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200 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	18 – 19 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Su-yeong-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants	63 from 41 countries

In 1984 Australian Jon Sieben, swimming in lane six, had won the 200 butterfly in a big upset over West German Michael Groß. When Australia’s Duncan Armstrong won this event in Seoul in the world record time of 1:47.25, his coach, Laurie Lawrence, shouted out, “That’s right, mate! Lucky lane 6!” Armstrong’s victory was one of the biggest upsets in Seoul, as he came into the Olympics ranked 46th in the world, after ranking 25th in 1987.

There were several contenders considered before the race, but Armstrong was not among them. Sweden’s Anders Holmertz had won the 1987 Europeans, while Groß was the 1986 World Champion. Groß still held the world record, set when he won the 1984 Olympic gold medal. American Matt Biondi was formidable, but he was slightly better in the sprints. The fastest time in the prelims was set by Poland’s Artur Wojdat. In the final, Armstrong lined up next to Biondi in lane five. Armstrong swam as close to Biondi’s lane marker as he could, drafting in his wake for the first 100 metres. Biondi led at 150 with Holmertz second, but Armstrong came home the fastest for the gold medal, Holmertz in second and Biondi dropping back to bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	5	Duncan Armstrong	AUS	1:48.86 (2 h9)	–	1:47.25 (1)	Gold
2	477	Anders Holmertz	SWE	1:49.28 (1 h7)	–	1:47.89 (2)	Silver
3	548	Matt Biondi	USA	1:48.39 (2 h8)	–	1:47.99 (3)	Bronze
4	445	Artur Wojdat	POL	1:48.02 (1 h8)	–	1:48.40 (4)
5	204	Michael Groß	FRG	1:48.55 (1 h9)	–	1:48.59 (5)
6	265	Steffen Zesner	GDR	1:49.13 (4 h8)	–	1:48.77 (6)
7	555	Troy Dalbey	USA	1:48.96 (3 h9)	–	1:48.86 (7)
8	202	Thomas Fahrner	FRG	1:49.02 (3 h8)	–	1:49.19 (8)
9	357	Roberto Gleria	ITA	1:49.51 (4 h9)	1:49.28 (1)	–
10	255	Thomas Flemming	GDR	1:49.52 (5 h9)	1:50.18 (2)	–
11	25	Tom Stachewicz	AUS	1:51.02 (6 h7)	1:50.83 (3)	–
12	523	Aleksey Kuznetsov	URS	1:50.84 (4 h7)	1:51.03 (4)	–
13	129	Franz Mortensen	DEN	1:51.15 (5 h8)	1:51.44 (5)	–
14	442	Mariusz Podkościelny	POL	1:50.95 (5 h7)	1:51.63 (6)	–
15	383	Shigeo Ogata	JPN	1:51.14 (1 h6)	1:51.89 (7)	–
16	245	Paul Howe	GBR	1:51.22 (7 h7)	1:51.99 (8)	–
17	173	Stéphan Caron	FRA	1:49.66 (2 h7)	–	–		1
18	359	Giorgio Lamberti	ITA	1:50.47 (3 h7)	–	–		2
19	543	Carlos Scanavino	URU	1:51.42 (6 h8)	–	–
20	467	Alberto Bottini	SUI	1:51.45 (8 h7)	–	–
21	486	Tom Werner	SWE	1:51.96 (7 h8)	–	–
22	508	Iurie Bașcatov	URS	1:52.04 (6 h9)	–	–
23	57	Cristiano Michelena	BRA	1:52.34 (7 h9)	–	–
24	296	Patrick Dybiona	NED	1:52.67 (1 h5)	–	–
25	473	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	1:52.94 (2 h5)	–	–
26	424	Rodrigo González	MEX	1:52.99 (3 h5)	–	–
27	242	Michael Green	GBR	1:53.03 (2 h6)	–	–
=28	163	Daniel Serra	ESP	1:53.05 (=3 h6)	–	–
=28	335	Magnús Ólafsson	ISL	1:53.05 (=3 h6)	–	–
30	56	Júlio López	BRA	1:53.16 (5 h6)	–	–
31	128	Jan Larsen	DEN	1:53.61 (6 h6)	–	–
32	423	Ignacio Escamilla	MEX	1:53.63 (4 h5)	–	–
33	50	Jean-Marie Arnould	BEL	1:53.73 (7 h6)	–	–
34	322	Zoltán Szilágyi	HUN	1:53.75 (8 h6)	–	–
35	176	Ludovic Dépickère	FRA	1:53.81 (8 h8)	–	–
36	458	Sal Vassallo	PUR	1:53.82 (5 h5)	–	–
37	302	Norbert Ágh	HUN	1:54.72 (8 h9)	–	–
38	419	Yves Clausse	LUX	1:54.90 (6 h5)	–	–
39	113	Xie Jun	CHN	1:55.04 (7 h5)	–	–
40	441	René Concepcion	PHI	1:55.58 (1 h4)	–	–
41	42	Alexander Placheta	AUT	1:56.11 (2 h4)	–	–
42	602	Vaughan Smith	ZIM	1:56.13 (8 h5)	–	–
43	461	David Lim	SGP	1:56.44 (1 h3)	–	–
44	439	Eric Buhain	PHI	1:56.84 (2 h3)	–	–
45	398	Gwon Sang-Won	KOR	1:56.88 (3 h3)	–	–
46	463	Oon Jin Gee	SGP	1:57.28 (4 h3)	–	–
47	137	Moustafa Amer	EGY	1:57.50 (3 h4)	–	–
48	326	Richard Bera	INA	1:57.60 (4 h4)	–	–
49	284	Jonathan Sakovich	GUM	1:57.72 (5 h4)	–	–
50	330	Stephen Cullen	IRL	1:57.90 (6 h4)	–	–
51	285	Arthur Li	HKG	1:58.10 (5 h3)	–	–
52	498	Hakan Eskioğlu	TUR	1:58.45 (7 h4)	–	–
53	420	Jeffrey Ong	MAS	1:58.62 (8 h4)	–	–
54	399	Gwon Sun-Geun	KOR	1:58.95 (6 h3)	–	–
55	497	Wu Ming-Hsun	TPE	2:00.43 (1 h2)	–	–
56	288	Tsang Yi Ming	HKG	2:01.02 (7 h3)	–	–
57	331	Richard Gheel	IRL	2:01.73 (8 h3)	–	–
58	339	Hans Foerster	ISV	2:01.94 (2 h2)	–	–
59	342	Kristan Singleton	ISV	2:06.45 (3 h2)	–	–
60	164	Jason Chute	FIJ	2:09.05 (4 h2)	–	–
61	503	Mohamed Bin Abid	UAE	2:09.43 (5 h2)	–	–
62	504	Ahmad Faraj	UAE	2:13.21 (6 h2)	–	–
63	418	Émile Lahoud	LBN	2:16.39 (7 h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	18 September 1988 — 9:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Artur Wojdat	POL	1:48.02	Q
2	–	Matt Biondi	USA	1:48.39	Q
3	–	Michael Groß	FRG	1:48.55	Q
4	–	Duncan Armstrong	AUS	1:48.86	Q
5	–	Troy Dalbey	USA	1:48.96	Q
6	–	Thomas Fahrner	FRG	1:49.02	Q
7	–	Steffen Zesner	GDR	1:49.13	Q
8	–	Anders Holmertz	SWE	1:49.28	Q
9	–	Roberto Gleria	ITA	1:49.51	q
10	–	Thomas Flemming	GDR	1:49.52	q
11	–	Stéphan Caron	FRA	1:49.66	q
12	–	Giorgio Lamberti	ITA	1:50.47	q
13	–	Aleksey Kuznetsov	URS	1:50.84	q
14	–	Mariusz Podkościelny	POL	1:50.95	q
15	–	Tom Stachewicz	AUS	1:51.02	q
16	–	Shigeo Ogata	JPN	1:51.14	q
17	–	Franz Mortensen	DEN	1:51.15
18	–	Paul Howe	GBR	1:51.22
19	–	Carlos Scanavino	URU	1:51.42
20	–	Alberto Bottini	SUI	1:51.45
21	–	Tom Werner	SWE	1:51.96
22	–	Iurie Bașcatov	URS	1:52.04
23	–	Cristiano Michelena	BRA	1:52.34
24	–	Patrick Dybiona	NED	1:52.67
25	–	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	1:52.94
26	–	Rodrigo González	MEX	1:52.99
27	–	Michael Green	GBR	1:53.03
=28	–	Magnús Ólafsson	ISL	1:53.05
=28	–	Daniel Serra	ESP	1:53.05
30	–	Júlio López	BRA	1:53.16
31	–	Jan Larsen	DEN	1:53.61
32	–	Ignacio Escamilla	MEX	1:53.63
33	–	Jean-Marie Arnould	BEL	1:53.73
34	–	Zoltán Szilágyi	HUN	1:53.75
35	–	Ludovic Dépickère	FRA	1:53.81
36	–	Sal Vassallo	PUR	1:53.82
37	–	Norbert Ágh	HUN	1:54.72
38	–	Yves Clausse	LUX	1:54.90
39	–	Xie Jun	CHN	1:55.04
40	–	René Concepcion	PHI	1:55.58
41	–	Alexander Placheta	AUT	1:56.11
42	–	Vaughan Smith	ZIM	1:56.13
43	–	David Lim	SGP	1:56.44
44	–	Eric Buhain	PHI	1:56.84
45	–	Gwon Sang-Won	KOR	1:56.88
46	–	Oon Jin Gee	SGP	1:57.28
47	–	Moustafa Amer	EGY	1:57.50
48	–	Richard Bera	INA	1:57.60
49	–	Jonathan Sakovich	GUM	1:57.72
50	–	Stephen Cullen	IRL	1:57.90
51	–	Arthur Li	HKG	1:58.10
52	–	Hakan Eskioğlu	TUR	1:58.45
53	–	Jeffrey Ong	MAS	1:58.62
54	–	Gwon Sun-Geun	KOR	1:58.95
55	–	Wu Ming-Hsun	TPE	2:00.43
56	–	Tsang Yi Ming	HKG	2:01.02
57	–	Richard Gheel	IRL	2:01.73
58	–	Hans Foerster	ISV	2:01.94
59	–	Kristan Singleton	ISV	2:06.45
60	–	Jason Chute	FIJ	2:09.05
61	–	Mohamed Bin Abid	UAE	2:09.43
62	–	Ahmad Faraj	UAE	2:13.21
63	–	Émile Lahoud	LBN	2:16.39

