Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke


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.

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Károly Güttler2:13.89Q
254Andrey Korneyev2:14.11Q
355Kurt Grote2:14.63Q
435Norbert Rózsa2:14.66Q
536Nick Gillingham2:14.96Q
643Phil Rogers2:14.97Q
752Marek Krawczyk2:15.17Q
856Eric Wunderlich2:15.18Q
942Jean-Christophe Sarnin2:15.27q
1033Ryan Mitchell2:15.31q
1134Akira Hayashi2:15.37q
1253Andrey Ivanov2:15.56q
1337Joaquín Fernández2:16.05q
1457Jonathan Cleveland2:16.08q
1545Frédérik Deburghgraeve2:16.10q,
1638Mario González2:16.15q
1725Valērijs Kalmikovs2:17.07q, NR
1831Daniel Málek2:17.08
1928José Couto2:17.28NR
2041Ratapong Sirisanont2:17.32
2126Aliaksandr Hukau2:17.49
2251Dmytro Ivanusa2:17.54
2348Stéphan Perrot2:18.58
2432Wang Yiwu2:19.13
2523Elvin Chia2:20.39
2647Børge Mørk2:20.42
2748Vadim Alexeev2:20.47
2822Christophe Verdino2:20.77
2924Vadim Tatarov2:21.34
3015Roberto Bonilla2:21.86
3121Todd Torres2:22.66
3227Nerijus Beiga2:23.40
3314Francisco Suriano2:25.57
3413Huang Chih-yung2:25.96
16Desmond Koh
58Paul Kent

Finals

Final B

Final A