200-metre backstroke at the Olympics

The 200-metre backstroke event is an event held at the Summer Olympic Games. The men's event was introduced in 1900, then was not held again until 1964, with a 100-metre backstroke) held from 1904 to 1960. When the event returned in 1964, it replaced the men's 100-metre backstroke for that year; in 1968, both the 100- and 200-metre versions were held for men. The 200-metre backstroke has been held at every Summer Games since 1964. The women's backstroke was introduced in 1968, and it has been held at every Summer Olympics since.

200 metre backstroke
at the Olympic Games
Swimming pictogram
Overview
SportSwimming
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 1900, 19642016
Women: 19682016
Reigning champion
Men Ryan Murphy (USA)
Women Maya DiRado (USA)

Medals

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Men's medals

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens Not held
1900 Paris
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Ernst Hoppenberg
  Germany
Karl Ruberl
  Austria
Johannes Drost
  Netherlands
1904 St. Louis Not held
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
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Jed Graef
  United States
Gary Dilley
  United States
John Nelson
  United States
1968 Mexico City
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Roland Matthes
  East Germany
Mitch Ivey
  United States
Jack Horsley
  United States
1972 Munich
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Roland Matthes
  East Germany
Mike Stamm
  United States
Mitch Ivey
  United States
1976 Montreal
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John Naber
  United States
Peter Rocca
  United States
Dan Harrigan
  United States
1980 Moscow
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Sándor Wladár
  Hungary
Zoltán Verrasztó
  Hungary
Mark Kerry
  Australia
1984 Los Angeles
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Rick Carey
  United States
Frédéric Delcourt
  France
Cameron Henning
  Canada
1988 Seoul
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Igor Polyansky
  Soviet Union
Frank Baltrusch
  East Germany
Paul Kingsman
  New Zealand
1992 Barcelona
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Martín López-Zubero
  Spain
Vladimir Selkov
  Unified Team
Stefano Battistelli
  Italy
1996 Atlanta
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Brad Bridgewater
  United States
Tripp Schwenk
  United States
Emanuele Merisi
  Italy
2000 Sydney
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Lenny Krayzelburg
  United States
Aaron Peirsol
  United States
Matt Welsh
  Australia
2004 Athens
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Aaron Peirsol
  United States
Markus Rogan
  Austria
Răzvan Florea
  Romania
2008 Beijing
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Ryan Lochte
  United States
Aaron Peirsol
  United States
Arkady Vyatchanin
  Russia
2012 London
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Tyler Clary
  United States
Ryosuke Irie
  Japan
Ryan Lochte
  United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Ryan Murphy
  United States
Mitch Larkin
  Australia
Evgeny Rylov
  Russia

Men's multiple medalists

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Rank Swimmer Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Roland Matthes   East Germany 1968–1972 2 0 0 2
2 Aaron Peirsol   United States 2000–2008 1 2 0 3
3 Ryan Lochte   United States 2008–2012 1 0 1 2
4 Mitch Ivey   United States 1968–1972 0 1 1 2

Men's medalists by nation

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   United States 9 7 5 21
2   East Germany 2 1 0 3
3   Hungary 1 1 0 2
4   Germany 1 0 0 1
  Soviet Union 1 0 0 1
  Spain 1 0 0 1
7   Austria 0 2 0 2
8   Australia 0 1 2 3
9   France 0 1 0 1
  Japan 0 1 0 1
  Unified Team 0 1 0 1
12   Italy 0 0 2 2
  Russia 0 0 2 2
14   Canada 0 0 1 1
  Netherlands 0 0 1 1
  New Zealand 0 0 1 1
  Romania 0 0 1 1

Women's medals

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Mexico City
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Lillian Watson
  United States
Elaine Tanner
  Canada
Kaye Hall
  United States
1972 Munich
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Melissa Belote
  United States
Susie Atwood
  United States
Donna Gurr
  Canada
1976 Montreal
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Ulrike Richter
  East Germany
Birgit Treiber
  East Germany
Nancy Garapick
  Canada
1980 Moscow
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Rica Reinisch
  East Germany
Cornelia Polit
  East Germany
Birgit Treiber
  East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
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Jolanda de Rover
  Netherlands
Amy White
  United States
Anca Pătrășcoiu
  Romania
1988 Seoul
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Krisztina Egerszegi
  Hungary
Kathrin Zimmermann
  East Germany
Cornelia Sirch
  East Germany
1992 Barcelona
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Krisztina Egerszegi
  Hungary
Dagmar Hase
  Germany
Nicole Stevenson
  Australia
1996 Atlanta
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Krisztina Egerszegi
  Hungary
Whitney Hedgepeth
  United States
Cathleen Rund
  Germany
2000 Sydney
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Diana Mocanu
  Romania
Roxana Maracineanu
  France
Miki Nakao
  Japan
2004 Athens
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Kirsty Coventry
  Zimbabwe
Stanislava Komarova
  Russia
Reiko Nakamura
  Japan
Antje Buschschulte
  Germany
2008 Beijing
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Kirsty Coventry
  Zimbabwe
Margaret Hoelzer
  United States
Reiko Nakamura
  Japan
2012 London
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Missy Franklin
  United States
Anastasia Zuyeva
  Russia
Elizabeth Beisel
  United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Maya DiRado
  United States
Katinka Hosszú
  Hungary
Hilary Caldwell
  Canada

Women's multiple medalists

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Rank Swimmer Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary 1988–1996 3 0 0 3
2 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 2004–2008 2 0 0 2
3 Birgit Treiber   East Germany 1976–1980 0 1 1 2
4 Reiko Nakamura   Japan 2004–2008 0 0 2 2

Women's medalists by nation

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   United States 4 4 3 11
2   Hungary 3 1 0 4
3   East Germany 2 3 2 7
4   Zimbabwe 2 0 0 2
5   Romania 1 0 1 2
6   Netherlands 1 0 0 1
7   Russia 0 2 0 2
8   Canada 0 1 2 3
  Germany 0 1 2 3
10   France 0 1 0 1
11   Japan 0 0 3 3
12   Australia 0 0 1 1

References

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