200 metre backstroke at the Olympic Games
Swimming pictogram
Overview
Sport	Swimming
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1900, 1964– 2016 Women: 1968– 2016
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

Men's medals

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

Men's multiple medalists

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

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

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

Women's multiple medalists

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

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

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