Swimming — 200 metres Backstroke, Women

Times held 15
Total participants 386
Total countries 77

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1968 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 30 19
1972 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 37 20
1976 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 31 17
1980 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 21 13
1984 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 27 18
1988 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 32 23
1992 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 43 30
1996 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 33 28
2000 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 35 29
2004 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 34 27
2008 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 34 24
2012 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 37 31
2016 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 28 20
2020 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 27 22
2024 200 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 27 18

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Pokey WatsonUSA Elaine TannerCAN Kaye HallUSA
1972 Melissa BeloteUSA Susie AtwoodUSA Donna-Marie GurrCAN
1976 Ulrike RichterGDR Birgit TreiberGDR Nancy GarapickCAN
1980 Rica ReinischGDR Cornelia PolitGDR Birgit TreiberGDR
1984 Jolanda de RoverNED Amy WhiteUSA Anca PătrășcoiuROU
1988 Krisztina EgerszegiHUN Kathrin ZimmermannGDR Cornelia SirchGDR
1992 Krisztina EgerszegiHUN Dagmar HaseGER Nicole StevensonAUS
1996 Krisztina EgerszegiHUN Whitney HedgepethUSA Cathleen RundGER
2000 Diana MocanuROU Roxana MaracineanuFRA Miki NakaoJPN
2004 Kirsty CoventryZIM Stanislava KomarovaRUS Antje Buschschulte
Reiko Nakamura
GER
JPN
2008 Kirsty CoventryZIM Margaret HoelzerUSA Reiko NakamuraJPN
2012 Missy FranklinUSA Anastasiya ZuyevaRUS Elizabeth BeiselUSA
2016 Maya DiRadoUSA Katinka HosszúHUN Hilary CaldwellCAN
2020 Kaylee McKeownAUS Kylie MasseCAN Emily SeebohmAUS
2024 Kaylee McKeownAUS Regan SmithUSA Kylie MasseCAN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 5 2 11
Hungary HUN 3 1 0 4
East Germany GDR 2 3 2 7
Australia AUS 2 0 2 4
Zimbabwe ZIM 2 0 0 2
Romania ROU 1 0 1 2
Netherlands NED 1 0 0 1
Canada CAN 0 2 4 6
Russian Federation RUS 0 2 0 2
Germany GER 0 1 2 3
France FRA 0 1 0 1
Japan JPN 0 0 3 3

