200 metre freestyle at the Olympics
# 200 metre freestyle at the Olympics

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.

## Medals

### Men's medals

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1896 Athens | Not held | Not held | 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 | Not held | Not held |
| 1912 Stockholm | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1920 Antwerp | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1924 Paris | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1936 Berlin | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1948 London | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1952 Helsinki | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1956 Melbourne | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1960 Rome | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1964 Tokyo | Not held | Not held | 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 ChinaPark 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 |

**Men's multiple medalists**

| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands | 2000–2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 2000–2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 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 |

**Men's medalists by nation**

| 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 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 16 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Women's medals

| 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 |

**Women's multiple medalists**

| 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 |

**Women's medalists by nation**

| 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 |
| 9 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
