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

By Mat Luebbers, About.com

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.

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