Double-Dipping: The Medalists from Paris Olympics Who Returned to World Champs Podium (Men’s Edition)
At last year’s Olympic Games in Paris, 42 medals were distributed across 14 individual events. Of the athletes who earned those pieces of hardware, many competed at this summer’s World Championships in Singapore. However, several medalists did not compete for a variety of reasons (retirement, rest, injury), while some athletes, such as France’s Leon Marchand, opted for a scaled-back program.
When calculating the numbers between Paris and Singapore, 40.47 percent (17-for-42) of the men’s medalists from the Olympics returned to the podium in the same event. Cameron McEvoy (50 freestyle), David Popovici (200 freestyle), Lukas Martens (400 freestyle), Hubert Kos (200 backstroke) and Leon Marchand (200 IM/400 IM) were the swimmers who followed an Olympic crown with a world title.
Here is a look at the 15 men (accounting for 17 medals) who stood on the podium in the same event at both the Paris Games and World Champs in Singapore:
Cameron McEvoy (Australia) – 50 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Ben Proud (Great Britain) – 50 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Silver
2025 World Champs: Silver
David Popovici (Romania) – 100 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Bronze
2025 World Champs: Gold
Kyle Chalmers (Australia) – 100 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Silver
2025 World Champs: Bronze
David Popovici (Romania) – 200 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Luke Hobson (United States) – 200 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Bronze
2025 World Champs: Silver
Lukas Martens (Germany) – 400 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Kim Woo-min (Korea) – 400 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Bronze
2025 World Champs: Bronze
Bobby Finke (United States) – 1500 Freestyle
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Bronze
Thomas Ceccon (Italy) – 100 Backstroke
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Silver
Hubert Kos (Hungary) – 200 Backstroke
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Nicolo Martinenghi (Italy) – 100 Breaststroke
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Silver
Caspar Corbeau (Netherlands) – 200 Breaststroke
2024 Olympics: Bronze
2025 World Champs: Bronze
Ilya Kharun (Canada) – 100 Butterfly
2024 Olympics: Bronze
2025 World Champs: Bronze
Leon Marchand (France) – 200 Individual Medley
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Leon Marchand (France) – 400 Individual Medley
2024 Olympics: Gold
2025 World Champs: Gold
Tomoyuki Matsushita (Japan) – 400 Individual Medley
2024 Olympics: Silver
2025 World Champs: Silver
