The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Swimming - 200 Meter Freestyle

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 25 Medals

AUSTRALIA - 13 Medals

EAST GERMANY - 6 Medals

Medal Table
200 Meter Freestyle
50 Meter Freestyle 100 Meter Freestyle
400 Meter Freestyle
800 Meter Freestyle
1500 Meter Freestyle
100 Meter Backstroke
200 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 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1900
Frederick Lane - Great Britain
Zoltán Halmay - Hungary
Karl Ruberl - Austria
1968
Michael Wenden - Australia
Don Schollander - United States
John Nelson - United States
1972
Mark Spitz - United States
Steve Genter - United States
Werner Lampe - West Germany
1976
Bruce Furniss - United States
John Naber - United States
Jim Montgomery - United States
1980
Sergey Kopliakov - Soviet Union
Andrey Krylov - Soviet Union
Graeme Brewer - Australia
1984
Michael Gross - West Germany
Mike Heath - United States
Thomas Fahrner - West Germany
1988
Duncan Armstrong - Australia
Anders Holmertz - Sweden
Matt Biondi - United States
1992
Yevgeny Sadovyi - Unified Team
Anders Holmertz - Sweden Antti Kasvio - Finland
1996
Danyon Loader - New Zealand
Gustavo Borges - Brazil
Daniel Kowalski - Australia
2000
Pieter van den Hoogenband - Netherlands
Ian Thorpe - Australia
Massimiliano Rosolino - Italy
2004
Ian Thorpe - Australia
Pieter van den Hoogenband - Netherlands Michael Phelps - United States
2008
Michael Phelps - United States Park Tae-hwan - South Korea
Peter Vanderkaay - United States
2012
Yannick Agnel - France
Sun Yang - China
Park Tae-hwan - South Korea
NONE
2016
Sun Yang - China Chad le Clos - South Africa
Conor Dwyer - United States
2020
Thomas Dean - Great Britain Duncan Scott - Great Britain Fernando Scheffer - Brazil
2024
David Popovici - Romania
Matthew Richards - Great Britain
Luke Hobson - United States

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1968
Debbie Meyer - United States
Jan Henne - United States
Jane Barkman - United States
1972
Shane Gould - Australia
Shirley Babashoff - United States
Keena Rothhammer - United States
1976
Kornelia Ender - East Germany
Shirley Babashoff - United States Enith Brigitha - Netherlands
1980
Barbata Krause - East Germany
Ines Diers - East Germany
Carmela Schmidt - East Germany
1984
Mary Wayte - United States
Cynthia Woodhead - United States
Annemarie Verstappen - Netherlands
1988
Heike Friedrich - East Germany
Silvia Poll - Costa Rica
Manuella Stellmach - East Germany
1992
Nicole Haislett - United States
Franziska van Almsick - Germany
Kerstin Kielglass - Germany
1996
Claudia Poll - Costa Rica
Franziska van Almsick - Germany Dagmar Hase - Germany
2000
Susie O'Neill - Australia
Martina Moravcová - Slovakia
Claudia Poll - Costa Rica
2004
Camelia Potec - Romania
Federica Pellegrini - Italy
Solenne Figuès - France
2008
Federica Pellegrini - Italy Sara Isaković - Slovenia
Pang Jiaying - China
2012
Allison Schmitt - United States
Camille Muffat - France
Bronte Barratt - Australia
2016
Katie Ledecky - United States
Sarah Sjöström - Sweden
Emma McKeon - Australia
2020
Ariarne Titmus - Australia Siobhan Haughey - Hong Kong Penny Oleksiak - Canada
2024
Mollie O'Callaghan - Australia
Ariarne Titmus - Australia Siobhan Haughey - Hong Kong

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States
8
8
9
25
2
Australia
7
2
4
13
3
East Germany
3
1
2
6
4
Great Britain 2
2
0
4
5
Netherlands
1
1
2
4
6
Germany
0
2
2
4
7
Italy
1
1
1
3
8
France
1
1
1
3
9
China
1
1
1
3
10
Costa Rica
1
1
1
3
11
West Germany
1
0
2
3
12
Sweden
0
3
0
3
13
Romania 2
0
0
2
14
Soviet Union
1
1
0
2
15
South Korea
0
2
0
2
16
Brazil 0
1
1
2
17
Hong Kong 0
1
1
2
18
New Zealand
1
0
0
1
19
Unified Team
1
0
0
1
20
Hungary
0
1
0
1
21
South Africa
0
1
0
1
22
Slovakia
0
1
0
1
23
Slovenia
0
1
0
1
24
Austria
0
0
1
1
25
Finland
0
0
1
1
26
Canada
0
0
1
1