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Men’s 200 m freestyle
Held at 16 Games, 1900–2024. Most golds: United States (3). Most medals: Pieter van den Hoogenband (2). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
Open the latest podium in the atlas →Games161900–2024
Medals48
Delegations19on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | David Popovici Romania | Matt Richards Great Britain | Luke Hobson United States |
| 2020 Tokyo | Tom Dean Great Britain | Duncan Scott Great Britain | Fernando Scheffer Brazil |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Sun Yang China | Chad le Clos South Africa | Conor Dwyer United States |
| 2012 London | Yannick Agnel France | Sun Yang China / Park Tae-hwan South Korea | — |
| 2008 Beijing | Michael Phelps United States | Park Tae-hwan South Korea | Peter Vanderkaay United States |
| 2004 Athens | Ian Thorpe Australia | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Michael Phelps United States |
| 2000 Sydney | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Ian Thorpe Australia | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy |
| 1996 Atlanta | Danyon Loader New Zealand | Gustavo Borges Brazil | Daniel Kowalski Australia |
| 1992 Barcelona | Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team | Anders Holmertz Sweden | Antti Kasvio Finland |
| 1988 Seoul | Duncan Armstrong Australia | Anders Holmertz Sweden | Matt Biondi United States |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Michael Gross West Germany | Mike Heath United States | Thomas Fahrner West Germany |
| 1980 Moscow | Sergey Koplyakov Soviet Union | Andrey Krylov Soviet Union | Graeme Brewer Australia |
| 1976 Montreal | Bruce Furniss United States | John Naber United States | Jim Montgomery United States |
| 1972 Munich | Mark Spitz United States | Steve Genter United States | Werner Lampe West Germany |
| 1968 Mexico City | Michael Wenden Australia | Don Schollander United States | John Nelson United States |
| 1900 Paris | Frederick Lane Great Britain | Zoltán Halmay Hungary | Karl Ruberl Austria |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Unified Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |