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Men’s 200 m backstroke
Held at 17 Games, 1900–2024. Most golds: United States (9). Most medals: Roland Matthes (2). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
Open the latest podium in the atlas →Games171900–2024
Medals51
Delegations21on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Hubert Kós Hungary | Apostolos Christou Greece | Roman Mityukov Switzerland |
| 2020 Tokyo | Evgeny Rylov ROC | Ryan Murphy United States | Luke Greenbank Great Britain |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Ryan Murphy United States | Mitch Larkin Australia | Evgeny Rylov Russia |
| 2012 London | Tyler Clary United States | Ryosuke Irie Japan | Ryan Lochte United States |
| 2008 Beijing | Ryan Lochte United States | Aaron Peirsol United States | Arkady Vyatchanin Russia |
| 2004 Athens | Aaron Peirsol United States | Markus Rogan Austria | Răzvan Florea Romania |
| 2000 Sydney | Lenny Krayzelburg United States | Aaron Peirsol United States | Matt Welsh Australia |
| 1996 Atlanta | Brad Bridgewater United States | Tripp Schwenk United States | Emanuele Merisi Italy |
| 1992 Barcelona | Martin López-Zubero Spain | Vladimir Selkov Unified Team | Stefano Battistelli Italy |
| 1988 Seoul | Igor Polyansky Soviet Union | Frank Baltrusch East Germany | Paul Kingsman New Zealand |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Rick Carey United States | Frédéric Delcourt France | Cameron Henning Canada |
| 1980 Moscow | Sándor Wladár Hungary | Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary | Mark Kerry Australia |
| 1976 Montreal | John Naber United States | Peter Rocca United States | Dan Harrigan United States |
| 1972 Munich | Roland Matthes East Germany | Mike Stamm United States | Mitch Ivey United States |
| 1968 Mexico City | Roland Matthes East Germany | Mitch Ivey United States | Jack Horsley United States |
| 1964 Tokyo | Jed Graef United States | Gary Dilley United States | Bob Bennett United States |
| 1900 Paris | Ernst Hoppenberg Germany | Karl Ruberl Austria | Johannes Drost Netherlands |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | East Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | ROC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Most medals
| Athlete | Gold | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Roland Matthes | 2 | 2 |
| Aaron Peirsol | 1 | 3 |
| Ryan Lochte | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Murphy | 1 | 2 |
| Evgeny Rylov | 1 | 2 |
| Ernst Hoppenberg | 1 | 1 |
| Jed Graef | 1 | 1 |
| John Naber | 1 | 1 |
| Sándor Wladár | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Carey | 1 | 1 |
| Igor Polyansky | 1 | 1 |
| Martin López-Zubero | 1 | 1 |