200-metre backstroke at the Olympics

Olympic sport May 2026 July 2021 200 metre backstroke Swimming Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming pictogram Men and women Men: 1900, 1964–2024 Women: 1968–2024 Hubert Kós HUN 2024 Summer Kaylee McKeown AUS 2024 Summer The 200-metre backstroke event is an event held at the Summer Olympic Games. The men's event was introduced in 1900, then was not held again until 1964, with a 100-metre backstroke) held from 1904 to 1960. When the event returned in 1964, it replaced the men's 100-metre backstroke for that year; in 1968, both the 100- and 200-metre versions were held for men. The 200-metre backstroke has been held at every Summer Games since 1964. The women's backstroke was introduced in 1968, and it has been held at every Summer Olympics since. Medals Men's medals 1896 Athens Not held 1900 ParisSwimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Ernst Hoppenberg GER 1900 Summer Olympics Karl Ruberl AUT 1900 Summer Olympics Johannes Drost NED 1900 Summer Olympics 1904 St. Louis Not held 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 TokyoSwimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Jed Graef USA 1964 Summer Olympics Gary Dilley USA 1964 Summer Olympics John Nelson USA 1964 Summer Olympics 1968 Mexico CitySwimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Roland Matthes GDR 1968 Summer Olympics Mitch Ivey USA 1968 Summer Olympics Jack Horsley USA 1968 Summer Olympics 1972 MunichSwimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Roland Matthes GDR 1972 Summer Olympics Mike Stamm USA 1972 Summer Olympics Mitch Ivey USA 1972 Summer Olympics 1976 MontrealSwimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke John Naber USA 1976 Summer Olympics Peter Rocca USA 1976 Summer Olympics Dan Harrigan USA 1976 Summer Olympics 1980 MoscowSwimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Sándor Wladár HUN 1980 Summer Olympics Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 1980 Summer Olympics Mark Kerry AUS 1980 Summer Olympics 1984 Los AngelesSwimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Rick Carey USA 1984 Summer Olympics Frédéric Delcourt FRA 1984 Summer Olympics Cameron Henning CAN 1984 Summer Olympics 1988 SeoulSwimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Igor Polyansky URS 1988 Summer Olympics Frank Baltrusch GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Paul Kingsman NZL 1988 Summer Olympics 1992 BarcelonaSwimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Martín López-Zubero ESP 1992 Summer Olympics Vladimir Selkov EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Stefano Battistelli ITA 1992 Summer Olympics 1996 AtlantaSwimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Brad Bridgewater USA 1996 Summer Olympics Tripp Schwenk USA 1996 Summer Olympics Emanuele Merisi ITA 1996 Summer Olympics 2000 SydneySwimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Lenny Krayzelburg USA 2000 Summer Olympics Aaron Peirsol USA 2000 Summer Olympics Matt Welsh AUS 2000 Summer Olympics 2004 AthensSwimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Aaron Peirsol USA 2004 Summer Olympics Markus Rogan AUT 2004 Summer Olympics Răzvan Florea ROU 2004 Summer Olympics 2008 BeijingSwimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Ryan Lochte USA 2008 Summer Olympics Aaron Peirsol USA 2008 Summer Olympics Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 2008 Summer Olympics 2012 LondonSwimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Tyler Clary USA 2012 Summer Olympics Ryosuke Irie JPN 2012 Summer Olympics Ryan Lochte USA 2012 Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de JaneiroSwimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Ryan Murphy USA 2016 Summer Olympics Mitch Larkin AUS 2016 Summer Olympics Evgeny Rylov RUS 2016 Summer Olympics 2020 TokyoSwimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Evgeny Rylov ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Ryan Murphy USA 2020 Summer Olympics Luke Greenbank GBR 2020 Summer Olympics 2024 ParisSwimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke Hubert Kós HUN 2024 Summer Olympics Apostolos Christou GRE 2024 Summer Olympics Roman Mityukov SUI 2024 Summer Olympics Men's multiple medalists Rank Swimmer Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 