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Swimming — 200 metres Breaststroke, Women

Times held 23
Total participants 546
Total countries 89

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1924 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 15 8
1928 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 21 12
1932 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 11 7
1936 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 23 12
1948 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 22 14
1952 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 34 19
1956 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 14 10
1960 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 29 19
1964 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 27 15
1968 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 31 20
1972 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 40 23
1976 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 38 21
1980 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 25 18
1984 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 23 16
1988 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 43 27
1992 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 39 28
1996 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 40 33
2000 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 35 29
2004 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 31 28
2008 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 40 34
2012 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 34 27
2016 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 29 21
2020 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 31 24

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1924 Lucy MortonGBR Agnes GeraghtyUSA Gladys CarsonGBR
1928 Hilde SchraderGER Marie BaronNED Lotte MüheGER
1932 Clare DennisAUS Hideko MaehataJPN Else JacobsenDEN
1936 Hideko MaehataJPN Martha GenengerGER Inge SørensenDEN
1948 Nel van VlietNED Nancy LyonsAUS Éva NovákHUN
1952 Éva SzékelyHUN Éva NovákHUN Elenor GordonGBR
1956 Ursula HappeGER Éva SzékelyHUN Eva-Maria ten ElsenGER
1960 Anita LonsbroughGBR Wiltrud UrselmannGER Barbara GöbelGER
1964 Galina ProzumenshchikovaURS Claudia KolbUSA Svetlana BabaninaURS
1968 Sharon WichmanUSA Đurđica BjedovYUG Galina ProzumenshchikovaURS
1972 Beverley WhitfieldAUS Dana SchoenfieldUSA Galina StepanovaURS
1976 Marina KoshevayaURS Marina YurchenyaURS Lyubov RusanovaURS
1980 Lina KačiušytėURS Svetlana VarganovaURS Yuliya BogdanovaURS
1984 Anne OttenbriteCAN Susan RappUSA Ingrid LempereurBEL
1988 Silke HörnerGDR Huang XiaominCHN Antoaneta FrenkevaBUL
1992 Kyoko IwasakiJPN Lin LiCHN Anita NallUSA
1996 Penny HeynsRSA Amanda BeardUSA Ágnes KovácsHUN
2000 Ágnes KovácsHUN Kristy KowalUSA Amanda BeardUSA
2004 Amanda BeardUSA Leisel JonesAUS Anne PoleskaGER
2008 Rebecca SoniUSA Leisel JonesAUS Sara NordenstamNOR
2012 Rebecca SoniUSA Satomi SuzukiJPN Yuliya YefimovaRUS
2016 Rie KanetoJPN Yuliya YefimovaRUS Shi JinglinCHN
2020 Tatjana SchoenmakerRSA Lilly KingUSA Annie LazorUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 7 3 14
Soviet Union URS 3 2 5 10
Japan JPN 3 2 0 5
Australia AUS 2 3 0 5
Germany GER 2 2 4 8
Hungary HUN 2 2 2 6
Great Britain GBR 2 0 2 4
South Africa RSA 2 0 0 2
Netherlands NED 1 1 0 2
Canada CAN 1 0 0 1
East Germany GDR 1 0 0 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 2 1 3
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 1 2
Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 0 2 2
Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
Norway NOR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Rebecca Soni USA 2 0 0 2
Amanda Beard USA 1 1 1 3
Éva Székely HUN 1 1 0 2
Hideko Maehata JPN 1 1 0 2
Galina Prozumenshchikova-Stepanova URS
UKR		 1 0 2 3