Men's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 25 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 58 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:00.17 WR | ||||||||||||
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 individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 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 | Tamás Darnyi (HUN) | 2:00.56 | Strasbourg, France | 23 August 1987 |
Olympic record | Alex Baumann (CAN) | 2:01.42 | Los Angeles, United States | 4 August 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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24 September | Final A | Tamás Darnyi | Hungary | 2:00.17 | WR |
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 | 4 | David Wharton | United States | 2:03.05 | |
10 | 1 | John Davey | Great Britain | 2:04.17 | |
11 | 8 | Neil Cochran | Great Britain | 2:05.44 | |
12 | 3 | Christophe Bordeau | France | 2:05.51 | |
13 | 2 | Luca Sacchi | Italy | 2:05.68 | |
14 | 7 | Charalambos Papanikolaou | Greece | 2:06.61 | |
15 | 5 | Jens-Peter Berndt | West Germany | 2:06.76 | |
16 | 6 | Bill Stapleton | United States | 2:06.82 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Tamás Darnyi | Hungary | 2:00.17 | WR | |
3 | Patrick Kühl | East Germany | 2:01.61 | ||
5 | Vadim Yaroshchuk | Soviet Union | 2:02.40 | ||
4 | 6 | Mikhail Zubkov | Soviet Union | 2:02.92 | |
5 | 1 | Peter Bermel | West Germany | 2:03.81 | |
6 | 8 | Robert Bruce | Australia | 2:04.34 | |
7 | 7 | Raik Hannemann | East Germany | 2:04.82 | |
8 | 2 | Gary Anderson | Canada | 2:06.35 |
The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The final of the men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984. 24 athletes participated in the heats, with the fastest eight qualifying for the final.
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The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 4×100 metre medley relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 18–19 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
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.
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 18–19 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.