Heat #1

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Wu Ming-Hsun	TPE	2:00.43	28.83 (3)	59.29 (2)	1:30.23 (1)	30.46 (2)	30.94 (1)	30.20 (1)
2	–	Hans Foerster	ISV	2:01.94	28.58 (1)	59.02 (1)	1:30.88 (2)	30.44 (1)	31.86 (2)	31.06 (2)
3	–	Kristan Singleton	ISV	2:06.45	28.81 (2)	1:00.77 (3)	1:34.33 (3)	31.96 (=4)	33.56 (3)	32.12 (3)
4	–	Jason Chute	FIJ	2:09.05	28.85 (4)	1:00.81 (4)	1:34.97 (4)	31.96 (=4)	34.16 (5)	34.08 (5)
5	–	Mohamed Bin Abid	UAE	2:09.43	29.18 (5)	1:01.07 (5)	1:35.03 (5)	31.89 (3)	33.96 (4)	34.40 (7)
6	–	Ahmad Faraj	UAE	2:13.21	30.09 (6)	1:03.42 (6)	1:39.20 (6)	33.33 (6)	35.78 (7)	34.01 (4)
7	–	Émile Lahoud	LBN	2:16.39	31.66 (7)	1:06.55 (7)	1:42.21 (7)	34.89 (7)	35.66 (6)	34.18 (6)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	David Lim	SGP	1:56.44	27.35 (4)	56.40 (4)	1:26.94 (4)	29.05 (1)	30.54 (3)	29.50 (1)
2	–	Eric Buhain	PHI	1:56.84	26.54 (1)	55.90 (2)	1:26.71 (3)	29.36 (4)	30.81 (5)	30.13 (3)
3	–	Gwon Sang-Won	KOR	1:56.88	26.66 (2)	55.87 (1)	1:25.93 (1)	29.21 (3)	30.06 (1)	30.95 (6)
4	–	Oon Jin Gee	SGP	1:57.28	26.93 (3)	56.13 (3)	1:26.37 (2)	29.20 (2)	30.24 (2)	30.91 (5)
5	–	Arthur Li	HKG	1:58.10	27.41 (5)	57.35 (5)	1:28.23 (5)	29.94 (5)	30.88 (6)	29.87 (2)
6	–	Gwon Sun-Geun	KOR	1:58.95	27.47 (6)	57.61 (6)	1:28.54 (6)	30.14 (6)	30.93 (7)	30.41 (4)
7	–	Tsang Yi Ming	HKG	2:01.02	28.47 (8)	59.24 (8)	1:30.02 (7)	30.77 (8)	30.78 (4)	31.00 (7)
8	–	Richard Gheel	IRL	2:01.73	28.22 (7)	58.86 (7)	1:30.16 (8)	30.64 (7)	31.30 (8)	31.57 (8)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	René Concepcion	PHI	1:55.58	27.26 (2)	56.25 (1)	1:25.60 (1)	28.99 (1)	29.35 (2)	29.98 (3)
2	–	Alexander Placheta	AUT	1:56.11	27.10 (1)	56.75 (2)	1:26.01 (2)	29.65 (3)	29.26 (1)	30.10 (5)
3	–	Moustafa Amer	EGY	1:57.50	27.49 (4)	57.25 (5)	1:27.27 (3)	29.76 (5)	30.02 (4)	30.23 (7)
4	–	Richard Bera	INA	1:57.60	27.44 (3)	57.16 (4)	1:27.40 (5)	29.72 (4)	30.24 (6)	30.20 (6)
5	–	Jonathan Sakovich	GUM	1:57.72	27.69 (6)	57.05 (3)	1:27.72 (6)	29.36 (2)	30.67 (7)	30.00 (4)
6	–	Stephen Cullen	IRL	1:57.90	27.86 (8)	58.13 (8)	1:28.24 (7)	30.27 (8)	30.11 (5)	29.66 (2)
7	–	Hakan Eskioğlu	TUR	1:58.45	27.65 (5)	57.63 (6)	1:27.37 (4)	29.98 (6)	29.74 (3)	31.08 (8)
8	–	Jeffrey Ong	MAS	1:58.62	27.71 (7)	57.93 (7)	1:29.00 (8)	30.22 (7)	31.07 (8)	29.62 (1)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Patrick Dybiona	NED	1:52.67	25.66 (1)	53.50 (1)	1:22.93 (1)	27.84 (1)	29.43 (5)	29.74 (6)
2	–	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	1:52.94	26.76 (6)	55.42 (6)	1:24.39 (5)	28.66 (6)	28.97 (1)	28.55 (1)
3	–	Rodrigo González	MEX	1:52.99	26.87 (7)	55.26 (4)	1:24.25 (4)	28.39 (3)	28.99 (=2)	28.74 (2)
4	–	Ignacio Escamilla	MEX	1:53.63	26.61 (4)	55.13 (3)	1:24.12 (=2)	28.52 (5)	28.99 (=2)	29.51 (4)
5	–	Sal Vassallo	PUR	1:53.82	27.07 (8)	55.48 (7)	1:24.51 (6)	28.41 (4)	29.03 (4)	29.31 (3)
6	–	Yves Clausse	LUX	1:54.90	26.73 (5)	55.64 (8)	1:25.35 (8)	28.91 (8)	29.71 (6)	29.55 (5)
7	–	Xie Jun	CHN	1:55.04	26.19 (2)	54.29 (2)	1:24.12 (=2)	28.10 (2)	29.83 (7)	30.92 (8)
8	–	Vaughan Smith	ZIM	1:56.13	26.59 (3)	55.40 (5)	1:25.24 (7)	28.81 (7)	29.84 (8)	30.89 (7)

