Swimming — 200 metres Freestyle, Men

Times held 16
Total participants 658
Total countries 126

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1900 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 26 9
1968 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 57 26
1972 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 46 27
1976 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 55 33
1980 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 42 24
1984 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 56 36
1988 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 63 41
1992 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 55 39
1996 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 43 36
2000 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 51 44
2004 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 59 53
2008 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 57 49
2012 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 40 31
2016 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 47 36
2020 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 39 30
2024 200 metres Freestyle, Men Olympic 25 18

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Fred LaneGBR Zoltán HalmayHUN Karl RuberlAUT
1968 Mike WendenAUS Don SchollanderUSA John NelsonUSA
1972 Mark SpitzUSA Steve GenterUSA Werner LampeFRG
1976 Bruce FurnissUSA John NaberUSA Jim MontgomeryUSA
1980 Sergey KoplyakovURS Andrey KrylovURS Graeme BrewerAUS
1984 Michael GroßFRG Mike HeathUSA Thomas FahrnerFRG
1988 Duncan ArmstrongAUS Anders HolmertzSWE Matt BiondiUSA
1992 Yevgeny SadovyEUN Anders HolmertzSWE Antti KasvioFIN
1996 Danyon LoaderNZL Gustavo BorgesBRA Daniel KowalskiAUS
2000 Pieter van den HoogenbandNED Ian ThorpeAUS Massi RosolinoITA
2004 Ian ThorpeAUS Pieter van den HoogenbandNED Michael PhelpsUSA
2008 Michael PhelpsUSA Park Tae-HwanKOR Peter VanderkaayUSA
2012 Yannick AgnelFRA Sun Yang
Park Tae-Hwan
CHN
KOR
2016 Sun YangCHN Chad le ClosRSA Conor DwyerUSA
2020 Tom DeanGBR Duncan ScottGBR Fernando SchefferBRA
2024 David PopoviciROU Matt RichardsGBR Luke HobsonUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 3 4 7 14
Australia AUS 3 1 2 6
Great Britain GBR 2 2 0 4
Netherlands NED 1 1 0 2
People's Republic of China CHN 1 1 0 2
Soviet Union URS 1 1 0 2
West Germany FRG 1 0 2 3
France FRA 1 0 0 1
New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
Romania ROU 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Republic of Korea KOR 0 2 0 2
Sweden SWE 0 2 0 2
Brazil BRA 0 1 1 2
Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
South Africa RSA 0 1 0 1
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
Finland FIN 0 0 1 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 1 1 0 2
Ian Thorpe AUS 1 1 0 2
Sun Yang CHN 1 1 0 2
Michael Phelps USA 1 0 1 2
Duncan Armstrong AUS 1 0 0 1
Fred Lane AUS
GBR
1 0 0 1
Mike Wenden AUS 1 0 0 1
Michael Groß FRG 1 0 0 1
Danyon Loader NZL 1 0 0 1
Sergey Koplyakov BLR
URS
1 0 0 1
Yevgeny Sadovy RUS
EUN
1 0 0 1
Bruce Furniss USA 1 0 0 1
Mark Spitz USA 1 0 0 1
Yannick Agnel FRA 1 0 0 1
Tom Dean GBR 1 0 0 1
David Popovici ROU 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1996 Summer Olympics Salim Iles 31 See all
Andorra AND 2000 Summer Olympics Santiago Deu 51 See all
Angola ANG 1980 Summer Olympics Jorge Lima 40 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 2016 Summer Olympics Noah Mascoll-Gomes 44 See all
Argentina ARG 1968 Summer Olympics Luis Nicolao =13 See all
Aruba ARU 2020 Summer Olympics Mikel Schreuders 33 See all
Australia AUS 1968 Summer Olympics Mike Wenden 1 Gold See all
1988 Summer Olympics Duncan Armstrong 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Ian Thorpe 1 Gold
Austria AUT 1900 Summer Olympics Karl Ruberl 3 Bronze See all
Barbados BAR 2000 Summer Olympics Damian Alleyne 27 See all
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Ihar Kaliada 12 See all
Belgium BEL 2024 Summer Olympics Lucas Henveaux 11 See all
Bolivia BOL 1992 Summer Olympics Luis Medina 46 See all
Botswana BOT 2020 Summer Olympics James Freeman 38 See all
Brazil BRA 1996 Summer Olympics Gustavo Borges 2 Silver See all
