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 Paris 1904 St. Louis (220 yd) 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 City 1972 Munich 1976 Montreal 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London None awarded 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris
Men's multiple medalists
Rank Swimmer Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 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
Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 4 4 7 15 2 4 2 2 8 3 1 2 0 3 4 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 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
1968 Mexico City 1972 Munich 1976 Montreal 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris
Women's multiple medalists
Rank Swimmer Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 Federica Pellegrini 2004–2008 1 1 0 2 Ariarne Titmus 2020–2024 1 1 0 2 3 Claudia Poll 1996–2000 1 0 1 2 4 Shirley Babashoff 1972–1976 0 2 0 2 Franziska van Almsick 1992–1996 0 2 0 2 6 Siobhán Haughey 2020–2024 0 1 1 2
Women's medalists by nation
Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 5 4 2 11 2 4 1 2 7 3 3 1 2 6 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 0 1 1 2 10 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
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