Athletics — 200 metres, Men

Times held 29
Total participants 1471
Total countries 176

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1900 200 metres, Men Olympic 8 7
1904 200 metres, Men Olympic 5 2
1908 200 metres, Men Olympic 43 15
1912 200 metres, Men Olympic 61 19
1920 200 metres, Men Olympic 47 22
1924 200 metres, Men Olympic 65 33
1928 200 metres, Men Olympic 59 29
1932 200 metres, Men Olympic 25 13
1936 200 metres, Men Olympic 44 22
1948 200 metres, Men Olympic 51 28
1952 200 metres, Men Olympic 71 35
1956 200 metres, Men Olympic 67 32
1960 200 metres, Men Olympic 62 47
1964 200 metres, Men Olympic 57 42
1968 200 metres, Men Olympic 50 37
1972 200 metres, Men Olympic 57 42
1976 200 metres, Men Olympic 45 33
1980 200 metres, Men Olympic 57 37
1984 200 metres, Men Olympic 76 58
1988 200 metres, Men Olympic 72 59
1992 200 metres, Men Olympic 79 65
1996 200 metres, Men Olympic 78 57
2000 200 metres, Men Olympic 67 50
2004 200 metres, Men Olympic 54 41
2008 200 metres, Men Olympic 63 53
2012 200 metres, Men Olympic 54 40
2016 200 metres, Men Olympic 77 48
2020 200 metres, Men Olympic 48 33
2024 200 metres, Men Olympic 43 25

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Walter TewksburyUSA Norman PritchardIND Stan RowleyAUS
1904 Archie HahnUSA Nate CartmellUSA Bill HogensonUSA
1908 Bobby KerrCAN Bobby CloughenUSA Nate CartmellUSA
1912 Ralph CraigUSA Donald LippincottUSA Willie ApplegarthGBR
1920 Allen WoodringUSA Charley PaddockUSA Harry EdwardGBR
1924 Jackson ScholzUSA Charley PaddockUSA Eric LiddellGBR
1928 Percy WilliamsCAN Walter RangeleyGBR Helmut KörnigGER
1932 Eddie TolanUSA George SimpsonUSA Ralph MetcalfeUSA
1936 Jesse OwensUSA Mack RobinsonUSA Tinus OsendarpNED
1948 Mel PattonUSA Barney EwellUSA Lloyd LaBeachPAN
1952 Andy StanfieldUSA Thane BakerUSA Jimmy GathersUSA
1956 Bobby Joe MorrowUSA Andy StanfieldUSA Thane BakerUSA
1960 Livio BerrutiITA Les CarneyUSA Abdou SèyeFRA
1964 Henry CarrUSA Paul DraytonUSA Edwin RobertsTTO
1968 Tommie SmithUSA Peter NormanAUS John CarlosUSA
1972 Valery BorzovURS Larry BlackUSA Pietro MenneaITA
1976 Don QuarrieJAM Millard HamptonUSA Dwayne EvansUSA
1980 Pietro MenneaITA Allan WellsGBR Don QuarrieJAM
1984 Carl LewisUSA Kirk BaptisteUSA Thomas JeffersonUSA
1988 Joe DeLoachUSA Carl LewisUSA Robson da SilvaBRA
1992 Mike MarshUSA Frankie FredericksNAM Michael BatesUSA
1996 Michael JohnsonUSA Frankie FredericksNAM Ato BoldonTTO
2000 Kostas KenterisGRE Darren CampbellGBR Ato BoldonTTO
2004 Shawn CrawfordUSA Bernard Williams, IIIUSA Justin GatlinUSA
2008 Usain BoltJAM Shawn CrawfordUSA Walter DixUSA
2012 Usain BoltJAM Yohan BlakeJAM Warren WeirJAM
2016 Usain BoltJAM Andre De GrasseCAN Christophe LemaitreFRA
2020 Andre De GrasseCAN Kenny BednarekUSA Noah LylesUSA
2024 Letsile TebogoBOT Kenny BednarekUSA Noah LylesUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 17 20 13 50
Jamaica JAM 4 1 2 7
Canada CAN 3 1 0 4
Italy ITA 2 0 1 3
Botswana BOT 1 0 0 1
Greece GRE 1 0 0 1
Soviet Union URS 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 3 3 6
Namibia NAM 0 2 0 2
Australia AUS 0 1 1 2
India IND 0 1 0 1
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 0 3 3
France FRA 0 0 2 2
Brazil BRA 0 0 1 1
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
Panama PAN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Usain Bolt JAM 3 0 0 3
Carl Lewis USA 1 1 0 2
Andy Stanfield USA 1 1 0 2
Shawn Crawford USA 1 1 0 2
Andre De Grasse CAN 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1960 Summer Olympics Ali Zaid 6 h8 r1/4 See all
Algeria ALG 2004 Summer Olympics Malik Louahla 7 h2 r2/4 See all
Angola ANG 1980 Summer Olympics Rubén Inácio 6 h1 r1/4 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 2008 Summer Olympics Brendan Christian 5 h2 r3/4 See all
