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

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date22 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors43 from 37 nations
Winning time1:56.51
Medalists
Denis Pankratov  Russia
Tom Malchow  United States
Scott Goodman  Australia
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 Denis Pankratov (RUS)1:55.22Canet-en-Roussillon, France14 June 1995
Olympic record Melvin Stewart (USA)1:56.26Barcelona, Spain30 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Scott Goodman Australia1:57.77Q
247Denys Sylantyev Ukraine1:58.04Q, NR
363James Hickman Great Britain1:58.16Q, NR
464Denis Pankratov Russia1:58.28Q
544Tom Malchow United States1:58.69Q
641Péter Horváth Hungary1:58.76Q
745Franck Esposito France1:58.79Q
855Scott Miller Australia1:58.97Q
961Vesa Hanski Finland1:59.73q, NR
1067Oliver Lampe Germany1:59.87q
1162Konrad Gałka Poland1:59.97q
1251Stefan Aartsen Netherlands2:00.04q
1342Casey Barrett Canada2:00.28q
1453Chris-Carol Bremer Germany2:00.48q
1556Attila Czene Hungary2:00.50q
1643David Abrard France2:00.60q
1757Andrea Oriana Italy2:00.67
1852Aleksey Kolesnikov Russia2:00.77
1966Danyon Loader New Zealand2:00.81
2046Takashi Yamamoto Japan2:00.87
2165Ray Carey United States2:01.10
2233Dominik Galić Croatia2:01.17NR
2331Aleksandar Malenko Macedonia2:01.46NR
2458Nelson Mora Venezuela2:01.50
2534Diogo Madeira Portugal2:01.58
2637Konstantin Andriushin Kyrgyzstan2:01.59
2748Can Ergenekan Turkey2:01.65
2836Vladan Marković Yugoslavia2:01.80
2935José Luis Ballester Spain2:02.69
3038Josef Horký Czech Republic2:02.84
3122Anthony Ang Malaysia2:03.01NR
3226Mindaugas Bružas Lithuania2:03.76
3321Niti Intharapichai Thailand2:03.88NR
3414Mark Kwok Kin Ming Hong Kong2:04.01
3524Lee Jung-hyung South Korea2:04.53
3615Walter Soza Nicaragua2:04.66
3727Javier Golovchenko Uruguay2:04.96
3823Dmitriy Pankov Uzbekistan2:05.36
3928Andrés Vasconcellos Ecuador2:05.98
4032Georgios Popotas Greece2:06.00
4168Thum Ping Tjin Singapore2:07.00
4213Aitor Osorio Andorra2:12.59
25Jesús González MexicoDNS

Finals

[3]

Final B
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
91Attila Czene Hungary1:58.99
104Vesa Hanski Finland1:59.64NR
112Casey Barrett Canada1:59.72
125Oliver Lampe Germany2:00.08
136Stefan Aartsen Netherlands2:00.41
143Konrad Gałka Poland2:00.91
158David Abrard France2:01.25
167Chris-Carol Bremer Germany2:01.62

Final A
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6Denis Pankratov Russia1:56.51
2Tom Malchow United States1:57.44
4Scott Goodman Australia1:57.48
41Franck Esposito France1:58.10NR
58Scott Miller Australia1:58.28
65Denys Sylantyev Ukraine1:58.37
73James Hickman Great Britain1:58.47
87Péter Horváth Hungary1:59.12

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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