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Oskar Schiele
Oskar Schiele (1889–1950), German swimmer from Magdeburg; silver in the 4x250 m freestyle relay at the 1906 Intercalated Games, competed at Stockholm 1912, held world backstroke records at 100 m and 200 m.
Otto Fahr
Otto Fahr (1892-1969), German backstroke swimmer of SV Cannstatt, Stuttgart; 1912 Olympic silver medalist in the 100 m backstroke and 1912 world record holder at 1:15.6 (100 m) and 2:48.4 (200 m).
Otto Scheff
Otto Scheff (born Sochaczewsky), Austrian swimmer (1889-1956), 400 m freestyle gold at the 1906 Intercalated Games, 1908 bronze, world record holder, later Austrian lawmaker and Olympic official.
Otto Wille
Otto Wille, German freestyle swimmer from Gleiwitz; 1934 European 100 m freestyle bronze medalist and German champion, 1938 4x100 m relay world record holder; killed at the Eastern Front.
Otylia Jedrzejczak
Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer born 1983, first Polish Olympic swimming champion (200 m butterfly, Athens 2004), two world titles, three 200 m butterfly world records, later president of the Polish Swimming Federation.
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli (أسامة الملولي), Tunisian swimmer born 1984, Olympic 1500 m freestyle champion 2008 and 10 km open water champion 2012; first swimmer to win Olympic gold in both pool and open water, six-time Olympian.
Pablo Morales
Pablo Morales (Pedro Pablo Morales Jr., born 1964) is an American swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist (3 gold, 2 silver), 100 m butterfly world-record holder, record 11-time NCAA champion at Stanford, and Nebraska head coach.
Paige Kearns
Paige Kearns, later Paige Kearns Trani, American freestyle sprint swimmer from Rockledge, Florida; University of Georgia 2001-2005, six NCAA relay titles, 13 All-America honors, 2005 all-five-relays NCAA championship team, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2017. Distinct from the Bermuda swimmer and the Ohio softball player of the same name.
Pam Kruse
Pam Kruse (Pamela Jean Kruse), American swimmer born 1950 in Miami, Florida; 1968 Olympic silver medalist in the 800 m freestyle and 1967 world record holder in the 200 m and 400 m freestyle, swimming for the Fort Lauderdale Swim Association.
Pan Zhanle
Pan Zhanle (潘展乐), born 2004 in Wenzhou, China, is a Chinese swimmer who set the men's 100-meter freestyle world record of 46.40 while winning Olympic gold at Paris 2024.
Pang Jiaying
Pang Jiaying (庞佳颖), Chinese freestyle swimmer born 1985 in Shanghai; four Olympic medals (2004, 2008), 2008 200m free bronze in Asian-record 1:55.05, and 2009 world-record 4x200 free relay gold.
Paolo Conte Bonin
Paolo Conte Bonin (born 2002, Thiene, Italy) is an Italian freestyle sprint swimmer, 2022 short course world champion and world record holder in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, and Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medalist.
Par Arvidsson
Pär (Pär Johan) Arvidsson, Swedish swimmer born 1960, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder in the 100 m butterfly (54.15), later a Bay Area entrepreneur; distinct from shooter Per-Olof Arvidsson and hockey player Viktor Arvidsson.
Park Tae Hwan
Park Tae Hwan (박태환), known as "Marine Boy," is a South Korean freestyle swimmer born in Seoul in 1989, the first Korean swimmer to win an Olympic medal.
Patricia Caretto
Patricia "Patty" Caretto (born 1951), American distance freestyle swimmer; set 800 m and 1,500 m freestyle world records 1964-1966, placed fifth in the 1968 Olympic 800 m freestyle, ISHOF honoree 1987.
Patty Kempner
Patty Kempner (Patricia Kempner), American swimmer born 1942 in Augusta, Georgia; 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay with a 4:41.1 world record, 200 m breaststroke finalist, and former 200 m medley world record holder.
Paul Biedermann
Paul Biedermann, German swimmer (born 1986, Halle/Saale), 2009 world champion at 200 m and 400 m freestyle; his 1:42.00 200 m freestyle world record from Rome 2009 still stands.
Paul Hait
Paul Hait (Paul William Hait, born 25 May 1940, Pasadena) is an American breaststroke swimmer, 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay with world records in heats and final, later a klystron-tube engineer with 70-plus patents.
Paul Neumann
Paul Neumann (1875–1932), Austrian swimmer and physician, first Austrian Olympic champion, won the 1896 Athens 500 m freestyle gold in 8:12.6; also US distance records, and namesakes in NBA basketball and German politics.
Paul Wallace
Paul Rodger Wallace, American swimmer (Gulliver Prep, University of Florida). Won 4x100 m freestyle relay gold and set the 3:17.08 world record at the 1985 Pan Pacifics, gold at the 1986 Worlds, silver in the 200 IM at the 1987 Pan Am Games, and three SEC 200-yard freestyle titles.
Paul Wolf
Paul Wolf (Paul Gilbert Wolf, 1915-1972), American freestyle swimmer; won silver in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Berlin 1936 and set a 1938 world record in the 4x100 m relay; USC swim captain, not the German 1928 art competitor or racer Paul Wolff.
Peggy Hartung
Peggy Hartung, born 1969, German sprint breaststroke swimmer; 1991 European short course 50 m breaststroke champion, 1992 world record holder at 31.22, and 1991 Swimming World Cup breaststroke winner.
Penny Heyns
Penny Heyns (Penelope Heyns) is a retired South African breaststroke swimmer who, born in 1974, won gold in both the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Penny Oleksiak
Penny Oleksiak (Penelope Oleksiak) is a Canadian freestyle and butterfly swimmer who won seven Olympic medals, including 100 m freestyle gold as a 16-year-old at Rio 2016.
Per Olof Ostrand
Per-Olof Östrand ("Petter") was a Swedish freestyle swimmer (1930-1980) who won 400 m freestyle bronze at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, two European relay titles, and held a 4x100 m medley relay world record in 1953.
Percy Courtman
Percy Courtman (1888-1917), English breaststroke swimmer, Old Trafford SC; 1912 Olympic 400m breaststroke bronze, ASA 200y champion five times, first under 3 minutes for 200m (2:56.6, 1914); killed in action in WWI.
Pernille Blume
Pernille Blume, Danish sprint freestyle swimmer, born 1994 in Herlev; Olympic 50 m freestyle champion at Rio 2016 (24.07, Danish record), first Danish swimming gold since 1948; three Olympic medals; retired 2022.
Peter Bernek
Péter Bernek (Bernek Péter), born 1992 in Budapest, is a retired Hungarian swimmer, 2014 short-course world champion in the 400 m freestyle, two-time European champion, and three-time Olympian (2012, 2016, 2020).
Peter Evans
Peter Evans, full name Peter Maxwell Evans, is an Australian former breaststroke swimmer from Perth who won four Olympic medals across the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Peter Fick
Peter Fick (Peter Joseph Fick, 1913-1980), American sprint freestyle swimmer for Yale and NYAC; set three 100 m freestyle world records (56.8, 56.6, 56.4) breaking Weissmuller's mark, placed sixth at the disputed 1936 Berlin Olympic final, and anchored the first sub-four-minute 4x100 m relay.