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

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date	26 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors	56 from 39 nations
Winning time	1:46.70 OR
Medalists
Yevgeny Sadovyi  Unified Team Anders Holmertz  Sweden Antti Kasvio  Finland

Records

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

World record	Giorgio Lamberti (ITA)	1:46.69	Bonn, West Germany	15 August 1989
Olympic record	Duncan Armstrong (AUS)	1:47.25	Seoul, South Korea	19 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
26 July	Heat 8	Yevgeny Sadovyi	Unified Team	1:46.74	OR
26 July	Final A	Yevgeny Sadovyi	Unified Team	1:46.70	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	5	Yevgeny Sadovyi	Unified Team	1:46.74	Q, OR
2	6	4	Anders Holmertz	Sweden	1:46.76	Q, NR
3	7	6	Vladimir Pyshnenko	Unified Team	1:47.94	Q
4	6	3	Steffen Zesner	Germany	1:48.12	Q
5	8	6	Antti Kasvio	Finland	1:48.31	Q
6	8	5	Joe Hudepohl	United States	1:48.52	Q
7	8	4	Artur Wojdat	Poland	1:48.60	Q
8	8	3	Doug Gjertsen	United States	1:48.65	Q
9	7	5	Roberto Gleria	Italy	1:49.19	q, WD
10	8	1	Paul Palmer	Great Britain	1:49.21	q
11	7	3	Kieren Perkins	Australia	1:49.26	q
12	8	2	Ian Brown	Australia	1:49.32	q
13	7	4	Massimo Trevisan	Italy	1:49.80	q
14	7	1	Paul Howe	Great Britain	1:49.86	q
15	6	8	Tommy Werner	Sweden	1:50.01	q, WD
16	7	2	Christian Keller	Germany	1:50.07	q
17	8	8	Turlough O'Hare	Canada	1:50.42	q
18	4	6	John Steel	New Zealand	1:50.56	q
19	8	7	Jarl Inge Melberg	Norway	1:50.70
20	6	6	Uğur Taner	Turkey	1:50.95
21	6	1	Cristiano Michelena	Brazil	1:51.04
22	6	2	Gustavo Borges	Brazil	1:51.42
23	7	7	Darren Ward	Canada	1:51.62
24	7	8	Stefaan Maene	Belgium	1:51.85
25	5	2	Robert Pinter	Romania	1:52.24
26	5	4	Trent Bray	New Zealand	1:52.49
27	6	7	Béla Szabados	Hungary	1:52.50
28	4	3	Vesa Hanski	Finland	1:53.17
29	5	3	Jure Bučar	Slovenia	1:53.19
30	5	6	Shigeo Ogata	Japan	1:53.42
31	5	1	Toshiaki Kurasawa	Japan	1:53.75
32	4	4	Franz Mortensen	Denmark	1:53.86
33	3	4	Arthur Li Kai Yien	Hong Kong	1:54.35
34	4	7	Yves Clausse	Luxembourg	1:54.45
35	4	1	Nace Majcen	Slovenia	1:54.57
36	3	3	Jeffrey Ong	Malaysia	1:55.37
37	5	5	Xie Jun	China	1:55.51
38	4	2	Ivor Le Roux	Zimbabwe	1:56.17
39	3	5	Kenneth Yeo	Singapore	1:57.80
40	3	7	Gustavo Bucaro	Guatemala	1:58.13
41	3	1	Kelvin Li	Hong Kong	1:59.40
42	3	6	Benoît Fleurot	Mauritius	1:59.73
43	2	6	Plutarco Castellanos	Honduras	1:59.91
44	2	3	Helder Torres	Guatemala	2:00.04
45	2	5	Frank Flores	Guam	2:00.48
46	3	2	Luis Medina	Bolivia	2:00.87
47	1	3	Émile Lahoud	Lebanon	2:01.06
48	1	4	Hussein Al-Sadiq	Saudi Arabia	2:01.31
49	2	2	Julian Bolling	Sri Lanka	2:02.01
50	1	6	Carl Probert	Fiji	2:04.52
51	2	7	Laurent Alfred	Virgin Islands	2:04.59
52	1	5	Daniele Casadei	San Marino	2:06.14
53	1	2	Ahmad Faraj	United Arab Emirates	2:07.61
54	1	7	Jean-Paul Adam	Seychelles	2:09.99
	5	7	Zoltán Szilágyi	Hungary	DSQ
	2	4	Nayef Al-Hasawi	Kuwait	DNS

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Paul Palmer	Great Britain	1:48.92
10	5	Kieren Perkins	Australia	1:49.75
11	3	Ian Brown	Australia	1:49.77
12	6	Massimo Trevisan	Italy	1:49.85
13	2	Paul Howe	Great Britain	1:50.15
14	7	Christian Keller	Germany	1:50.46
15	1	Turlough O'Hare	Canada	1:51.01
16	8	John Steel	New Zealand	1:51.12

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Yevgeny Sadovyi	Unified Team	1:46.70	OR
	5	Anders Holmertz	Sweden	1:46.86
	2	Antti Kasvio	Finland	1:47.63	NR
4	1	Artur Wojdat	Poland	1:48.24
5	3	Vladimir Pyshnenko	Unified Team	1:48.32
6	7	Joe Hudepohl	United States	1:48.36
7	6	Steffen Zesner	Germany	1:48.84
8	8	Doug Gjertsen	United States	1:50.57

References

1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 359. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 359. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

External links

• Official Report