Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 23 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 54 from 40 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:13.52 EU | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 2:13.34 | Los Angeles, United States | 2 August 1984 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 2:13.34 | Los Angeles, United States | 2 August 1984 |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 3 | Alexandre Yokochi | ![]() | 2:18.01 | |
10 | 5 | Shigehiro Takahashi | ![]() | 2:18.03 | |
11 | 2 | Sidney Appelboom | ![]() | 2:18.08 | |
12 | 6 | Radek Beinhauer | ![]() | 2:18.13 | |
13 | 1 | Étienne Dagon | ![]() | 2:18.17 | |
14 | 4 | Cameron Grant | ![]() | 2:18.36 | |
15 | 7 | Alexander Marček | ![]() | 2:18.51 | |
16 | 8 | Cédric Penicaud | ![]() | 2:18.95 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 5 | József Szabó | ![]() | 2:13.52 | EU |
![]() | 4 | Nick Gillingham | ![]() | 2:14.12 | |
![]() | 7 | Sergio López Miró | ![]() | 2:15.21 | NR |
4 | 3 | Mike Barrowman | ![]() | 2:15.45 | |
5 | 6 | Valeriy Lozik | ![]() | 2:16.16 | |
6 | 8 | Vadim Alexeev | ![]() | 2:16.70 | |
7 | 2 | Jonathan Cleveland | ![]() | 2:17.10 | |
8 | 1 | Péter Szabó | ![]() | 2:17.12 |