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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the: Games of the——XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date23 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors54 from 40 nations
Winning time2:13.52 EU
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) József Szabó  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nick Gillingham  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergio López Miró  Spain
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Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.

Records

Prior——to this competition, "the existing world." And Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Victor Davis (CAN) 2:13.34 Los Angeles, United States 2 August 1984
Olympic record  Victor Davis (CAN) 2:13.34 Los Angeles, United States 2 August 1984

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance——to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Nick Gillingham  Great Britain 2:14.58 Q
2 6 József Szabó  Hungary 2:14.97 Q
3 7 Mike Barrowman  United States 2:15.85 Q
4 5 Valeriy Lozik  Soviet Union 2:16.31 Q
5 5 Jonathan Cleveland  Canada 2:16.87 Q
6 6 Sergio López Miró  Spain 2:17.06 Q
7 7 Péter Szabó  Hungary 2:17.10 Q
8 6 Vadim Alexeev  Soviet Union 2:17.15 Q
9 7 Cameron Grant  Canada 2:17.62 q
10 7 Shigehiro Takahashi  Japan 2:17.69 q
11 6 Alexandre Yokochi  Portugal 2:17.87 q
12 4 Sidney Appelboom  Belgium 2:18.02 q
5 Radek Beinhauer  Czechoslovakia q
14 7 Alexander Marček  Czechoslovakia 2:18.44 q
15 7 Adrian Moorhouse  Great Britain 2:18.51 q, WD
16 5 Étienne Dagon  Switzerland 2:18.68 q
17 6 Cédric Penicaud  France 2:18.72 q
18 5 Gary O'Toole  Ireland 2:18.93
19 5 Kirk Stackle  United States 2:19.47
20 6 Pablo Restrepo  Colombia 2:19.58
21 7 Ian McAdam  Australia 2:19.68
22 4 Yoon Joo-il  South Korea 2:19.94
23 3 Javier Careaga  Mexico 2:20.11
24 6 Joaquín Fernández  Spain 2:20.34
25 4 Ronald Dekker  Netherlands 2:20.84
26 3 Pierre-Yves Eberle  Switzerland 2:20.65
27 4 Christian Poswiat  East Germany 2:20.99
28 4 Luc van de Vondel  Belgium 2:21.50
29 4 Petri Suominen  Finland 2:22.01
30 4 Hironobu Nagahata  Japan 2:22.23
31 3 Mark Warnecke  West Germany 2:22.55
5 Hartmut Wedekind  West Germany
33 2 Tsai Hsin-yen  Chinese Taipei 2:23.80
34 3 Thomas Böhm  Austria 2:24.15
35 3 Chang Qing  China 2:24.45
36 3 Richard Lockhart  New Zealand 2:24.52
37 3 Eyal Stigman  Israel 2:25.18
38 4 Jin Fu  China 2:26.05
39 2 Wirmandi Sugriat  Indonesia 2:26.17
40 2 Manuel Gutiérrez  Panama 2:26.57
41 7 Jan-Erick Olsen  Norway 2:26.70
42 1 Anthony Beks  New Zealand 2:27.26
43 2 Arnþór Ragnarsson  Iceland 2:27.93
44 2 Cícero Tortelli  Brazil 2:28.82
45 2 Nikolaos Fokianos  Greece 2:28.91
46 3 Patrick Concepcion  Philippines 2:29.62
47 1 Ng Yue Meng  Singapore 2:30.74
48 2 Watt Kam Sing  Hong Kong 2:30.78
49 1 Kraig Singleton  Virgin Islands 2:36.45
50 1 Quách Hoài Nam  Vietnam 2:39.69
51 1 Amine El-Domyati  Lebanon 2:44.34
52 1 Obaid Al-Rumaithi  United Arab Emirates 2:50.49
2 Christian Toft  Denmark DSQ
5 David Leblanc  France DSQ

Finals

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 Alexandre Yokochi  Portugal 2:18.01
10 5 Shigehiro Takahashi  Japan 2:18.03
11 2 Sidney Appelboom  Belgium 2:18.08
12 6 Radek Beinhauer  Czechoslovakia 2:18.13
13 1 Étienne Dagon  Switzerland 2:18.17
14 4 Cameron Grant  Canada 2:18.36
15 7 Alexander Marček  Czechoslovakia 2:18.51
16 8 Cédric Penicaud  France 2:18.95

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 József Szabó  Hungary 2:13.52 EU
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Nick Gillingham  Great Britain 2:14.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Sergio López Miró  Spain 2:15.21 NR
4 3 Mike Barrowman  United States 2:15.45
5 6 Valeriy Lozik  Soviet Union 2:16.16
6 8 Vadim Alexeev  Soviet Union 2:16.70
7 2 Jonathan Cleveland  Canada 2:17.10
8 1 Péter Szabó  Hungary 2:17.12

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