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

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The gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medal swimmers in the men's 200 meter freestyle from the Summer Olympic games.
  • 1896 — Event Not Held
  • 1900
    GOLD Frederick Lane, AUS 2:25.2
    SILVER Zoltan von Halmay, HUN 2:31.4
    BRONZE Karl Ruberl, AUT 2:32.0
  • 1904
    GOLD Charles Daniels, USA 2:44.2
    SILVER Francis Gailey, AUS 2:46.0
    BRONZE Emil Rausch, GER 2:56.0
  • 1906-1964 — Event Not Held
  • 1968
    GOLD Michael Wenden, AUS 1:55.2
    SILVER Don Schollander, USA 1:55.8
    BRONZE John Nelson, USA 1:58.1
  • 1972
    GOLD Mark Spitz, USA 1:52.78
    SILVER Steven Genter, USA 1:53.73
    BRONZE Werner Lampe, FRG 1:53.99
  • 1976
    GOLD Bruce Furniss, USA 1:50.29
    SILVER John Naber, USA 1:50.50
    BRONZE Jim Montgomery, USA 1:50.58
  • 1980
    GOLD Sergej Kopljakow, URS 1:49.81
    SILVER Andrej Krylow, URS 1:50.76
    BRONZE Graeme Brewer, AUS 1:51.60
  • 1984
    GOLD Michael Gross, FRG 1:47.44
    SILVER Michael Heath, USA 1:49.10
    BRONZE Thomas Fahrner, FRG 1:49.69
  • 1988
    GOLD Duncan Armstrong, AUS 1:47.25
    SILVER Anders Holmertz, SWE 1:47.89
    BRONZE Matt Biondi, USA 1:47.99
  • 1992
    GOLD Evgeny Sadovyi, EUN 1:46.70
    SILVER Anders Holmertz, SWE 1:46.86
    BRONZE Antti Kasvio, FIN 1:47.63
  • 1996
    GOLD Danyon Loader, NZL 1:47.63
    SILVER Gustavo Borges, BRA 1:48.08
    BRONZE Daniel Kowalski, AUS 1:48.25
  • 2000
    GOLD P. vdHoogenband, NED 1:45.35
    SILVER Ian Thorpe, AUS 1:45.83
    BRONZE Massi Rosolino, ITA 1:46.65
  • 2004
    GOLD Ian Thorpe, AUS 1:44.71
    SILVER P. vd Hoogenband, NED 1:45.23
    BRONZE Michael Phelps, USA 1:45.32
  • 2008
    GOLD Michael Phelps, USA 1:42.96
    SILVER Tae Hwan Park, KOR 1:44.85
    BRONZE Peter Vanderkaay, USA 1:45.14

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