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

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The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place September 23. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Gold József Szabó
 Hungary
Silver Nick Gillingham
 Great Britain
Bronze Sergio López Miró
 Spain

Results

Heats

B final

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 József Szabó  Hungary 2:13.52
2 Nick Gillingham  Great Britain 2:14.12
3 Sergio López Miró  Spain 2:15.21
4 Mike Barrowman  United States 2:15.45
5 Valery Lozyk  Soviet Union 2:16.16
6 Vadim Alekseyev  Soviet Union 2:16.70
7 Jon Cleveland  Canada 2:17.10
8 Péter Szabó  Hungary 2:17.12

References