| Event: | Men's 200 metre butterfly |
| Games: | 1992 Summer |
| Venue: | Piscines Bernat Picornell |
| Date: | 30 July 1992 (heats & finals) |
| Competitors: | 46 |
| Nations: | 32 |
| Gold: | Melvin Stewart |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Danyon Loader |
| Silvernoc: | NZL |
| Bronze: | Franck Esposito |
| Bronzenoc: | FRA |
| Win Value: | 1:56.26 |
| Prev: | 1988 |
| Next: | 1996 |
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
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 | 1:56.99 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 1:58.15 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 1:58.75 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 1:58.91 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 1:59.00 | Q | |||
| 6 | 7 | 1 | 1:59.51 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 1:59.59 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 4 | 1:59.96 | Q | |||
| 9 | 6 | 8 | 2:00.47 | q | |||
| 10 | 6 | 2 | 2:00.49 | q | |||
| 11 | 7 | 5 | 2:00.82 | q, NR | |||
| 12 | 6 | 3 | 2:00.84 | q | |||
| 13 | 6 | 7 | 2:00.92 | q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 7 | 2:01.18 | q | |||
| 15 | 2 | 5 | 2:01.20 | q, NR | |||
| 6 | 6 | q | |||||
| 17 | 5 | 3 | 2:01.27 | ||||
| 18 | 7 | 6 | 2:01.33 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 2 | 2:01.39 | NR | |||
| 7 | 7 | ||||||
| 21 | 4 | 4 | 2:01.41 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 5 | 2:01.53 | ||||
| 23 | 6 | 5 | 2:01.61 | ||||
| 24 | 5 | 8 | 2:01.63 | ||||
| 25 | 6 | 1 | 2:01.99 | ||||
| 26 | 7 | 8 | 2:02.00 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 3 | 2:02.12 | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 6 | 2:02.17 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 4 | 2:02.22 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 7 | 2:02.32 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 2 | 2:02.75 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 5 | 2:02.88 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 7 | 2:03.73 | ||||
| 34 | 4 | 1 | 2:04.28 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 1 | 2:05.18 | ||||
| 36 | 3 | 3 | 2:05.71 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 4 | 2:06.41 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 2 | 2:08.20 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 3 | 2:08.71 | NR | |||
| 4 | 6 | ||||||
| 41 | 1 | 7 | 2:09.08 | NR | |||
| 42 | 1 | 5 | 2:11.88 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 3 | 2:13.09 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 7 | 2:17.47 | ||||
| 45 | 1 | 6 | 2:21.59 | ||||
| 46 | 1 | 2 | 2:29.73 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | 1:59.93 | ||||
| 10 | 6 | 2:01.08 | ||||
| 11 | 4 | 2:01.14 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 2:01.21 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 2:01.60 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 2:01.86 | ||||
| 15 | 8 | 2:01.87 | ||||
| 16 | 7 | 2:02.24 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:56.26 | |||||
| 5 | 1:57.93 | |||||
| 3 | 1:58.51 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:58.89 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 1:58.97 | NR | |||
| 6 | 2 | 1:58.98 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 1:59.34 | NR | |||
| 8 | 6 | 1:59.64 |