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Women's 200m breaststroke
Olympics
Medal
Athlete
Country
Time
Sydney
2000
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Agnes
Kovacs
Kristy Kowal
Amanda Beard
Hungary
United States
United States
2:24.35
2:24.56
2:25.25
Atlanta
1996
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Penny
Heyns
Amanda Beard
Agnes Kovacs
South
Africa
United States
Hungary
--
--
--
Barcelona
1992
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Kyoko
Iwasaki
Lin Li
Anita Nall
Japan
China
United States
2:26.65
2:26.85
2:26.88
Seoul
1988
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Silke
Hoerner
Huang Xiaomin
A. Frenkeva
East
Germany
China
Bulgaria
2:26.71
2:26.85
2:26.88
Los
Angeles 1984
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Anne
Ottenbrite
Susan Rapp
Ingrid Lemereur
Canada
United States
Belgium
2:30.38
2:31.15
2:31.40
Moscow
1980
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Lina
Kachushite
S. Varganova
Yulia Bogdanova
Soviet
Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
2:29.54
2:29.61
2:32.39
Montreal
1976
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Marina
Koshevaia
Marina Iurchnia
Liubov Rusanova
Soviet
Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
2:33.35
2:36.08
2:36.22
Munich
1972
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Beverly
Whitfield
Dana Schoenfield
G. S'nova-Proz'kova
Australia
United States
Soviet Union
2:41.71
2:42.05
2:42.36
Mexico
City 1968
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Sharon
Wichman
Djurdjica Bjedov
G. Prozumenishikova
United
States
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
2:44.4
2:46.4
2:47.0
Tokyo
1964
Gold
Silver
Bronze
G.
Prozumenshikova
Claudia Kolb
Svetlana Babanina
Soviet
Union
United States
Soviet Union
2:46.4
2:47.6
2:48.6
Rome
1960
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Anita
Lonsbrough
Wiltrud Urselmann
Barbara Goebel
Great
Britain
West Germany
East Germany
2:49.5
2:50.0
2:53.6
Melbourne
1956
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ursula
Happe
Eva Szekely
Eva-Marie T. Elsen
West
Germany
Hungary
East Germany
2:53.1
2:54.8
2:55.1
Helsinki
1952
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Eva
Szekely
Eva Novak
Helen Gordon
Hungary
Hungary
Great Britain
2:51.7
2:54.4
2:57.6
London
1948
Gold
Silver
Bronze
P.
van Vliet
Beatrice Lyons
Eva Novak
Netherlands
Australia
Hungary
2:57.2
2:57.7
3:00.2
Berlin
1936
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Hideko
Maehata
Martha Geneger
Inge Sorenson
Japan
Germany
Denmark
3:03.6
3:04.2
3:07.8
Los
Angeles 1932
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Claire
Dennis
Hideko Maehata
Else Jacobsen
Australia
Japan
Denmark
3:06.3
3:06.4
3:07.1
Amsterdam
1928
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Hildegard
Schrader
Mietje Baron
Lotte Muhe
Germany
Holland
Germany
3:12.6
3:15.2
3:17.6
Paris
1924
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Lucy
Morton
Agnes Geragthy
Gladys Carson
Great
Britain
United States
Great Britain
3:33.2
3:34.0
3:35.4