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

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]

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date22 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors44 from 32 nations
Winning time1:59.37
Medalists
Igor Polyansky  Soviet Union
Frank Baltrusch  East Germany
Paul Kingsman  New Zealand
Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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
4×100 mmenwomen

Records

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

World record Igor Polyansky (URS)1:58.14Erfurt, East Germany3 March 1985
Olympic record Rick Carey (USA)1:58.99Los Angeles, United States31 July 1984

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
16Sergei Zabolotnov Soviet Union2:01.27Q
25Frank Baltrusch East Germany2:01.49Q
34Dirk Richter East Germany2:01.54Q
46Igor Polyansky Soviet Union2:01.70Q
54Dan Veatch United States2:01.73Q
66Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:01.77Q
76Paul Kingsman New Zealand2:02.20Q
85Rogério Romero Brazil2:02.26Q
94Georgi Mihalev Bulgaria2:02.71q
106Tamás Deutsch Hungary2:03.17q
115Martín López-Zubero Spain2:03.33q
124Frank Hoffmeister West Germany2:03.34q
135Daichi Suzuki Japan2:03.36q
145Stefano Battistelli Italy2:03.63q, WD
154Steve Bigelow United States2:03.64q
163Gary Binfield Great Britain2:03.79q
174Sean Murphy Canada2:03.81q, WD
185Mark Tewksbury Canada2:04.02q
193Alejandro Alvizuri Peru2:04.29
203John Davey Great Britain2:04.70
216David Holderbach France2:04.83
223Ernesto Vela Mexico2:05.08
6Simon Upton Australia
245Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson Iceland2:05.61
253Richard Gheel Ireland2:05.71
266Lars Sørensen Denmark2:05.73
272Stephen Cullen Ireland2:06.98
284Pavel Vokoun Czechoslovakia2:07.24
292Patrick Ferland Switzerland2:07.77
303Lin Laijiu China2:08.28
312David Lim Fong Jock Singapore2:08.65
323Shigemori Maruyama Japan2:09.16
332Wladimir Ribeiro Brazil2:11.48
342Horst Niehaus Costa Rica2:12.83
352Eric Greenwood Costa Rica2:15.42
362Patrick Sagisi Guam2:15.82
371Brett Halford Zimbabwe2:17.84
381Pablo Barahona Honduras2:21.61
391Mohamed Abdullah United Arab Emirates2:29.64
401Mohamed Bin Abid United Arab Emirates2:36.21
411Rami Kantari Lebanon2:40.29
2Park Dong-pil South KoreaDSQ
3Charalambos Papanikolaou GreeceDSQ
5Tamás Darnyi HungaryDSQ

Finals

[3]

Final B
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
96Frank Hoffmeister West Germany2:01.65
107Steve Bigelow United States2:02.95
113Martín López-Zubero Spain2:03.70
128Mark Tewksbury Canada2:03.79
134Georgi Mihalev Bulgaria2:04.24
145Tamás Deutsch Hungary2:04.42
152Daichi Suzuki Japan2:04.67
161Gary Binfield Great Britain2:04.90

Final A
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6Igor Polyansky Soviet Union1:59.37
5Frank Baltrusch East Germany1:59.60
1Paul Kingsman New Zealand2:00.48NR
44Sergei Zabolotnov Soviet Union2:00.52
53Dirk Richter East Germany2:01.67
67Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:01.84
72Dan Veatch United States2:02.26
88Rogério Romero Brazil2:02.28

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 407. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 407–408. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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