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

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.[1]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date23 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors54 from 40 nations
Winning time2:13.52 EU
Medalists
József Szabó  Hungary
Nick Gillingham  Great Britain
Sergio López Miró  Spain

Records

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

World record Victor Davis (CAN)2:13.34Los Angeles, United States2 August 1984
Olympic record Victor Davis (CAN)2:13.34Los Angeles, United States2 August 1984

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
16Nick Gillingham Great Britain2:14.58Q
26József Szabó Hungary2:14.97Q
37Mike Barrowman United States2:15.85Q
45Valeriy Lozik Soviet Union2:16.31Q
55Jonathan Cleveland Canada2:16.87Q
66Sergio López Miró Spain2:17.06Q
77Péter Szabó Hungary2:17.10Q
86Vadim Alexeev Soviet Union2:17.15Q
97Cameron Grant Canada2:17.62q
107Shigehiro Takahashi Japan2:17.69q
116Alexandre Yokochi Portugal2:17.87q
124Sidney Appelboom Belgium2:18.02q
5Radek Beinhauer Czechoslovakiaq
147Alexander Marček Czechoslovakia2:18.44q
157Adrian Moorhouse Great Britain2:18.51q, WD
165Étienne Dagon Switzerland2:18.68q
176Cédric Penicaud France2:18.72q
185Gary O'Toole Ireland2:18.93
195Kirk Stackle United States2:19.47
206Pablo Restrepo Colombia2:19.58
217Ian McAdam Australia2:19.68
224Yoon Joo-il South Korea2:19.94
233Javier Careaga Mexico2:20.11
246Joaquín Fernández Spain2:20.34
254Ronald Dekker Netherlands2:20.84
263Pierre-Yves Eberle Switzerland2:20.65
274Christian Poswiat East Germany2:20.99
284Luc van de Vondel Belgium2:21.50
294Petri Suominen Finland2:22.01
304Hironobu Nagahata Japan2:22.23
313Mark Warnecke West Germany2:22.55
5Hartmut Wedekind West Germany
332Tsai Hsin-yen Chinese Taipei2:23.80
343Thomas Böhm Austria2:24.15
353Chang Qing China2:24.45
363Richard Lockhart New Zealand2:24.52
373Eyal Stigman Israel2:25.18
384Jin Fu China2:26.05
392Wirmandi Sugriat Indonesia2:26.17
402Manuel Gutiérrez Panama2:26.57
417Jan-Erick Olsen Norway2:26.70
421Anthony Beks New Zealand2:27.26
432Arnþór Ragnarsson Iceland2:27.93
442Cícero Tortelli Brazil2:28.82
452Nikolaos Fokianos Greece2:28.91
463Patrick Concepcion Philippines2:29.62
471Ng Yue Meng Singapore2:30.74
482Watt Kam Sing Hong Kong2:30.78
491Kraig Singleton Virgin Islands2:36.45
501Quách Hoài Nam Vietnam2:39.69
511Amine El-Domyati Lebanon2:44.34
521Obaid Al-Rumaithi United Arab Emirates2:50.49
2Christian Toft DenmarkDSQ
5David Leblanc FranceDSQ

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
93Alexandre Yokochi Portugal2:18.01
105Shigehiro Takahashi Japan2:18.03
112Sidney Appelboom Belgium2:18.08
126Radek Beinhauer Czechoslovakia2:18.13
131Étienne Dagon Switzerland2:18.17
144Cameron Grant Canada2:18.36
157Alexander Marček Czechoslovakia2:18.51
168Cédric Penicaud France2:18.95

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5József Szabó Hungary2:13.52EU
4Nick Gillingham Great Britain2:14.12
7Sergio López Miró Spain2:15.21NR
43Mike Barrowman United States2:15.45
56Valeriy Lozik Soviet Union2:16.16
68Vadim Alexeev Soviet Union2:16.70
72Jonathan Cleveland Canada2:17.10
81Péter Szabó Hungary2:17.12

References

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