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

By Mat Luebbers, About.com Guide

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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