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

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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
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Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
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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]

Records[]

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[]

Heats[]

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[]

[3]

Final B[]

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[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Tamás Darnyi  Hungary 2:00.17 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Patrick Kühl  East Germany 2:01.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[]

  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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