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

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]

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors46 from 32 nations
Winning time1:56.26 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Melvin Stewart  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Danyon Loader  New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Franck Esposito  France
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Records

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

World record   Melvin Stewart (USA) 1:55.69 Perth, Australia 12 January 1991
Olympic record   Michael Gross (FRG) 1:56.94 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
30 July Final A Melvin Stewart   United States 1:56.26 OR

Results

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Heats

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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 7 4 Melvin Stewart   United States 1:56.99 Q
2 5 1 Danyon Loader   New Zealand 1:58.15 Q
3 5 5 Franck Esposito   France 1:58.75 Q
4 6 4 Martin Roberts   Australia 1:58.91 Q
5 7 3 Denis Pankratov   Unified Team 1:59.00 Q
6 7 1 Rafał Szukała   Poland 1:59.51 Q
7 5 2 Robert Pinter   Romania 1:59.59 Q
8 5 4 Keiichi Kawanaka   Japan 1:59.96 Q
9 6 8 Martin Herrmann   Germany 2:00.47 q
10 6 2 Chris-Carol Bremer   Germany 2:00.49 q
11 7 5 Can Ergenekan   Turkey 2:00.82 q, NR
12 6 3 David Wharton   United States 2:00.84 q
13 6 7 Simon McKillop-Davies   Australia 2:00.92 q
14 5 7 Marco Braida   Italy 2:01.18 q
15 2 5 Eduardo Piccinini   Brazil 2:01.20 q, NR
6 6 Tom Ponting   Canada q
17 5 3 Tomohiro Miyoshi   Japan 2:01.27
18 7 6 Konrad Gałka   Poland 2:01.33
19 4 2 Matjaž Kozelj   Slovenia 2:01.39 NR
7 7 André Teixeira   Brazil
21 4 4 José Luis Ballester   Spain 2:01.41
22 4 5 Simon Wainwright   Great Britain 2:01.53
23 6 5 Uğur Taner   Turkey 2:01.61
24 5 8 Jorge Pérez   Spain 2:01.63
25 6 1 Christophe Bordeau   France 2:01.99
26 7 8 Edward Parenti   Canada 2:02.00
27 4 3 Guy Callaghan   New Zealand 2:02.12
28 3 6 Craig Jackson   South Africa 2:02.17
29 3 4 Diogo Madeira   Portugal 2:02.22
30 4 7 David Monasterio   Puerto Rico 2:02.32
31 3 2 Vesa Hanski   Finland 2:02.75
32 3 5 Alexander Brandl   Austria 2:02.88
33 3 7 Denislav Kalchev   Bulgaria 2:03.73
34 4 1 Miguel Cabrita   Portugal 2:04.28
35 3 1 Khristian Minkovski   Bulgaria 2:05.18
36 3 3 Kai Johansson   Finland 2:05.71
37 2 4 Gary Tan   Singapore 2:06.41
38 2 2 Duncan Todd   Hong Kong 2:08.20
39 1 3 Kristan Singleton   Virgin Islands 2:08.71 NR
4 6 Kire Filipovski   Independent Olympic Participants
41 1 7 Janko Gojković   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:09.08 NR
42 1 5 Alan Espínola   Paraguay 2:11.88
43 2 3 Benoît Fleurot   Mauritius 2:13.09
44 2 7 Julian Bolling   Sri Lanka 2:17.47
45 1 6 Ziyad Kashmiri   Saudi Arabia 2:21.59
46 1 2 Mohamed Khamis   United Arab Emirates 2:29.73

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Chris-Carol Bremer   Germany 1:59.93
10 6 David Wharton   United States 2:01.08
11 4 Martin Herrmann   Germany 2:01.14
12 3 Can Ergenekan   Turkey 2:01.21
13 1 Tom Ponting   Canada 2:01.60
14 2 Simon McKillop-Davies   Australia 2:01.86
15 8 Eduardo Piccinini   Brazil 2:01.87
16 7 Marco Braida   Italy 2:02.24

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Melvin Stewart   United States 1:56.26 OR
  5 Danyon Loader   New Zealand 1:57.93
  3 Franck Esposito   France 1:58.51
4 7 Rafał Szukała   Poland 1:58.89
5 8 Keiichi Kawanaka   Japan 1:58.97 NR
6 2 Denis Pankratov   Unified Team 1:58.98
7 1 Robert Pinter   Romania 1:59.34 NR
8 6 Martin Roberts   Australia 1:59.64

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  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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