200 metre freestyle at the Olympics

Olympic sport May 2026 June 2021 200 metre freestyle Swimming Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming pictogram Men and women Men: 1900, 1904, 1968–2024 Women: 1968–2024 David Popovici ROM 2024 Summer Mollie O'Callaghan AUS 2024 Summer 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 1896 Athens Not held 1900 ParisSwimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Frederick Lane AUS 1900 Summer Olympics Zoltán Halmay HUN 1900 Summer Olympics Karl Ruberl AUT 1900 Summer Olympics 1904 St. LouisSwimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 220 yard freestyle (220 yd) Charles Daniels USA 1904 Summer Olympics Francis Gailey AUS 1904 Summer Olympics Emil Rausch GER 1904 Summer Olympics 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 CitySwimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Mike Wenden AUS 1968 Summer Olympics Don Schollander USA 1968 Summer Olympics John Nelson USA 1968 Summer Olympics 1972 MunichSwimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Mark Spitz USA 1972 Summer Olympics Steve Genter USA 1972 Summer Olympics Werner Lampe FRG 1972 Summer Olympics 1976 MontrealSwimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Bruce Furniss USA 1976 Summer Olympics John Naber USA 1976 Summer Olympics Jim Montgomery USA 1976 Summer Olympics 1980 MoscowSwimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Sergey Koplyakov URS 1980 Summer Olympics Andrey Krylov URS 1980 Summer Olympics Graeme Brewer AUS 1980 Summer Olympics 1984 Los AngelesSwimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Michael Gross FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Mike Heath USA 1984 Summer Olympics Thomas Fahrner FRG 1984 Summer Olympics 1988 SeoulSwimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Duncan Armstrong AUS 1988 Summer Olympics Anders Holmertz SWE 1988 Summer Olympics Matt Biondi USA 1988 Summer Olympics 1992 BarcelonaSwimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Yevgeny Sadovyi EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Anders Holmertz SWE 1992 Summer Olympics Antti Kasvio FIN 1992 Summer Olympics 1996 AtlantaSwimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Danyon Loader NZL 1996 Summer Olympics Gustavo Borges BRA 1996 Summer Olympics Daniel Kowalski AUS 1996 Summer Olympics 2000 SydneySwimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 2000 Summer Olympics Ian Thorpe AUS 2000 Summer Olympics Massimiliano Rosolino ITA 2000 Summer Olympics 2004 AthensSwimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Ian Thorpe AUS 2004 Summer Olympics Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 2004 Summer Olympics Michael Phelps USA 2004 Summer Olympics 2008 BeijingSwimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Michael Phelps USA 2008 Summer Olympics Park Tae-Hwan KOR 2008 Summer Olympics Peter Vanderkaay USA 2008 Summer Olympics 2012 LondonSwimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Yannick Agnel FRA 2012 Summer Olympics Sun Yang CHN 2012 Summer OlympicsPark Tae-Hwan KOR 2012 Summer Olympics None awarded 2016 Rio de JaneiroSwimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Sun Yang CHN 2016 Summer Olympics Chad le Clos RSA 2016 Summer Olympics Conor Dwyer USA 2016 Summer Olympics 2020 TokyoSwimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Thomas Dean GBR 2020 Summer Olympics Duncan Scott GBR 2020 Summer Olympics Fernando Scheffer BRA 2020 Summer Olympics 2024 ParisSwimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle David Popovici ROU 2024 Summer Olympics Matt Richards GBR 2024 Summer Olympics Luke Hobson USA 2024 Summer Olympics Men's multiple medalists Rank Swimmer Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 2000–2004 1 1 0 2 Ian Thorpe AUS 2000–2004 1 1 0 2 Sun Yang CHN 2012–2016 1 1 0 2 4 Michael Phelps USA 2004–2008 1 0 1 2 5 Anders Holmertz SWE 1988–1992 0 2 0 2 Park Tae-Hwan KOR 2008–2012 0 2 0 2 Men's medalists by nation Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 