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200 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date	29 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	54 from 41 countries

Mike Barrowman (USA) was the overwhelming favorite in this event and won as expected. He had dominated the event since Seoul, where had had placed fourth in the 200 breast, but he had since won the 1991 Worlds and Pan Pacs, and set five world records.

In the Barcelona final, Barrowman again broke his world record, finishing in 2:10.16 to win gold, as he was in control from start-to-finish and won comfortably. He was followed by Hungarian Norbert Rózsa, also second in the 100 breast in Barcelona, and Britain’s Nick Gillingham, as the podium was exactly as it had been at the 1991 Worlds. Gillingham had won silver in the event in 1988, and had also broken a world record in the 200 since Seoul, but that had then been bettered by Barrowman five times.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	601	Mike Barrowman	USA	2:11.48 (1 h7)	–	2:10.16 (1)	Gold
2	335	Norbert Rózsa	HUN	2:12.95 (2 h7)	–	2:11.23 (2)	Silver
3	246	Nick Gillingham	GBR	2:13.42 (1 h6)	–	2:11.29 (3)	Bronze
4	152	Sergio López	ESP	2:14.68 (2 h6)	–	2:13.29 (4)
5	332	Károly Güttler	HUN	2:14.31 (1 h5)	–	2:13.32 (5)
6	36	Phil Rogers	AUS	2:14.39 (3 h5)	–	2:13.59 (6)
7	403	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	2:14.35 (2 h5)	–	2:14.70 (7)
8	382	Akira Hayashi	JPN	2:14.61 (3 h7)	–	2:15.11 (8)
9	21	Rodney Lawson	AUS	2:15.67 (6 h5)	2:15.50 (1)	–
=10	147	Joaquín Fernández	ESP	2:14.93 (4 h5)	2:15.52 (=2)	–
=10	235	Stéphane Vossart	FRA	2:15.11 (4 h7)	2:15.52 (=2)	–
12	629	Roque Santos	USA	2:14.71 (3 h6)	2:15.73 (4)	–
13	578	Radek Beinhauer	TCH	2:16.26 (4 h6)	2:16.07 (5)	–
14	83	Jon Cleveland	CAN	2:15.68 (5 h7)	2:16.20 (6)	–
15	422	Javier Careaga	MEX	2:15.59 (5 h5)	2:16.55 (7)	–
16	371	Francesco Postiglione	ITA	2:15.97 (7 h5)	2:16.92 (8)	–
17	359	Andrea Cecchi	ITA	2:16.38 (6 h7)	–	–
18	127	Mario González	CUB	2:16.45 (5 h6)	–	–
19	50	Fred Deburghgraeve	BEL	2:16.93 (6 h6)	–	–
20	344	Gary O'Toole	IRL	2:17.66 (7 h6)	–	–
21	214	Christophe Bourdon	FRA	2:17.68 (7 h7)	–	–
22	208	Petri Suominen	FIN	2:18.01 (1 h4)	–	–
23	95	Michael Mason	CAN	2:18.64 (8 h5)	–	–
24	8	Pablo Minelli	ARG	2:18.70 (2 h4)	–	–
25	502	Alexandre Yokochi	POR	2:18.97 (3 h4)	–	–
26	457	Børge Mørk	NOR	2:19.11 (4 h4)	–	–
27	204	Petteri Lehtinen	FIN	2:20.27 (1 h3)	–	–
28	476	Patrick Concepcion	PHI	2:20.33 (2 h3)	–	–
29	284	Christian Poswiat	GER	2:20.80 (5 h4)	–	–
30	599	Gustavo Gorriarán	URU	2:21.25 (6 h4)	–	–
31	416	Nerijus Beiga	LTU	2:21.65 (8 h7)	–	–
32	535	Desmond Koh	SGP	2:21.87 (3 h3)	–	–
33	520	Kenneth Cawood	RSA	2:21.88 (4 h3)	–	–
34	470	Ricardo Torres	PAN	2:21.93 (7 h4)	–	–
35	248	Jason Hender	GBR	2:23.10 (8 h6)	–	–
36	429	Christophe Verdino	MON	2:23.33 (5 h3)	–	–
37	318	Andrew Rutherford	HKG	2:24.29 (1 h2)	–	–
38	191	Aleksandr Savitsky	EUN	2:24.58 (8 h4)	–	–
39	55	Chris Flook	BER	2:24.85 (2 h2)	–	–
40	441	Jörg Lindemeier	NAM	2:24.88 (3 h2)	–	–
41	526	Clifford Lyne	RSA	2:25.66 (6 h3)	–	–
42	2	Abderzak Bella	ALG	2:26.35 (4 h2)	–	–
43	302	Roberto Bonilla	GUA	2:28.97 (5 h2)	–	–
44	314	Chi Jia Han	HKG	2:30.74 (1 h1)	–	–
45	433	Bernard Desmarais	MRI	2:31.52 (2 h1)	–	–
46	307	Glenn Diaz	GUM	2:34.65 (6 h2)	–	–
47	549	Danilo Zavoli	SMR	2:34.87 (3 h1)	–	–
48	413	Sultan Al-Otaibi	KUW	2:35.54 (7 h3)	–	–
49	411	Ayman Al-Enazy	KUW	2:39.12 (7 h2)	–	–
50	196	Foy Gordon Chung	FIJ	2:41.10 (4 h1)	–	–
51	594	Obaid Al-Rumaithi	UAE	2:44.61 (5 h1)	–	–
52	46	Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman	BAN	2:51.21 (6 h1)	–	–
DQ	508	Todd Torres	PUR	– (DQ h3)	–	–
DQ	533	Kenny Roberts	SEY	– (DQ h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	29 July 1992 — 11:30
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Mike Barrowman	USA	2:11.48	QOR
2	5	Norbert Rózsa	HUN	2:12.95	Q
3	4	Nick Gillingham	GBR	2:13.42	Q
4	4	Károly Güttler	HUN	2:14.31	Q
5	2	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	2:14.35	Q
6	3	Phil Rogers	AUS	2:14.39	Q
7	6	Akira Hayashi	JPN	2:14.61	Q
8	3	Sergio López	ESP	2:14.68	Q
9	5	Roque Santos	USA	2:14.71	q
10	5	Joaquín Fernández	ESP	2:14.93	q
11	7	Stéphane Vossart	FRA	2:15.11	q
12	8	Javier Careaga	MEX	2:15.59	q
13	7	Rodney Lawson	AUS	2:15.67	q
14	3	Jon Cleveland	CAN	2:15.68	q
15	1	Francesco Postiglione	ITA	2:15.97	q
16	2	Radek Beinhauer	TCH	2:16.26	q
17	1	Andrea Cecchi	ITA	2:16.38
18	6	Mario González	CUB	2:16.45
19	8	Fred Deburghgraeve	BEL	2:16.93
20	7	Gary O'Toole	IRL	2:17.66
21	2	Christophe Bourdon	FRA	2:17.68
22	5	Petri Suominen	FIN	2:18.01
23	6	Michael Mason	CAN	2:18.64
24	4	Pablo Minelli	ARG	2:18.70
25	8	Alexandre Yokochi	POR	2:18.97
26	2	Børge Mørk	NOR	2:19.11
27	4	Petteri Lehtinen	FIN	2:20.27
28	5	Patrick Concepcion	PHI	2:20.33
29	6	Christian Poswiat	GER	2:20.80
30	7	Gustavo Gorriarán	URU	2:21.25
31	8	Nerijus Beiga	LTU	2:21.65
32	7	Desmond Koh	SGP	2:21.87
33	3	Kenneth Cawood	RSA	2:21.88
34	3	Ricardo Torres	PAN	2:21.93
35	1	Jason Hender	GBR	2:23.10
36	2	Christophe Verdino	MON	2:23.33
37	1	Andrew Rutherford	HKG	2:24.29
38	1	Aleksandr Savitsky	EUN	2:24.58
39	7	Chris Flook	BER	2:24.85
40	3	Jörg Lindemeier	NAM	2:24.88
41	6	Clifford Lyne	RSA	2:25.66
42	5	Abderzak Bella	ALG	2:26.35
43	4	Roberto Bonilla	GUA	2:28.97
44	6	Chi Jia Han	HKG	2:30.74
45	5	Bernard Desmarais	MRI	2:31.52
46	1	Glenn Diaz	GUM	2:34.65
47	4	Danilo Zavoli	SMR	2:34.87
48	8	Sultan Al-Otaibi	KUW	2:35.54
49	2	Ayman Al-Enazy	KUW	2:39.12
50	2	Foy Gordon Chung	FIJ	2:41.10
51	7	Obaid Al-Rumaithi	UAE	2:44.61
52	3	Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman	BAN	2:51.21
DQ	1	Kenny Roberts	SEY	–
DQ	1	Todd Torres	PUR	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Chi Jia Han	HKG	2:30.74	35.56 (3)	1:14.00 (3)	1:52.46 (2)	38.44 (1)	38.46 (1)	38.28 (1)
2	5	Bernard Desmarais	MRI	2:31.52	33.76 (1)	1:13.21 (1)	1:52.19 (1)	39.45 (3)	38.98 (2)	39.33 (2)
3	4	Danilo Zavoli	SMR	2:34.87	34.51 (2)	1:13.76 (2)	1:53.73 (3)	39.25 (2)	39.97 (3)	41.14 (3)
4	2	Foy Gordon Chung	FIJ	2:41.10	36.90 (5)	1:17.98 (4)	1:59.12 (4)	41.08 (4)	41.14 (4)	41.98 (4)
5	7	Obaid Al-Rumaithi	UAE	2:44.61	35.91 (4)	1:17.99 (5)	2:00.65 (5)	42.08 (5)	42.66 (5)	43.96 (5)
6	3	Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman	BAN	2:51.21	38.30 (6)	1:21.85 (6)	2:06.71 (6)	43.55 (6)	44.86 (6)	44.50 (6)
DQ	1	Kenny Roberts	SEY	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	1	Andrew Rutherford	HKG	2:24.29	32.44 (2)	1:09.17 (1)	1:46.89 (1)	36.73 (1)	37.72 (4)	37.40 (2)
2	7	Chris Flook	BER	2:24.85	32.95 (5)	1:10.67 (5)	1:48.06 (4)	37.72 (4)	37.39 (2)	36.79 (1)
3	3	Jörg Lindemeier	NAM	2:24.88	32.35 (1)	1:09.74 (2)	1:47.22 (3)	37.39 (3)	37.48 (3)	37.66 (3)
4	5	Abderzak Bella	ALG	2:26.35	32.92 (4)	1:10.16 (3)	1:47.13 (2)	37.24 (2)	36.97 (1)	39.22 (4)
5	4	Roberto Bonilla	GUA	2:28.97	32.64 (3)	1:10.39 (4)	1:48.98 (5)	37.75 (5)	38.59 (5)	39.99 (5)
6	1	Glenn Diaz	GUM	2:34.65	33.99 (6)	1:13.59 (6)	1:53.58 (6)	39.60 (6)	39.99 (6)	41.07 (6)
7	2	Ayman Al-Enazy	KUW	2:39.12	36.25 (7)	1:17.08 (7)	1:57.99 (7)	40.83 (7)	40.91 (7)	41.13 (7)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Petteri Lehtinen	FIN	2:20.27	31.99 (2)	1:07.38 (2)	1:43.22 (2)	35.39 (1)	35.84 (2)	37.05 (2)
2	5	Patrick Concepcion	PHI	2:20.33	32.21 (3)	1:07.73 (3)	1:43.08 (1)	35.52 (3)	35.35 (1)	37.25 (3)
3	7	Desmond Koh	SGP	2:21.87	32.86 (5)	1:09.16 (5)	1:45.20 (4)	36.30 (5)	36.04 (3)	36.67 (1)
4	3	Kenneth Cawood	RSA	2:21.88	31.74 (1)	1:07.25 (1)	1:43.73 (3)	35.51 (2)	36.48 (4)	38.15 (5)
5	2	Christophe Verdino	MON	2:23.33	32.70 (4)	1:08.59 (4)	1:45.23 (5)	35.89 (4)	36.64 (5)	38.10 (4)
6	6	Clifford Lyne	RSA	2:25.66	33.22 (6)	1:09.60 (6)	1:46.88 (6)	36.38 (6)	37.28 (6)	38.78 (6)
7	8	Sultan Al-Otaibi	KUW	2:35.54	34.73 (7)	1:14.83 (7)	1:54.64 (7)	40.10 (7)	39.81 (7)	40.90 (7)
DQ	1	Todd Torres	PUR	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Petri Suominen	FIN	2:18.01	31.59 (3)	1:07.40 (4)	1:42.53 (3)	35.81 (6)	35.13 (1)	35.48 (1)
2	4	Pablo Minelli	ARG	2:18.70	31.67 (4)	1:06.49 (2)	1:42.13 (2)	34.82 (2)	35.64 (3)	36.57 (3)
3	8	Alexandre Yokochi	POR	2:18.97	31.84 (5)	1:07.73 (6)	1:43.32 (5)	35.89 (7)	35.59 (2)	35.65 (2)
4	2	Børge Mørk	NOR	2:19.11	30.82 (1)	1:05.30 (1)	1:41.46 (1)	34.48 (1)	36.16 (6)	37.65 (6)
5	6	Christian Poswiat	GER	2:20.80	32.08 (6)	1:07.51 (5)	1:43.49 (6)	35.43 (4)	35.98 (4)	37.31 (4)
6	7	Gustavo Gorriarán	URU	2:21.25	32.38 (8)	1:07.93 (7)	1:43.92 (7)	35.55 (5)	35.99 (5)	37.33 (5)
7	3	Ricardo Torres	PAN	2:21.93	31.34 (2)	1:06.69 (3)	1:43.07 (4)	35.35 (3)	36.38 (7)	38.86 (8)
8	1	Aleksandr Savitsky	EUN	2:24.58	32.24 (7)	1:08.64 (8)	1:45.85 (8)	36.40 (8)	37.21 (8)	38.73 (7)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Károly Güttler	HUN	2:14.31	30.04 (1)	1:04.28 (1)	1:38.66 (1)	34.24 (3)	34.38 (2)	35.65 (5)	Q
2	2	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	2:14.35	31.13 (7)	1:05.44 (7)	1:39.92 (6)	34.31 (4)	34.48 (4)	34.43 (1)	Q
3	3	Phil Rogers	AUS	2:14.39	30.79 (5)	1:04.64 (2)	1:39.16 (2)	33.85 (1)	34.52 (5)	35.23 (3)	Q
4	5	Joaquín Fernández	ESP	2:14.93	30.65 (3)	1:05.10 (5)	1:39.55 (4)	34.45 (5)	34.45 (3)	35.38 (4)	q
5	8	Javier Careaga	MEX	2:15.59	30.84 (6)	1:05.35 (6)	1:39.51 (3)	34.51 (6)	34.16 (1)	36.08 (6)	q
6	7	Rodney Lawson	AUS	2:15.67	30.75 (4)	1:04.93 (3)	1:39.57 (5)	34.18 (2)	34.64 (6)	36.10 (7)	q
7	1	Francesco Postiglione	ITA	2:15.97	31.26 (8)	1:06.17 (8)	1:41.09 (7)	34.91 (8)	34.92 (7)	34.88 (2)	q
8	6	Michael Mason	CAN	2:18.64	30.44 (2)	1:05.09 (4)	1:41.15 (8)	34.65 (7)	36.06 (8)	37.49 (8)

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Nick Gillingham	GBR	2:13.42	31.01 (6)	1:05.39 (4)	1:39.33 (2)	34.38 (3)	33.94 (2)	34.09 (1)	Q
2	3	Sergio López	ESP	2:14.68	30.97 (3)	1:04.76 (1)	1:39.54 (3)	33.79 (1)	34.78 (4)	35.14 (2)	Q
3	5	Roque Santos	USA	2:14.71	30.98 (4)	1:05.15 (2)	1:38.95 (1)	34.17 (2)	33.80 (1)	35.76 (5)	q
4	2	Radek Beinhauer	TCH	2:16.26	30.73 (2)	1:05.23 (3)	1:40.10 (4)	34.50 (4)	34.87 (5)	36.16 (6)	q
5	6	Mario González	CUB	2:16.45	31.83 (8)	1:06.91 (8)	1:40.91 (5)	35.08 (6)	34.00 (3)	35.54 (4)
6	8	Fred Deburghgraeve	BEL	2:16.93	30.99 (5)	1:06.40 (7)	1:41.47 (7)	35.41 (8)	35.07 (7)	35.46 (3)
7	7	Gary O'Toole	IRL	2:17.66	31.53 (7)	1:06.15 (6)	1:41.10 (6)	34.62 (5)	34.95 (6)	36.56 (7)
8	1	Jason Hender	GBR	2:23.10	30.29 (1)	1:05.44 (5)	1:42.71 (8)	35.15 (7)	37.27 (8)	40.39 (8)

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Mike Barrowman	USA	2:11.48	30.35 (1)	1:04.14 (2)	1:37.66 (1)	33.79 (2)	33.52 (1)	33.82 (1)	QOR
2	5	Norbert Rózsa	HUN	2:12.95	30.41 (2)	1:04.09 (1)	1:37.89 (2)	33.68 (1)	33.80 (2)	35.06 (4)	Q
3	6	Akira Hayashi	JPN	2:14.61	30.93 (5)	1:05.38 (5)	1:40.38 (5)	34.45 (5)	35.00 (5)	34.23 (2)	Q
4	7	Stéphane Vossart	FRA	2:15.11	31.02 (6)	1:05.46 (6)	1:40.18 (4)	34.44 (4)	34.72 (4)	34.93 (3)	q
5	3	Jon Cleveland	CAN	2:15.68	30.76 (4)	1:04.73 (3)	1:38.92 (3)	33.97 (3)	34.19 (3)	36.76 (7)	q
6	1	Andrea Cecchi	ITA	2:16.38	30.57 (3)	1:05.25 (4)	1:40.49 (6)	34.68 (=6)	35.24 (6)	35.89 (5)
7	2	Christophe Bourdon	FRA	2:17.68	31.29 (8)	1:05.97 (7)	1:41.26 (7)	34.68 (=6)	35.29 (7)	36.42 (6)
8	8	Nerijus Beiga	LTU	2:21.65	31.23 (7)	1:06.80 (8)	1:43.21 (8)	35.57 (8)	36.41 (8)	38.44 (8)

B Final

Date	29 July 1992 — 19:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	2	Rodney Lawson	AUS	2:15.50	31.49 (4)	1:06.18 (3)	1:40.90 (1)	34.69 (3)	34.72 (2)	34.60 (6)
=2	5	Joaquín Fernández	ESP	2:15.52	31.43 (2)	1:06.16 (2)	1:40.94 (2)	34.73 (4)	34.78 (3)	34.58 (5)
=2	3	Stéphane Vossart	FRA	2:15.52	31.13 (1)	1:05.44 (1)	1:41.19 (4)	34.31 (1)	35.75 (8)	34.33 (2)
4	4	Roque Santos	USA	2:15.73	31.94 (8)	1:06.59 (4)	1:41.08 (3)	34.65 (2)	34.49 (1)	34.65 (7)
5	8	Radek Beinhauer	TCH	2:16.07	31.50 (5)	1:06.63 (=5)	1:42.05 (6)	35.13 (7)	35.42 (7)	34.02 (1)
6	7	Jon Cleveland	CAN	2:16.20	31.47 (3)	1:06.63 (=5)	1:41.72 (5)	35.16 (8)	35.09 (4)	34.48 (4)
7	6	Javier Careaga	MEX	2:16.55	31.91 (7)	1:06.96 (8)	1:42.08 (7)	35.05 (=5)	35.12 (5)	34.47 (3)
8	1	Francesco Postiglione	ITA	2:16.92	31.86 (6)	1:06.91 (7)	1:42.15 (8)	35.05 (=5)	35.24 (6)	34.77 (8)

Final Round

Date	29 July 1992 — 19:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Mike Barrowman	USA	2:10.16	30.43 (1)	1:03.91 (1)	1:37.12 (1)	33.48 (1)	33.21 (1)	33.04 (1)	WR
2	5	Norbert Rózsa	HUN	2:11.23	30.69 (3)	1:04.45 (3)	1:37.87 (3)	33.76 (3)	33.42 (2)	33.36 (2)
3	3	Nick Gillingham	GBR	2:11.29	30.57 (2)	1:04.10 (2)	1:37.69 (2)	33.53 (2)	33.59 (3)	33.60 (3)
4	8	Sergio López	ESP	2:13.29	30.92 (4)	1:04.95 (4)	1:39.24 (4)	34.03 (4)	34.29 (5)	34.05 (6)
5	6	Károly Güttler	HUN	2:13.32	31.06 (7)	1:05.11 (6)	1:39.53 (5)	34.05 (5)	34.42 (6)	33.79 (4)
6	7	Phil Rogers	AUS	2:13.59	30.95 (5)	1:05.50 (7)	1:39.61 (6)	34.55 (8)	34.11 (4)	33.98 (5)
7	2	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	2:14.70	31.14 (8)	1:05.63 (8)	1:40.55 (8)	34.49 (7)	34.92 (7)	34.15 (7)
8	1	Akira Hayashi	JPN	2:15.11	31.00 (6)	1:05.07 (5)	1:40.05 (7)	34.07 (6)	34.98 (8)	35.06 (8)