200 metre backstroke at the Olympics
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 ) 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 has been held at every Summer Olympics since.
Medals[]
Men's medals[]
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[]
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 |
References[]
 Olympic champions in men's 200 m backstroke | |
|---|---|
|
| Olympic champions in women's 200 m backstroke | |
|---|---|
|
 | Editions |  | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current events | |||
| Past events | |||
| |||
Categories:
- Olympic swimming events
- 200 metre backstroke at the Olympics