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

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]

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date25 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors39 from 31 nations
Winning time1:59.91 OR
Medalists
Attila Czene  Hungary
Jani Sievinen  Finland
Curtis Myden  Canada
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 Jani Sievinen (FIN)1:58.16Rome, Italy11 September 1994
Olympic record Tamás Darnyi (HUN)2:00.17Seoul, South Korea25 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
25 JulyFinal AAttila Czene Hungary1:59.91OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Jani Sievinen Finland2:01.05Q
232Marcel Wouda Netherlands2:01.21Q, NR
335Matthew Dunn Australia2:01.44Q
455Curtis Myden Canada2:01.50Q
553Greg Burgess United States2:01.93Q
644Tom Dolan United States2:01.99Q
734Attila Czene Hungary2:02.10Q
846Xavier Marchand France2:03.17Q
956Luca Sacchi Italy2:03.24q
1036Tatsuya Kinugasa Japan2:03.42q
1147Martin van der Spoel Netherlands2:03.75q
1245Christian Keller Germany2:03.82q
1333Stev Theloke Germany2:04.23q
1442Jo Yoshimi Japan2:04.49q
1524Serghei Mariniuc Moldova2:04.99q
1658Ratapong Sirisanont Thailand2:05.18q
1752Marcin Maliński Poland2:05.42
1825Josef Horký Czech Republic2:05.45
1957Petteri Lehtinen Finland2:05.51
2014Walter Soza Nicaragua2:06.15NR
2123Valērijs Kalmikovs Latvia2:06.16
2237Attila Zubor Hungary2:06.24
2331Sergiy Sergeyev Ukraine2:06.30
2422Oleg Pukhnatiy Uzbekistan2:06.39
2526Krešimir Čač Croatia2:06.97
2627Kim Bang-hyun South Korea2:06.99
2721Arsenio López Puerto Rico2:07.09
2843Simon Coombs Australia2:07.31
2928Mark Kwok Kin Ming Hong Kong2:07.61
3048Denislav Kalchev Bulgaria2:08.16
3117Aleksandr Savitsky Kazakhstan2:08.78
3251Desmond Koh Singapore2:08.99
3312Armando Serrano Colombia2:09.67
3441Gerald Koh Singapore2:11.76
3515Kire Filipovski Macedonia2:11.90
3613Wan Azlan Abdullah Malaysia2:12.11
3716Sultan Al-Otaibi Kuwait2:19.77
11Hem Lumphat CambodiaDSQ
38Peter Mankoč SloveniaDSQ

Finals

[3]

Final B
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
96Christian Keller Germany2:02.90
103Martin van der Spoel Netherlands2:03.01
114Luca Sacchi Italy2:03.49
122Stev Theloke Germany2:03.94
131Serghei Mariniuc Moldova2:04.11NR
145Tatsuya Kinugasa Japan2:04.59
158Ratapong Sirisanont Thailand2:05.02
167Jo Yoshimi Japan2:05.42

Final A
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Attila Czene Hungary1:59.91OR
4Jani Sievinen Finland2:00.13
6Curtis Myden Canada2:01.13NR
45Marcel Wouda Netherlands2:01.45
53Matthew Dunn Australia2:01.57
62Greg Burgess United States2:02.56
77Tom Dolan United States2:03.89
88Xavier Marchand France2:04.29

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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