Australian swimmer who won 400 meter freestyle gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, took bronze at Tokyo 2020, and retired in 2024.
Madi Wilson
Madi Wilson (Madison Maree Wilson, born 1994) is a retired Australian swimmer, dual Olympic 4x100m freestyle relay gold medallist (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), multi-world-record relay specialist, who retired in January 2025.
Makoto Fukui
Makoto Fukui (福井誠, 1940–1992), Japanese freestyle swimmer; Olympic silver (Rome 1960) and bronze (Tokyo 1964) in the 4x200 m freestyle relay; set three world records in that relay; 1958 Asian Games double gold medalist.
Malin Svahnstrom
Malin Svahnström (Svahnstrom), Swedish swimmer born 1980 in Upplands Väsby; Olympic 4x100 freestyle relay bronze at Sydney 2000, short-course 4x200 freestyle world record 7:51.70, and 12-time UCLA All-American.
Manabu Koga
Manabu Koga (古賀•学), Japanese freestyle swimmer (1935–1974) of Waseda University; 1956 Olympian (100 m freestyle =10, 4×200 m relay 4th), holder of 4×100 m freestyle and medley relay world records, and double 1958 Tokyo Asian Games gold medalist.
Manon van Rooijen
Manon van Rooijen (born 1982, Leerdam) is a Dutch freestyle swimmer who won silver in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at Sydney 2000 and gold at Beijing 2008, swimming the heats.
Manuel dos Santos
Manuel dos Santos, born 1939, is a Brazilian swimmer who won 100-meter freestyle bronze at the 1960 Rome Olympics and in 1961 became Brazil's first male swimming world record holder.
Manuela Stellmach
Manuela Stellmach (Stellmach-Schubert), born 1970 in East Berlin, East German and German freestyle swimmer; double 1988 Olympic relay champion, 1988 200 m freestyle bronze, 1992 relay bronze, multiple world-record relays.
Marco Orsi
Marco Orsi (born 1990, Budrio, Italy) is an Italian sprint swimmer with Fiamme Oro, a 2012 and 2016 Olympian, holder of short-course world records in the 4x50 m medley relay, and a finswimming World Cup winner.
Margareta Rylander
Margareta Rylander, known as Meta, is a Swedish swimmer who set the women's 1500 meters freestyle world record, 19:02.8, at age 14 in Uppsala in 1961.
Maria Littomeritzky
Maria Littomericzky (Littomeritzky Mária, 1927-2017), Hungarian swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, three-time Olympian, 1954 European relay champion, later pharmacist and coach.
Marie Corridon
Marie Corridon (Marie Louise Corridon-Mortell, 1930–2010), American swimmer of the Women's Swimming Association of New York; 1948 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and ninth-place finisher in the 100 m freestyle.
Marilyn Ramenofsky
Marilyn Ramenofsky, born 1946 in Phoenix, Arizona, American swimmer; set the 400m freestyle world record three times in 1964 (best 4:39.5) and won 400m freestyle silver at Tokyo 1964 behind Ginny Duenkel.
Marion Lay
Marion Beverly Lay (born 1948, Vancouver) is a Canadian swimmer, 1964 and 1968 Olympian, bronze medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Mexico City 1968, and later a leading advocate for women in sport.
Mariya Kameneva
Mariya Kameneva (Мария Андреевна Каменева, later Kanaikina), Russian sprint swimmer born 1999 in Orenburg; Tokyo 2020 Olympian for ROC, short course world record holder in mixed 4x50m medley relay, multiple European relay champion.
Marleen Veldhuis
Marleen Veldhuis (Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis, born 1979, Borne) is a retired Dutch sprint freestyle swimmer, Olympic 4x100 m relay champion at Beijing 2008, four-time Olympic medalist, and former 50 m freestyle and butterfly world record holder.
Martha Norelius
Martha Norelius was a Swedish-born American swimmer who won three Olympic golds, defending the 400 meter freestyle title in 1924 and 1928 and adding relay gold.
Mary Wayte
Mary Wayte (Mary Alice Wayte Bradburne), American swimmer born 1965 in Mercer Island, Washington; two-time Olympian who won 1984 gold in the 200 m freestyle and 4x100 m freestyle relay, plus 1988 silver and bronze, later a broadcaster and ISHOF inductee.
Masaharu Taguchi
Masaharu Taguchi (田口正治, 1916–1982), Japanese freestyle swimmer; fourth in the 1936 Olympic 100 m freestyle and gold medalist in the world-record 4x200 m relay at Berlin, later head coach at Tokyo 1964.
Matheus Santana
Matheus Paulo de Santana, Brazilian freestyle sprint swimmer born 1996 in Rio de Janeiro; 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic 100 m freestyle champion and junior world record holder (48.25), 2015 Pan Am relay gold, Rio 2016 Olympian.
Matt Biondi
Matt Biondi (Matthew Nicholas Biondi, born 1965, Moraga, California), American swimmer, University of California, Berkeley; 11 Olympic medals (8 gold) 1984-1992, five golds at Seoul 1988, first man under 49 seconds in the 100 m freestyle.
Matt Cetlinski
Matt Cetlinski (Matthew J. Cetlinski, born 1964), American distance freestyle swimmer; 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay with a 7:12.51 world record, fourth in the 400 and 1,500 free.
Matt King
Matt King (Matthew Carl King, born 2002, Snohomish, Washington) is an American sprint freestyle swimmer, 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and two-time world champion in the 4x100 m medley relay (Fukuoka 2023, Doha 2024).
Mattias Ohlin
Mattias Ohlin (Rolf Lennart Mattias Ohlin, born 1978, Trelleborg) is a Swedish swimmer, Olympian at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, and short-course 4x100 m freestyle relay world champion and record holder (3:09.57, 2000).
Maud van der Meer
Maud van der Meer (born 1992) is a retired Dutch freestyle swimmer who won world and European relay titles and set short-course world records at the 2014 Doha championships.
Mehdy Metella
Mehdy Metella (born 1992 in Cayenne, French Guiana) is a retired French sprint freestyle and butterfly swimmer who won silver in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Mel Schlanger
Mel Schlanger (Melanie Wright), born 1986, Australian freestyle swimmer; five Olympic medals including 4x100m freestyle relay gold at London 2012; retired 2016, later a Bond University medical student.