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Men’s 200 m breaststroke
Held at 27 Games, 1908–2024. Most golds: Japan (6). Most medals: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (2). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals81
Delegations21on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Léon Marchand France | Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia | Caspar Corbeau Netherlands |
| 2020 Tokyo | Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia | Arno Kamminga Netherlands | Matti Mattsson Finland |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Dmitriy Balandin Kazakhstan | Josh Prenot United States | Anton Chupkov Russia |
| 2012 London | Dániel Gyurta Hungary | Michael Jamieson Great Britain | Ryo Tateishi Japan |
| 2008 Beijing | Kosuke Kitajima Japan | Brenton Rickard Australia | Hugues Duboscq France |
| 2004 Athens | Kosuke Kitajima Japan | Dániel Gyurta Hungary | Brendan Hansen United States |
| 2000 Sydney | Domenico Fioravanti Italy | Terence Parkin South Africa | Davide Rummolo Italy |
| 1996 Atlanta | Norbert Rózsa Hungary | Károly Güttler Hungary | Andrey Korneyev Russia |
| 1992 Barcelona | Mike Barrowman United States | Norbert Rózsa Hungary | Nick Gillingham Great Britain |
| 1988 Seoul | József Szabó Hungary | Nick Gillingham Great Britain | Sergio López Miró Spain |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Victor Davis Canada | Glenn Beringen Australia | Étienne Dagon Switzerland |
| 1980 Moscow | Robertas Žulpa Soviet Union | Albán Vermes Hungary | Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union |
| 1976 Montreal | David Wilkie Great Britain | John Hencken United States | Rick Colella United States |
| 1972 Munich | John Hencken United States | David Wilkie Great Britain | Nobutaka Taguchi Japan |
| 1968 Mexico City | Felipe Muñoz Mexico | Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union | Brian Job United States |
| 1964 Tokyo | Ian O'Brien Australia | Georgy Prokopenko Soviet Union | Chet Jastremski United States |
| 1960 Rome | Bill Mulliken United States | Yoshihiko Osaki Japan | Wieger Mensonides Netherlands |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Masaru Furukawa Japan | Masahiro Yoshimura Japan | Kharis Yunichev Soviet Union |
| 1952 Helsinki | John Davies Australia | Bowen Stassforth United States | Herbert Klein Germany |
| 1948 London | Joe Verdeur United States | Keith Carter United States | Bob Sohl United States |
| 1936 Berlin | Tetsuo Hamuro Japan | Erwin Sietas Germany | Reizo Koike Japan |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Japan | Reizo Koike Japan | Teófilo Yldefonso Philippines |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Japan | Erich Rademacher Germany | Teófilo Yldefonso Philippines |
| 1924 Paris | Bob Skelton United States | Joseph De Combe Belgium | Bill Kirschbaum United States |
| 1920 Antwerp | Håkan Malmrot Sweden | Thor Henning Sweden | Arvo Aaltonen Finland |
| 1912 Stockholm | Walter Bathe Germany | Wilhelm Lützow Germany | Paul Malisch Germany |
| 1908 London | Frederick Holman Great Britain | William Robinson Great Britain | Pontus Hanson Sweden |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Germany | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |