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

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The gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medal swimmers in the women's 200 meter breaststroke from the Summer Olympic games.
  • 1896-1920 Event Not Held
  • 1924
    GOLD Lucy Morton, GBR 03:33.2
    SILVER Agnes Geraghty, USA 03:34.0
    BRONZE Gladys Carson, GBR 03:35.4
  • 1928
    GOLD Hilde Schrader, GER 3:12.6
    SILVER Mietje Baron, HOL 3:15.2
    BRONZE Lotte Muhe, GER 03:17.6
  • 1932
    GOLD Claire Dennis, AUS 03:06.3
    SILVER Hideko Maehata, JPN 3:06.4
    BRONZE Else Jacobsen, DAN 03:07.1
  • 1936
    GOLD Hideko Maehata, JPN 3:03.6
    SILVER Martha Genenger, GER 3:04.2
    BRONZE Inge Sorensen, DAN 3:07.8
  • 1948
    GOLD Petronella van Vliet HOL 2:57.2
    SILVER Beatrice Lyons, AUS 2:57.7
    BRONZE Eva Novak, HUN 3:00.2
  • 1952
    GOLD Eva Szekely, HUN 2:51.7
    SILVER Eva Novak, HUN 2:54.4
    BRONZE Helen Gordon, GBR 2:57.6
  • 1956
    GOLD Ursula Happe, FRG 2:53.1
    SILVER Eva Szekely, HUN 2:54.8
    BRONZE Eva-Marie Elsen, GDR 2:55.1
  • 1960
    GOLD Anita Lonsbrough, GDR 2:49.5
    SILVER Wiltrud Urselmann, FRG 2:50.0
    BRONZE Barbara Goebel, GDR 2:53.6
  • 1964
    GOLD G. Prosumenschtschikowa, URS 2:46.4
    SILVER Claudia Kolb, USA 2:47.6
    BRONZE Swetlana Babanina, URS 2:48.6
  • 1968
    GOLD Sharon Wichman, USA 2:44.4
    SILVER Djurdjica Bjedov, YUG 2:46.
    BRONZE G. Prosumenschtschikowa, URS 2:47.0
  • 1972
    GOLD Beverley Whitfield, AUS 2:41.71
    SILVER Dana Schoenfield, USA 2:42.05
    BRONZE G. Prosumenschtschikowa, URS 2:42.36
  • 1976
    GOLD Marina Koschewaja, URS 2:33.35
    SILVER Marina Jurtschenja, URS 2:36.08
    BRONZE Ljubow Russanowa, URS 2:36.22
  • 1980
    GOLD Lina Kaciusyte, URS 2:29.54
    SILVER Swetlana Warganowa, URS 2:29.61
    BRONZE Julija Bogdanowa, URS 2:32.39
  • 1984
    GOLD Anne Ottenbrite, CAN 2:30.38
    SILVER Susan Rapp, USA 2:31.15
    BRONZE Ingrid Lempereur, BEL 2:31.40
  • 1988
    GOLD Silke Horner, GDR 2:26.71
    SILVER Xiaomin Huang, CHN 2:27.49
    BRONZE Antoaneta Frenkeva, BUL 2:28.34
  • 1992
    GOLD Kyoko Iwasaki, JPN 2:26.65
    SILVER Li Lin, CHN 2:26.85
    BRONZE Anita Nall, USA 2:26.88
  • 1996
    GOLD Penelope Heyns, RSA 2:25.41
    SILVER Amanda Beard, USA 2:25.75
    BRONZE Agnes Kovacs, HUN 2:26.57
  • 2000
    GOLD Agnes Kovacs, HUN 2:24.35
    SILVER Kristy Kowal, USA 2:24.56
    BRONZE Amanda Beard, USA 2:25.35
  • 2004
    GOLD Amanda Beard, USA 2:23.37
    SILVER Leisel Jones, AUS 2:23.60
    BRONZE Anne Poleska, GER 2:25.82
  • 2008
    GOLD Rebecca Soni, USA 2:20.22
    SILVER Leisel Jones, AUS 2:22.05
    BRONZE Sara Nordenstam, NOR 2:23.02
  • 2012
    GOLD SONI Rebecca USA 2:19.59
    SILVER SUZUKI Satomi JPN 2:20.72
    BRONZE EFIMOVA Iuliia RUS 2:20.92
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