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Shigeo Ogata	JPN	1:51.14	26.83 (3)	54.55 (1)	1:22.50 (1)	27.72 (1)	27.95 (1)	28.64 (4)	q
2	–	Michael Green	GBR	1:53.03	27.44 (8)	56.09 (8)	1:24.68 (7)	28.65 (6)	28.59 (3)	28.35 (1)
=3	–	Magnús Ólafsson	ISL	1:53.05	26.56 (1)	55.42 (3)	1:24.23 (4)	28.86 (8)	28.81 (6)	28.82 (5)
=3	–	Daniel Serra	ESP	1:53.05	27.01 (4)	55.48 (4)	1:24.44 (5)	28.47 (4)	28.96 (8)	28.61 (3)
5	–	Júlio López	BRA	1:53.16	27.15 (6)	55.83 (6)	1:24.56 (6)	28.68 (7)	28.73 (5)	28.60 (2)
6	–	Jan Larsen	DEN	1:53.61	27.06 (5)	55.51 (5)	1:23.99 (3)	28.45 (3)	28.48 (2)	29.62 (7)
7	–	Jean-Marie Arnould	BEL	1:53.73	26.70 (2)	54.95 (2)	1:23.66 (2)	28.25 (2)	28.71 (4)	30.07 (8)
8	–	Zoltán Szilágyi	HUN	1:53.75	27.34 (7)	55.96 (7)	1:24.86 (8)	28.62 (5)	28.90 (7)	28.89 (6)

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Anders Holmertz	SWE	1:49.28	25.61 (1)	53.48 (2)	1:21.78 (1)	27.87 (4)	28.30 (1)	27.50 (=1)	Q
2	–	Stéphan Caron	FRA	1:49.66	25.82 (3)	53.84 (5)	1:22.16 (5)	28.02 (7)	28.32 (2)	27.50 (=1)	q
3	–	Giorgio Lamberti	ITA	1:50.47	25.71 (2)	53.44 (1)	1:22.12 (3)	27.73 (3)	28.68 (7)	28.35 (4)	q
4	–	Aleksey Kuznetsov	URS	1:50.84	25.91 (6)	53.90 (6)	1:22.30 (6)	27.99 (6)	28.40 (4)	28.54 (6)	q
5	–	Mariusz Podkościelny	POL	1:50.95	26.04 (7)	53.69 (4)	1:22.13 (4)	27.65 (1)	28.44 (5)	28.82 (7)	q
6	–	Tom Stachewicz	AUS	1:51.02	25.84 (5)	53.52 (3)	1:21.91 (2)	27.68 (2)	28.39 (3)	29.11 (8)	q
7	–	Paul Howe	GBR	1:51.22	26.54 (8)	54.42 (8)	1:22.88 (7)	27.88 (5)	28.46 (6)	28.34 (3)
8	–	Alberto Bottini	SUI	1:51.45	25.83 (4)	54.08 (7)	1:22.94 (8)	28.25 (8)	28.86 (8)	28.51 (5)

Heat #8

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Artur Wojdat	POL	1:48.02	25.56 (4)	53.24 (4)	1:20.62 (2)	27.68 (3)	27.38 (1)	27.40 (1)	Q
2	–	Matt Biondi	USA	1:48.39	25.01 (1)	52.11 (1)	1:20.20 (1)	27.10 (1)	28.09 (4)	28.19 (4)	Q
3	–	Thomas Fahrner	FRG	1:49.02	25.85 (7)	53.70 (6)	1:21.41 (5)	27.85 (=6)	27.71 (3)	27.61 (2)	Q
4	–	Steffen Zesner	GDR	1:49.13	25.58 (5)	53.36 (5)	1:21.06 (3)	27.78 (5)	27.70 (2)	28.07 (3)	Q
5	–	Franz Mortensen	DEN	1:51.15	25.41 (2)	52.72 (2)	1:21.13 (4)	27.31 (2)	28.41 (5)	30.02 (6)
6	–	Carlos Scanavino	URU	1:51.42	26.05 (8)	53.90 (7)	1:22.43 (7)	27.85 (=6)	28.53 (7)	28.99 (5)
7	–	Tom Werner	SWE	1:51.96	25.49 (3)	53.22 (3)	1:21.74 (6)	27.73 (4)	28.52 (6)	30.22 (7)
8	–	Ludovic Dépickère	FRA	1:53.81	25.75 (6)	53.98 (8)	1:23.46 (8)	28.23 (8)	29.48 (8)	30.35 (8)

