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)

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
1900 Paris	Frederick Lane Australia	Zoltán Halmay Hungary	Karl Ruberl Austria
1904 St. Louis (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	Mike Wenden Australia	Don Schollander United States	John Nelson United States
1972 Munich	Mark Spitz United States	Steve Genter United States	Werner Lampe West Germany
1976 Montreal	Bruce Furniss United States	John Naber United States	Jim Montgomery United States
1980 Moscow	Sergey Koplyakov Soviet Union	Andrey Krylov Soviet Union	Graeme Brewer Australia
1984 Los Angeles	Michael Gross West Germany	Mike Heath United States	Thomas Fahrner West Germany
1988 Seoul	Duncan Armstrong Australia	Anders Holmertz Sweden	Matt Biondi United States
1992 Barcelona	Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team	Anders Holmertz Sweden	Antti Kasvio Finland
1996 Atlanta	Danyon Loader New Zealand	Gustavo Borges Brazil	Daniel Kowalski Australia
2000 Sydney	Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands	Ian Thorpe Australia	Massimiliano Rosolino Italy
2004 Athens	Ian Thorpe Australia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands	Michael Phelps United States
2008 Beijing	Michael Phelps United States	Park Tae-Hwan South Korea	Peter Vanderkaay United States
2012 London	Yannick Agnel France	Sun Yang China Park Tae-Hwan South Korea	None awarded
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sun Yang China	Chad le Clos South Africa	Conor Dwyer United States
2020 Tokyo	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
	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

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
	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

Women's medals

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

References

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Swimming at the Summer Olympics
	Editions	1896 1900 1904 1906 (Intercalated) 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
	Current events	50 m free 100 m free 200 m free 400 m free 800 m free 1500 m free 100 m back 200 m back 100 m breast 200 m breast 100 m fly 200 m fly 200 m IM 400 m IM 4 × 100 m free relay 4 × 200 m free relay 4 × 100 m medlay relay 10 km
	Past events	500 m free (1896) 1000 m free (1900) 1200 m free (1896) 4000 m free (1900) 400 m breast 1904 1912 1920 4 × 100 yd free relay (1904) 200 m team (1900) 200 m obstacle (1900) underwater (1900) 100 m free sailors (1896)
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