The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Swimming - 200 Meter Breaststroke

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 29 Medals
JAPAN - 17 Medals
SOVIET UNION - 15 Medals

Medal Table
200 Meter Breaststroke
 50 Meter Freestyle 100 Meter Freestyle
200 Meter Freestyle 400 Meter Freestyle 800 Meter Freestyle
1500 Meter Freestyle 100 Meter Backstroke 200 Meter Backstroke
100 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
1908
 Frederick Holman - Great Britain
 William Robinson - Great Britain
 Pontus Hanson - Sweden
1912
 Walter Bathe - Germany
 Wilhelm Lützo - Germany
 Paul Malisch - Germany
1920
 Hålkan Malmrot - Swden
 Thor Henning - Sweden
 Arvo Aaltonen - Finland
1924
 Bob Skelton - United States
 Joseph de Combe - Belgium
 Bill Kirschbaum - United States
1928
 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta - Japan
 Erich Rademacher - Germany
 Teófilo Yldefonso - Philippines
1932
 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta - Japan Reizo Koike - Japan
 Teófilo Yldefonso - Philippines
1936
 Tetsuo Hamuro - Japan
 Erwin Sietas - Germany
 Reizo Koike - Japan
1948
 Joe Verdeur - United States
 Keith Carter - United States
 Bob Sohl - United States
1952
 John Davies - Australia
 Bowen Stassforth - United States
 Herbert Klein - Germany
1956
 Masaru Furukawa - Japan
 Masahiro Yoshimura - Japan
 Kharis Yunichev - Soviet Union
1960
 Bill Mulliken - United States
 Yoshihiko Osaki - Japan
 Wieger Mensonides - Netherlands
1964
 Ian O'Brien - Australia
 Georgy Prokopenko - Soviet Union
 Chet Jastremski - United States
1968
 Felipe Muñoz - Mexico
 Vladimir Kosinsky - Soviet Union
 Brian Job - United States
1972
 John Hencken - United States
 David Wilkie - Great Britain
 Nobutaka Taguchi - Japan
1976
 David Wilkie - Great Britain John Hencken - United States Rick Colelle - United States
1980
 Robertas Žulpa - Soviet Union
 Albán Vermes - Hungary
 Arsens Miskarovs - Soviet Union
1984
 Victor Davis - Canada
 Glenn Beringen - Australia
 Étienne Dagon - Switzerland
1988
 József Szabó - Hungary
 Nick Gillingham - Great Britain
 Sergio López Miró - Spain
1992
 Mike Barrowman - United States
 Norbert Rózsa - Hungary
 Nick Gillingham - Great Britain
1996
 Norbert Rózsa - Hungary Károly Güttler - Hungary
 Andrey Korneyev - Russia
2000
 Domenico Fioravanti - Italy
 Terence Parkin - South Africa
 Davide Rummolo - Italy
2004
 Kosuke Kitajima - Japan
 Dániel Gyurta - Hungary
 Brendan Hansen - United States
2008
 Kosuke Kitajima - Japan Brenton Rickard - Australia
 Hugues Duboscq - France
2012
 Dániel Gyurta - Hungary Michael Jamieson - Great Britain
 Ryo Tateishi - Japan
2016
 Dmitriy Balandin - Kazakhstan
 Josh Prenot - United States
 Anton Chupkov - Russia
2020
 Zac Stubblety-Cook - Australia Arno Kamminga - Netherlands Matti Mattsson - Finland

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1924
 Lucy Morton - Great Britain
 Agnes Geraghty - United States
 Gladys Carson - Great Britain
1928
 Hilde Schrader - Germany
 Marie Baron - Netherlands
 Charlotte Mühe - Germany
1932
 Clare Dennis - Australia
 Hideko Maehata - Japan
 Else Jacobsen - Denmark
1936
 Hideko Maehata - Japan Martha Genenger - Germany
 Inge Sørensen - Denmark
1948
 Nel van Vliet - Netherlands
 Nancy Lyons - Australia
 Éva Novák - Hungary
1952
 Éva Székely - Hungary Éva Novák - Hungary Helen Gordon - Great Britain
1956
 Ursula Happe - United Team of Germany
 Éva Székely - Hungary Eva-Maria Elsen - United Team of Germany
1960
 Anita Lonsbrough - Great Britain
 Wiltrud Urselmann - United Team of Germany
 Barbara Göbel - United Team of Germany
1964
 Galina Prozumenshchikova - Soviet Union
 Claudia Kolb - United States
 Svetlana Babanina - Soviet Union
1968
 Sharon Wichman - United States
 Đurđica Bjedov - Yugoslavia
 Galina Prozumenshchikova - Soviet Union
1972
 Beverley Whitfield - Australia
 Dana Schoenfield - United States
 Galina Prozumenshchikova - Soviet Union
1976
 Marina Koshevaya - Soviet Union
 Marina Yurchenya - Soviet Union
 Lyubov Rusanova - Soviet Union
1980
 Lina Kačiušytė - Soviet Union
 Svetlana Varganova - Soviet Union
 Yuliya Bogdanova - Soviet Union
1984
 Anne Ottenbrite - Canada
 Susan Rapp - United States
 Ingrid Lempereur - Belgium
1988
 Silke Hörner - East Germany
 Huang Xiaomin - China
 Antoaneta Frenkeva - Bulgaria
1992
 Kyoko Iwasaki - Japan
 Lin Li - China
 Anita Nall - United States
1996
 Penelope Hynes - South Africa
 Amanda Beard - United States
 Ágnes Kovács - Hungary
2000
 Ágnes Kovács - Hungary Kristy Kowal - United States
 Amanda Beard - United States
2004
 Amanda Beard - United States
 Leisel Jones - Australia
 Anne Poleska - Germany
2008
 Rebecca Soni - United States
 Leisel Jones - Australia
 Sara Nordenstam - Norway
2012
 Rebecca Soni - United States Satomi Sazuki - Japan
 Yuliya Yefimova - Russia
2016
 Rie Kaneto - Japan
 Yuliya Yefimova - Russia Shi Jinglin - China
2020
 Tatjana Schoenmaker - South Africa Lilly King - United States Annie Lazor - United States

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 9
 11
 9
 29
2
 Japan
 9
 5
 3
 17
3
 Soviet Union
 4
 4
 7
 15
4
 Hungary
 5
 6
 2
 13
5
 Great Britain
 4
 4
 3
 11
6
 Australia 5
 5
 0
 10
7
 Germany
 2
 4
 4
 10
8
 Netherlands 1
 2
 1
 4
9
 United Team of Germany
 1
 1
 2
 4
10
 Russia
 0
 1
 3
 4
11
 South Africa 2
 1
 0
 3
12
 Sweden
 1
 1
 1
 3
13
 China
 0
 2
 1
 3
14
 Canada
 2
 0
 0
 2
15
 Italy
 1
 0
 1
 2
16
 Belgium
 0
 1
 1
 2
17
 Philippines
 0
 0
 2
 2
18
 Denmark
 0
 0
 2
 2
19
 Finland 0
 0
 2
 2
20
 Mexico
 1
 0
 0
 1
21
 Kazakhstan
 1
 0
 0
 1
22
 East Germany
 1
 0
 0
 1
23
 Yugoslavia
 0
 1
 0
 1
24
 Switzerland
 0
 0
 1
 1
25
 Spain
 0
 0
 1
 1
26
 Bulgaria
 0
 0
 1
 1
27
 France
 0
 0
 1
 1
28
 Norway
 0
 0
 1
 1