Brunei Darussalam BRU 2012 Summer Olympics Anderson Lim 40 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1980 Summer Olympics Petar Kochanov 18 See all
Cambodia CAM 1972 Summer Olympics Samnang Prak 45 See all
Canada CAN 1968 Summer Olympics Ralph Hutton 4 See all
Cayman Islands CAY 2012 Summer Olympics Brett Fraser 12 See all
Chile CHI 2004 Summer Olympics Giancarlo Zolezzi 39 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Michael Miao 27 See all
Colombia COL 1968 Summer Olympics Julio Arango 20 See all
Cook Islands COK 2020 Summer Olympics Wesley Roberts 37 See all
Costa Rica CRC 2012 Summer Olympics Mario Montoya 33 See all
Croatia CRO 1996 Summer Olympics Miroslav Vučetić 19 See all
Cuba CUB 1968 Summer Olympics Gregorio Fiallo 45 See all
Cyprus CYP 2004 Summer Olympics Alexandros Aresti 44 See all
Czechia CZE 2004 Summer Olympics Květoslav Svoboda 9 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Radek Havel 22 See all
Denmark DEN 1988 Summer Olympics Franz Mortensen 13 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2012 Summer Olympics Nicholas Schwab 37 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Jörg Woithe 4 See all
Ecuador ECU 1976 Summer Olympics Jorge Delgado 14 See all
Egypt EGY 2016 Summer Olympics Marwan El-Kamash 24 See all
El Salvador ESA 1972 Summer Olympics Tomás Rengifo 42 See all
Estonia EST 2020 Summer Olympics Kregor Zirk 13 See all
Eswatini SWZ 1984 Summer Olympics Trevor Ncala 53 See all
Fiji FIJ 1996 Summer Olympics Carl Probert 39 See all
Finland FIN 1992 Summer Olympics Antti Kasvio 3 Bronze See all
France FRA 2012 Summer Olympics Yannick Agnel 1 Gold See all
Georgia GEO 2008 Summer Olympics Irakli Revishvili 53 See all
Germany GER 2008 Summer Olympics Paul Biedermann 5 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Paul Biedermann 5
2024 Summer Olympics Lukas Märtens =5
Great Britain GBR 1900 Summer Olympics Fred Lane 1 Gold See all
2020 Summer Olympics Tom Dean 1 Gold
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Andreas Zisimos 12 See all
Guam GUM 1992 Summer Olympics Frank Flores 45 See all
Guatemala GUA 1992 Summer Olympics Gustavo Búcaro 40 See all
Honduras HON 1992 Summer Olympics Plutarco Castellanos 43 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2000 Summer Olympics Mark Kwok 26 See all
Hungary HUN 1900 Summer Olympics Zoltán Halmay 2 Silver See all
Iceland ISL 2000 Summer Olympics Örn Arnarson 15 See all
India IND 2008 Summer Olympics Virdhawal Khade 48 See all
Indonesia INA 1976 Summer Olympics Kris Sumono 48 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Richard Bera 48
Ireland IRL 1996 Summer Olympics Earl McCarthy 29 See all
Israel ISR 2008 Summer Olympics Nimrod Shapira 15 See all
Italy ITA 2000 Summer Olympics Massi Rosolino 3 Bronze See all
Japan JPN 2008 Summer Olympics Yoshihiro Okumura 7 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Kosuke Hagino 7
Jordan JOR 2016 Summer Olympics Khader Baqlah 31 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksey Yegorov 22 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1992 Summer Olympics Hussein Al-Sadiq 48 See all
Kuwait KUW 1980 Summer Olympics Adham Hemdan 38 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Dmitry Kuzmin 28 See all
Latvia LAT 2004 Summer Olympics Romāns Miloslavskis 23 See all
Lebanon LBN 1980 Summer Olympics Bilall Yamout 41 See all
Libya LBA 2020 Summer Olympics Audai Hassouna 39 See all
Lithuania LTU 2024 Summer Olympics Danas Rapšys =5 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1992 Summer Olympics Yves Clausse 34 See all
Malaysia MAS 2016 Summer Olympics Welson Sim 26 See all
Mauritius MRI 2012 Summer Olympics Mathieu Marquet 39 See all
Mexico MEX 2024 Summer Olympics Jorge Iga 20 See all
Monaco MON 1976 Summer Olympics Patrick Novaretti 54 See all
Morocco MAR 2004 Summer Olympics Adil Bellaz 53 See all
Mozambique MOZ 1980 Summer Olympics Ntewane Machel 42 See all
Netherlands NED 2000 Summer Olympics Pieter van den Hoogenband 1 Gold See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1984 Summer Olympics Evert Kroon 38 See all
New Zealand NZL 1996 Summer Olympics Danyon Loader 1 Gold See all