USA 4 4 7 15 2 AUS 4 2 2 8 3 GBR 1 2 0 3 4 CHN 1 1 0 2 NED 1 1 0 2 URS 1 1 0 2 7 FRG 1 0 2 3 8 FRA 1 0 0 1 NZL 1 0 0 1 EUN 1 0 0 1 ROM 1 0 0 1 11 KOR 0 2 0 2 SWE 0 2 0 2 13 BRA 0 1 1 2 14 HUN 0 1 0 1 RSA 0 1 0 1 16 AUT 0 0 1 1 FIN 0 0 1 1 GER 0 0 1 1 ITA 0 0 1 1 Women's medals 1968 Mexico CitySwimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Debbie Meyer USA 1968 Summer Olympics Jan Henne USA 1968 Summer Olympics Jane Barkman USA 1968 Summer Olympics 1972 MunichSwimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Shane Gould AUS 1972 Summer Olympics Shirley Babashoff USA 1972 Summer Olympics Keena Rothhammer USA 1972 Summer Olympics 1976 MontrealSwimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Kornelia Ender GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Shirley Babashoff USA 1976 Summer Olympics Enith Brigitha NED 1976 Summer Olympics 1980 MoscowSwimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Barbara Krause GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Ines Diers GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Carmela Schmidt GDR 1980 Summer Olympics 1984 Los AngelesSwimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Mary Wayte USA 1984 Summer Olympics Cynthia Woodhead USA 1984 Summer Olympics Annemarie Verstappen NED 1984 Summer Olympics 1988 SeoulSwimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Heike Friedrich GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Silvia Poll CRC 1988 Summer Olympics Manuela Stellmach GDR 1988 Summer Olympics 1992 BarcelonaSwimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Nicole Haislett USA 1992 Summer Olympics Franziska van Almsick GER 1992 Summer Olympics Kerstin Kielgaß GER 1992 Summer Olympics 1996 AtlantaSwimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Claudia Poll CRC 1996 Summer Olympics Franziska van Almsick GER 1996 Summer Olympics Dagmar Hase GER 1996 Summer Olympics 2000 SydneySwimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Susie O'Neill AUS 2000 Summer Olympics Martina Moravcová SVK 2000 Summer Olympics Claudia Poll CRC 2000 Summer Olympics 2004 AthensSwimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Camelia Potec ROU 2004 Summer Olympics Federica Pellegrini ITA 2004 Summer Olympics Solenne Figuès FRA 2004 Summer Olympics 2008 BeijingSwimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Federica Pellegrini ITA 2008 Summer Olympics Sara Isakovič SLO 2008 Summer Olympics Pang Jiaying CHN 2008 Summer Olympics 2012 LondonSwimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Allison Schmitt USA 2012 Summer Olympics Camille Muffat FRA 2012 Summer Olympics Bronte Barratt AUS 2012 Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de JaneiroSwimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Katie Ledecky USA 2016 Summer Olympics Sarah Sjöström SWE 2016 Summer Olympics Emma McKeon AUS 2016 Summer Olympics 2020 TokyoSwimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Ariarne Titmus AUS 2020 Summer Olympics Siobhán Haughey HKG 2020 Summer Olympics Penny Oleksiak CAN 2020 Summer Olympics 2024 ParisSwimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle Mollie O'Callaghan AUS 2024 Summer Olympics Ariarne Titmus AUS 2024 Summer Olympics Siobhán Haughey HKG 2024 Summer Olympics Women's multiple medalists Rank Swimmer Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 Federica Pellegrini ITA 2004–2008 1 1 0 2 Ariarne Titmus AUS 2020–2024 1 1 0 2 3 Claudia Poll CRC 1996–2000 1 0 1 2 4 Shirley Babashoff USA 1972–1976 0 2 0 2 Franziska van Almsick GER 1992–1996 0 2 0 2 6 Siobhán Haughey HKG 2020–2024 0 1 1 2 Women's medalists by nation Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 USA 5 4 2 11 2 AUS 4 1 2 7 3 GDR 3 1 2 6 4 CRC 1 1 1 3 5 ITA 1 1 0 2 6 ROU 1 0 0 1 7 GER 0 2 2 4 8 FRA 0 1 1 2 HKG 0 1 1 2 10 SVK 0 1 0 1 SLO 0 1 0 1 SWE 0 1 0 1 13 NED 0 0 2 2 14 CAN 0 0 1 1 CHN 0 0 1 1 References http://www.todor66.com/swimming/Olympic/Men_200m_Freestyle_History.html 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