Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley
| Men's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
| Date | 31 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 60 from 43 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:00.76 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Tamás Darnyi (HUN) |
1:59.36 | Perth, Australia | 13 January 1991 |
| Olympic record |  Tamás Darnyi (HUN) |
2:00.17 | Seoul, South Korea | 25 September 1988 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
[3]
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | Martín López-Zubero |  Spain |
2:03.34 | |
| 10 | 2 | Serghei Mariniuc |  Unified Team |
2:03.72 | |
| 11 | 7 | Lars Sørensen |  Denmark |
2:03.81 | |
| 12 | 6 | Frédéric Lefevre |  France |
2:04.05 | |
| 13 | 5 | Tatsuya Kinugasa |  Japan |
2:04.29 | |
| 14 | 3 | Darren Ward |  Canada |
2:05.09 | |
| 15 | 1 | Takahiro Fujimoto | Japan |
2:07.74 | |
| 8 | Manuel Guzmán |  Puerto Rico |
DNS |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Tamás Darnyi | Hungary |
2:00.76 | |
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3 | Greg Burgess |  United States |
2:00.97 | |
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2 | Attila Czene | Hungary |
2:01.00 | |
| 4 | 4 | Jani Sievinen |  Finland |
2:01.28 | |
| 5 | 7 | Christian Geßner |  Germany |
2:01.97 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ron Karnaugh | United States |
2:02.18 | |
| 7 | 8 | Matthew Dunn |  Australia |
2:02.79 | |
| 8 | 1 | Gary Anderson | Canada |
2:02.79 |
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 367–368. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 368. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
External links
- Official Report
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