Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date:	25 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	58
Nations:	36
Gold:	Tamás Darnyi
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Patrick Kühl
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Vadim Yaroshchuk
Bronzenoc:	URS
Win Value:	2:00.17
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

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	8			2:02.15	Q
2	8			2:02.77	Q
3	6			2:03.77	Q
4	6			2:03.79	Q
5	6			2:04.00	Q
6	8			2:04.03	Q
7	8			2:04.18	Q
8	7			2:04.31	Q
9	7			2:04.64	q
10	7			2:04.80	q
11	7			2:04.95	q
12	6			2:05.32	q
13	6			2:05.45	q
14	7			2:05.53	q
15	6			2:05.55	q
16	7			2:05.56	q
17	8			2:05.87
18	6			2:05.88
19	5			2:07.23
20	6			2:07.77
21	8			2:07.84
22	5			2:08.11
23	7			2:09.08
24	5			2:09.38
25	5			2:09.52
26	4			2:09.62
27	5			2:10.18
28	4			2:10.21
29	5			2:10.32
30	4			2:10.37
31	5			2:10.52
	5
33	4			2:10.55
34	4			2:11.57
35	3			2:11.88
36	8			2:13.48
37	3			2:13.90
38	4			2:13.93
39	3			2:14.32
40	4			2:14.65
41	3			2:14.77
42	2			2:15.63
43	3			2:15.64
44	2			2:16.16
45	3			2:16.70
46	2			2:16.93
47	2			2:17.06
48	3			2:17.10
49	2			2:17.95
50	1			2:18.07
51	2			2:18.76
52	2			2:20.74
53	1			2:29.08
54	2			2:29.18
55	1			2:31.44
56	1			2:34.53
	3
	8

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			2:03.05
10	1			2:04.17
11	8			2:05.44
12	3			2:05.51
13	2			2:05.68
14	7			2:06.61
15	5			2:06.76
16	6			2:06.82

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:00.17
	3			2:01.61
	5			2:02.40
4	6			2:02.92
5	1			2:03.81
6	8			2:04.34
7	7			2:04.82
8	2			2:06.35

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Individual Medley . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162725/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/mens-200-metres-individual-medley.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 March 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 412–413. 27 March 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 412. 27 March 2017.