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| Swimming Olympic Games Men: 200 m Backstroke | 
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| 2012 | London (gbr) | |||
| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | Ryan Lochte (usa) | Aaron Peirsol (usa) | Arkady Vyatchanin (rus) |
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Aaron Peirsol (usa) | Markus Rogan (aut) | Razvan Florea (rom) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Lenny Krayzelburg (usa) | Aaron Peirsol (usa) | Matthew Welsh (aus) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Brad Bridgewater (usa) | Tripp Schwenk (usa) | Emanuele Merisi (ita) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Martín López Zubero (spa) | Vladimir Selkov (cis) | Stefano Battistelli (ita) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Igor Polianskiy (sov) | Frank Baltrusch (ege) | Paul Kingsman (nzl) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Richard Carey (usa) | Frédéric Delcourt (fra) | Cameron Henning (can) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Sándor Wladár (hun) | Zoltán Verrasztó (hun) | Mark Kerry (aus) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | John Naber (usa) | Peter Rocca (usa) | Dan Harrigan (usa) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Roland Matthes (ege) | Mike Stamm (usa) | Mitchell Ivey (usa) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Roland Matthes (ege) | Mitchell Ivey (usa) | Jack Horsley (usa) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Jed Graef (usa) | Gary Dilley (usa) | Robert Bennett (usa) |
| 1900 | Paris (fra) | Ernst Hoppenberg (ger) | Karl Ruberl (aut) | Johannes Drost (net) |
