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200-metre backstroke at the Olympics

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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)

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.

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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