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

Event:Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Games:1992 Summer
Venue:Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date:29 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors:54
Nations:41
Gold:Mike Barrowman
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Norbert Rózsa
Silvernoc:HUN
Bronze:Nick Gillingham
Bronzenoc:GBR
Win Value:2:10.16
Prev:1988
Next:1996

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

Results

Heats

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 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
1 1
3 1

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 2 2:15.50
10 5 2:15.52
3
12 4 2:15.73
13 8 2:16.07
14 7 2:16.20
15 6 2:16.55
16 1 2:16.92

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 2:10.16
5 2:11.23 EU
3 2:11.29 NR
4 8 2:13.29
5 6 2:13.32
6 7 2:13.59
7 1 2:14.70
8 2 2:15.11

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 364–365. 31 August 2017.
  3. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Finals. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 365. 31 August 2017.