Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
Appearance
Men's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 22 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:56.51 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
1:55.22 | Canet-en-Roussillon, France | 14 June 1995 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
1:56.26 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 1992 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 1 | Attila Czene | ![]() |
1:58.99 | |
10 | 4 | Vesa Hanski | ![]() |
1:59.64 | NR |
11 | 2 | Casey Barrett | ![]() |
1:59.72 | |
12 | 5 | Oliver Lampe | ![]() |
2:00.08 | |
13 | 6 | Stefan Aartsen | ![]() |
2:00.41 | |
14 | 3 | Konrad Gałka | ![]() |
2:00.91 | |
15 | 8 | David Abrard | ![]() |
2:01.25 | |
16 | 7 | Chris-Carol Bremer | ![]() |
2:01.62 |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Denis Pankratov | ![]() |
1:56.51 | |
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2 | Tom Malchow | ![]() |
1:57.44 | |
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4 | Scott Goodman | ![]() |
1:57.48 | |
4 | 1 | Franck Esposito | ![]() |
1:58.10 | NR |
5 | 8 | Scott Miller | ![]() |
1:58.28 | |
6 | 5 | Denys Sylantyev | ![]() |
1:58.37 | |
7 | 3 | James Hickman | ![]() |
1:58.47 | |
8 | 7 | Péter Horváth | ![]() |
1:59.12 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 11 September 2017.