Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date 30 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors 46 from 32 nations
Winning time 1:56.26 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Melvin Stewart  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Danyon Loader  New Zealand
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Franck Esposito  France

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

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

World record Melvin Stewart (USA)1:55.69Perth, Australia12 January 1991
Olympic record Michael Gross (FRG)1:56.94Seoul, South Korea24 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
30 JulyFinal AMelvin Stewart United States1:56.26OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174Melvin Stewart United States1:56.99Q
251Danyon Loader New Zealand1:58.15Q
355Franck Esposito France1:58.75Q
464Martin Roberts Australia1:58.91Q
573Denis Pankratov Unified Team1:59.00Q
671Rafał Szukała Poland1:59.51Q
752Robert Pinter Romania1:59.59Q
854Keiichi Kawanaka Japan1:59.96Q
968Martin Herrmann Germany2:00.47q
1062Chris-Carol Bremer Germany2:00.49q
1175Can Ergenekan Turkey2:00.82q, NR
1263David Wharton United States2:00.84q
1367Simon McKillop-Davies Australia2:00.92q
1457Marco Braida Italy2:01.18q
1525Eduardo Piccinini Brazil2:01.20q, NR
66Tom Ponting Canadaq
1753Tomohiro Miyoshi Japan2:01.27
1876Konrad Gałka Poland2:01.33
1942Matjaž Kozelj Slovenia2:01.39NR
77André Teixeira Brazil
2144José Luis Ballester Spain2:01.41
2245Simon Wainwright Great Britain2:01.53
2365Uğur Taner Turkey2:01.61
2458Jorge Pérez Spain2:01.63
2561Christophe Bordeau France2:01.99
2678Edward Parenti Canada2:02.00
2743Guy Callaghan New Zealand2:02.12
2836Craig Jackson South Africa2:02.17
2934Diogo Madeira Portugal2:02.22
3047David Monasterio Puerto Rico2:02.32
3132Vesa Hanski Finland2:02.75
3235Alexander Brandl Austria2:02.88
3337Denislav Kalchev Bulgaria2:03.73
3441Miguel Cabrita Portugal2:04.28
3531Khristian Minkovski Bulgaria2:05.18
3633Kai Johansson Finland2:05.71
3724Gary Tan Singapore2:06.41
3822Duncan Todd Hong Kong2:08.20
3913Kristan Singleton Virgin Islands2:08.71NR
46Kire Filipovski Independent Olympic Participants
4117Janko Gojković Bosnia and Herzegovina2:09.08NR
4215Alan Espínola Paraguay2:11.88
4323Benoît Fleurot Mauritius2:13.09
4427Julian Bolling Sri Lanka2:17.47
4516Ziyad Kashmiri Saudi Arabia2:21.59
4612Mohamed Khamis United Arab Emirates2:29.73

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95Chris-Carol Bremer Germany1:59.93
106David Wharton United States2:01.08
114Martin Herrmann Germany2:01.14
123Can Ergenekan Turkey2:01.21
131Tom Ponting Canada2:01.60
142Simon McKillop-Davies Australia2:01.86
158Eduardo Piccinini Brazil2:01.87
167Marco Braida Italy2:02.24

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Melvin Stewart United States1:56.26OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Danyon Loader New Zealand1:57.93
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Franck Esposito France1:58.51
47Rafał Szukała Poland1:58.89
58Keiichi Kawanaka Japan1:58.97NR
62Denis Pankratov Unified Team1:58.98
71Robert Pinter Romania1:59.34NR
86Martin Roberts Australia1:59.64

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 366–367. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 367. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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