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

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date26 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors44 from 36 nations
Winning time1:58.54
Medalists
Brad Bridgewater  United States
Tripp Schwenk  United States
Emanuele Merisi  Italy
Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Records

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

World record Martín López-Zubero (ESP)1:56.57Tuscaloosa, United States23 November 1991
Olympic record Martín López-Zubero (ESP)1:58.47Barcelona, Spain28 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
155Brad Bridgewater United States1:59.04Q
244Tripp Schwenk United States1:59.58Q
352Mirko Mazzari Italy1:59.95Q
464Emanuele Merisi Italy2:00.01Q
567Hajime Itoi Japan2:00.43Q
646Martín López-Zubero Spain2:00.77Q
742Bartosz Sikora Poland2:00.99Q
853Rodolfo Falcón Cuba2:01.20Q
954Vladimir Selkov Russia2:01.32q, WD
1043Adam Ruckwood Great Britain2:01.35q
1157Ji Sang-jun South Korea2:01.39q
1265Ralf Braun Germany2:01.50q, WD
1341Olivér Ágh Hungary2:01.84q
1436Marko Strahija Croatia2:01.95q, NR
1566Ryuji Horii Japan2:02.33q
1656Chris Renaud Canada2:02.48q
1734Rogério Romero Brazil2:03.49q
1847Sergey Ostapchuk Russia2:03.50q
1931Miroslav Machovič Slovakia2:04.15NR
2051Neisser Bent Cuba2:04.23
2132Derya Büyükuncu Turkey2:04.28
2224Arūnas Savickas Lithuania2:04.38
2361Steven Dewick Australia2:04.46
2433Rastislav Bizub Czech Republic2:04.55
2537Raymond Papa Philippines2:05.09
2627Dulyarit Phuangthong Thailand2:05.26
2728Nicolás Rajcevich Chile2:05.79NR
2814Nicholas Neckles Barbados2:05.88
2938Nuno Laurentino Portugal2:05.95
3025Carlos Arena Mexico2:05.96
3115Alex Lim Malaysia2:06.17
3268Martin Harris Great Britain2:07.75
3321Artur Elezarov Moldova2:07.86
3463Nicolae Butacu Romania2:08.59
3523Adrian O'Connor Ireland2:08.90
3613Gerald Koh Singapore2:09.86
3726Panagiotis Adamidis Greece2:10.22
3816Trương Ngọc Tuấn Vietnam2:12.05
3948Zhao Yi China2:13.31
22Fahad Al-Otaibi KuwaitDNS
35Volodymyr Nikolaychuk UkraineDNS
45Tamás Deutsch HungaryDNS
58Stev Theloke GermanyDNS
62Jani Sievinen FinlandDNS

Finals

[3]

Final B
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
92Ryuji Horii Japan2:01.54
107Chris Renaud Canada2:01.70
116Marko Strahija Croatia2:01.84NR
123Olivér Ágh Hungary2:02.17
134Adam Ruckwood Great Britain2:02.40
145Ji Sang-jun South Korea2:02.68
151Rogério Romero Brazil2:03.20
168Sergey Ostapchuk Russia2:03.91

Final A
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Brad Bridgewater United States1:58.54
5Tripp Schwenk United States1:58.99
6Emanuele Merisi Italy1:59.18
41Bartosz Sikora Poland2:00.05NR
52Hajime Itoi Japan2:00.10NR
67Martín López-Zubero Spain2:00.74
73Mirko Mazzari Italy2:01.27
88Rodolfo Falcón Cuba2:08.14

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 41. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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