Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Appearance
Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 24 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:12.57 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 2:10.16 | Barcelona, Spain | 29 July 1992 | |
Olympic record | 2:10.16 | Barcelona, Spain | 29 July 1992 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 6 | Andrey Ivanov | 2:14.37 | ||
10 | 1 | Mario González | 2:15.11 | NR | |
11 | 5 | Ryan Mitchell | 2:15.63 | ||
12 | 2 | Joaquín Fernández | 2:16.05 | ||
13 | 8 | Valērijs Kalmikovs | 2:16.23 | NR | |
14 | 4 | Jean-Christophe Sarnin | 2:16.26 | ||
15 | 1 | Jonathan Cleveland | 2:16.39 | ||
16 | 3 | Akira Hayashi | 2:16.69 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Norbert Rózsa | 2:12.57 | |||
4 | Károly Güttler | 2:13.03 | |||
5 | Andrey Korneyev | 2:13.17 | |||
4 | 2 | Nick Gillingham | 2:14.37 | ||
5 | 7 | Phil Rogers | 2:14.79 | ||
6 | 1 | Marek Krawczyk | 2:14.84 | NR | |
7 | 8 | Eric Wunderlich | 2:15.69 | ||
8 | 3 | Kurt Grote | 2:16.05 |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 45. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 45. Retrieved 10 September 2017.