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

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date	28 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors	45 from 35 nations
Winning time	1:58.47 OR
Medalists
Martín López-Zubero  Spain Vladimir Selkov  Unified Team Stefano Battistelli  Italy

Records

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

World record	Martín López-Zubero (ESP)	1:56.57	Tuscaloosa, United States	23 November 1991
Olympic record	Rick Carey (USA)	1:58.99	Los Angeles, United States	31 July 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
28 July	Final A	Martín López-Zubero	Spain	1:58.47	OR

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4	Martín López-Zubero	Spain	1:59.22	Q
2	6	3	Tino Weber	Germany	1:59.40	Q
3	6	5	Stefano Battistelli	Italy	1:59.56	Q
4	6	7	Stefaan Maene	Belgium	1:59.64	Q, NR
5	5	6	Vladimir Selkov	Unified Team	1:59.81	Q
6	4	4	Tripp Schwenk	United States	1:59.92	Q
7	5	5	Hajime Itoi	Japan	1:59.95	Q
8	4	3	Tamás Deutsch	Hungary	2:00.50	Q
9	3	1	Rodolfo Falcón	Cuba	2:00.52	q, NR
10	5	3	Dirk Richter	Germany	2:00.94	q, WD
11	5	4	Royce Sharp	United States	2:00.97	q, WD
12	5	2	Rogério Romero	Brazil	2:00.99	q
13	3	5	Yasuhiro Vandewalle	Belgium	2:01.46	q
14	4	2	Kevin Draxinger	Canada	2:01.73	q
15	5	1	Raymond Brown	Canada	2:01.81	q
16	5	7	Manuel Guzmán	Puerto Rico	2:01.84	q
17	3	7	Georgi Mihalev	Bulgaria	2:02.24	q
18	4	6	Luca Bianchin	Italy	2:02.65	q
19	3	2	Marcel Blažo	Czechoslovakia	2:02.81
20	2	2	Alejandro Alvizuri	Peru	2:03.10	NR
	4	7	Keita Soraoka	Japan
22	6	6	David Holderbach	France	2:03.11
23	4	1	Rastislav Bizub	Czechoslovakia	2:03.30
24	4	8	Adam Ruckwood	Great Britain	2:03.54
25	3	4	Jorge Pérez	Spain	2:03.68
26	2	3	Alejandro Bermúdez	Colombia	2:04.46
27	3	3	Olivér Ágh	Hungary	2:04.52
28	2	5	Simon Percy	New Zealand	2:05.53
29	2	4	Ji Sang-jun	South Korea	2:05.56
30	2	6	Ilmar Ojase	Estonia	2:05.76
31	6	1	Thomas Sopp	Norway	2:05.91
32	5	8	Matthew O'Connor	Great Britain	2:05.94
33	4	5	Derya Büyükuncu	Turkey	2:06.01
34	2	7	Miguel Arrobas	Portugal	2:06.02
35	6	2	Toby Haenen	Australia	2:06.79
36	3	6	Lars Sørensen	Denmark	2:06.80
37	2	1	Eran Groumi	Israel	2:07.91
38	1	6	Gary Tan	Singapore	2:11.36
39	1	5	Marcos Prono	Paraguay	2:15.25
40	1	3	Sultan Al-Otaibi	Kuwait	2:19.02
41	1	2	Salvador Jiménez	Honduras	2:20.15
42	1	7	Carl Probert	Fiji	2:22.54
	1	1	Abdullah Sultan	United Arab Emirates	DSQ
	1	4	Raymond Papa	Philippines	DSQ
	6	8	Jani Sievinen	Finland	DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Rodolfo Falcón	Cuba	2:00.22
10	5	Rogério Romero	Brazil	2:01.02
11	8	Luca Bianchin	Italy	2:01.70
12	6	Kevin Draxinger	Canada	2:01.79
13	7	Manuel Guzmán	Puerto Rico	2:01.87
14	3	Yasuhiro Vandewalle	Belgium	2:02.45
15	2	Raymond Brown	Canada	2:03.01
	1	Georgi Mihalev	Bulgaria	DSQ

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Martín López-Zubero	Spain	1:58.47	OR
	2	Vladimir Selkov	Unified Team	1:58.87
	3	Stefano Battistelli	Italy	1:59.40
4	1	Hajime Itoi	Japan	1:59.52
5	7	Tripp Schwenk	United States	1:59.73
6	5	Tino Weber	Germany	1:59.78
7	8	Tamás Deutsch	Hungary	2:00.06
8	6	Stefaan Maene	Belgium	2:00.91

References

1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 362. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 363. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

External links

• Official Report