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Krisztina Egerszegi HUN 3 0 0 3
Kirsty Coventry ZIM 2 0 0 2
Kaylee McKeown AUS 2 0 0 2
Rica Reinisch GDR 1 0 0 1
Ulrike Richter GDR 1 0 0 1
Jolanda de Rover NED 1 0 0 1
Melissa Belote USA 1 0 0 1
Pokey Watson USA 1 0 0 1
Diana Mocanu ROU 1 0 0 1
Missy Franklin USA 1 0 0 1
Maya DiRado USA 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 1968 Summer Olympics Patricia Sentous 25 See all
Australia AUS 2020 Summer Olympics Kaylee McKeown 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Kaylee McKeown 1 Gold
Austria AUT 2020 Summer Olympics Lena Grabowski 12 See all
Belgium BEL 1980 Summer Olympics Yolande Van Der Straeten 5 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 1996 Summer Olympics Dijana Kvesić 32 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2024 Summer Olympics Gabriela Georgieva 21 See all
Canada CAN 1968 Summer Olympics Elaine Tanner 2 Silver See all
2020 Summer Olympics Kylie Masse 2 Silver
Chinese Taipei TPE 2004 Summer Olympics Lin Man-Hsu 24 See all
Colombia COL 2012 Summer Olympics Carolina Colorado 27 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1992 Summer Olympics Sylvia Poll 7 See all
Croatia CRO 2004 Summer Olympics Sanja Jovanović 13 See all
Cuba CUB 2000 Summer Olympics Ana María González 26 See all
Czechia CZE 2012 Summer Olympics Simona Baumrtová 14 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1992 Summer Olympics Helena Straková 30 See all
Denmark DEN 2004 Summer Olympics Louise Ørnstedt 6 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2020 Summer Olympics Krystal Lara 27 See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Ulrike Richter 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Rica Reinisch 1 Gold
El Salvador ESA 2020 Summer Olympics Carmen Márquez 23 See all
Fiji FIJ 1988 Summer Olympics Sharon Pickering 32 See all
Finland FIN 1968 Summer Olympics Ulla Patrikka 18 See all
France FRA 2000 Summer Olympics Roxana Maracineanu 2 Silver See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Dagmar Hase 2 Silver See all
Great Britain GBR 2012 Summer Olympics Lizzie Simmonds 4 See all
Greece GRE 2000 Summer Olympics Katerina Bliamou 25 See all
Guatemala GUA 2004 Summer Olympics Gisela Morales 26 See all
Honduras HON 1988 Summer Olympics Ana Fortín 29 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2016 Summer Olympics Claudia Lau 18 See all
Hungary HUN 1988 Summer Olympics Krisztina Egerszegi 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Krisztina Egerszegi 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Krisztina Egerszegi 1 Gold
Iceland ISL 2016 Summer Olympics Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 8 See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Darija Alauf 37 See all
Individual Neutral Athletes AIN 2024 Summer Olympics Anastasiya Shkurdai 8 See all
Indonesia INA 2016 Summer Olympics Yessy Yosaputra 28 See all
Ireland IRL 1988 Summer Olympics Michelle Smith 17 See all
Israel ISR 2020 Summer Olympics Aviv Barzelay 15 See all
Italy ITA 1996 Summer Olympics Lorenza Vigarani 7 See all
Japan JPN 2000 Summer Olympics Miki Nakao 3 Bronze See all
2004 Summer Olympics Reiko Nakamura =3 Bronze
2008 Summer Olympics Reiko Nakamura 3 Bronze
Lebanon LBN 1972 Summer Olympics Mireille Bassoul DNS See all
Malaysia MAS 1972 Summer Olympics Ong Mei Lin 37 See all
Mauritius MRI 2024 Summer Olympics Anishta Teeluck 27 See all
Mexico MEX 1980 Summer Olympics Teresa Rivera 14 See all
Netherlands NED 1984 Summer Olympics Jolanda de Rover 1 Gold See all
New Zealand NZL 1992 Summer Olympics Anna Simcic 5 See all
Norway NOR 2020 Summer Olympics Ingeborg Løyning 17 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2024 Summer Olympics Peng Xuwei 6 See all
Philippines PHI 1992 Summer Olympics Akiko Thomson 19 See all
Poland POL 2020 Summer Olympics Laura Bernat 14 See all
Portugal POR 2024 Summer Olympics Camila Rebelo 19 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1988 Summer Olympics Rita Garay 24 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Darya Ustinova 22 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1996 Summer Olympics Lee Chang-Ha 13 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2020 Summer Olympics Tatiana Salcuțan 11 See all
Romania ROU 2000 Summer Olympics Diana Mocanu 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Stanislava Komarova 2 Silver See all
2012 Summer Olympics Anastasiya Zuyeva 2 Silver
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1996 Summer Olympics Maja Grozdanić 27 See all
Seychelles SEY 2020 Summer Olympics Felicity Passon 26 See all
Singapore SGP 1972 Summer Olympics Pat Chan 36 See all
Slovakia SVK 2000 Summer Olympics Jana Korbasová 27 See all
Slovenia SLO 2008 Summer Olympics Anja Čarman 16 See all
South Africa RSA 2000 Summer Olympics Charlene Wittstock 14 See all
Soviet Union URS 1976 Summer Olympics Nadezhda Stavko 4 See all
Spain ESP 2000 Summer Olympics Nina Zhivanevskaya 6 See all
Sweden SWE 1984 Summer Olympics Sofia Kraft 15 See all
Switzerland SUI 1992 Summer Olympics Nathalie Wunderlich 16 See all
Thailand THA 2004 Summer Olympics Chonlathorn Vorathamrong 29 See all
Türkiye TUR 2004 Summer Olympics Şadan Derya Erke =21 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Ekaterina Avramova 21
Ukraine UKR 2016 Summer Olympics Daryna Zevina 9 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Nina Zhivanevskaya 14 See all
United States USA 1968 Summer Olympics Pokey Watson 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Melissa Belote 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Missy Franklin 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Maya DiRado 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1988 Summer Olympics Tricia Duncan 30 See all
Uruguay URU 1968 Summer Olympics Felicia Ospitaletche 28 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2004 Summer Olympics Saida Iskandarova 32 See all
Venezuela VEN 1976 Summer Olympics Paola Ruggeri 29 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Thị Hồng Bích 21 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Annegret Kober 4 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1968 Summer Olympics Zdenka Gašparac 6 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 2004 Summer Olympics Kirsty Coventry 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Kirsty Coventry 1 Gold