200-Meter Butterfly
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| 1956 | Bill Yorzyk, United States | 2:19.30 |
| 1960 | Mike Troy, United States | 2:12.80 |
| 1964 | Kevin Berry, Australia | 2:06.60 |
| 1968 | Carl Robie, United States | 2:08.70 |
| 1972 | Mark Spitz, United States | 2:00.70 |
| 1976 | Mike Bruner, United States | 1:59.23 |
| 1980 | Sergei Fesenko, USSR | 1:59.76 |
| 1984 | Jon Sieben, Australia | 1:57.00 |
| 1988 | Michael Gross, East Germany | 1:56.94 |
| 1992 | Mel Stewart, United States | 1:56.26 |
| 1996 | Denis Pankratov, Russia | 1:56.51 |
| 2000 | Tom Malchow, United States | 1:55.35 |
| 2004 | Michael Phelps, United States | 1:54.04 |
| 20081 | Michael Phelps, United States | 1:52.03 |
1. World record.
