Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Men's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 22 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 44 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:59.37 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1988 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 backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 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 | 1:58.14 | Erfurt, East Germany | 3 March 1985 | |
Olympic record | 1:58.99 | Los Angeles, United States | 31 July 1984 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 6 | Frank Hoffmeister | 2:01.65 | ||
10 | 7 | Steve Bigelow | 2:02.95 | ||
11 | 3 | Martín López-Zubero | 2:03.70 | ||
12 | 8 | Mark Tewksbury | 2:03.79 | ||
13 | 4 | Georgi Mihalev | 2:04.24 | ||
14 | 5 | Tamás Deutsch | 2:04.42 | ||
15 | 2 | Daichi Suzuki | 2:04.67 | ||
16 | 1 | Gary Binfield | 2:04.90 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Igor Polyansky | 1:59.37 | |||
5 | Frank Baltrusch | 1:59.60 | |||
1 | Paul Kingsman | 2:00.48 | NR | ||
4 | 4 | Sergei Zabolotnov | 2:00.52 | ||
5 | 3 | Dirk Richter | 2:01.67 | ||
6 | 7 | Jens-Peter Berndt | 2:01.84 | ||
7 | 2 | Dan Veatch | 2:02.26 | ||
8 | 8 | Rogério Romero | 2:02.28 |
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 407. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 407–408. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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