| Event: | 200 metre freestyle |
| Sport: | Swimming |
| Gender: | Men and women |
| Yearsheld: | Men: 1900, 1904, 1968–2016 Women: 1968–2016 |
The 200 metre freestyle event is an event held at the Summer Olympic Games. The men's event was introduced in 1900, held a second time in 1904 (at 220 yards rather than 200 metres), then was not held again until 1968. When the event returned in 1968, both men's and women's events were held. The event has remained on the programme for every Summer Olympics since.
| 1896 Athens | Not held | |||
| 1900 Paris | ||||
| 1904 St. Louis (220 yd) | ||||
| 1908 London | Not held | |||
| 1912 Stockholm | Not held | |||
| 1920 Antwerp | Not held | |||
| 1924 Paris | Not held | |||
| 1928 Amsterdam | Not held | |||
| 1932 Los Angeles | Not held | |||
| 1936 Berlin | Not held | |||
| 1948 London | Not held | |||
| 1952 Helsinki | Not held | |||
| 1956 Melbourne | Not held | |||
| 1960 Rome | Not held | |||
| 1964 Tokyo | Not held | |||
| 1968 Mexico City | ||||
| 1972 Munich | ||||
| 1976 Montreal | ||||
| 1980 Moscow | ||||
| 1984 Los Angeles | ||||
| 1988 Seoul | ||||
| 1992 Barcelona | ||||
| 1996 Atlanta | ||||
| 2000 Sydney | ||||
| 2004 Athens | ||||
| 2008 Beijing | ||||
| 2012 London | None awarded | |||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ||||
| 2020 Tokyo | ||||
| 2024 Paris |
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Hoogenband, Pieter van den" | 2000–2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| align=left data-sort-value="Thorpe, Ian" | 2000–2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| align=left data-sort-value="Sun, Yang" | 2012–2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Phelps, Michael" | 2004–2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Holmertz, Anders" | 1988–1992 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| align=left data-sort-value="Park, Tae-Hwan" | 2008–2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1968 Mexico City | ||||
| 1972 Munich | ||||
| 1976 Montreal | ||||
| 1980 Moscow | ||||
| 1984 Los Angeles | ||||
| 1988 Seoul | ||||
| 1992 Barcelona | ||||
| 1996 Atlanta | ||||
| 2000 Sydney | ||||
| 2004 Athens | ||||
| 2008 Beijing | ||||
| 2012 London | ||||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ||||
| 2020 Tokyo | ||||
| 2024 Paris |
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Pellegrini, Federica" | 2004–2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| align=left data-sort-value="Titmus, Ariarnea" | 2020–2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Poll, Claudia" | 1996–2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Babashoff, Shirley" | 1972–1976 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| align=left data-sort-value="Almsick, Franziska van" | 1992–1996 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | align=left data-sort-value="Haughey, Siobhán" | 2020–2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |