Gold medal times in the 200m sprint at the Summer Olympics 1900-2020
The 200 meter sprint has been included as a men's event in all Olympic Games since Paris 1900, and a women's 200 meter event was introduced in London 1948. In the early 1900s, the 200m sprint was often held on a straight track (similar to the 100m sprint), but it has been in it's current format since the 1950s, where the first half of the race is along the curve of a 400m running track, while the second half is along a 100m stretch. Athletes from the U.S. have had the most success in these events, winning 17 golds and 48 overall medals in the men's, and six golds in the women's; however, the past two decades have seen Jamaica emerge as the most dominant nation, with Jamaican women now tied with U.S. athletes on 13 overall medals.
