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

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]

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
29 July	Heat 7			2:11.40
29 July	Final A			2:10.16

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	4	2:11.48	Q,
2	7	5	2:12.95	Q
3	6	4	2:13.42	Q
4	5	4	2:14.31	Q
5	5	2	2:14.35	Q, NR
6	5	3	2:14.39	Q
7	7	6	2:14.61	Q
8	6	3	2:14.68	Q
9	6	5	2:14.71	q
10	5	5	2:14.93	q
11	7	7	2:15.11	q
12	5	8	2:15.59	q, NR
13	5	7	2:15.67	q
14	7	3	2:15.68	q
15	5	1	2:15.97	q
16	6	2	2:16.26	q
17	7	1	2:16.38
18	6	6	2:16.45
19	6	8	2:16.93
20	6	7	2:17.66
21	7	2	2:17.68
22	4	5	2:18.01
23	5	6	2:18.64
24	4	4	2:18.70
25	4	8	2:18.97
26	4	2	2:19.11
27	3	4	2:20.27
28	3	5	2:20.33
29	4	6	2:20.80
30	4	7	2:21.25
31	7	8	2:21.65
32	3	7	2:21.87
33	3	3	2:21.88
34	4	3	2:21.93
35	6	1	2:23.10
36	3	2	2:23.33	NR
37	2	6	2:24.29
38	4	1	2:24.58
39	2	7	2:24.85
40	2	3	2:24.88
41	3	6	2:25.66
42	2	5	2:26.35
43	2	4	2:28.97
44	1	6	2:30.74
45	1	5	2:31.52
46	2	1	2:34.65
47	1	4	2:34.87
48	3	8	2:35.54
49	2	2	2:39.12
50	1	2	2:41.10
51	1	7	2:44.61
52	1	3	2:51.21
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Web site: Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163852/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 364–365. 31 August 2017.
Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Finals. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 365. 31 August 2017.