Argentina ARG 1932 Summer Olympics Carlos Bianchi 5 See all
Aruba ARU 1996 Summer Olympics Miguel Janssen 7 h10 r1/4 See all
Australasia ANZ 1912 Summer Olympics William Stewart AC h2 r2/3 See all
Australia AUS 1968 Summer Olympics Peter Norman 2 Silver See all
Austria AUT 1936 Summer Olympics Felix Rinner 5 h3 r2/4 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2008 Summer Olympics Ramil Quliyev 5 h4 r2/4 See all
Bahrain BRN 2016 Summer Olympics Salem Eid Yaqoob 5 h2 r2/3 See all
Bangladesh BAN 1992 Summer Olympics Shahanuddin Choudhury 6 h6 r1/4 See all
Barbados BAR 1996 Summer Olympics Obadele Thompson 4 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Obadele Thompson 4
Belgium BEL 1996 Summer Olympics Patrick Stevens 7 See all
Belize BIZ 1984 Summer Olympics Damel Flowers 5 h10 r1/4 See all
Benin BEN 1980 Summer Olympics Pascal Aho 5 h5 r1/4 See all
Bermuda BER 1988 Summer Olympics Troy Douglas 8 h2 r3/4 See all
Bohemia BOH 1912 Summer Olympics Václav Labík-Gregan 4 h1 r1/3 See all
Botswana BOT 2024 Summer Olympics Letsile Tebogo 1 Gold See all
Brazil BRA 1988 Summer Olympics Robson da Silva 3 Bronze See all
British Virgin Islands IVB 2004 Summer Olympics Dion Crabbe 6 h5 r1/4 See all
Brunei Darussalam BRU 2020 Summer Olympics Muhammad Ar-Rasyid 7 h5 r1/3 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1992 Summer Olympics Nikolay Antonov 6 h1 r3/4 See all
Burkina Faso BUR 1988 Summer Olympics Harouna Pale 7 h2 r2/4 See all
Cambodia CAM 1972 Summer Olympics Samphon Mao DNS See all
Cameroon CMR 2000 Summer Olympics Joseph Batangdon 5 h3 r2/4 See all
Canada CAN 1908 Summer Olympics Bobby Kerr 1 Gold See all
1928 Summer Olympics Percy Williams 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Andre De Grasse 1 Gold
Central African Republic CAF 1992 Summer Olympics Valentin Ngbogo 5 h11 r1/4 See all
Chad CHA 1996 Summer Olympics Brahim Abdoulaye 7 h7 r1/4 See all
Chile CHI 1968 Summer Olympics Iván Moreno 5 h1 r3/4 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1972 Summer Olympics Su Wen-Ho 6 h4 r2/4 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Lee Shiunn-Long 6 h2 r2/4
Colombia COL 1972 Summer Olympics Jimmy Sierra 5 h1 r2/4 See all
Comoros COM 1996 Summer Olympics Hadhari Djaffar 8 h5 r1/4 See all
Congo CGO 1988 Summer Olympics Henri Ndinga 5 h1 r1/4 See all
Costa Rica CRC 2016 Summer Olympics Nery Brenes 6 h1 r2/3 See all
Cuba CUB 1980 Summer Olympics Silvio Leonard 4 See all
Cyprus CYP 1996 Summer Olympics Anninos Markoullidis 5 h3 r2/4 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Anninos Markoullidis 6 h4 r2/4
Czechia CZE 2012 Summer Olympics Pavel Maslák 4 h5 r1/3 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1956 Summer Olympics Vilém Mandlík 5 h2 r3/4 See all
1972 Summer Olympics Jaroslav Matoušek 5 h1 r3/4
1972 Summer Olympics Jiří Kynos 5 h2 r3/4
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1976 Summer Olympics Georges Kablan Degnan 5 h1 r3/4 See all
Denmark DEN 1920 Summer Olympics August Sørensen 4 h1 r2/4 See all
Dominica DMA 2008 Summer Olympics Chris Lloyd 5 h3 r1/4 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2024 Summer Olympics Alexander Ogando 5 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Bernhard Hoff 5 See all
Ecuador ECU 2012 Summer Olympics Álex Quiñónez 7 See all
Egypt EGY 2008 Summer Olympics Amru Seoud 6 h1 r2/4 See all
El Salvador ESA 2020 Summer Olympics José Andrés Salazar 6 h1 r1/3 See all
Equatorial Guinea GEQ 1988 Summer Olympics Gustavo Envela 5 h9 r1/4 See all
Estonia EST 2012 Summer Olympics Marek Niit 6 h5 r1/3 See all
Eswatini SWZ 2020 Summer Olympics Sibusiso Matsenjwa 5 h3 r2/3 See all
Ethiopia ETH 1964 Summer Olympics Tegegne Bezabeh 6 h5 r1/4 See all
Fiji FIJ 1976 Summer Olympics Tony Moore 7 h3 r2/4 See all
Finland FIN 1936 Summer Olympics Aki Tammisto 4 h3 r2/4 See all
France FRA 1960 Summer Olympics Abdou Sèye 3 Bronze See all
2016 Summer Olympics Christophe Lemaitre 3 Bronze
Gabon GAB 2000 Summer Olympics Antoine Boussombo 7 h1 r2/4 See all
Germany GER 1928 Summer Olympics Helmut Körnig 3 Bronze See all
Ghana GHA 1992 Summer Olympics Emmanuel Tuffour 5 h2 r3/4 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Joseph Amoah 3 h1 r2/3
Great Britain GBR 1928 Summer Olympics Walter Rangeley 2 Silver See all
1980 Summer Olympics Allan Wells 2 Silver
2000 Summer Olympics Darren Campbell 2 Silver
Greece GRE 2000 Summer Olympics Kostas Kenteris 1 Gold See all
Grenada GRN 2012 Summer Olympics Joel Redhead 8 h3 r1/3 See all
Guam GUM 1996 Summer Olympics David Wilson 7 h2 r1/4 See all
Guatemala GUA 1984 Summer Olympics Emilio Samayoa 8 h8 r1/4 See all
Guinea GUI 1996 Summer Olympics Joseph Loua 7 h4 r2/4 See all
Guyana GUY 1980 Summer Olympics James Gilkes 5 h1 r3/4 See all
Haiti HAI 1924 Summer Olympics André Théard 4 h3 r2/4 See all
Honduras HON 2008 Summer Olympics Rolando Palacios 7 h1 r2/4 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1988 Summer Olympics Tony Leung 4 h3 r1/4 See all
Hungary HUN 1900 Summer Olympics Ernő Schubert 4 h1 r1/2 See all
Iceland ISL 1948 Summer Olympics Haukur Clausen 3 h1 r1/4 See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Dejan Jovković 6 h3 r1/4 See all
India IND 1900 Summer Olympics Norman Pritchard 2 Silver See all
Indonesia INA 1984 Summer Olympics Purnomo Muhammad Yudhi 5 h1 r2/4 See all
Iraq IRQ 1964 Summer Olympics Jassim Karim 5 h4 r1/4 See all
Ireland IRL 2008 Summer Olympics Paul Hession 5 h1 r3/4 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1976 Summer Olympics Ayoub Bodaghi 6 h7 r1/4 See all
Israel ISR 1952 Summer Olympics David Tabak 5 h4 r2/4 See all
Italy ITA 1960 Summer Olympics Livio Berruti 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Pietro Mennea 1 Gold
Jamaica JAM 1976 Summer Olympics Don Quarrie 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Usain Bolt 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Usain Bolt 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Usain Bolt 1 Gold
Japan JPN 1996 Summer Olympics Koji Ito 6 h2 r3/4 See all
Jordan JOR 2008 Summer Olympics Khalil Al-Hanahneh 7 h1 r1/4 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2012 Summer Olympics Vyacheslav Muravyov 7 h1 r1/3 See all
Kenya KEN 1960 Summer Olympics Seraphino Antao 4 h2 r2/4 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1976 Summer Olympics Hamed Al-Bishi 5 h1 r1/4 See all
Kuwait KUW 1976 Summer Olympics Abdul Aziz Abdul Kareem 8 h3 r2/4 See all
Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO 1980 Summer Olympics Sitthixay Sacpraseuth 7 h9 r1/4 See all
Latvia LAT 1996 Summer Olympics Sergejs Inšakovs 7 h2 r3/4 See all
Lebanon LBN 1980 Summer Olympics Roland Dagher 6 h5 r1/4 See all
Lesotho LES 1972 Summer Olympics Motsapi Moorosi 5 h4 r2/4 See all
Liberia LBR 2020 Summer Olympics Joseph Fahnbulleh 5 See all
Libya LBA 1980 Summer Olympics Ahmed Mohamed Sallouma 6 h2 r1/4 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1936 Summer Olympics Xaver Frick 6 h2 r1/4 See all
Lithuania LTU 2020 Summer Olympics Gediminas Truskauskas 5 h4 r1/3 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1976 Summer Olympics Roland Bombardella 6 h1 r3/4 See all
Madagascar MAD 1968 Summer Olympics Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa 5 h3 r1/4 See all
Malawi MAW 1972 Summer Olympics Eston Kaonga 6 h5 r1/4 See all
