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
1st place, gold medalist(s) József Szabó  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nick Gillingham  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergio López Miró  Spain
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Records

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

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

Results

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Heats

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Nick Gillingham   Great Britain 2:14.58 Q
2 6 József Szabó   Hungary 2:14.97 Q
3 7 Mike Barrowman   United States 2:15.85 Q
4 5 Valeriy Lozik   Soviet Union 2:16.31 Q
5 5 Jonathan Cleveland   Canada 2:16.87 Q
6 6 Sergio López Miró   Spain 2:17.06 Q
7 7 Péter Szabó   Hungary 2:17.10 Q
8 6 Vadim Alexeev   Soviet Union 2:17.15 Q
9 7 Cameron Grant   Canada 2:17.62 q
10 7 Shigehiro Takahashi   Japan 2:17.69 q
11 6 Alexandre Yokochi   Portugal 2:17.87 q
12 4 Sidney Appelboom   Belgium 2:18.02 q
5 Radek Beinhauer   Czechoslovakia q
14 7 Alexander Marček   Czechoslovakia 2:18.44 q
15 7 Adrian Moorhouse   Great Britain 2:18.51 q, WD
16 5 Étienne Dagon   Switzerland 2:18.68 q
17 6 Cédric Penicaud   France 2:18.72 q
18 5 Gary O'Toole   Ireland 2:18.93
19 5 Kirk Stackle   United States 2:19.47
20 6 Pablo Restrepo   Colombia 2:19.58
21 7 Ian McAdam   Australia 2:19.68
22 4 Yoon Joo-il   South Korea 2:19.94
23 3 Javier Careaga   Mexico 2:20.11
24 6 Joaquín Fernández   Spain 2:20.34
25 4 Ronald Dekker   Netherlands 2:20.84
26 3 Pierre-Yves Eberle   Switzerland 2:20.65
27 4 Christian Poswiat   East Germany 2:20.99
28 4 Luc van de Vondel   Belgium 2:21.50
29 4 Petri Suominen   Finland 2:22.01
30 4 Hironobu Nagahata   Japan 2:22.23
31 3 Mark Warnecke   West Germany 2:22.55
5 Hartmut Wedekind   West Germany
33 2 Tsai Hsin-yen   Chinese Taipei 2:23.80
34 3 Thomas Böhm   Austria 2:24.15
35 3 Chang Qing   China 2:24.45
36 3 Richard Lockhart   New Zealand 2:24.52
37 3 Eyal Stigman   Israel 2:25.18
38 4 Jin Fu   China 2:26.05
39 2 Wirmandi Sugriat   Indonesia 2:26.17
40 2 Manuel Gutiérrez   Panama 2:26.57
41 7 Jan-Erick Olsen   Norway 2:26.70
42 1 Anthony Beks   New Zealand 2:27.26
43 2 Arnþór Ragnarsson   Iceland 2:27.93
44 2 Cícero Tortelli   Brazil 2:28.82
45 2 Nikolaos Fokianos   Greece 2:28.91
46 3 Patrick Concepcion   Philippines 2:29.62
47 1 Ng Yue Meng   Singapore 2:30.74
48 2 Watt Kam Sing   Hong Kong 2:30.78
49 1 Kraig Singleton   Virgin Islands 2:36.45
50 1 Quách Hoài Nam   Vietnam 2:39.69
51 1 Amine El-Domyati   Lebanon 2:44.34
52 1 Obaid Al-Rumaithi   United Arab Emirates 2:50.49
2 Christian Toft   Denmark DSQ
5 David Leblanc   France DSQ

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 Alexandre Yokochi   Portugal 2:18.01
10 5 Shigehiro Takahashi   Japan 2:18.03
11 2 Sidney Appelboom   Belgium 2:18.08
12 6 Radek Beinhauer   Czechoslovakia 2:18.13
13 1 Étienne Dagon   Switzerland 2:18.17
14 4 Cameron Grant   Canada 2:18.36
15 7 Alexander Marček   Czechoslovakia 2:18.51
16 8 Cédric Penicaud   France 2:18.95

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 József Szabó   Hungary 2:13.52 EU
  4 Nick Gillingham   Great Britain 2:14.12
  7 Sergio López Miró   Spain 2:15.21 NR
4 3 Mike Barrowman   United States 2:15.45
5 6 Valeriy Lozik   Soviet Union 2:16.16
6 8 Vadim Alexeev   Soviet Union 2:16.70
7 2 Jonathan Cleveland   Canada 2:17.10
8 1 Péter Szabó   Hungary 2:17.12

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 409. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 410. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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