Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 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.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Scott Goodman | | 1:57.77 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | Denys Sylantyev | | 1:58.04 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | James Hickman | | 1:58.16 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Denis Pankratov | | 1:58.28 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Tom Malchow | | 1:58.69 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Péter Horváth | | 1:58.76 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Franck Esposito | | 1:58.79 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Scott Miller | | 1:58.97 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Vesa Hanski | | 1:59.73 | q, NR |
| 10 | 6 | 7 | Oliver Lampe | | 1:59.87 | q |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Konrad Gałka | | 1:59.97 | q |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Stefan Aartsen | | 2:00.04 | q |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Casey Barrett | | 2:00.28 | q |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Chris-Carol Bremer | | 2:00.48 | q |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | Attila Czene | | 2:00.50 | q |
| 16 | 4 | 3 | David Abrard | | 2:00.60 | q |
| 17 | 5 | 7 | Andrea Oriana | | 2:00.67 | |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Aleksey Kolesnikov | | 2:00.77 | |
| 19 | 6 | 6 | Danyon Loader | | 2:00.81 | |
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Takashi Yamamoto | | 2:00.87 | |
| 21 | 6 | 5 | Ray Carey | | 2:01.10 | |
| 22 | 3 | 3 | Dominik Galić | | 2:01.17 | NR |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Aleksandar Malenko | | 2:01.46 | NR |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | Nelson Mora | | 2:01.50 | |
| 25 | 3 | 4 | Diogo Madeira | | 2:01.58 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Konstantin Andriushin | | 2:01.59 | |
| 27 | 4 | 8 | Can Ergenekan | | 2:01.65 | |
| 28 | 3 | 6 | Vladan Marković | | 2:01.80 | |
| 29 | 3 | 5 | José Luis Ballester | | 2:02.69 | |
| 30 | 3 | 8 | Josef Horký | | 2:02.84 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Anthony Ang | | 2:03.01 | NR |
| 32 | 2 | 6 | Mindaugas Bružas | | 2:03.76 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Niti Intharapichai | | 2:03.88 | NR |
| 34 | 1 | 4 | Mark Kwok Kin Ming | | 2:04.01 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Lee Jung-hyung | | 2:04.53 | |
| 36 | 1 | 5 | Walter Soza | | 2:04.66 | |
| 37 | 2 | 7 | Javier Golovchenko | | 2:04.96 | |
| 38 | 2 | 3 | Dmitriy Pankov | | 2:05.36 | |
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Andrés Vasconcellos | | 2:05.98 | |
| 40 | 3 | 2 | Georgios Popotas | | 2:06.00 | |
| 41 | 6 | 8 | Thum Ping Tjin | | 2:07.00 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Aitor Osorio | | 2:12.59 | |
| 2 | 5 | Jesús González | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
