Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly


The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 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.
The following records were established during the competition:
DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
24 SeptemberFinal AMichael Gross1:56.94

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
16Michael Gross1:58.09Q
24Anthony Mosse1:58.71Q
35David Wilson1:59.02Q
45Benny Nielsen1:59.26Q, NR
54Jon Kelly1:59.40Q
66Melvin Stewart1:59.78Q
74Tom Ponting2:00.08Q
86Anthony Nesty2:00.17Q, NR
94Martin Roberts2:00.32q
106Mark Dean2:00.86q
116Frank Drost2:00.99q
124Tim Jones2:01.01q
135Vadim Yaroshchuk2:01.05q
146Satoshi Takeda2:01.42q
153Nick Hodgson2:01.44q
165Christophe Bordeau2:01.70q
174Rafał Szukała2:01.91
185Reinhold Leitner2:02.18
194Hiroshi Miura2:02.30
203Ross Anderson2:02.40
215Martin Herrmann2:02.61
224Ondřej Bureš2:02.93
236Jan Larsen2:03.01
245José Luis Ballester2:03.32
253Jean-Marie Arnould2:03.76
262Diogo Madeira2:03.79
263Christer Wallin2:03.79
283Khazan Singh Tokas2:03.95
292João Santos2:04.74
303Zhan Jiang2:05.22
312Ahmed Abdullah2:05.28
322Joseph Eric Buhain2:05.32
333Théophile David2:05.58
346Eduardo de Poli2:06.15
352Park Yeong-cheol2:08.57
361Emanuel Nascimento2:09.40
372Desmond Koh2:10.86
381Sultan Al-Otaibi2:12.89
391William Cleveland2:13.19
401Kristan Singleton2:19.68
1Julian Bolling
5Matjaž Kozelj

Finals

Final B

Final A