The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Swimming - 200 Meter Backstroke

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 31 Medals
EAST GERMANY - 10 Medals
HUNGARY - 6 Medals

Medal Table
200 Meter Backstroke
 50 Meter Freestyle 100 Meter Freestyle
200 Meter Freestyle 400 Meter Freestyle 800 Meter Freestyle
1500 Meter Freestyle 100 Meter Backstroke 100 Meter Breaststroke
200 Meter Breaststroke
 100 Meter Butterfly
 200 Meter Butterfly
200 Meter Individual Medley
 400 Meter Individual Medley
 4 X 100 Meter Freestyle
4 X 200 Meter Freestyle
 4 X 100 Meter Medley
 Marathon 10KM
Discontinued Events

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1900
 Ernst Hoppenberg - Germany
 Karl Ruberl - Austria
 Johannes Drost - Netherlands
1964
 Jed Graef - United States
 Gary Dilley - United States
 Bob Bennett - United States
1968
 Roland Matthes - East Germany
 Mitch Ivey - United States
 Jack Horsley - United States
1972
 Roland Matthes - East Germany Mike Stamm - United States
 Mitch Ivey - United States
1976
 John Naber - United States
 Peter Rocca - United States
 Dan Harrigan - United States
1980
 Sándor Wladár - Hungary
 Zoltán Verrasztó - Hungary
 Mark Kerry - Australia
1984
 Rick Carey - United States
 Frédéric Delcourt - France
 Cameron Henning - Canada
1988
 Igor Polyansky - Soviet Union
 Frank Baltrusch - East Germany
 Paul Kingsman - New Zealand
1992
 Martin López-Zubero - Spain
 Vladimir Selkov - Unified Team
 Stefano Battistelli - Italy
1996
 Brad Bridgewater - United States
 Tripp Schwenk - United States
 Emanuele Merisi - Italy
2000
 Lenny Krayzelburg - United States
 Aaron Peirsol - United States
 Matt Welsh - Australia
2004
 Aaron Peirsol - United States Markus Rogan - Austria
 Răzvan Florea - Romania
2008
 Ryan Lochte - United States
 Aaron Peirsol - United States Arkady Vyatchanin - Russia
2012
 Tyler Clary - United States
 Ryosuke Irie - Japan
 Ryan Lochte - United States
2016
 Ryan Murphy - United States
 Mitch Larkin - Australia
 Evgeny Rylov - Russia
2020
 Evgeny Rylov - Russian Olympic Committee Ryan Murphy - United States Luke Greenbank - Great Britain

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1968
 Lillian Watson - United States
 Elaine Tanner - Canada
 Kaye Hall - United States
1972
 Melissa Belote - United States
 Susie Atwood - United States
 Donna Gurr - Canada
1976
 Ulrike Richter - East Germany
 Birgit Treiber - East Germany
 Nancy Garapick - Canada
1980
 Rica Reinisch - East Germany
 Cornelia Polit - East Germany
 Birgit Treiber - East Germany
1984
 Jolanda de Rover - Netherlands
 Amy White - United States
 Anca Patrascoiu - Romania
1988
 Krisztina Egerszegi - Hungary
 Katrin Zimmermann - East Germany
 Cornelia Sirch - East Germany
1992
 Krisztina Egerszegi - Hungary Dagmar Hase - Germany
 Nicole Stevenson - Australia
1996
 Krisztina Egerszegi - Hungary Whitney Hedgepeth - United States
 Cathleen Rund - Germany
2000
 Diana Mocanu - Romania
 Roxana Maracineanu - France
 Miki Nakao - Japan
2004
 Kirsty Coventry - Zimbabwe
 Stanislava Komarova - Russia
 Antje Buschschulte - Germany
Reiko Nakamura - Japan
2008
 Kirsty Coventry - Zimbabwe Margaret Hoelzer - United States
 Reiko Nakamura - Japan
2012
 Missy Franklin - United States
 Anastasia Zuyeva - Russia
 Elizabeth Beisel - United States
2016
 Maya DiRado - United States
 Katinka Hosszú - Hungary
 Hilary Caldwell - Canada
2020
 Kaylee McKeown - Australia Kylie Masse - Canada Emily Seebohm - Australia

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 13
 13
 6
 31
2
 East Germany
 4
 4
 2
 10
3
 Hungary
 4
 2
 0
 6
4
 Australia 1
 1
 4
 6
5
 Canada
 0
 2
 4
 6
6
 Germany
 1
 1
 2
 4
7
 Russia
 0
 2
 2
 4
8
 Japan
 0
 0
 4
 4
9
 Romania
 1
 0
 2
 3
10
 Zimbabwe
 2
 0
 0
 2
11
 Netherlands
 1
 0
 1
 2
12
 Austria
 0
 2
 0
 2
13
 France
 0
 2
 0
 2
14
 Italy
 0
 0
 2
 2
15
 Spain
 1
 0
 0
 1
16
 Soviet Union
 1
 0
 0
 1
17
 Russian Olympic Committee
 1
 0
 0
 1
18
 Unified Team
 0
 1
 0
 1
19
 New Zealand
 0
 0
 1
 1
20
 Great Britain
 0
 0
 1
 1