Gold medal times in the 200m sprint at the Summer Olympics 1900-2020
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.
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