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

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]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date	29 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors	54 from 41 nations
Winning time	2:10.16 WR
Medalists
Mike Barrowman  United States Norbert Rózsa  Hungary Nick Gillingham  Great Britain
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Records

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

World record	Mike Barrowman (USA)	2:10.60	Fort Lauderdale, United States	13 August 1991
Olympic record	Victor Davis (CAN)	2:13.34	Los Angeles, United States	2 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
29 July	Heat 7	Mike Barrowman	United States	2:11.40	OR
29 July	Final A	Mike Barrowman	United States	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]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	4	Mike Barrowman	United States	2:11.48	Q, OR
2	7	5	Norbert Rózsa	Hungary	2:12.95	Q
3	6	4	Nick Gillingham	Great Britain	2:13.42	Q
4	5	4	Károly Güttler	Hungary	2:14.31	Q
5	5	2	Kenji Watanabe	Japan	2:14.35	Q, NR
6	5	3	Phil Rogers	Australia	2:14.39	Q, OC
7	7	6	Akira Hayashi	Japan	2:14.61	Q
8	6	3	Sergio López Miró	Spain	2:14.68	Q
9	6	5	Roque Santos	United States	2:14.71	q
10	5	5	Joaquín Fernández	Spain	2:14.93	q
11	7	7	Stéphane Vossart	France	2:15.11	q
12	5	8	Javier Careaga	Mexico	2:15.59	q, NR
13	5	7	Rodney Lawson	Australia	2:15.67	q
14	7	3	Jonathan Cleveland	Canada	2:15.68	q
15	5	1	Francesco Postiglione	Italy	2:15.97	q
16	6	2	Radek Beinhauer	Czechoslovakia	2:16.26	q
17	7	1	Andrea Cecchi	Italy	2:16.38
18	6	6	Mario González	Cuba	2:16.45
19	6	8	Frédérik Deburghgraeve	Belgium	2:16.93
20	6	7	Gary O'Toole	Ireland	2:17.66
21	7	2	Christophe Bourdon	France	2:17.68
22	4	5	Petri Suominen	Finland	2:18.01
23	5	6	Michael Mason	Canada	2:18.64
24	4	4	Pablo Minelli	Argentina	2:18.70
25	4	8	Alexandre Yokochi	Portugal	2:18.97
26	4	2	Børge Mørk	Norway	2:19.11
27	3	4	Petteri Lehtinen	Finland	2:20.27
28	3	5	Patrick Concepcion	Philippines	2:20.33
29	4	6	Christian Poswiat	Germany	2:20.80
30	4	7	Gustavo Gorriarán	Uruguay	2:21.25
31	7	8	Nerijus Beiga	Lithuania	2:21.65
32	3	7	Desmond Koh	Singapore	2:21.87
33	3	3	Kenneth Cawood	South Africa	2:21.88
34	4	3	Ricardo Torres	Panama	2:21.93
35	6	1	Jason Hender	Great Britain	2:23.10
36	3	2	Christophe Verdino	Monaco	2:23.33	NR
37	2	6	Andrew Rutherfurd	Hong Kong	2:24.29
38	4	1	Aleksandr Savitsky	Unified Team	2:24.58
39	2	7	Chris Flook	Bermuda	2:24.85
40	2	3	Jörg Lindemeier	Namibia	2:24.88
41	3	6	Clifford Lyne	South Africa	2:25.66
42	2	5	Abderzak Bella	Algeria	2:26.35
43	2	4	Roberto Bonilla	Guatemala	2:28.97
44	1	6	Chi Jia Han	Hong Kong	2:30.74
45	1	5	Bernard Desmarais	Mauritius	2:31.52
46	2	1	Glenn Diaz	Guam	2:34.65
47	1	4	Danilo Zavoli	San Marino	2:34.87
48	3	8	Sultan Al-Otaibi	Kuwait	2:35.54
49	2	2	Ayman Al-Enazy	Kuwait	2:39.12
50	1	2	Foy Gordon Chung	Fiji	2:41.10
51	1	7	Obaid Al-Rumaithi	United Arab Emirates	2:44.61
52	1	3	Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman	Bangladesh	2:51.21
	1	1	Kenny Roberts	Seychelles	DSQ
	3	1	Todd Torres	Puerto Rico	DSQ

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	2	Rodney Lawson	Australia	2:15.50
10	5	Joaquín Fernández	Spain	2:15.52
	3	Stéphane Vossart	France
12	4	Roque Santos	United States	2:15.73
13	8	Radek Beinhauer	Czechoslovakia	2:16.07
14	7	Jonathan Cleveland	Canada	2:16.20
15	6	Javier Careaga	Mexico	2:16.55
16	1	Francesco Postiglione	Italy	2:16.92

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mike Barrowman	United States	2:10.16	WR
	5	Norbert Rózsa	Hungary	2:11.23	ER
	3	Nick Gillingham	Great Britain	2:11.29	NR
4	8	Sergio López Miró	Spain	2:13.29
5	6	Károly Güttler	Hungary	2:13.32
6	7	Phil Rogers	Australia	2:13.59	OC
7	1	Kenji Watanabe	Japan	2:14.70
8	2	Akira Hayashi	Japan	2:15.11