Malaya MAL 1960 Summer Olympics Shahrudin Mohamed Ali 4 h2 r1/4 See all
Malaysia MAS 1964 Summer Olympics Mani Jegathesan 8 h2 r3/4 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Mani Jegathesan 8 h2 r3/4
Maldives MDV 1992 Summer Olympics Ahmed Shageef 7 h10 r1/4 See all
Mali MLI 2020 Summer Olympics Fodé Sissoko 4 h1 r1/3 See all
Malta MLT 2008 Summer Olympics Nicolai Portelli 8 h4 r1/4 See all
Mauritania MTN 2012 Summer Olympics Jidou El-Moctar 8 h1 r1/3 See all
Mauritius MRI 2004 Summer Olympics Stéphane Buckland 6 See all
Mexico MEX 1928 Summer Olympics Mario Gómez 5 h1 r3/4 See all
Monaco MON 1920 Summer Olympics Edmond Médecin 5 h9 r1/4 See all
Morocco MAR 1964 Summer Olympics Bouchaib El-Maachi 8 h1 r3/4 See all
Mozambique MOZ 1984 Summer Olympics Henrique Ferreira 5 h7 r1/4 See all
Myanmar MYA 1948 Summer Olympics Sein Pe 4 h11 r1/4 See all
Namibia NAM 1992 Summer Olympics Frankie Fredericks 2 Silver See all
1996 Summer Olympics Frankie Fredericks 2 Silver
Netherlands NED 1936 Summer Olympics Tinus Osendarp 3 Bronze See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 2008 Summer Olympics Churandy Martina AC r4/4 See all
New Zealand NZL 1920 Summer Olympics George Davidson 5 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1976 Summer Olympics Armando Padilla 7 h4 r2/4 See all
Niger NIG 1992 Summer Olympics Boureima Kimba 8 h6 r1/4 See all
Nigeria NGR 1992 Summer Olympics Olapade Adeniken 5 See all
Norway NOR 1900 Summer Olympics Yngvar Bryn 3 h2 r1/2 See all
Oman OMA 2000 Summer Olympics Mohamed Al-Houti 5 h9 r1/4 See all
Pakistan PAK 1956 Summer Olympics Abdul Khaliq 4 h1 r3/4 See all
Palau PLW 2004 Summer Olympics Russell Roman 8 h7 r1/4 See all
Panama PAN 1948 Summer Olympics Lloyd LaBeach 3 Bronze See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1976 Summer Olympics Wavala Kali 7 h7 r1/4 See all
Paraguay PAR 2024 Summer Olympics César Almirón DQh2 r2/4 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2020 Summer Olympics Xie Zhenye 6 h1 r2/3 See all
Peru PER 1968 Summer Olympics Fernando Acevedo 8 h1 r3/4 See all
Philippines PHI 1936 Summer Olympics Antonio Salcedo 4 h1 r1/4 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Bernabe Lovina 3 h2 r1/4
Poland POL 1960 Summer Olympics Marian Foik 4 See all
Portugal POR 2004 Summer Olympics Francis Obikwelu 5 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1988 Summer Olympics Edgardo Guilbe 7 h2 r3/4 See all
Qatar QAT 2020 Summer Olympics Femi Ogunode 4 h1 r2/3 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1984 Summer Olympics Jang Jae-Geun 6 h2 r2/4 See all
Romania ROU 1992 Summer Olympics Daniel Cojocaru 6 h4 r2/4 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Roman Smirnov 6 h2 r2/4 See all
Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 2008 Summer Olympics Kim Collins 6 See all
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 1992 Summer Olympics Eswort Coombs 5 h4 r1/4 See all
Samoa SAM 2016 Summer Olympics Jeremy Dodson 5 h1 r1/3 See all
San Marino SMR 1992 Summer Olympics Aldo Canti 5 h7 r1/4 See all
Senegal SEN 2000 Summer Olympics Oumar Loum 5 h4 r2/4 See all
Serbia SRB 1912 Summer Olympics Dušan Milošević DNS See all
Seychelles SEY 2012 Summer Olympics Jean-Yves Esparon 8 h7 r1/3 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1992 Summer Olympics Horace Dove-Edwin 7 h1 r2/4 See all
Singapore SGP 1968 Summer Olympics Canagasabai Kunalan 7 h1 r1/4 See all
Slovakia SVK 2020 Summer Olympics Ján Volko 5 h2 r1/3 See all
Slovenia SLO 2004 Summer Olympics Matic Osovnikar 8 h2 r3/4 See all
South Africa RSA 1920 Summer Olympics Jack Oosterlaak 6 See all
1932 Summer Olympics Willie Walters 6
South Vietnam VNM 1968 Summer Olympics Thành Liem Mai DNS See all
