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

Event:Men's 200 metre butterfly
Games:1996 Summer
Venue:Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:22 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:43
Nations:37
Gold:Denis Pankratov
Goldnoc:RUS
Silver:Tom Malchow
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Scott Goodman
Bronzenoc:AUS
Win Value:1:56.51
Prev:1992
Next:2000

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 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.

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 1:57.77 Q
2 4 7 1:58.04 Q, NR
3 6 3 1:58.16 Q, NR
4 6 4 1:58.28 Q
5 4 4 1:58.69 Q
6 4 1 1:58.76 Q
7 4 5 1:58.79 Q
8 5 5 1:58.97 Q
9 6 1 1:59.73 q, NR
10 6 7 1:59.87 q
11 6 2 1:59.97 q
12 5 1 2:00.04 q
13 4 2 2:00.28 q
14 5 3 2:00.48 q
15 5 6 2:00.50 q
16 4 3 2:00.60 q
17 5 7 2:00.67
18 5 2 2:00.77
19 6 6 2:00.81
20 4 6 2:00.87
21 6 5 2:01.10
22 3 3 2:01.17 NR
23 3 1 2:01.46 NR
24 5 8 2:01.50
25 3 4 2:01.58
26 3 7 2:01.59 NR
27 4 8 2:01.65
28 3 6 2:01.80
29 3 5 2:02.69
30 3 8 2:02.84
31 2 2 2:03.01 NR
32 2 6 2:03.76
33 2 1 2:03.88 NR
34 1 4 2:04.01
35 2 4 2:04.53
36 1 5 2:04.66
37 2 7 2:04.96
38 2 3 2:05.36
39 2 8 2:05.98
40 3 2 2:06.00
41 6 8 2:07.00
42 1 3 2:12.59
2 5

Finals

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Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 1 1:58.99
10 4 1:59.64 NR
11 2 1:59.72
12 5 2:00.08
13 6 2:00.41
14 3 2:00.91
15 8 2:01.25
16 7 2:01.62

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
6 1:56.51
2 1:57.44
4 1:57.48
4 1 1:58.10 NR
5 8 1:58.28
6 5 1:58.37
7 3 1:58.47
8 7 1:59.12

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170157/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-200-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 September 2017. Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 47. 11 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 47. 11 September 2017.