Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date29 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors54 from 41 nations
Winning time2:10.16 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mike Barrowman Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Norbert Rózsa Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Nick Gillingham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1988
1996  

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain. [1]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Mike Barrowman  (USA)2:10.60 Fort Lauderdale, United States 13 August 1991
Olympic recordFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Victor Davis  (CAN)2:13.34 Los Angeles, United States 2 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
29 JulyHeat 7 Mike Barrowman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.40 OR
29 JulyFinal A Mike Barrowman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.16 WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Mike Barrowman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.48Q, OR
275 Norbert Rózsa Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.95Q
364 Nick Gillingham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:13.42Q
454 Károly Güttler Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:14.31Q
552 Kenji Watanabe Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:14.35Q, NR
653 Phil Rogers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:14.39Q
776 Akira Hayashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:14.61Q
863 Sergio López Miró Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:14.68Q
965 Roque Santos Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:14.71q
1055 Joaquín Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:14.93q
1177 Stéphane Vossart Flag of France.svg  France 2:15.11q
1258 Javier Careaga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:15.59q, NR
1357 Rodney Lawson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:15.67q
1473 Jonathan Cleveland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:15.68q
1551 Francesco Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:15.97q
1662 Radek Beinhauer Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:16.26q
1771 Andrea Cecchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:16.38
1866 Mario González Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:16.45
1968 Frédérik Deburghgraeve Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:16.93
2067 Gary O'Toole Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:17.66
2172 Christophe Bourdon Flag of France.svg  France 2:17.68
2245 Petri Suominen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:18.01
2356 Michael Mason Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:18.64
2444 Pablo Minelli Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 2:18.70
2548 Alexandre Yokochi Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:18.97
2642 Børge Mørk Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:19.11
2734 Petteri Lehtinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:20.27
2835 Patrick Concepcion Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 2:20.33
2946 Christian Poswiat Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:20.80
3047 Gustavo Gorriarán Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:21.25
3178 Nerijus Beiga Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 2:21.65
3237 Desmond Koh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:21.87
3333 Kenneth Cawood South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 2:21.88
3443 Ricardo Torres Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2:21.93
3561 Jason Hender Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:23.10
3632 Christophe Verdino Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 2:23.33 NR
3726 Andrew Rutherfurd Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 2:24.29
3841 Aleksandr Savitsky Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 2:24.58
3927 Chris Flook Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 2:24.85
4023 Jörg Lindemeier Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2:24.88
4136 Clifford Lyne South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 2:25.66
4225 Abderzak Bella Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:26.35
4324 Roberto Bonilla Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:28.97
4416 Chi Jia Han Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 2:30.74
4515 Bernard Desmarais Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2:31.52
4621 Glenn Diaz Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 2:34.65
4714 Danilo Zavoli Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 2:34.87
4838 Sultan Al-Otaibi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2:35.54
4922 Ayman Al-Enazy Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2:39.12
5012 Foy Gordon Chung Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2:41.10
5117 Obaid Al-Rumaithi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2:44.61
5213 Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2:51.21
11 Kenny Roberts Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles DSQ
31 Todd Torres Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico DSQ

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
92 Rodney Lawson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:15.50
105 Joaquín Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:15.52
3 Stéphane Vossart Flag of France.svg  France
124 Roque Santos Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:15.73
138 Radek Beinhauer Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:16.07
147 Jonathan Cleveland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:16.20
156 Javier Careaga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:16.55
161 Francesco Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:16.92

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Mike Barrowman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.16 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Norbert Rózsa Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.23 EU
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Nick Gillingham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:11.29 NR
48 Sergio López Miró Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:13.29
56 Károly Güttler Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:13.32
67 Phil Rogers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:13.59
71 Kenji Watanabe Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:14.70
82 Akira Hayashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:15.11

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References

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  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 365. Retrieved 31 August 2017.