Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley

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Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date25 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors39 from 31 nations
Winning time1:59.91 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Attila Czene Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Jani Sievinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Curtis Myden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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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. [1]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Finland.svg  Jani Sievinen  (FIN)1:58.16 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994
Olympic recordFlag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Darnyi  (HUN)2:00.17 Seoul, South Korea 25 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
25 JulyFinal A Attila Czene Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.91 OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Jani Sievinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:01.05Q
232 Marcel Wouda Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:01.21Q, NR
335 Matthew Dunn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:01.44Q
455 Curtis Myden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:01.50Q
553 Greg Burgess Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:01.93Q
644 Tom Dolan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:01.99Q
734 Attila Czene Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:02.10Q
846 Xavier Marchand Flag of France.svg  France 2:03.17Q
956 Luca Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:03.24q
1036 Tatsuya Kinugasa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:03.42q
1147 Martin van der Spoel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:03.75q
1245 Christian Keller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:03.82q
1333 Stev Theloke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:04.23q
1442 Jo Yoshimi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:04.49q
1524 Serghei Mariniuc Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 2:04.99q
1658 Ratapong Sirisanont Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:05.18q
1752 Marcin Maliński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:05.42
1825 Josef Horký Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:05.45
1957 Petteri Lehtinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:05.51
2014 Walter Soza Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 2:06.15 NR
2123 Valērijs Kalmikovs Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 2:06.16
2237 Attila Zubor Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:06.24
2331 Sergiy Sergeyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:06.30
2422 Oleg Pukhnatiy Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 2:06.39
2526 Krešimir Čač Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:06.97
2627 Kim Bang-hyun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 2:06.99
2721 Arsenio López Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:07.09
2843 Simon Coombs Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.31
2928 Mark Kwok Kin Ming Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 2:07.61
3048 Denislav Kalchev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:08.16
3117 Aleksandr Savitsky Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 2:08.78
3251 Desmond Koh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:08.99
3312 Armando Serrano Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:09.67
3441 Gerald Koh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:11.76
3515 Kire Filipovski Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 2:11.90
3613 Wan Azlan Abdullah Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2:12.11
3716 Sultan Al-Otaibi Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait 2:19.77
11 Hem Lumphat Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia DSQ
38 Peter Mankoč Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia DSQ

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
96 Christian Keller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:02.90
103 Martin van der Spoel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:03.01
114 Luca Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:03.49
122 Stev Theloke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:03.94
131 Serghei Mariniuc Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 2:04.11 NR
145 Tatsuya Kinugasa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:04.59
158 Ratapong Sirisanont Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:05.02
167 Jo Yoshimi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:05.42

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg1 Attila Czene Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.91 OR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Jani Sievinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:00.13
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Curtis Myden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:01.13 NR
45 Marcel Wouda Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:01.45
53 Matthew Dunn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:01.57
62 Greg Burgess Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:02.56
77 Tom Dolan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:03.89
88 Xavier Marchand Flag of France.svg  France 2:04.29

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References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 49. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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