Nicaragua NCA 1976 Summer Olympics Frank Richardson 55 See all
Nigeria NGR 1976 Summer Olympics John Ebito DNS See all
North Macedonia MKD 2004 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Malenko =35 See all
Norway NOR 1992 Summer Olympics Jarl Inge Melberg 19 See all
Pakistan PAK 2024 Summer Olympics Muhammad Ahmed Durrani 25 See all
Palestine PLE 2016 Summer Olympics Ahmed Gebrel 47 See all
Panama PAN 1996 Summer Olympics José Isaza 32 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 2008 Summer Olympics Ryan Pini 32 See all
Paraguay PAR 2012 Summer Olympics Ben Hockin 26 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2016 Summer Olympics Sun Yang 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 1968 Summer Olympics Juan Carlos Bello =9 See all
Philippines PHI 1968 Summer Olympics Roosevelt Abdulgafur 24 See all
Poland POL 1988 Summer Olympics Artur Wojdat 4 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Artur Wojdat 4
Portugal POR 1980 Summer Olympics Paulo Frischknecht 21 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1968 Summer Olympics Gary Goodner =35 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Martin Malyutin 5 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2008 Summer Olympics Park Tae-Hwan 2 Silver See all
2012 Summer Olympics Park Tae-Hwan =2 Silver
Republic of Moldova MDA 2020 Summer Olympics Alexei Sancov 26 See all
Rhodesia RHO 1972 Summer Olympics Andrew Young DNS See all
Romania ROU 2024 Summer Olympics David Popovici 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2012 Summer Olympics Dan Izotov 8 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Krasnykh 8
Samoa SAM 2016 Summer Olympics Brandon Schuster 46 See all
San Marino SMR 1992 Summer Olympics Daniele Casadei 52 See all
Serbia SRB 2016 Summer Olympics Velimir Stjepanović 13 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2000 Summer Olympics Nikola Kalabić 41 See all
Seychelles SEY 1992 Summer Olympics Jean-Paul Adam 54 See all
Singapore SGP 2000 Summer Olympics Mark Chay 23 See all
Slovenia SLO 2024 Summer Olympics Sašo Boškan 21 See all
South Africa RSA 2016 Summer Olympics Chad le Clos 2 Silver See all
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Sergey Koplyakov 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1980 Summer Olympics David López-Zubero 9 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1992 Summer Olympics Julian Bolling 49 See all
Sweden SWE 1988 Summer Olympics Anders Holmertz 2 Silver See all
1992 Summer Olympics Anders Holmertz 2 Silver
Switzerland SUI 2008 Summer Olympics Dominik Meichtry 6 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 2024 Summer Olympics Omar Abbas 24 See all
Thailand THA 1996 Summer Olympics Torlarp Sethsothorn 33 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1984 Summer Olympics Sean Nottage 40 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2004 Summer Olympics George Bovell 11 See all
Tunisia TUN 2008 Summer Olympics Oussama Mellouli =19 See all
Türkiye TUR 1992 Summer Olympics Uğur Taner 20 See all
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Serhiy Advena 23 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Yevgeny Sadovy 1 Gold See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 1992 Summer Olympics Ahmad Faraj 53 See all
United States USA 1972 Summer Olympics Mark Spitz 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Bruce Furniss 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Michael Phelps 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 2000 Summer Olympics George Gleason 39 See all
Uruguay URU 1984 Summer Olympics Carlos Scanavino 13 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 1996 Summer Olympics Vyacheslav Kabanov 28 See all
Venezuela VEN 1984 Summer Olympics Alberto Mestre 5 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Tô Văn Vệ 39 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Michael Groß 1 Gold See all
Yemen YEM 2020 Summer Olympics Mokhtar Al-Yamani 36 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Summer Olympics Borut Petrič 19 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1980 Summer Olympics Guy Goosen 33 See all