This article from a small local newspaper says that all members whether they swim the prelims or the finals receive a medal:
http://northbrook.patch.com/articles/north-shore-swimmer-wins-olympic-medal-in-relay
yes
http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/081108aab.html This article seems to indicate that up to 8 swimmers, including those who are in the finals and semi-finals, will receive medals for the efforts of the final relay team.
Australia is a famous swim team the relay of leisel Jones, lisbeth trickett, jessicah schipper, Emily seebohm
It depends what relay you mean - a normal relay has four swimmers (e.g. an IM relay or a freestyle relay) bu relays such as a cannon relay can have more
THE ANSWER IS 5 MEDALS. 2 GOLD AND 3 BRONZE WON BY: GOLD : Libby Trickett GOLD : Stephanie Rice BRONZE : The mens Relay team BRONZE : The womens relay team BRONZE : Jessicah Schipper
8 gold medals (2 of which were in team relay events)
All team members receive a medal earned by their team.
Australia has won 241 gold medals in Swimming at the Commonwealth Games from 1930 to 2014.
20 Because there is 45 members and he wants to divide them in groups... Divide them together And then The answer will come out as 20 :)
The current world record holder for the Relay open water swim is a Chinese team that completed a 140.6 km swim in 25 hours and 30 minutes in 2015.
Alicia Coutts won 5 medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay, bronze in the 100m butterfly, silver in the 4x100m medley relay, 200m individual medley & 4x200m freestyle relay team
There are a bunch of them - the 2008 Women's Olympic Swim Team. See the related link for a picture of them with their medals.