South Yemen YMD 1988 Summer Olympics Sahim Saleh Mehdi 8 h2 r1/4 See all
Soviet Union URS 1972 Summer Olympics Valery Borzov 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 2016 Summer Olympics Bruno Hortelano 4 h3 r2/3 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1948 Summer Olympics John De Saram 6 h2 r2/4 See all
Sudan SUD 1968 Summer Olympics Morgan Gesmalla 7 h3 r1/4 See all
Suriname SUR 1976 Summer Olympics Sammy Monsels 5 h3 r2/4 See all
Sweden SWE 1928 Summer Olympics Björn Kugelberg 6 h2 r3/4 See all
Switzerland SUI 1936 Summer Olympics Paul Hänni 4 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Nabil Nahri 5 h2 r1/4 See all
Thailand THA 1992 Summer Olympics Seaksarn Boonrat 7 h3 r2/4 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1960 Summer Olympics Tom Robinson 5 h1 r3/4 See all
The Gambia GAM 2004 Summer Olympics Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 6 h4 r2/4 See all
Togo TOG 1992 Summer Olympics Boevi Lawson 8 h5 r2/4 See all
Tonga TGA 1992 Summer Olympics Mateaki Mafi 5 h5 r1/4 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1964 Summer Olympics Edwin Roberts 3 Bronze See all
1996 Summer Olympics Ato Boldon 3 Bronze
2000 Summer Olympics Ato Boldon 3 Bronze
Türkiye TUR 2016 Summer Olympics Ramil Guliyev 8 See all
Uganda UGA 1960 Summer Olympics Sam Amukun 4 h1 r2/4 See all
Ukraine UKR 2012 Summer Olympics Serhiy Smelyk 4 h4 r1/3 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Serhiy Smelyk 4 h5 r1/3
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Edvin Ivanov 4 h2 r2/4 See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 2008 Summer Olympics Omar Al-Salfa 7 h7 r1/4 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1980 Summer Olympics David Lukuba 4 h5 r1/4 See all
United States USA 1900 Summer Olympics Walter Tewksbury 1 Gold See all
1904 Summer Olympics Archie Hahn 1 Gold
1912 Summer Olympics Ralph Craig 1 Gold
1920 Summer Olympics Allen Woodring 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Jackson Scholz 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Eddie Tolan 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Jesse Owens 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Mel Patton 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Andy Stanfield 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Bobby Joe Morrow 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Henry Carr 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Tommie Smith 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Carl Lewis 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Joe DeLoach 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Mike Marsh 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Michael Johnson 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Shawn Crawford 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1988 Summer Olympics Jimmy Flemming 6 h1 r2/4 See all
Uruguay URU 1948 Summer Olympics Juan López 1 h11 r1/4 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2008 Summer Olympics Oleg Zhuravlyov 8 h5 r1/4 See all
Vanuatu VAN 1988 Summer Olympics Jerry Jeremiah 7 h10 r1/4 See all
Venezuela VEN 1964 Summer Olympics Arquímedes Herrera 6 h1 r3/4 See all
Vietnam VIE 1988 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Ðình Minh 8 h8 r1/4 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Ralf Lübke 5 See all
West Indies Federation WIF 1960 Summer Olympics Dennis Johnson 5 h2 r3/4 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Popović 7 h1 r2/4 See all
Zambia ZAM 1964 Summer Olympics Jeffery Smith 7 h1 r2/4 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Sydney Siame 4 h4 r1/3
Zimbabwe ZIM 2008 Summer Olympics Brian Dzingai 4 See all