Olympic Swimming Medals - Men's 200 Meter Backstroke Olympic Medalists

By Mat Luebbers, About.com Guide

The gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medal swimmers in the men's 200 meter backstroke from the Summer Olympic games.

1896 — Event Not Held
1900
GOLD Ernst Hoppenberg, GER 02:47.0
SILVER Karl Ruberl, AUT 02:56.0
BRONZE Johannes Drost, HOL 03:01.0
1904-1960 — Event Not Held
1964
GOLD Jed Graef, USA 02:10.3
SILVER Gary Dilley, USA 02:10.5
BRONZE Robert Bennett, USA 02:13.1
1968
GOLD Roland Matthes, GDR 02:09.6
SILVER Mitch Ivey, USA 02:10.6
BRONZE Jack Horsley, USA 02:10.9
1972
GOLD Roland Matthes, GDR 02:02.8
SILVER Mike Stamm, USA 02:04.1
BRONZE Mitch Ivey, USA 02:04.3
1976
GOLD John Naber, USA 01:59.2
SILVER Peter Rocca, USA 02:00.6
BRONZE Dan Harrigan, USA 02:01.4
1980
GOLD Sandor Wladar, HUN 02:01.9
SILVER Zoltan Verraszto, HUN 02:02.4
BRONZE Mark Kerry, AUS 02:03.1
1984
GOLD Rick Carey, USA 02:00.2
SILVER Frederic Delcourt, FRA 02:01.8
BRONZE Cam Henning, CAN 02:02.4
1988
GOLD Igor Polianski, URS 01:59.4
SILVER Frank Baltrusch, GDR 01:59.6
BRONZE Paul Kingsman, NZE 02:00.5
1992
GOLD Martin Zubero, ESP 01:58.5
SILVER Vladimir Selkov, EUN 01:58.9
BRONZE Stefano Battistelli, ITA 01:59.4
1996
GOLD Brad Bridgewater, USA 01:58.5
SILVER Tripp Schwenk, USA 01:59.0
BRONZE Emanuele Merisi, ITA 01:59.2
2000
GOLD Lenny Krayzelburg, USA 01:56.8
SILVER Aaron Peirsol, USA 01:57.4
BRONZE Matthew Welsh, AUS 01:57.6
2004
GOLD Aaron Peirsol, USA 01:55.0
SILVER Markus Rogan, AUT 01:57.4
BRONZE Razvan Florea, ROM 01:57.6
2008
GOLD Ryan Lochte, USA 1:53.94
SILVER Aaron Peirsol, USA 1:54.33
BRONZE Arkady Vyatchanin, RUS 1:54.93