200_metre_freestyle_at_the_Olympics

200 metre freestyle
at the Olympic Games
200 metre freestyle; at the Olympic Games
	Swimming pictogram
Overview
Sport	Swimming
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1900, 1904, 1968–2016 ; Women: 1968–2016
Reigning champion
Men	Sun Yang (CHN)
Women	Katie Ledecky (USA)

200 metre freestyle at the Olympics

Olympic sport

The 200 metre freestyle event is an event held at the Summer Olympic Games. The men's event was introduced in 1900, held a second time in 1904 (at 220 yards rather than 200 metres), then was not held again until 1968. When the event returned in 1968, both men's and women's events were held. The event has remained on the programme for every Summer Olympics since.

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens	Not held
1900 Paris details	Frederick Lane Australia	Zoltán Halmay Hungary	Karl Ruberl Austria
1904 St. Louis details (220 yd)	Charles Daniels United States	Francis Gailey Australia	Emil Rausch Germany
1908 London	Not held
1912 Stockholm	Not held
1920 Antwerp	Not held
1924 Paris	Not held
1928 Amsterdam	Not held
1932 Los Angeles	Not held
1936 Berlin	Not held
1948 London	Not held
1952 Helsinki	Not held
1956 Melbourne	Not held
1960 Rome	Not held
1964 Tokyo	Not held
1968 Mexico City details	Mike Wenden Australia	Don Schollander United States	John Nelson United States
1972 Munich details	Mark Spitz United States	Steve Genter United States	Werner Lampe West Germany
1976 Montreal details	Bruce Furniss United States	John Naber United States	Jim Montgomery United States
1980 Moscow details	Sergey Koplyakov Soviet Union	Andrey Krylov Soviet Union	Graeme Brewer Australia
1984 Los Angeles details	Michael Gross West Germany	Mike Heath United States	Thomas Fahrner West Germany
1988 Seoul details	Duncan Armstrong Australia	Anders Holmertz Sweden	Matt Biondi United States
1992 Barcelona details	Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team	Anders Holmertz Sweden	Antti Kasvio Finland
1996 Atlanta details	Danyon Loader New Zealand	Gustavo Borges Brazil	Daniel Kowalski Australia
2000 Sydney details	Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands	Ian Thorpe Australia	Massimiliano Rosolino Italy
2004 Athens details	Ian Thorpe Australia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands	Michael Phelps United States
2008 Beijing details	Michael Phelps United States	Park Tae-Hwan South Korea	Peter Vanderkaay United States
2012 London details	Yannick Agnel France	Sun Yang China Park Tae-Hwan South Korea	None awarded
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Sun Yang China	Chad le Clos South Africa	Conor Dwyer United States
2020 Tokyo details	Thomas Dean Great Britain	Duncan Scott Great Britain	Fernando Scheffer Brazil

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Netherlands	2000–2004	1	1	0	2
	Ian Thorpe	Australia	2000–2004	1	1	0	2
	Sun Yang	China	2012–2016	1	1	0	2
4	Michael Phelps	United States	2004–2008	1	0	1	2
5	Anders Holmertz	Sweden	1988–1992	0	2	0	2
5	Park Tae-Hwan	South Korea	2008–2012	0	2	0	2

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	4	6	14
2	Australia	4	2	2	8
3	China	1	1	0	2
	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
	Soviet Union	1	1	0	2
	Great Britain	1	1	0	2
7	West Germany	1	0	2	3
8	France	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
	Unified Team	1	0	0	1
11	South Korea	0	2	0	2
11	Sweden	0	2	0	2
13	Brazil	0	1	1	2
14	Hungary	0	1	0	1
14	South Africa	0	1	0	1
16	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1968 Mexico City details	Debbie Meyer United States	Jan Henne United States	Jane Barkman United States
1972 Munich details	Shane Gould Australia	Shirley Babashoff United States	Keena Rothhammer United States
1976 Montreal details	Kornelia Ender East Germany	Shirley Babashoff United States	Enith Brigitha Netherlands
1980 Moscow details	Barbara Krause East Germany	Ines Diers East Germany	Carmela Schmidt East Germany
1984 Los Angeles details	Mary Wayte United States	Cynthia Woodhead United States	Annemarie Verstappen Netherlands
1988 Seoul details	Heike Friedrich East Germany	Silvia Poll Costa Rica	Manuela Stellmach East Germany
1992 Barcelona details	Nicole Haislett United States	Franziska van Almsick Germany	Kerstin Kielgaß Germany
1996 Atlanta details	Claudia Poll Costa Rica	Franziska van Almsick Germany	Dagmar Hase Germany
2000 Sydney details	Susie O'Neill Australia	Martina Moravcová Slovakia	Claudia Poll Costa Rica
2004 Athens details	Camelia Potec Romania	Federica Pellegrini Italy	Solenne Figuès France
2008 Beijing details	Federica Pellegrini Italy	Sara Isakovič Slovenia	Pang Jiaying China
2012 London details	Allison Schmitt United States	Camille Muffat France	Bronte Barratt Australia
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Katie Ledecky United States	Sarah Sjöström Sweden	Emma McKeon Australia
2020 Tokyo details	Ariarne Titmus Australia	Siobhán Haughey Hong Kong	Penny Oleksiak Canada

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	2004–2008	1	1	0	2
2	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	1996–2000	1	0	1	2
3	Shirley Babashoff	United States	1972–1976	0	2	0	2
3	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	1992–1996	0	2	0	2

200_metre_freestyle_at_the_Olympics

200 metre freestyle at the Olympics

Medals

Men's medals

Men's multiple medalists

Men's medalists by nation

Women's medals

Women's multiple medalists

Women's medalists by nation

References

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	5	4	2	11
2	East Germany	3	1	2	6
3	Australia	3	0	2	5
4	Costa Rica	1	1	1	3
5	Italy	1	1	0	2
6	Romania	1	0	0	1
7	Germany	0	2	2	4
8	France	0	1	1	2
9	Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
13	Netherlands	0	0	2	2
14	Canada	0	0	1	1
14	China	0	0	1	1