The Streak Continues: Women’s 200 And 400 IM Won By Same Swimmer Since 1996 Olympics

2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

WOMEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – FINAL

  1. Summer McIntosh (Canada) – 2:06.56 (Olympic Record, World Junior Record)
  2. Kate Douglass (United States) – 2:06.92
  3. Kaylee McKeown (Australia) – 2:08.08
  4. Yu Yiting (China) – 2:08.49
  5. Abbie Wood (Great Britain) – 2:09.51
  6. Sydney Pickrem (Canada) – 2:09.74
  7. Alex Walsh (United States) – DQ
  8. Ella Ramsay (Australia) – Scratch

Summer McIntosh won the women’s 200 IM on night 8 in Paris, continuing the streak in which the women’s 200 and 400 IM have had the same gold medalist in both events. McIntosh already won the 400 IM this week and followed that up with the 200 IM today.

The last time the 200 IM and 400 IM featured different winners on the women’s side was in 1992 when Lin Li of China won the 200 IM and Krisztina Egerszegi of Hungary won the 400 IM. Lin notably won silver in the 400 IM that year, just 0.19 seconds off of gold.

Gold Medalists Women’s 200 And 400 IM

Olympic Games Swimmer Country
1996 Atlanta Michelle Smith Ireland
2000 Sydney Yana Klcohkova Ukraine
2004 Athens Yana Klcohkova Ukraine
2008 Beijing Stephanie Rice Australia
2012 London Ye Shiwen China
2016 Rio Katinka Hosszu Hungary
2020 Tokyo Yui Ohashi Japan
2024 Paris Summer McIntosh Canada

The women’s 200 and 400 IM are also the events that have seen the most women win both events. They have done so nine times. In addition to the streak of 8 swimmers above, Claudia Knob won both IM events at the 1968 Olympics while Tracy Caulkins won both at the 1984 Olympics.

All-Time “Double” Gold Medal Winners

Number Of Double Winners (Women)
50/100 Free 5*
100/200 Free 2
200/400 Free 4
400/800 Free 7
800/1500 Free 2
100/200 Back 7
100/200 Breast 1
100/200 Fly 1
200/400 IM 10

The 200 IM was McIntosh’s 3rd gold medal of the meet. She also won gold in the women’s 200 butterfly, becoming the first-ever Canadian to win three gold medals in one meet.

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QSomebody
12 days ago

Claudia Kolb in 1968, not Knob.

Andrew
12 days ago

Just goes to show how top heavy and depth lacking women’s swimming is atm

RealMcEvoy2106
12 days ago

MICHELLE SMITH CHEATER

Andy
12 days ago

Swimswam: Ithink you are missing a “not” in the article title.

CavaDore
12 days ago

I feel like Yana Klochkova is often left out of “greatest….” conversations but for her to double up in 2000 and 2004 is pretty damn impressive especially since 2000 was when semifinals began for the 200 IM.

justanopinion
12 days ago

So who were the silver medal winners in 96 and were they the same….cause…..ummmmm

ScovaNotiaSwimmer
Reply to  justanopinion
12 days ago

Not the same. Marianne Limpert from Canada was the silver medallist in the 200 IM but that was her only medal.

Mr Piano
12 days ago

I mean yeah same thing usually happens with the men too, or at least they get close to it.

Marchand, Phelps, Tom Dolan, Tomas Darnyi, Alex Baumann, Gunnar Larsson… in fact the only times it hasn’t happen was in 2016 and 2012 when Phelps won the 200 IM but not the 400 IM.

@Steve Nolan what are your thoughts on this

Last edited 12 days ago by Mr Piano
Facts
Reply to  Mr Piano
12 days ago

Didn’t happen last Olympics either, Wang won the 200 and Kalisz the 400. Neither made the final in the opposite distance

Last edited 12 days ago by Facts
Mr Piano
Reply to  Facts
12 days ago

Damn that’s right

Eric Angle
Reply to  Mr Piano
12 days ago

Tom Dolan never won the 200 IM.

1996: Dolan won the 4 IM, Attila Czene won the 2 IM and Dolan was 7th

2000: Dolan won the 4 IM, Massimiliano Rosolino won the 2 IM (though he later tested positive for hGH) and Dolan got silver

Mr Piano
Reply to  Eric Angle
12 days ago

What am I smoking lol. I guess I saw the double gold on his page and assumed it was 400/200 without actually reading it

backstrokebro
Reply to  Mr Piano
12 days ago

and 2020, Kalisz/Wang

Facts
12 days ago

Imma predict it happens again in LA

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