Swimming — 200 metres Butterfly, Men

Times held 18
Total participants 508
Total countries 102

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1956 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 19 14
1960 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 34 23
1964 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 32 19
1968 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 30 19
1972 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 30 20
1976 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 40 26
1980 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 25 19
1984 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 35 28
1988 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 40 29
1992 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 46 32
1996 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 42 36
2000 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 46 40
2004 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 39 34
2008 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 44 39
2012 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 37 28
2016 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 29 21
2020 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 38 30
2024 200 metres Butterfly, Men Olympic 27 22

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1956 Bill YorzykUSA Takashi IshimotoJPN György TumpekHUN
1960 Mike TroyUSA Neville HayesAUS Dave GillandersUSA
1964 Kevin BerryAUS Carl RobieUSA Fred SchmidtUSA
1968 Carl RobieUSA Martyn WoodroffeGBR John FerrisUSA
1972 Mark SpitzUSA Gary HallUSA Robin BackhausUSA
1976 Mike BrunerUSA Steve GreggUSA Bill ForresterUSA
1980 Sergey FesenkoURS Phil HubbleGBR Roger PyttelGDR
1984 Jon SiebenAUS Michael GroßFRG Rafael VidalVEN
1988 Michael GroßFRG Benny NielsenDEN Anthony MosseNZL
1992 Mel StewartUSA Danyon LoaderNZL Franck EspositoFRA
1996 Denis PankratovRUS Tom MalchowUSA Scott GoodmanAUS
2000 Tom MalchowUSA Denys SylantievUKR Justin NorrisAUS
2004 Michael PhelpsUSA Takashi YamamotoJPN Steve ParryGBR
2008 Michael PhelpsUSA László Cseh, Jr.HUN Takeshi MatsudaJPN
2012 Chad le ClosRSA Michael PhelpsUSA Takeshi MatsudaJPN
2016 Michael PhelpsUSA Masato SakaiJPN Tamás KenderesiHUN
2020 Kristóf MilákHUN Tomoru HondaJPN Federico BurdissoITA
2024 Léon MarchandFRA Kristóf MilákHUN Ilya KharunCAN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 10 5 5 20
Australia AUS 2 1 2 5
Hungary HUN 1 2 2 5
West Germany FRG 1 1 0 2
France FRA 1 0 1 2
Russian Federation RUS 1 0 0 1
South Africa RSA 1 0 0 1
Soviet Union URS 1 0 0 1
Japan JPN 0 4 2 6
Great Britain GBR 0 2 1 3
New Zealand NZL 0 1 1 2
Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
Ukraine UKR 0 1 0 1
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
Venezuela VEN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Michael Phelps USA 3 1 0 4
Michael Groß FRG 1 1 0 2
Tom Malchow USA 1 1 0 2
Carl Robie USA 1 1 0 2
Kristóf Milák HUN 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1980 Summer Olympics Djamel Yahiouche 22 See all
Andorra AND 2012 Summer Olympics Hocine Haciane 37 See all
Angola ANG 1980 Summer Olympics Cezar Ribeiro DNS See all
Argentina ARG 1964 Summer Olympics Luis Nicolao 11 See all
Australia AUS 1964 Summer Olympics Kevin Berry 1 Gold See all
1984 Summer Olympics Jon Sieben 1 Gold
Austria AUT 2012 Summer Olympics Dinko Jukic 4 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2024 Summer Olympics Ramil Vəlizadə 25 See all
Barbados BAR 1984 Summer Olympics Harry Wozniak 32 See all
Belgium BEL 2016 Summer Olympics Louis Croenen 8 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 1992 Summer Olympics Janko Gojković 41 See all
Brazil BRA 2020 Summer Olympics Leonardo de Deus 6 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2024 Summer Olympics Petar Mitsin 19 See all
Canada CAN 2024 Summer Olympics Ilya Kharun 3 Bronze See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2024 Summer Olympics Eddie Wang 11 See all
Colombia COL 1976 Summer Olympics Jorge Jaramillo 13 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1980 Summer Olympics Andrey Aguilar 19 See all
Croatia CRO 1996 Summer Olympics Dominik Galić 22 See all
Cuba CUB 2000 Summer Olympics Gunter Rodríguez 27 See all
Czechia CZE 1996 Summer Olympics Josef Horký 30 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1960 Summer Olympics Pavel Pazdírek 9 See all
Denmark DEN 1988 Summer Olympics Benny Nielsen 2 Silver See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Roger Pyttel 3 Bronze See all
Ecuador ECU 1972 Summer Olympics Jorge Delgado 4 See all
Egypt EGY 1984 Summer Olympics Mohamed Youssef 31 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Ahmed Ghanim 31
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Arturo Carranza 30 See all
Estonia EST 2024 Summer Olympics Kregor Zirk 7 See all
Finland FIN 1996 Summer Olympics Vesa Hanski 10 See all
France FRA 2024 Summer Olympics Léon Marchand 1 Gold See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Chris-Carol Bremer 9 See all
Great Britain GBR 1968 Summer Olympics Martyn Woodroffe 2 Silver See all
1980 Summer Olympics Phil Hubble 2 Silver
Greece GRE 2012 Summer Olympics Ioannis Drymonakos 15 See all
Guatemala GUA 1968 Summer Olympics Ramiro Benavides 28 See all
Honduras HON 1984 Summer Olympics Juan José Pino 34 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Roy Barahona 34
Hong Kong, China HKG 1984 Summer Olympics Tsang Yi Ming 29 See all
Hungary HUN 2020 Summer Olympics Kristóf Milák 1 Gold See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Kire Filipovski =39 See all
India IND 1956 Summer Olympics Shamsher Khan 19 See all
Indonesia INA 2004 Summer Olympics Donny Utomo 33 See all
Ireland IRL 1980 Summer Olympics David Cummins 16 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2020 Summer Olympics Matin Balsini 33 See all
Israel ISR 1968 Summer Olympics Avraham Melamed 15 See all
Italy ITA 2020 Summer Olympics Federico Burdisso 3 Bronze See all
Jamaica JAM 2020 Summer Olympics Keanan Dols 34 See all
Japan JPN 1956 Summer Olympics Takashi Ishimoto 2 Silver See all
2004 Summer Olympics Takashi Yamamoto 2 Silver
2016 Summer Olympics Masato Sakai 2 Silver
2020 Summer Olympics Tomoru Honda 2 Silver
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1992 Summer Olympics Ziyad Kashmiri 45 See all
Kuwait KUW 1980 Summer Olympics Saleh Marzouk 25 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 1996 Summer Olympics Konstantin Andryushin 26 See all
Lithuania LTU 2004 Summer Olympics Paulius Andrijauskas 30 See all
Malaya MAL 1956 Summer Olympics Fong Seow Hor 17 See all
Malaysia MAS 2000 Summer Olympics Anthony Ang 22 See all
Mauritius MRI 1992 Summer Olympics Benoît Fleurot 43 See all
Mexico MEX 1956 Summer Olympics Eulalio Ríos 6 See all
Mozambique MOZ 1980 Summer Olympics Raimundo Franisse 24 See all
Netherlands NED 1980 Summer Olympics Cees Vervoorn 6 See all
New Zealand NZL 1992 Summer Olympics Danyon Loader 2 Silver See all
Nicaragua NCA 2024 Summer Olympics Gerald Hernández 27 See all
Nigeria NGR 1976 Summer Olympics John Ebito DNS See all
North Macedonia MKD 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Malenko 23 See all
Norway NOR 2020 Summer Olympics Tomoe Hvas 19 See all
Pakistan PAK 1956 Summer Olympics Shah Ghazi 16 See all
Panama PAN 2012 Summer Olympics Diego Castillo 35 See all
Paraguay PAR 1976 Summer Olympics Julio Abreu 35 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Sergio Cabrera 35
People's Republic of China CHN 2008 Summer Olympics Wu Peng =4 See all
Peru PER 2012 Summer Olympics Mauricio Fiol 25 See all
Philippines PHI 1956 Summer Olympics Agapito Lozada 14 See all
Poland POL 1992 Summer Olympics Rafał Szukała 4 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Paweł Korzeniowski 4
2024 Summer Olympics Krzysztof Chmielewski 4
Portugal POR 1964 Summer Olympics Vítor Fonseca 21 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics Filiberto Colón 12 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Kudashev 12 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2024 Summer Olympics Kim Min-Seop 13 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2020 Summer Olympics Alexei Sancov 26 See all
Romania ROU 2004 Summer Olympics Ștefan Gherghel 5 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Denis Pankratov 1 Gold See all
Serbia SRB 2012 Summer Olympics Velimir Stjepanović 6 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2000 Summer Olympics Vladan Marković 21 See all
Seychelles SEY 2004 Summer Olympics Bertrand Bristol 38 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Simon Bachmann 38
Singapore SGP 2016 Summer Olympics Quah Zheng Wen 10 See all
Slovakia SVK 2020 Summer Olympics Richard Nagy 37 See all
Slovenia SLO 1992 Summer Olympics Matjaž Kozelj =19 See all
South Africa RSA 2012 Summer Olympics Chad le Clos 1 Gold See all
South Vietnam VNM 1960 Summer Olympics Phan Hữu Dong DNS See all
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Sergey Fesenko 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1984 Summer Olympics Harri Garmendia 15 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1992 Summer Olympics Julian Bolling 44 See all
Suriname SUR 1988 Summer Olympics Anthony Nesty 8 See all
Sweden SWE 1968 Summer Olympics Peter Feil 5 See all
Switzerland SUI 2024 Summer Olympics Noè Ponti 5 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 2020 Summer Olympics Ayman Kelzi 32 See all
Thailand THA 1964 Summer Olympics Narong Chokumnuay 32 See all
The Bahamas BAH 2004 Summer Olympics Jeremy Knowles 20 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1972 Summer Olympics Geoffrey Ferreira 27 See all
Türkiye TUR 1992 Summer Olympics Can Ergenekan 12 See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Denys Sylantiev 2 Silver See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Denis Pankratov 6 See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 1992 Summer Olympics Mohamed Khamis 46 See all
United States USA 1956 Summer Olympics Bill Yorzyk 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Mike Troy 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Carl Robie 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Mark Spitz 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Mike Bruner 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Mel Stewart 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Tom Malchow 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Michael Phelps 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Michael Phelps 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Michael Phelps 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1976 Summer Olympics Steven Newkirk 36 See all
Uruguay URU 1996 Summer Olympics Javier Golovchenko 37 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 1996 Summer Olympics Dmitry Pankov 38 See all
Venezuela VEN 1984 Summer Olympics Rafael Vidal 3 Bronze See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Thương Ngọc Tơn 23 See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Michael Groß 1 Gold See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1960 Summer Olympics Veljko Rogošić 27 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2024 Summer Olympics Matin Balsini 26 See all