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Swimming · Butterfly / freestyle · Sweden

Lars Frölander

1992–2008 · Olympic 100 m butterfly champion in Sydney 2000 across a five-Games career.

Retired
Ranking model

100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
80.2
Cultural & brand footprint 46/100 · total legacy 74.2
Olympic gold medals
1
Olympic Games contested
5
Short course world titles
6
European Championship golds
7
Swedish records set
30

Category profile

Dominance
74
Peak
86
Longevity
88
Honours
76
Statistics
78

Career timeline · Form index per season

SeasonForm index per seasonShare of career
199256
199362
199470
199576
199682
199784
199886
199988
200096
200184
200282
200378
200474
200570
200666
200762
200858

Data sources

  • World Aquatics
  • Olympedia
  • International Swimming Hall of Fame

Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method

Why Lars Frölander ranks #175 in Swimming

Lars Frölander ranks 175th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1692nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 86, Longevity 88, Honours 76, Statistics 78. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 289 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.

The record covers 1992–2008 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, which sets the Peak component at 86. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, olympic games contested 5, short course world titles 6, european championship golds 7.

Immediately ahead sits Pablo Morales on 80.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Alicia Coutts on 80.1. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.

Lars Frölander GOAT Score explained

Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Frölander stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
Peak86/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 86/100.
Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
Honours76/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.

Lars Frölander — frequently asked

Is Lars Frölander the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Lars Frölander ranks 175th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 80.2, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
What is Lars Frölander's GOAT Score?
80.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Lars Frölander rank all time?
1692nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 175th within Swimming.
Lars Frölander vs Pablo Morales: who ranks higher?
Lars Frölander, on 80.2 against Pablo Morales's 80.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.
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