Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date24 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors36 from 31 nations
Winning time2:12.57
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Norbert Rózsa  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Károly Güttler  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrey Korneyev  Russia
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Records[edit]

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

World record  Mike Barrowman (USA) 2:10.16 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992
Olympic record  Mike Barrowman (USA) 2:10.16 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

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 4 4 Károly Güttler  Hungary 2:13.89 Q
2 5 4 Andrey Korneyev  Russia 2:14.11 Q
3 5 5 Kurt Grote  United States 2:14.63 Q
4 3 5 Norbert Rózsa  Hungary 2:14.66 Q
5 3 6 Nick Gillingham  Great Britain 2:14.96 Q
6 4 3 Phil Rogers  Australia 2:14.97 Q
7 5 2 Marek Krawczyk  Poland 2:15.17 Q
8 5 6 Eric Wunderlich  United States 2:15.18 Q
9 4 2 Jean-Christophe Sarnin  France 2:15.27 q
10 3 3 Ryan Mitchell  Australia 2:15.31 q
11 3 4 Akira Hayashi  Japan 2:15.37 q
12 5 3 Andrey Ivanov  Russia 2:15.56 q
13 3 7 Joaquín Fernández  Spain 2:16.05 q
14 5 7 Jonathan Cleveland  Canada 2:16.08 q
15 4 5 Frédérik Deburghgraeve  Belgium 2:16.10 q, WD
16 3 8 Mario González  Cuba 2:16.15 q
17 2 5 Valērijs Kalmikovs  Latvia 2:17.07 q, NR
18 3 1 Daniel Málek  Czech Republic 2:17.08
19 2 8 José Couto  Portugal 2:17.28 NR
20 4 1 Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand 2:17.32
21 2 6 Aliaksandr Hukau  Belarus 2:17.49
22 5 1 Dmytro Ivanusa  Ukraine 2:17.54
23 4 8 Stéphan Perrot  France 2:18.58
24 3 2 Wang Yiwu  China 2:19.13
25 2 3 Elvin Chia  Malaysia 2:20.39
26 4 7 Børge Mørk  Norway 2:20.42
27 4 8 Vadim Alexeev  Israel 2:20.47
28 2 2 Christophe Verdino  Monaco 2:20.77
29 2 4 Vadim Tatarov  Moldova 2:21.34
30 1 5 Roberto Bonilla  Guatemala 2:21.86
31 2 1 Todd Torres  Puerto Rico 2:22.66
32 2 7 Nerijus Beiga  Lithuania 2:23.40
33 1 4 Francisco Suriano  El Salvador 2:25.57
34 1 3 Huang Chih-yung  Chinese Taipei 2:25.96
1 6 Desmond Koh  Singapore DNS
5 8 Paul Kent  New Zealand DNS

Finals[edit]

[3]

Final B[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 6 Andrey Ivanov  Russia 2:14.37
10 1 Mario González  Cuba 2:15.11 NR
11 5 Ryan Mitchell  Australia 2:15.63
12 2 Joaquín Fernández  Spain 2:16.05
13 8 Valērijs Kalmikovs  Latvia 2:16.23 NR
14 4 Jean-Christophe Sarnin  France 2:16.26
15 1 Jonathan Cleveland  Canada 2:16.39
16 3 Akira Hayashi  Japan 2:16.69

Final A[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Norbert Rózsa  Hungary 2:12.57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Károly Güttler  Hungary 2:13.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Andrey Korneyev  Russia 2:13.17
4 2 Nick Gillingham  Great Britain 2:14.37
5 7 Phil Rogers  Australia 2:14.79
6 1 Marek Krawczyk  Poland 2:14.84 NR
7 8 Eric Wunderlich  United States 2:15.69
8 3 Kurt Grote  United States 2:16.05

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 45. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 45. Retrieved 10 September 2017.

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