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

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors46 from 32 nations
Winning time1:56.26 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Melvin Stewart Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Danyon Loader Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg Franck Esposito Flag of France.svg  France
  1988
1996  

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 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  Melvin Stewart  (USA)1:55.69 Perth, Australia 12 January 1991
Olympic recordFlag of Germany.svg  Michael Gross  (FRG)1:56.94 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
30 JulyFinal A Melvin Stewart Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.26 OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Melvin Stewart Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.99Q
251 Danyon Loader Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:58.15Q
355 Franck Esposito Flag of France.svg  France 1:58.75Q
464 Martin Roberts Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.91Q
573 Denis Pankratov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 1:59.00Q
671 Rafał Szukała Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:59.51Q
752 Robert Pinter Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:59.59Q
854 Keiichi Kawanaka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:59.96Q
968 Martin Herrmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:00.47q
1062 Chris-Carol Bremer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:00.49q
1175 Can Ergenekan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:00.82q, NR
1263 David Wharton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.84q
1367 Simon McKillop-Davies Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:00.92q
1457 Marco Braida Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:01.18q
1525 Eduardo Piccinini Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:01.20q, NR
66 Tom Ponting Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada q
1753 Tomohiro Miyoshi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:01.27
1876 Konrad Gałka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:01.33
1942 Matjaž Kozelj Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:01.39 NR
77 André Teixeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2144 José Luis Ballester Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:01.41
2245 Simon Wainwright Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:01.53
2365 Uğur Taner Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:01.61
2458 Jorge Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:01.63
2561 Christophe Bordeau Flag of France.svg  France 2:01.99
2678 Edward Parenti Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:02.00
2743 Guy Callaghan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:02.12
2836 Craig Jackson South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 2:02.17
2934 Diogo Madeira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:02.22
3047 David Monasterio Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 2:02.32
3132 Vesa Hanski Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:02.75
3235 Alexander Brandl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:02.88
3337 Denislav Kalchev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:03.73
3441 Miguel Cabrita Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:04.28
3531 Khristian Minkovski Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:05.18
3633 Kai Johansson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:05.71
3724 Gary Tan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:06.41
3822 Duncan Todd Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 2:08.20
3913 Kristan Singleton Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 2:08.71 NR
46 Kire Filipovski Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants
4117 Janko Gojković Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:09.08 NR
4215 Alan Espínola Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 2:11.88
4323 Benoît Fleurot Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2:13.09
4427 Julian Bolling Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2:17.47
4516 Ziyad Kashmiri Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2:21.59
4612 Mohamed Khamis Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2:29.73

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95 Chris-Carol Bremer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:59.93
106 David Wharton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:01.08
114 Martin Herrmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:01.14
123 Can Ergenekan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:01.21
131 Tom Ponting Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:01.60
142 Simon McKillop-Davies Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:01.86
158 Eduardo Piccinini Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:01.87
167 Marco Braida Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:02.24

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Melvin Stewart Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.26 OR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Danyon Loader Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:57.93
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Franck Esposito Flag of France.svg  France 1:58.51
47 Rafał Szukała Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:58.89
58 Keiichi Kawanaka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:58.97 NR
62 Denis Pankratov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 1:58.98
71 Robert Pinter Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:59.34 NR
86 Martin Roberts Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:59.64

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References

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  2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 366–367. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 367. Retrieved 1 September 2017.