Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 29 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 54 from 41 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:10.16 WR | ||||||||||||
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 2:10.60 | Fort Lauderdale, United States | 13 August 1991 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 2:13.34 | Los Angeles, United States | 2 August 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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29 July | Heat 7 | Mike Barrowman | ![]() | 2:11.40 | OR |
29 July | Final A | Mike Barrowman | ![]() | 2:10.16 | WR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
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Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 2 | Rodney Lawson | ![]() | 2:15.50 | |
10 | 5 | Joaquín Fernández | ![]() | 2:15.52 | |
3 | Stéphane Vossart | ![]() | |||
12 | 4 | Roque Santos | ![]() | 2:15.73 | |
13 | 8 | Radek Beinhauer | ![]() | 2:16.07 | |
14 | 7 | Jonathan Cleveland | ![]() | 2:16.20 | |
15 | 6 | Javier Careaga | ![]() | 2:16.55 | |
16 | 1 | Francesco Postiglione | ![]() | 2:16.92 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Mike Barrowman | ![]() | 2:10.16 | WR |
![]() | 5 | Norbert Rózsa | ![]() | 2:11.23 | EU |
![]() | 3 | Nick Gillingham | ![]() | 2:11.29 | NR |
4 | 8 | Sergio López Miró | ![]() | 2:13.29 | |
5 | 6 | Károly Güttler | ![]() | 2:13.32 | |
6 | 7 | Phil Rogers | ![]() | 2:13.59 | |
7 | 1 | Kenji Watanabe | ![]() | 2:14.70 | |
8 | 2 | Akira Hayashi | ![]() | 2:15.11 |
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 364–365. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 365. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
External links
- Official Report