Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 29 July | Heat 7 | Mike Barrowman | | 2:11.40 | |
| 29 July | Final A | Mike Barrowman | | 2:10.16 | |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Mike Barrowman | | 2:11.48 | Q, |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | Norbert Rózsa | | 2:12.95 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Nick Gillingham | | 2:13.42 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Károly Güttler | | 2:14.31 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Kenji Watanabe | | 2:14.35 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Phil Rogers | | 2:14.39 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 6 | Akira Hayashi | | 2:14.61 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Sergio López Miró | | 2:14.68 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Roque Santos | | 2:14.71 | q |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Joaquín Fernández | | 2:14.93 | q |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | Stéphane Vossart | | 2:15.11 | q |
| 12 | 5 | 8 | Javier Careaga | | 2:15.59 | q, NR |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Rodney Lawson | | 2:15.67 | q |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Jonathan Cleveland | | 2:15.68 | q |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Francesco Postiglione | | 2:15.97 | q |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Radek Beinhauer | | 2:16.26 | q |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Andrea Cecchi | | 2:16.38 | |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | Mario González | | 2:16.45 | |
| 19 | 6 | 8 | Frédérik Deburghgraeve | | 2:16.93 | |
| 20 | 6 | 7 | Gary O'Toole | | 2:17.66 | |
| 21 | 7 | 2 | Christophe Bourdon | | 2:17.68 | |
| 22 | 4 | 5 | Petri Suominen | | 2:18.01 | |
| 23 | 5 | 6 | Michael Mason | | 2:18.64 | |
| 24 | 4 | 4 | Pablo Minelli | | 2:18.70 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Alexandre Yokochi | | 2:18.97 | |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Børge Mørk | | 2:19.11 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | Petteri Lehtinen | | 2:20.27 | |
| 28 | 3 | 5 | Patrick Concepcion | | 2:20.33 | |
| 29 | 4 | 6 | Christian Poswiat | | 2:20.80 | |
| 30 | 4 | 7 | Gustavo Gorriarán | | 2:21.25 | |
| 31 | 7 | 8 | Nerijus Beiga | | 2:21.65 | |
| 32 | 3 | 7 | Desmond Koh | | 2:21.87 | |
| 33 | 3 | 3 | Kenneth Cawood | | 2:21.88 | |
| 34 | 4 | 3 | Ricardo Torres | | 2:21.93 | |
| 35 | 6 | 1 | Jason Hender | | 2:23.10 | |
| 36 | 3 | 2 | Christophe Verdino | | 2:23.33 | NR |
| 37 | 2 | 6 | Andrew Rutherfurd | | 2:24.29 | |
| 38 | 4 | 1 | Aleksandr Savitsky | | 2:24.58 | |
| 39 | 2 | 7 | Chris Flook | | 2:24.85 | |
| 40 | 2 | 3 | Jörg Lindemeier | | 2:24.88 | |
| 41 | 3 | 6 | Clifford Lyne | | 2:25.66 | |
| 42 | 2 | 5 | Abderzak Bella | | 2:26.35 | |
| 43 | 2 | 4 | Roberto Bonilla | | 2:28.97 | |
| 44 | 1 | 6 | Chi Jia Han | | 2:30.74 | |
| 45 | 1 | 5 | Bernard Desmarais | | 2:31.52 | |
| 46 | 2 | 1 | Glenn Diaz | | 2:34.65 | |
| 47 | 1 | 4 | Danilo Zavoli | | 2:34.87 | |
| 48 | 3 | 8 | Sultan Al-Otaibi | | 2:35.54 | |
| 49 | 2 | 2 | Ayman Al-Enazy | | 2:39.12 | |
| 50 | 1 | 2 | Foy Gordon Chung | | 2:41.10 | |
| 51 | 1 | 7 | Obaid Al-Rumaithi | | 2:44.61 | |
| 52 | 1 | 3 | Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman | | 2:51.21 | |
| 1 | 1 | Kenny Roberts | | | |
| 3 | 1 | Todd Torres | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
