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

By Mat Luebbers, About.com

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

1896-1906 — Event Not Held*
1908
GOLD Frederick Holman, GBR 03:09.2
SILVER William Robinson, GBR 03:12.8
BRONZE Pontus Hanson, SWE 03:14.6
1912
GOLD Walther Bathe, GER 03:01.8
SILVER Willy Lutzow, GER 03:05.0
BRONZE Kurt Malisch, GER 03:08.0
1920
GOLD Hakan Malmrot, SWE 03:04.4
SILVER Tor Henning, SWE 03:09.2
BRONZE Arvo Aaltonen, FIN 03:12.2
1924
GOLD Robert Skelton, USA 02:56.6
SILVER Joseph De Combe BEL 02:59.2
BRONZE Bill Kirschbaum, USA 03:01.0
1928
GOLD Yoshiyuka Tsuruta, JPN 02:48.8
SILVER Erich Rademacher, GER 02:50.6
BRONZE Teofilo Yldefonzo, PHI 02:56.4
1932
GOLD Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, JPN 02:45.4
SILVER Reizo Koike, JPN 02:46.6
BRONZE Teofilo Yldefonzo, PHI 02:47.1
1936
GOLD Tetsuo Hamuro, JPN 02:41.5
SILVER Erwin Sietas, GER 02:42.9
BRONZE Reizo Koike, JPN 02:44.2
1948
GOLD Joseph Verdeur, USA 02:39.3
SILVER Keith Carter, USA 02:40.2
BRONZE Robert Sohl, USA 02:43.9
1952
GOLD John Davies, AUS 02:34.4
SILVER Bowen Stassforth, USA 02:34.7
BRONZE Herbert Klein, GER 02:35.9
1956
GOLD Masaru Furukawa, JPN 02:34.7
SILVER Masahiro Yoshimura, JPN 02:36.7
BRONZE Charis Junitschew, URS 02:36.8
1960
GOLD William Mulliken, USA 02:37.4
SILVER Yoshihiko Osaki, JPN 02:38.0
BRONZE Weiger Mensonides, HOL 02:39.7
1964
GOLD Ian O’Brien, AUS 02:27.8
SILVER Georgi Prokopenko, URS 02:28.2
BRONZE Chester Jastremski, USA 02:29.6
1968
GOLD Felipe Munoz, MEX 02:28.7
SILVER Vladimir Kossinski, URS 02:29.2
BRONZE Brian Job, USA 02:29.9
1972
GOLD John Hencken, USA 02:21.6
SILVER David Wilkie, GBR 02:23.7
BRONZE Nobutaka Taguchi, JPN 02:23.9
1976
GOLD David Wilkie, GBR 02:15.1
SILVER John Hencken, USA 02:17.3
BRONZE Rick Colella, USA 02:19.2
1980
GOLD Robertas Zulpa, URS 02:15.9
SILVER Alban Vermes, HUN 02:16.9
BRONZE Arsen Miskarow, URS 02:17.3
1984
GOLD Victor Davis, CAN 02:13.3
SILVER Glenn Beringen, AUS 02:15.8
BRONZE Etienne Dagon, SUI 02:17.4
1988
GOLD Joszef Szabo, HUN 02:13.5
SILVER Nick Gillingham, GBR 02:14.1
BRONZE Sergio Lopez, ESP 02:15.2
1992
GOLD Mike Barrowman, USA 02:10.2
SILVER Norbert Rozsa, HUN 02:11.2
BRONZE Nick Gillingham, GBR 02:11.3
1996
GOLD Norbert Rozsa, HUN 02:12.6
SILVER Karoly Guttler, HUN 02:13.0
BRONZE Andrey Korneyev, RUS 02:13.2
2000
GOLD Domenico Fioravanti, ITA 02:10.9
SILVER Terence Parkin, RUS 02:12.5
BRONZE Davide Rummolo, ITA 02:12.7
2004
GOLD Kosuke Kitajima, JPN 02:09.4
SILVER Daniel Gyurta, HUN 02:10.8
BRONZE Brendan Hansen, USA 02:10.9
2008
GOLD Kosuke Kitajima, JPN 2:07.64
SILVERBrenton Rickard, AUS 2:08.88
BRONZEHugues Duboscq, FRA 2:08.94
*The 1906 Games are considered unofficial by the IOC and are not figured into medal counts.