Heat #9

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Michael Groß	FRG	1:48.55	25.16 (1)	52.32 (1)	1:20.31 (1)	27.16 (1)	27.99 (3)	28.24 (4)	Q
2	–	Duncan Armstrong	AUS	1:48.86	26.08 (6)	53.60 (6)	1:21.31 (3)	27.52 (5)	27.71 (1)	27.55 (1)	Q
3	–	Troy Dalbey	USA	1:48.96	25.31 (2)	52.69 (2)	1:20.53 (2)	27.38 (2)	27.84 (2)	28.43 (5)	Q
4	–	Roberto Gleria	ITA	1:49.51	25.58 (4)	53.06 (3)	1:21.53 (5)	27.48 (=3)	28.47 (5)	27.98 (2)	q
5	–	Thomas Flemming	GDR	1:49.52	25.76 (5)	53.24 (4)	1:21.51 (4)	27.48 (=3)	28.27 (4)	28.01 (3)	q
6	–	Iurie Bașcatov	URS	1:52.04	25.45 (3)	53.49 (5)	1:22.36 (6)	28.04 (6)	28.87 (6)	29.68 (8)
7	–	Cristiano Michelena	BRA	1:52.34	26.54 (7)	54.70 (7)	1:23.75 (7)	28.16 (7)	29.05 (7)	28.59 (6)
8	–	Norbert Ágh	HUN	1:54.72	26.56 (8)	55.72 (8)	1:25.20 (8)	29.16 (8)	29.48 (8)	29.52 (7)

B Final

Date	19 September 1988 — 12:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Roberto Gleria	ITA	1:49.28	26.88 (8)	55.25 (7)	1:22.76 (2)	28.37 (3)	27.51 (1)	26.52 (1)
2	–	Thomas Flemming	GDR	1:50.18	26.74 (6)	55.16 (=5)	1:22.99 (4)	28.42 (4)	27.83 (2)	27.19 (3)
3	–	Tom Stachewicz	AUS	1:50.83	26.24 (2)	55.33 (8)	1:23.87 (7)	29.09 (8)	28.54 (7)	26.96 (2)
4	–	Aleksey Kuznetsov	URS	1:51.03	26.34 (3)	54.79 (3)	1:23.32 (5)	28.45 (5)	28.53 (6)	27.71 (4)
5	–	Franz Mortensen	DEN	1:51.44	26.19 (1)	54.69 (1)	1:22.74 (1)	28.50 (7)	28.05 (3)	28.70 (7)
6	–	Mariusz Podkościelny	POL	1:51.63	26.63 (4)	54.77 (2)	1:22.92 (3)	28.14 (1)	28.15 (4)	28.71 (8)
7	–	Shigeo Ogata	JPN	1:51.89	26.87 (7)	55.11 (4)	1:23.62 (6)	28.24 (2)	28.51 (5)	28.27 (6)
8	–	Paul Howe	GBR	1:51.99	26.67 (5)	55.16 (=5)	1:24.05 (8)	28.49 (6)	28.89 (8)	27.94 (5)

Final Round

Date	19 September 1988 — 12:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Duncan Armstrong	AUS	1:47.25	25.46 (3)	53.02 (3)	1:20.05 (3)	27.56 (3)	27.03 (1)	27.20 (1)	WR
2	–	Anders Holmertz	SWE	1:47.89	25.16 (2)	52.21 (1)	1:20.03 (2)	27.05 (1)	27.82 (6)	27.86 (6)
3	–	Matt Biondi	USA	1:47.99	24.98 (1)	52.25 (2)	1:19.62 (1)	27.27 (2)	27.37 (3)	28.37 (8)
4	–	Artur Wojdat	POL	1:48.40	25.66 (7)	53.58 (7)	1:20.80 (4)	27.92 (6)	27.22 (2)	27.60 (4)
5	–	Michael Groß	FRG	1:48.59	25.65 (6)	53.36 (4)	1:20.88 (5)	27.71 (4)	27.52 (5)	27.71 (5)
6	–	Steffen Zesner	GDR	1:48.77	25.59 (5)	53.37 (5)	1:21.33 (7)	27.78 (5)	27.96 (7)	27.44 (3)
7	–	Troy Dalbey	USA	1:48.86	25.56 (4)	53.50 (6)	1:20.99 (6)	27.94 (7)	27.49 (4)	27.87 (7)
8	–	Thomas Fahrner	FRG	1:49.19	25.75 (8)	53.71 (8)	1:21.89 (8)	27.96 (8)	28.18 (8)	27.30 (2)