Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	25 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	39
Nations:	31
Gold:	Attila Czene
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Jani Sievinen
Silvernoc:	FIN
Bronze:	Curtis Myden
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Win Value:	1:59.91
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 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.

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	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4			2:01.05	Q
2	3	2			2:01.21	Q, NR
3	3	5			2:01.44	Q
4	5	5			2:01.50	Q
5	5	3			2:01.93	Q
6	4	4			2:01.99	Q
7	3	4			2:02.10	Q
8	4	6			2:03.17	Q
9	5	6			2:03.24	q
10	3	6			2:03.42	q
11	4	7			2:03.75	q
12	4	5			2:03.82	q
13	3	3			2:04.23	q
14	4	2			2:04.49	q
15	2	4			2:04.99	q
16	5	8			2:05.18	q
17	5	2			2:05.42
18	2	5			2:05.45
19	5	7			2:05.51
20	1	4			2:06.15	NR
21	2	3			2:06.16
22	3	7			2:06.24
23	3	1			2:06.30
24	2	2			2:06.39
25	2	6			2:06.97
26	2	7			2:06.99
27	2	1			2:07.09
28	4	3			2:07.31
29	2	8			2:07.61
30	4	8			2:08.16
31	1	7			2:08.78
32	5	1			2:08.99
33	1	2			2:09.67
34	4	1			2:11.76
35	1	5			2:11.90
36	1	3			2:12.11
37	1	6			2:19.77
	1	1
	3	8

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	6			2:02.90
10	3			2:03.01
11	4			2:03.49
12	2			2:03.94
13	1			2:04.11	NR
14	5			2:04.59
15	8			2:05.02
16	7			2:05.42

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			1:59.91
	4			2:00.13
	6			2:01.13	NR
4	5			2:01.45
5	3			2:01.57
6	2			2:02.56
7	7			2:03.89
8	8			2:04.29

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Individual Medley . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-200-metres-individual-medley.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 16 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 48–49. 11 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 49. 11 September 2017.