Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date23 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors54 from 40 nations
Winning time2:13.52 EU
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg József Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Nick Gillingham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Sergio López Miró Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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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]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Victor Davis  (CAN)2:13.34 Los Angeles, United States 2 August 1984
Olympic recordFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Victor Davis  (CAN)2:13.34 Los Angeles, United States 2 August 1984

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
16 Nick Gillingham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:14.58Q
26 József Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:14.97Q
37 Mike Barrowman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:15.85Q
45 Valeriy Lozik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:16.31Q
55 Jonathan Cleveland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:16.87Q
66 Sergio López Miró Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:17.06Q
77 Péter Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:17.10Q
86 Vadim Alexeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:17.15Q
97 Cameron Grant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:17.62q
107 Shigehiro Takahashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:17.69q
116 Alexandre Yokochi Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:17.87q
124 Sidney Appelboom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:18.02q
5 Radek Beinhauer Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia q
147 Alexander Marček Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:18.44q
157 Adrian Moorhouse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:18.51q, WD
165 Étienne Dagon Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:18.68q
176 Cédric Penicaud Flag of France.svg  France 2:18.72q
185 Gary O'Toole Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:18.93
195 Kirk Stackle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:19.47
206 Pablo Restrepo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:19.58
217 Ian McAdam Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:19.68
224 Yoon Joo-il Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 2:19.94
233 Javier Careaga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:20.11
246 Joaquín Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:20.34
254 Ronald Dekker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:20.84
263 Pierre-Yves Eberle Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:20.65
274 Christian Poswiat Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:20.99
284 Luc van de Vondel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:21.50
294 Petri Suominen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:22.01
304 Hironobu Nagahata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:22.23
313 Mark Warnecke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:22.55
5 Hartmut Wedekind Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
332 Tsai Hsin-yen Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:23.80
343 Thomas Böhm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:24.15
353 Chang Qing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:24.45
363 Richard Lockhart Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:24.52
373 Eyal Stigman Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:25.18
384 Jin Fu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:26.05
392 Wirmandi Sugriat Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2:26.17
402 Manuel Gutiérrez Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2:26.57
417 Jan-Erick Olsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:26.70
421 Anthony Beks Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:27.26
432 Arnþór Ragnarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:27.93
442 Cícero Tortelli Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 2:28.82
452 Nikolaos Fokianos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:28.91
463 Patrick Concepcion Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 2:29.62
471 Ng Yue Meng Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:30.74
482 Watt Kam Sing Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 2:30.78
491 Kraig Singleton Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 2:36.45
501 Quách Hoài Nam Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2:39.69
511 Amine El-Domyati Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 2:44.34
521 Obaid Al-Rumaithi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2:50.49
2 Christian Toft Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DSQ
5 David Leblanc Flag of France.svg  France DSQ

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
93 Alexandre Yokochi Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:18.01
105 Shigehiro Takahashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:18.03
112 Sidney Appelboom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:18.08
126 Radek Beinhauer Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:18.13
131 Étienne Dagon Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:18.17
144 Cameron Grant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:18.36
157 Alexander Marček Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:18.51
168 Cédric Penicaud Flag of France.svg  France 2:18.95

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 József Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:13.52 EU
Silver medal icon.svg4 Nick Gillingham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:14.12
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Sergio López Miró Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:15.21 NR
43 Mike Barrowman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:15.45
56 Valeriy Lozik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:16.16
68 Vadim Alexeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:16.70
72 Jonathan Cleveland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:17.10
81 Péter Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:17.12

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References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. p. 409. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. p. 410. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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