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
Tamás Darnyi  Hungary
Patrick Kühl  East Germany
Vadim Yaroshchuk  Soviet Union

Records

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

World record Tamás Darnyi (HUN)2:00.56Strasbourg, France23 August 1987
Olympic record Alex Baumann (CAN)2:01.42Los Angeles, United States4 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
24 SeptemberFinal ATamás Darnyi Hungary2:00.17WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
18Tamás Darnyi Hungary2:02.15Q
28Vadim Yaroshchuk Soviet Union2:02.77Q
36Patrick Kühl East Germany2:03.77Q
46Mikhail Zubkov Soviet Union2:03.79Q
56Gary Anderson Canada2:04.00Q
68Raik Hannemann East Germany2:04.03Q
78Peter Bermel West Germany2:04.18Q
87Robert Bruce Australia2:04.31Q
97David Wharton United States2:04.64q
107Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:04.80q
117Christophe Bordeau France2:04.95q
126Bill Stapleton United States2:05.32q
136Luca Sacchi Italy2:05.45q
147Charalambos Papanikolaou Greece2:05.53q
156John Davey Great Britain2:05.55q
167Neil Cochran Great Britain2:05.56q
178Rob Woodhouse Australia2:05.87
186Roberto Cassio Italy2:05.88
195Takahiro Fujimoto Japan2:07.23
206Gary O'Toole Ireland2:07.77
218Darren Ward Canada2:07.84
225Satoshi Takeda Japan2:08.11
237József Szabó Hungary2:09.08
245Javier Careaga Mexico2:09.38
255Rodrigo González Mexico2:09.52
264Júlio César Rebolal Brazil2:09.62
275Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson Iceland2:10.18
284Diogo Madeira Portugal2:10.21
295Renato Ramalho Brazil2:10.32
304René Concepcion Philippines2:10.37
315Xie Jun China2:10.52
5Martín López-Zubero Spain
334Sidney Appelboom Belgium2:10.55
344David Lim Fong Jock Singapore2:11.57
353Lee Jae-soo South Korea2:11.88
368Sergio López Miró Spain2:13.48
373Richard Sam Bera Indonesia2:13.90
384Wirmandi Sugriat Indonesia2:13.93
393Hakan Eskioğlu Turkey2:14.32
404Yip Hor Man Hong Kong2:14.65
413Desmond Koh Singapore2:14.77
422Sultan Al-Otaibi Kuwait2:15.63
433Eric Greenwood Costa Rica2:15.64
442Horst Niehaus Costa Rica2:16.16
453Jonathan Sakovich Guam2:16.70
462Kraig Singleton Virgin Islands2:16.93
472Graham Thompson Zimbabwe2:17.06
483Arthur Li Kai Yien Hong Kong2:17.10
492Tsai Hsin-yen Chinese Taipei2:17.95
501Vaughan Smith Zimbabwe2:18.07
512Chiang Chi-li Chinese Taipei2:18.76
522Mouhamed Diop Senegal2:20.74
531Mohamed Bin Abid United Arab Emirates2:29.08
542Bruno N'Diaye Senegal2:29.18
551Mohamed Abdullah United Arab Emirates2:31.44
561Rami Kantari Lebanon2:34.53
3Patrick Concepcion PhilippinesDNS
8Jan Bidrman SwedenDNS

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94David Wharton United States2:03.05
101John Davey Great Britain2:04.17
118Neil Cochran Great Britain2:05.44
123Christophe Bordeau France2:05.51
132Luca Sacchi Italy2:05.68
147Charalambos Papanikolaou Greece2:06.61
155Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:06.76
166Bill Stapleton United States2:06.82

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Tamás Darnyi Hungary2:00.17WR
3Patrick Kühl East Germany2:01.61
5Vadim Yaroshchuk Soviet Union2:02.40
46Mikhail Zubkov Soviet Union2:02.92
51Peter Bermel West Germany2:03.81
68Robert Bruce Australia2:04.34
77Raik Hannemann East Germany2:04.82
82Gary Anderson Canada2:06.35

References

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