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

^[3]

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

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

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.