Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date	23 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors	54 from 40 nations
Winning time	2:13.52 EU
Medalists
József Szabó  Hungary Nick Gillingham  Great Britain Sergio López Miró  Spain
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Records

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

World record	Victor Davis (CAN)	2:13.34	Los Angeles, United States	2 August 1984
Olympic record	Victor Davis (CAN)	2:13.34	Los Angeles, United States	2 August 1984

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Nick Gillingham	Great Britain	2:14.58	Q
2	6	József Szabó	Hungary	2:14.97	Q
3	7	Mike Barrowman	United States	2:15.85	Q
4	5	Valeriy Lozik	Soviet Union	2:16.31	Q
5	5	Jonathan Cleveland	Canada	2:16.87	Q
6	6	Sergio López Miró	Spain	2:17.06	Q
7	7	Péter Szabó	Hungary	2:17.10	Q
8	6	Vadim Alexeev	Soviet Union	2:17.15	Q
9	7	Cameron Grant	Canada	2:17.62	q
10	7	Shigehiro Takahashi	Japan	2:17.69	q
11	6	Alexandre Yokochi	Portugal	2:17.87	q
12	4	Sidney Appelboom	Belgium	2:18.02	q
	5	Radek Beinhauer	Czechoslovakia		q
14	7	Alexander Marček	Czechoslovakia	2:18.44	q
15	7	Adrian Moorhouse	Great Britain	2:18.51	q, WD
16	5	Étienne Dagon	Switzerland	2:18.68	q
17	6	Cédric Penicaud	France	2:18.72	q
18	5	Gary O'Toole	Ireland	2:18.93
19	5	Kirk Stackle	United States	2:19.47
20	6	Pablo Restrepo	Colombia	2:19.58
21	7	Ian McAdam	Australia	2:19.68
22	4	Yoon Joo-il	South Korea	2:19.94
23	3	Javier Careaga	Mexico	2:20.11
24	6	Joaquín Fernández	Spain	2:20.34
25	4	Ronald Dekker	Netherlands	2:20.84
26	3	Pierre-Yves Eberle	Switzerland	2:20.65
27	4	Christian Poswiat	East Germany	2:20.99
28	4	Luc van de Vondel	Belgium	2:21.50
29	4	Petri Suominen	Finland	2:22.01
30	4	Hironobu Nagahata	Japan	2:22.23
31	3	Mark Warnecke	West Germany	2:22.55
	5	Hartmut Wedekind	West Germany
33	2	Tsai Hsin-yen	Chinese Taipei	2:23.80
34	3	Thomas Böhm	Austria	2:24.15
35	3	Chang Qing	China	2:24.45
36	3	Richard Lockhart	New Zealand	2:24.52
37	3	Eyal Stigman	Israel	2:25.18
38	4	Jin Fu	China	2:26.05
39	2	Wirmandi Sugriat	Indonesia	2:26.17
40	2	Manuel Gutiérrez	Panama	2:26.57
41	7	Jan-Erick Olsen	Norway	2:26.70
42	1	Anthony Beks	New Zealand	2:27.26
43	2	Arnþór Ragnarsson	Iceland	2:27.93
44	2	Cícero Tortelli	Brazil	2:28.82
45	2	Nikolaos Fokianos	Greece	2:28.91
46	3	Patrick Concepcion	Philippines	2:29.62
47	1	Ng Yue Meng	Singapore	2:30.74
48	2	Watt Kam Sing	Hong Kong	2:30.78
49	1	Kraig Singleton	Virgin Islands	2:36.45
50	1	Quách Hoài Nam	Vietnam	2:39.69
51	1	Amine El-Domyati	Lebanon	2:44.34
52	1	Obaid Al-Rumaithi	United Arab Emirates	2:50.49
	2	Christian Toft	Denmark	DSQ
	5	David Leblanc	France	DSQ

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	3	Alexandre Yokochi	Portugal	2:18.01
10	5	Shigehiro Takahashi	Japan	2:18.03
11	2	Sidney Appelboom	Belgium	2:18.08
12	6	Radek Beinhauer	Czechoslovakia	2:18.13
13	1	Étienne Dagon	Switzerland	2:18.17
14	4	Cameron Grant	Canada	2:18.36
15	7	Alexander Marček	Czechoslovakia	2:18.51
16	8	Cédric Penicaud	France	2:18.95

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	József Szabó	Hungary	2:13.52	EU
	4	Nick Gillingham	Great Britain	2:14.12
	7	Sergio López Miró	Spain	2:15.21	NR
4	3	Mike Barrowman	United States	2:15.45
5	6	Valeriy Lozik	Soviet Union	2:16.16
6	8	Vadim Alexeev	Soviet Union	2:16.70
7	2	Jonathan Cleveland	Canada	2:17.10
8	1	Péter Szabó	Hungary	2:17.12

References

1. "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
2. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 409. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
3. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 410. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming