Leon Marchand Wins Gold: Men's 200M Olympic Breaststroke Medal Winners and Results

Leon Marchand continued his dream Olympics in Paris with his third goal medal inside Paris La Defense Arena.

Marchand captured the French public's hearts with a win in the men's 200-meter breaststroke and another in the 200-meter butterfly on Wednesday night. Marchand won with an Olympic-record time of 2:05.85.

Here are the medal results:

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Men's 200-meter Breaststroke Final

Gold: Leon Marchand (France), 2:05.85

Silver: Zac Stubblety-Cook (Australia), 2:06.79

Bronze: Caspar Corbeau (Netherlands), 2:07.90

Full results can be found on Olympics.com.

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The win came just a few days after the 22-year-old cruised to his first-ever Olympic gold medal in the men's 400-meter individual medley.

Marchand's win on Wednesday was not as expected as the one earlier in the week.

He faced stiff competition from Tokyo gold medalist Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia. The two were separated by 46-hundredths of a second in the semifinal heats and were not close off each other in Wednesday's final.

Marchand's gold added to a strong start in the overall medal table for France, who is clear in second place behind the United States. Marchand currently owns the only French medals from the pool.