Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
Appearance
Men's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 30 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 46 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:56.26 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1992 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 butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
1:55.69 | Perth, Australia | 12 January 1991 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
1:56.94 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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30 July | Final A | Melvin Stewart | ![]() |
1:56.26 | OR |
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 | 5 | Chris-Carol Bremer | ![]() |
1:59.93 | |
10 | 6 | David Wharton | ![]() |
2:01.08 | |
11 | 4 | Martin Herrmann | ![]() |
2:01.14 | |
12 | 3 | Can Ergenekan | ![]() |
2:01.21 | |
13 | 1 | Tom Ponting | ![]() |
2:01.60 | |
14 | 2 | Simon McKillop-Davies | ![]() |
2:01.86 | |
15 | 8 | Eduardo Piccinini | ![]() |
2:01.87 | |
16 | 7 | Marco Braida | ![]() |
2:02.24 |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Melvin Stewart | ![]() |
1:56.26 | OR |
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5 | Danyon Loader | ![]() |
1:57.93 | |
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3 | Franck Esposito | ![]() |
1:58.51 | |
4 | 7 | Rafał Szukała | ![]() |
1:58.89 | |
5 | 8 | Keiichi Kawanaka | ![]() |
1:58.97 | NR |
6 | 2 | Denis Pankratov | ![]() |
1:58.98 | |
7 | 1 | Robert Pinter | ![]() |
1:59.34 | NR |
8 | 6 | Martin Roberts | ![]() |
1:59.64 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 366–367. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 367. Retrieved 1 September 2017.