Roland Matthes GDR 1968–1972 2 0 0 2 2 Aaron Peirsol USA 2000–2008 1 2 0 3 3 Ryan Murphy USA 2016–2020 1 1 0 2 4 Ryan Lochte USA 2008–2012 1 0 1 2 5 Mitch Ivey USA 1968–1972 0 1 1 2 Men's medalists by nation Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 USA 9 8 5 22 2 GDR 2 1 0 3 HUN 2 1 0 3 4 GER 1 0 0 1 URS 1 0 0 1 ESP 1 0 0 1 ROC 2020 Summer 1 0 0 1 8 AUT 0 2 0 2 9 AUS 0 1 2 3 10 FRA 0 1 0 1 JPN 0 1 0 1 EUN 0 1 0 1 GRE 0 1 0 1 14 ITA 0 0 2 2 RUS 0 0 2 2 16 CAN 0 0 1 1 NED 0 0 1 1 NZL 0 0 1 1 ROU 0 0 1 1 GBR 0 0 1 1 SUI 0 0 1 1 Women's medals 1968 Mexico CitySwimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Lillian Watson USA 1968 Summer Olympics Elaine Tanner CAN 1968 Summer Olympics Kaye Hall USA 1968 Summer Olympics 1972 MunichSwimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Melissa Belote USA 1972 Summer Olympics Susie Atwood USA 1972 Summer Olympics Donna Gurr CAN 1972 Summer Olympics 1976 MontrealSwimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Ulrike Richter GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Birgit Treiber GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Nancy Garapick CAN 1976 Summer Olympics 1980 MoscowSwimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Rica Reinisch GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Cornelia Polit GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Birgit Treiber GDR 1980 Summer Olympics 1984 Los AngelesSwimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Jolanda de Rover NED 1984 Summer Olympics Amy White USA 1984 Summer Olympics Anca Pătrășcoiu ROU 1984 Summer Olympics 1988 SeoulSwimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Krisztina Egerszegi HUN 1988 Summer Olympics Kathrin Zimmermann GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Cornelia Sirch GDR 1988 Summer Olympics 1992 BarcelonaSwimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Krisztina Egerszegi HUN 1992 Summer Olympics Dagmar Hase GER 1992 Summer Olympics Nicole Stevenson AUS 1992 Summer Olympics 1996 AtlantaSwimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Krisztina Egerszegi HUN 1996 Summer Olympics Whitney Hedgepeth USA 1996 Summer Olympics Cathleen Rund GER 1996 Summer Olympics 2000 SydneySwimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Diana Mocanu ROU 2000 Summer Olympics Roxana Maracineanu FRA 2000 Summer Olympics Miki Nakao JPN 2000 Summer Olympics 2004 AthensSwimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Kirsty Coventry ZIM 2004 Summer Olympics Stanislava Komarova RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Reiko Nakamura JPN 2004 Summer OlympicsAntje Buschschulte GER 2004 Summer Olympics 2008 BeijingSwimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Kirsty Coventry ZIM 2008 Summer Olympics Margaret Hoelzer USA 2008 Summer Olympics Reiko Nakamura JPN 2008 Summer Olympics 2012 LondonSwimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Missy Franklin USA 2012 Summer Olympics Anastasia Zuyeva RUS 2012 Summer Olympics Elizabeth Beisel USA 2012 Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de JaneiroSwimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Maya DiRado USA 2016 Summer Olympics Katinka Hosszú HUN 2016 Summer Olympics Hilary Caldwell CAN 2016 Summer Olympics 2020 TokyoSwimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Kaylee McKeown AUS 2020 Summer Olympics Kylie Masse CAN 2020 Summer Olympics Emily Seebohm AUS 2020 Summer Olympics 2024 ParisSwimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Kaylee McKeown AUS 2024 Summer Olympics Regan Smith USA 2024 Summer Olympics Kylie Masse CAN 2024 Summer Olympics Women's multiple medalists Rank Swimmer Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 Krisztina Egerszegi HUN 1988–1996 3 0 0 3 2 Kirsty Coventry ZIM 2004–2008 2 0 0 2 Kaylee McKeown AUS 2020–2024 2 0 0 2 4 Birgit Treiber GDR 1976–1980 0 1 1 2 Kylie Masse CAN 2020–2024 0 1 1 2 6 Reiko Nakamura JPN 2004–2008 0 0 2 2 Women's medalists by nation Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 USA 4 5 2 11 2 HUN 3 1 0 4 3 GDR 2 3 2 7 4 AUS 2 0 2 4 5 ZIM 2 0 0 2 6 ROU 1 0 1 2 7 NED 1 0 0 1 8 CAN 0 1 2 3 9 RUS 0 2 0 2 10 GER 0 1 2 3 11 FRA 0 1 0 1 12 JPN 0 0 3 3 References Category:Olympic swimming events Category:200 metre backstroke at the Olympics