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

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Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date25 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors58 from 36 nations
Winning time2:00.17 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Patrick Kühl Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Vadim Yaroshchuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1984
1992  

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 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 Hungary.svg  Tamás Darnyi  (HUN)2:00.56 Strasbourg, France 23 August 1987
Olympic recordFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alex Baumann  (CAN)2:01.42 Los Angeles, United States 4 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
24 SeptemberFinal A Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:00.17 WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
18 Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:02.15Q
28 Vadim Yaroshchuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:02.77Q
36 Patrick Kühl Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:03.77Q
46 Mikhail Zubkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:03.79Q
56 Gary Anderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:04.00Q
68 Raik Hannemann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:04.03Q
78 Peter Bermel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:04.18Q
87 Robert Bruce Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:04.31Q
97 David Wharton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:04.64q
107 Jens-Peter Berndt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:04.80q
117 Christophe Bordeau Flag of France.svg  France 2:04.95q
126 Bill Stapleton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.32q
136 Luca Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:05.45q
147 Charalambos Papanikolaou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:05.53q
156 John Davey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:05.55q
167 Neil Cochran Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:05.56q
178 Rob Woodhouse Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:05.87
186 Roberto Cassio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:05.88
195 Takahiro Fujimoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:07.23
206 Gary O'Toole Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:07.77
218 Darren Ward Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:07.84
225 Satoshi Takeda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:08.11
237 József Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:09.08
245 Javier Careaga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:09.38
255 Rodrigo González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:09.52
264 Júlio César Rebolal Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 2:09.62
275 Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:10.18
284 Diogo Madeira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:10.21
295 Renato Ramalho Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 2:10.32
304 René Concepcion Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 2:10.37
315 Xie Jun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:10.52
5 Martín López-Zubero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
334 Sidney Appelboom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:10.55
344 David Lim Fong Jock Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:11.57
353 Lee Jae-soo Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 2:11.88
368 Sergio López Miró Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:13.48
373 Richard Sam Bera Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2:13.90
384 Wirmandi Sugriat Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2:13.93
393 Hakan Eskioğlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:14.32
404 Yip Hor Man Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 2:14.65
413 Desmond Koh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:14.77
422 Sultan Al-Otaibi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2:15.63
433 Eric Greenwood Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2:15.64
442 Horst Niehaus Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2:16.16
453 Jonathan Sakovich Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 2:16.70
462 Kraig Singleton Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 2:16.93
472 Graham Thompson Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:17.06
483 Arthur Li Kai Yien Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 2:17.10
492 Tsai Hsin-yen Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:17.95
501 Vaughan Smith Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:18.07
512 Chiang Chi-li Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:18.76
522 Mouhamed Diop Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2:20.74
531 Mohamed Bin Abid Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2:29.08
542 Bruno N'Diaye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2:29.18
551 Mohamed Abdullah Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2:31.44
561 Rami Kantari Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 2:34.53
3 Patrick Concepcion Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines DNS
8 Jan Bidrman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 David Wharton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:03.05
101 John Davey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:04.17
118 Neil Cochran Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:05.44
123 Christophe Bordeau Flag of France.svg  France 2:05.51
132 Luca Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:05.68
147 Charalambos Papanikolaou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:06.61
155 Jens-Peter Berndt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:06.76
166 Bill Stapleton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.82

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:00.17 WR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Patrick Kühl Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:01.61
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Vadim Yaroshchuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:02.40
46 Mikhail Zubkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:02.92
51 Peter Bermel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:03.81
68 Robert Bruce Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:04.34
77 Raik Hannemann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:04.82
82 Gary Anderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:06.35

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References

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  3. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. p. 412. Retrieved 27 March 2017.