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Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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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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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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 József Szabó  Hungary 2:13.52 EU
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Nick Gillingham  Great Britain 2:14.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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