
Oldest Olympic Swimming Medallist
Record holder
Record value
41 years, 4 months, 2 days
Dara Torres was 41 years, 4 months and 2 days old when she swam her final Olympic race, the women's 4 × 100 metres medley relay final at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 17 August 2008. Born on 15 April 1967, Torres completed the United States team's freestyle anchor leg in 52.27 seconds. The American quartet of Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Christine Magnuson and Torres finished in 3:53.30, earning the silver medal behind Australia. The final began at 10:47 Beijing local time, after the women's 50 metres freestyle final earlier that morning, in which Torres had also won silver by a margin of just 0.01 second.
- Country represented
- United States
- Achievement location
- Beijing, China, United States
- Achievement date
- 17 August 2008
