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.
200 metre freestyle at the Olympic Games | |
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Swimming pictogram | |
Overview | |
Sport | Swimming |
Gender | Men and women |
Years held | Men: 1900, 1904, 1968–2016 Women: 1968–2016 |
Reigning champion | |
Men | |
Women |
Medals
editMen's medals
editMen's multiple medalists
editRank | Swimmer | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | 2000–2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Ian Thorpe | 2000–2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Sun Yang | 2012–2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
4 | Michael Phelps | 2004–2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | Anders Holmertz | 1988–1992 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Park Tae-Hwan | 2008–2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Men's medalists by nation
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women's medals
editWomen's multiple medalists
editRank | Swimmer | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Federica Pellegrini | 2004–2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | Claudia Poll | 1996–2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | Shirley Babashoff | 1972–1976 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Franziska van Almsick | 1992–1996 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Women's medalists by nation
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |