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Los Angeles World Class Programme Funding (2025-29). *The investment figure for all aquatic sports as of 2025-29 is provided as one funding amount, see Aquatics page for funding amount.
£0
Total historical funding since National Lottery funding began in 1997
£102,389,792
Total National Lottery funded athletes who have competed in Swimming
at an Olympic Games since 1997
144
Historical Funding
Sydney
£4,562,442
Athens
£4,920,000
Beijing
£18,598,779
London
£20,195,800
Rio
£17,138,391
Tokyo
£18,046,062
Paris
£18,928,318
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Great Britain re-wrote the history books at Tokyo 2020 after winning eight Olympic swimming medals (four golds, three silvers & one bronze); their best ever medal haul. 

Duncan Scott also became Britain's most decorated Olympic swimmer of all time (six medals in total) after picking up four medals to add to the two he won at Rio 2016.

Find out more on the AquaticsGB website.

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