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Katie Ledecky Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Katie Ledecky? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

At age 15, Ledecky won her first Olympic gold medal in the 800m freestyle at London 2012.

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She stunned the field in 2012 at 15 years old, winning gold in the 800m freestyle—her first Olympic appearance.

2.

Ledecky has swum the fastest 1500m freestyle time ever recorded, including men and women.

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✗ FALSE

Her 15:20.48 is the women’s world record, but men’s times are much faster—Sun Yang’s world record is 14:31.02.

3.

She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in biology while training for the Olympics.

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Ledecky attended Stanford but turned professional after her freshman year and never completed a degree there. She hasn’t graduated.

4.

Ledecky is the only swimmer to win Olympic gold in the 800m freestyle four times.

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She won three golds in the 800m (2012, 2016, 2024) but the event wasn’t held in 2020. No one has won it four times.

5.

Ledecky has never lost a single individual Olympic final she has entered.

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Through 2024, she’s won gold in every individual Olympic final she’s contested, spanning 200m to 1500m freestyle events.

6.

She holds the world record in every women's freestyle event from 200m to 1500m.

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She doesn’t hold the 200m freestyle world record (that’s Mollie O'Callaghan or Federica Pellegrini). Her records are in 400m, 800m, and 1500m.

7.

Katie Ledecky once swam a 1500m freestyle faster than the men’s world record from 1976.

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Her 2018 time of 15:20.48 beat the men’s 1500m world record set by Vladimir Salnikov in 1976 (15:24.40).

8.

Katie Ledecky’s 800m freestyle world record has stood longer than any current women’s swimming world record.

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Set in 2016 at 8:04.79, it remains the longest-standing women’s swimming world record, untouched for over eight years.

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