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

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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

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