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| Swimming Olympic Games Men: 200 m Freestyle | 
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| 2012 | London (gbr) | |||
| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | Michael Phelps (usa) | Park Tae-Hwan (sko) | Peter Vanderkaay (usa) |
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Ian Thorpe (aus) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (net) | Michael Phelps (usa) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (net) | Ian Thorpe (aus) | Massiliano Rosolino (ita) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Danyon Loader (nzl) | Gustavo Borges (bra) | Daniel Kowalski (aus) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Yevgeniy Sadovyi (cis) | Anders Holmertz (swe) | Antti Kasvio (fin) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Duncan Armstrong (aus) | Anders Holmertz (swe) | Matt Biondi (usa) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Michael Gross (wge) | Mike Heath (usa) | Thomas Fahrner (wge) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Sergey Kopliyakov (sov) | Andrey Krylov (sov) | Graeme Brewer (aus) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Bruce Furniss (usa) | John Naber (usa) | Jim Montgomery (usa) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Mark Spitz (usa) | Steven Genter (usa) | Werner Lampe (wge) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Mike Wenden (aus) | Don Schollander (usa) | John Nelson (usa) |
| 1900 | Paris (fra) | Frederick Lane (aus) | Zoltán Halmay (hun) | Karl Ruberl (aut) |
