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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the: Games of the——XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date24 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors36 from 31 nations
Winning time2:12.57
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Norbert Rózsa  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Károly Güttler  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrey Korneyev  Russia
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Swimming at the
1996 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 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

Records

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

World record  Mike Barrowman (USA) 2:10.16 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992
Olympic record  Mike Barrowman (USA) 2:10.16 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Károly Güttler  Hungary 2:13.89 Q
2 5 4 Andrey Korneyev  Russia 2:14.11 Q
3 5 5 Kurt Grote  United States 2:14.63 Q
4 3 5 Norbert Rózsa  Hungary 2:14.66 Q
5 3 6 Nick Gillingham  Great Britain 2:14.96 Q
6 4 3 Phil Rogers  Australia 2:14.97 Q
7 5 2 Marek Krawczyk  Poland 2:15.17 Q
8 5 6 Eric Wunderlich  United States 2:15.18 Q
9 4 2 Jean-Christophe Sarnin  France 2:15.27 q
10 3 3 Ryan Mitchell  Australia 2:15.31 q
11 3 4 Akira Hayashi  Japan 2:15.37 q
12 5 3 Andrey Ivanov  Russia 2:15.56 q
13 3 7 Joaquín Fernández  Spain 2:16.05 q
14 5 7 Jonathan Cleveland  Canada 2:16.08 q
15 4 5 Frédérik Deburghgraeve  Belgium 2:16.10 q, WD
16 3 8 Mario González  Cuba 2:16.15 q
17 2 5 Valērijs Kalmikovs  Latvia 2:17.07 q, NR
18 3 1 Daniel Málek  Czech Republic 2:17.08
19 2 8 José Couto  Portugal 2:17.28 NR
20 4 1 Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand 2:17.32
21 2 6 Aliaksandr Hukau  Belarus 2:17.49
22 5 1 Dmytro Ivanusa  Ukraine 2:17.54
23 4 8 Stéphan Perrot  France 2:18.58
24 3 2 Wang Yiwu  China 2:19.13
25 2 3 Elvin Chia  Malaysia 2:20.39
26 4 7 Børge Mørk  Norway 2:20.42
27 4 8 Vadim Alexeev  Israel 2:20.47
28 2 2 Christophe Verdino  Monaco 2:20.77
29 2 4 Vadim Tatarov  Moldova 2:21.34
30 1 5 Roberto Bonilla  Guatemala 2:21.86
31 2 1 Todd Torres  Puerto Rico 2:22.66
32 2 7 Nerijus Beiga  Lithuania 2:23.40
33 1 4 Francisco Suriano  El Salvador 2:25.57
34 1 3 Huang Chih-yung  Chinese Taipei 2:25.96
1 6 Desmond Koh  Singapore DNS
5 8 Paul Kent  New Zealand DNS

Finals

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 6 Andrey Ivanov  Russia 2:14.37
10 1 Mario González  Cuba 2:15.11 NR
11 5 Ryan Mitchell  Australia 2:15.63
12 2 Joaquín Fernández  Spain 2:16.05
13 8 Valērijs Kalmikovs  Latvia 2:16.23 NR
14 4 Jean-Christophe Sarnin  France 2:16.26
15 1 Jonathan Cleveland  Canada 2:16.39
16 3 Akira Hayashi  Japan 2:16.69

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Norbert Rózsa  Hungary 2:12.57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Károly Güttler  Hungary 2:13.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Andrey Korneyev  Russia 2:13.17
4 2 Nick Gillingham  Great Britain 2:14.37
5 7 Phil Rogers  Australia 2:14.79
6 1 Marek Krawczyk  Poland 2:14.84 NR
7 8 Eric Wunderlich  United States 2:15.69
8 3 Kurt Grote  United States 2:16.05

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