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

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]

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date25 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors58 from 36 nations
Winning time2:00.17 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tamás Darnyi  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patrick Kühl  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vadim Yaroshchuk  Soviet Union
← 1984
1992 →

Records edit

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

World record   Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 2:00.56 Strasbourg, France 23 August 1987
Olympic record   Alex Baumann (CAN) 2:01.42 Los Angeles, United States 4 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
24 September Final A Tamás Darnyi   Hungary 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]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Tamás Darnyi   Hungary 2:02.15 Q
2 8 Vadim Yaroshchuk   Soviet Union 2:02.77 Q
3 6 Patrick Kühl   East Germany 2:03.77 Q
4 6 Mikhail Zubkov   Soviet Union 2:03.79 Q
5 6 Gary Anderson   Canada 2:04.00 Q
6 8 Raik Hannemann   East Germany 2:04.03 Q
7 8 Peter Bermel   West Germany 2:04.18 Q
8 7 Robert Bruce   Australia 2:04.31 Q
9 7 David Wharton   United States 2:04.64 q
10 7 Jens-Peter Berndt   West Germany 2:04.80 q
11 7 Christophe Bordeau   France 2:04.95 q
12 6 Bill Stapleton   United States 2:05.32 q
13 6 Luca Sacchi   Italy 2:05.45 q
14 7 Charalambos Papanikolaou   Greece 2:05.53 q
15 6 John Davey   Great Britain 2:05.55 q
16 7 Neil Cochran   Great Britain 2:05.56 q
17 8 Rob Woodhouse   Australia 2:05.87
18 6 Roberto Cassio   Italy 2:05.88
19 5 Takahiro Fujimoto   Japan 2:07.23
20 6 Gary O'Toole   Ireland 2:07.77
21 8 Darren Ward   Canada 2:07.84
22 5 Satoshi Takeda   Japan 2:08.11
23 7 József Szabó   Hungary 2:09.08
24 5 Javier Careaga   Mexico 2:09.38
25 5 Rodrigo González   Mexico 2:09.52
26 4 Júlio César Rebolal   Brazil 2:09.62
27 5 Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson   Iceland 2:10.18
28 4 Diogo Madeira   Portugal 2:10.21
29 5 Renato Ramalho   Brazil 2:10.32
30 4 René Concepcion   Philippines 2:10.37
31 5 Xie Jun   China 2:10.52
5 Martín López-Zubero   Spain
33 4 Sidney Appelboom   Belgium 2:10.55
34 4 David Lim Fong Jock   Singapore 2:11.57
35 3 Lee Jae-soo   South Korea 2:11.88
36 8 Sergio López Miró   Spain 2:13.48
37 3 Richard Sam Bera   Indonesia 2:13.90
38 4 Wirmandi Sugriat   Indonesia 2:13.93
39 3 Hakan Eskioğlu   Turkey 2:14.32
40 4 Yip Hor Man   Hong Kong 2:14.65
41 3 Desmond Koh   Singapore 2:14.77
42 2 Sultan Al-Otaibi   Kuwait 2:15.63
43 3 Eric Greenwood   Costa Rica 2:15.64
44 2 Horst Niehaus   Costa Rica 2:16.16
45 3 Jonathan Sakovich   Guam 2:16.70
46 2 Kraig Singleton   Virgin Islands 2:16.93
47 2 Graham Thompson   Zimbabwe 2:17.06
48 3 Arthur Li Kai Yien   Hong Kong 2:17.10
49 2 Tsai Hsin-yen   Chinese Taipei 2:17.95
50 1 Vaughan Smith   Zimbabwe 2:18.07
51 2 Chiang Chi-li   Chinese Taipei 2:18.76
52 2 Mouhamed Diop   Senegal 2:20.74
53 1 Mohamed Bin Abid   United Arab Emirates 2:29.08
54 2 Bruno N'Diaye   Senegal 2:29.18
55 1 Mohamed Abdullah   United Arab Emirates 2:31.44
56 1 Rami Kantari   Lebanon 2:34.53
3 Patrick Concepcion   Philippines DNS
8 Jan Bidrman   Sweden DNS

Finals edit

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Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 David Wharton   United States 2:03.05
10 1 John Davey   Great Britain 2:04.17
11 8 Neil Cochran   Great Britain 2:05.44
12 3 Christophe Bordeau   France 2:05.51
13 2 Luca Sacchi   Italy 2:05.68
14 7 Charalambos Papanikolaou   Greece 2:06.61
15 5 Jens-Peter Berndt   West Germany 2:06.76
16 6 Bill Stapleton   United States 2:06.82

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Tamás Darnyi   Hungary 2:00.17 WR
  3 Patrick Kühl   East Germany 2:01.61
  5 Vadim Yaroshchuk   Soviet Union 2:02.40
4 6 Mikhail Zubkov   Soviet Union 2:02.92
5 1 Peter Bermel   West Germany 2:03.81
6 8 Robert Bruce   Australia 2:04.34
7 7 Raik Hannemann   East Germany 2:04.82
8 2 Gary Anderson   Canada 2:06.35

References edit

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 412–413. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 412. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

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