Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley
Appearance
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Men's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 25 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 58 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:00.17 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
2:00.56 | Strasbourg, France | 23 August 1987 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
2:01.42 | Los Angeles, United States | 4 August 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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24 September | Final A | Tamás Darnyi | ![]() |
2:00.17 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | David Wharton | ![]() |
2:03.05 | |
10 | 1 | John Davey | ![]() |
2:04.17 | |
11 | 8 | Neil Cochran | ![]() |
2:05.44 | |
12 | 3 | Christophe Bordeau | ![]() |
2:05.51 | |
13 | 2 | Luca Sacchi | ![]() |
2:05.68 | |
14 | 7 | Charalambos Papanikolaou | ![]() |
2:06.61 | |
15 | 5 | Jens-Peter Berndt | ![]() |
2:06.76 | |
16 | 6 | Bill Stapleton | ![]() |
2:06.82 |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Tamás Darnyi | ![]() |
2:00.17 | WR |
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3 | Patrick Kühl | ![]() |
2:01.61 | |
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5 | Vadim Yaroshchuk | ![]() |
2:02.40 | |
4 | 6 | Mikhail Zubkov | ![]() |
2:02.92 | |
5 | 1 | Peter Bermel | ![]() |
2:03.81 | |
6 | 8 | Robert Bruce | ![]() |
2:04.34 | |
7 | 7 | Raik Hannemann | ![]() |
2:04.82 | |
8 | 2 | Gary Anderson | ![]() |
2:06.35 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 412–413. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 412. Retrieved 27 March 2017.