200m freestyle is an event over 8lengths of a 25 meter (normal size pool) or 4 lengths of a 50m pool (olympic size pool). It is an event that,unlike most people think, consists of JUST frontcrawl.
50 meter freestyle 100 meter freestyle 200 meter freestyle 400 meter freestyle 800/1500 meter freestyle* 100 meter backstroke 200 meter backstroke 100 meter breaststroke 200 meter breaststroke 100 meter butterfly 200 meter butterfly 200 meter individual medley 400 meter individual medley 4×100 meter freestyle relay 4×200 meter freestyle relay 4×100 meter medley relay
Of the 13 men's swimming events at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal, new world records were set in 12 of them: 100 meter freestyle, 200 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle, 1500 meter freestyle, 4x200 meter freestyle relay, 100 meter breaststroke, 200 meter breaststroke, 200 meter butterfly, 100 meter backstroke, 200 meter backstroke, 400 meter individual medley, 4x100 meter medley relay. The only event where a world record was not set was the 100 meter butterfly.
Men and women each swim the following events: 50 meter freestyle 100 meter freestyle 200 meter freestyle 400 meter freestyle 100 meter backstroke 200 meter backstroke 100 meter breaststroke 200 meter breaststroke 100 meter butterfly 200 meter butterfly 200 meter individual medley 400 meter individual medley 4x100 meter freestyle relay 4x200 meter freestyle relay 4x100 meter medley relay 10 kilometers (A new event added to the 2008 Games called the 'Marathon') Only men swim a 1500 meter freestyle event and only women swim an 800 meter freestyle event. Men and women each dive the following events: 3 meter springboard 3 meter springboard - synchronized 10 meter platform 10 meter platform - synchronized There is also men's and women's water polo and synchronized swimming.
At the 2008 Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps of the United States won gold in the men's 200 meter freestyle in a time of 1:42.96 and Federica Pellegrini of Italy won gold in the women's 200 meter freestyle in a time of 1:54.82.
That was Michael Phelps of the United States: Gold: 100 meter butterfly 200 meter butterfly 200 meter individual medley 400 meter individual medley 4x200 meter freestyle relay 4x100 meter medley relay Bronze: 200 meter freestyle 4x100 meter freestyle relay
7, 5 gold and 2 silver: Gold: 50 meter freestyle, 100 meter freestyle, 4x100 meter medley relay, 4x100 meter freestyle relay, 4x200 meter freestyle relay Silver: 100 meter butterfly, 200 meter freestyle
5. All were gold medals.Natalie won in 50 meter freestyle, 100 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle, 100 meter butterfly, and 200 meter individual medley.
Mark Spitz won seven medals at the 1972 Games: 100 meter butterfly - Gold 200 meter butterfly - Gold 100 meter freestyle - Gold 200 meter freestyle - Gold 4x100 meter freestyle relay - Gold 4x200 meter freestyle relay - Gold 4x100 meter medley relay - Gold He also won four medals at the 1968 Games: 4x100 meter freestyle relay - Gold 4x200 meter freestyle relay - Gold 100 meter butterfly - Silver 100 meter freestyle - Bronze
Ian Thorpe with 5. Thorpe's gold came in 400 meter freestyle in 2000 and 2004, 200 meter freestyle in 2004, 4x100 meter freestyle in 2000, and 4x200 meter freestyle in 2000.
Danyon Loader in men's 200 meter freestyle and 400 meter freestyle.
That was the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City when she won gold in the 200 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle, and 800 meter freestyle.
Swimming. Meyer, from the United States, won gold in women's 200 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle, and 800 meter freestyle at the 1968 Games in Mexico City.