| Times held | 15 | 
|---|---|
| Total participants | 643 | 
| Total countries | 124 | 
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 26 | 9 | 
| 1968 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 57 | 26 | 
| 1972 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 46 | 27 | 
| 1976 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 55 | 33 | 
| 1980 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 42 | 24 | 
| 1984 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 56 | 36 | 
| 1988 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 63 | 41 | 
| 1992 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 55 | 39 | 
| 1996 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 43 | 36 | 
| 2000 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 51 | 44 | 
| 2004 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 59 | 53 | 
| 2008 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 57 | 49 | 
| 2012 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 40 | 31 | 
| 2016 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 47 | 36 | 
| 2020 | 200 metres Freestyle, Men | Olympic | 39 | 30 | 
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |   USA | 
3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 
| Australia |   AUS | 
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 
| Great Britain |   GBR | 
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 
| Netherlands |   NED | 
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| People's Republic of China |   CHN | 
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| Soviet Union |   URS | 
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| West Germany |   FRG | 
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 
| France |   FRA | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| New Zealand |   NZL | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Unified Team |   EUN | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Republic of Korea |   KOR | 
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| Sweden |   SWE | 
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| Brazil |   BRA | 
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| Hungary |   HUN | 
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| South Africa |   RSA | 
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| Austria |   AUT | 
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| Finland |   FIN | 
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| Italy |   ITA | 
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pieter van den Hoogenband |   NED | 
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| Ian Thorpe |   AUS | 
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| Sun Yang |   CHN | 
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| Michael Phelps |   USA | 
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| Duncan Armstrong |   AUS | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Fred Lane |   AUS  GBR | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Mike Wenden |   AUS | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Michael Groß |   FRG | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Danyon Loader |   NZL | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Sergey Koplyakov |   BLR  URS | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Yevgeny Sadovy |   RUS  EUN | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Bruce Furniss |   USA | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Mark Spitz |   USA | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Yannick Agnel |   FRA | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Tom Dean |   GBR | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |