Swimming — 200 metres Breaststroke, Women

Times held 24
Total participants 553
Total countries 90

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1924 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 15 8
1928 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 21 12
1932 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 11 7
1936 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 23 12
1948 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 22 14
1952 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 34 19
1956 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 14 10
1960 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 29 19
1964 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 27 15
1968 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 31 20
1972 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 40 23
1976 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 38 21
1980 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 25 18
1984 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 23 16
1988 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 43 27
1992 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 39 28
1996 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 40 33
2000 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 35 29
2004 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 31 28
2008 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 40 34
2012 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 34 27
2016 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 29 21
2020 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 31 24
2024 200 metres Breaststroke, Women Olympic 23 19

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1924 Lucy MortonGBR Agnes GeraghtyUSA Gladys CarsonGBR
1928 Hilde SchraderGER Marie BaronNED Lotte MüheGER
1932 Clare DennisAUS Hideko MaehataJPN Else JacobsenDEN
1936 Hideko MaehataJPN Martha GenengerGER Inge SørensenDEN
1948 Nel van VlietNED Nancy LyonsAUS Éva NovákHUN
1952 Éva SzékelyHUN Éva NovákHUN Elenor GordonGBR
1956 Ursula HappeGER Éva SzékelyHUN Eva-Maria ten ElsenGER
1960 Anita LonsbroughGBR Wiltrud UrselmannGER Barbara GöbelGER
1964 Galina ProzumenshchikovaURS Claudia KolbUSA Svetlana BabaninaURS
1968 Sharon WichmanUSA Đurđica BjedovYUG Galina ProzumenshchikovaURS
1972 Beverley WhitfieldAUS Dana SchoenfieldUSA Galina StepanovaURS
1976 Marina KoshevayaURS Marina YurchenyaURS Lyubov RusanovaURS
1980 Lina KačiušytėURS Svetlana VarganovaURS Yuliya BogdanovaURS
1984 Anne OttenbriteCAN Susan RappUSA Ingrid LempereurBEL
1988 Silke HörnerGDR Huang XiaominCHN Antoaneta FrenkevaBUL
1992 Kyoko IwasakiJPN Lin LiCHN Anita NallUSA
1996 Penny HeynsRSA Amanda BeardUSA Ágnes KovácsHUN
2000 Ágnes KovácsHUN Kristy KowalUSA Amanda BeardUSA
2004 Amanda BeardUSA Leisel JonesAUS Anne PoleskaGER
2008 Rebecca SoniUSA Leisel JonesAUS Sara NordenstamNOR
2012 Rebecca SoniUSA Satomi SuzukiJPN Yuliya YefimovaRUS
2016 Rie KanetoJPN Yuliya YefimovaRUS Shi JinglinCHN
2020 Tatjana SchoenmakerRSA Lilly KingUSA Annie LazorUSA
2024 Kate DouglassUSA Tatjana Schoenmaker-SmithRSA Tes SchoutenNED

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 5 7 3 15
Soviet Union URS 3 2 5 10
Japan JPN 3 2 0 5
Australia AUS 2 3 0 5
Germany GER 2 2 4 8
Hungary HUN 2 2 2 6
South Africa RSA 2 1 0 3
Great Britain GBR 2 0 2 4
Netherlands NED 1 1 1 3
Canada CAN 1 0 0 1
East Germany GDR 1 0 0 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 2 1 3
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 1 2
Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 0 2 2
Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
Norway NOR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Rebecca Soni USA 2 0 0 2
Amanda Beard USA 1 1 1 3
Éva Székely HUN 1 1 0 2
Hideko Maehata JPN 1 1 0 2
Tatjana Schoenmaker-Smith RSA 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Angola ANG 1996 Summer Olympics Nádia Cruz 37 See all
Argentina ARG 1948 Summer Olympics Dorotea Turnbull =13 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Alicia María Boscatto 13
Australia AUS 1932 Summer Olympics Clare Dennis 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Beverley Whitfield 1 Gold
Austria AUT 2008 Summer Olympics Mirna Jukic 4 See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Ina Kapishina 16 See all
Belgium BEL 1984 Summer Olympics Ingrid Lempereur 3 Bronze See all
Bermuda BER 1992 Summer Olympics Jenny Smatt 32 See all
Brazil BRA 1932 Summer Olympics Maria Lenk 9 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Antoaneta Frenkeva 3 Bronze See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Anne Ottenbrite 1 Gold See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1988 Summer Olympics Seto Car-Wai 35 See all
Colombia COL 2000 Summer Olympics Isabel Ceballos 25 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1988 Summer Olympics Montserrat Hidalgo 37 See all
Croatia CRO 2004 Summer Olympics Smiljana Marinović 17 See all
Cuba CUB 2004 Summer Olympics Imaday Núñez 28 See all
Czechia CZE 1996 Summer Olympics Lenka Maňhalová 11 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Irena Fleissnerová 5 See all
Denmark DEN 1932 Summer Olympics Else Jacobsen 3 Bronze See all
1936 Summer Olympics Inge Sørensen 3 Bronze
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Silke Hörner 1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 1968 Summer Olympics Tamara Orejuela 29 See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics María Moreno 30 See all
Estonia EST 2024 Summer Olympics Eneli Jefimova 23 See all
Finland FIN 1948 Summer Olympics Margit Leskinen 10 See all
France FRA 2000 Summer Olympics Karine Brémond 9 See all
Germany GER 1928 Summer Olympics Hilde Schrader 1 Gold See all
1956 Summer Olympics Ursula Happe 1 Gold
Great Britain GBR 1924 Summer Olympics Lucy Morton 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Anita Lonsbrough 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1972 Summer Olympics Mairi Ioannidou 31 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Athina Tzavella 31
Guam GUM 1992 Summer Olympics Barbara Pexa 36 See all
Honduras HON 1984 Summer Olympics Isabel Lardizábal 23 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1984 Summer Olympics Chow Lai Yee 22 See all
Hungary HUN 1952 Summer Olympics Éva Székely 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Ágnes Kovács 1 Gold
Iceland ISL 2016 Summer Olympics Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 11 See all
India IND 1952 Summer Olympics Dolly Nazir 32 See all
Individual Neutral Athletes AIN 2024 Summer Olympics Alina Zmushka 21 See all
Indonesia INA 1956 Summer Olympics Ria Tobing 14 See all
Ireland IRL 2024 Summer Olympics Mona McSharry 11 See all
Israel ISR 1968 Summer Olympics Shlomit Nir 23 See all
Italy ITA 1992 Summer Olympics Manuela Dalla Valle 7 See all
Jamaica JAM 2008 Summer Olympics Alia Atkinson 25 See all
Japan JPN 1936 Summer Olympics Hideko Maehata 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Kyoko Iwasaki 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Rie Kaneto 1 Gold
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Olga Molchanova 33 See all
Latvia LAT 2016 Summer Olympics Aļona Ribakova 27 See all
Lebanon LBN 1972 Summer Olympics Ani Jane Mugrditchian DNS See all
Lithuania LTU 2024 Summer Olympics Kotryna Teterevkova 5 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1924 Summer Olympics Laury Koster 6 See all
Madagascar MAD 1980 Summer Olympics Nicole Rajoharison 25 See all
Malaysia MAS 2008 Summer Olympics Siow Yi Ting 19 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Tamara Oynick 11 See all
Montenegro MNE 2008 Summer Olympics Marina Kuč 31 See all
Morocco MAR 2012 Summer Olympics Sara El-Bekri 11 See all
Netherlands NED 1948 Summer Olympics Nel van Vliet 1 Gold See all
New Zealand NZL 1964 Summer Olympics Vivien Haddon 11 See all
Norway NOR 2008 Summer Olympics Sara Nordenstam 3 Bronze See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1988 Summer Olympics Huang Xiaomin 2 Silver See all
1992 Summer Olympics Lin Li 2 Silver
Peru PER 1988 Summer Olympics Karen Horning 24 See all
Philippines PHI 2004 Summer Olympics Jaclyn Pangilinan 20 See all
Poland POL 1992 Summer Olympics Alicja Pęczak 8 See all
Portugal POR 2004 Summer Olympics Diana Gomes 23 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1964 Summer Olympics Margaret Harding 25 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Yevgeniya Chikunova 4 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2012 Summer Olympics Baek Su-Yeon 9 See all
Rhodesia RHO 1960 Summer Olympics Meg Miners 23 See all
Romania ROU 1980 Summer Olympics Brigitte Prass 15 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2016 Summer Olympics Yuliya Yefimova 2 Silver See all
Serbia SRB 2012 Summer Olympics Nađa Higl 25 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2004 Summer Olympics Marina Kuč 15 See all
Seychelles SEY 1992 Summer Olympics Elke Talma 39 See all
Singapore SGP 2024 Summer Olympics Letitia Sim 22 See all
Slovakia SVK 2020 Summer Olympics Andrea Podmaníková 30 See all
Slovenia SLO 2004 Summer Olympics Alenka Kejžar 18 See all
South Africa RSA 1996 Summer Olympics Penny Heyns 1 Gold See all
2020 Summer Olympics Tatjana Schoenmaker 1 Gold
Soviet Union URS 1964 Summer Olympics Galina Prozumenshchikova 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Marina Koshevaya 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Lina Kačiušytė 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2016 Summer Olympics Jessica Vall 10 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1988 Summer Olympics Dipika Chanmugam 42 See all
Sweden SWE 1924 Summer Olympics Wivan Pettersson 4 See all
Switzerland SUI 1948 Summer Olympics Lilo Kobi 12 See all
Thailand THA 1992 Summer Olympics Sornsawan Phuvichit 30 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1996 Summer Olympics Cerian Gibbes 39 See all
Tunisia TUN 2012 Summer Olympics Sarra Lajnef 31 See all
Türkiye TUR 2016 Summer Olympics Viktoria Zeynep Güneş 9 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Svitlana Bondarenko 17 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Hanna Dzerkal 17
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Alena Rudkouskaya 4 See all
United States USA 1968 Summer Olympics Sharon Wichman 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Amanda Beard 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Rebecca Soni 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Rebecca Soni 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Kate Douglass 1 Gold
Uruguay URU 1968 Summer Olympics Ana María Norbis 8 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2000 Summer Olympics Anastasiya Korolyova 35 See all
Venezuela VEN 1976 Summer Olympics Dacyl Pérez 37 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Hoàng Thị Hoà 24 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Petra Nows 5 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1968 Summer Olympics Đurđica Bjedov 2 Silver See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1980 Summer Olympics Lynne Tasker 23 See all