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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date24 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationSu-yeong-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants40 from 29 countries

Michael Groß had dominated the 200 fly since 1981, losing only one big race, and that was the 1984 Olympics in which he silvered behind Australian Jon Sieben. But Seoul had been a struggle for him before this race, as he had finished fifth in both the 200 free and 100 fly, events he had won in Los Angeles. In the final, he made certain that streak would end. He took the lead on the first lap and kept opening it up, eventually winning by over a second from Denmark’s Benny Nielsen, who was only fourth at 150 but came on strong for silver. New Zealand’s Anthony Mosse had been second to Groß at 150, but fell back slightly, stilling winning a bronze medal. This was the final individual Olympic event for Michael Groß. He ended his Olympic career with six medals and three Olympic gold medals.

PosSwimmerNOCR1B FinalFinal
1Michael GroßFRG1:58.09 (1 h6)1:56.94 (1)Gold
2Benny NielsenDEN1:59.26 (2 h5)1:58.24 (2)Silver
3Anthony MosseNZL1:58.71 (1 h4)1:58.28 (3)Bronze
4Tom PontingCAN2:00.08 (3 h4)1:58.91 (4)
5Mel StewartUSA1:59.78 (2 h6)1:59.19 (5)
6David WilsonAUS1:59.02 (1 h5)1:59.20 (6)
7Jon KellyCAN1:59.40 (2 h4)1:59.48 (7)
8Anthony NestySUR2:00.17 (3 h6)2:00.80 (8)
9Mark DeanUSA2:00.86 (4 h6)2:00.26 (1)
10Tim JonesGBR2:01.01 (5 h4)2:00.32 (2)
11Vadim YaroshchukURS2:01.05 (3 h5)2:00.34 (3)
12Nick HodgsonGBR2:01.44 (1 h3)2:01.09 (4)
13Christophe BordeauFRA2:01.70 (4 h5)2:01.46 (5)
14Frank DrostNED2:00.99 (5 h6)2:01.59 (6)
15Satoshi TakedaJPN2:01.42 (6 h6)2:02.18 (7)
16Martin RobertsAUS2:00.32 (4 h4)2:04.28 (8)
17Rafał SzukałaPOL2:01.91 (6 h4)
18Reinhold LeitnerAUT2:02.18 (5 h5)
19Hiroshi MiuraJPN2:02.30 (7 h4)
20Ross AndersonNZL2:02.40 (2 h3)
21Martin HerrmannFRG2:02.61 (6 h5)
22Ondřej BurešTCH2:02.93 (8 h4)
23Jan LarsenDEN2:03.01 (7 h6)
24José Luis BallesterESP2:03.32 (7 h5)
25Jean-Marie ArnouldBEL2:03.76 (3 h3)
=26Diogo MadeiraPOR2:03.79 (1 h2)
=26Christer WallinSWE2:03.79 (4 h3)
28Khazan Singh TokasIND2:03.95 (5 h3)
29João SantosPOR2:04.74 (2 h2)
30Zhan JiangCHN2:05.22 (6 h3)
31Ahmed GhanimEGY2:05.28 (3 h2)
32Eric BuhainPHI2:05.32 (4 h2)
33Théophile DavidSUI2:05.58 (7 h3)
34Eduardo PoliBRA2:06.15 (8 h6)
35Park Yeong-CheolKOR2:08.57 (5 h2)
36Emanuel FortesBRA2:09.40 (1 h1)
37Desmond KohSGP2:10.86 (6 h2)
38Sultan Al-OtaibiKUW2:12.89 (2 h1)
39William ClevelandISV2:13.19 (3 h1)
40Kristan SingletonISV2:19.68 (4 h1)
DNSJulian BollingSRI– (DNS h1)
DNSMatjaž KozeljYUG– (DNS h5)

Round One (24 September 1988 — 10:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Heat One

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Emanuel FortesBRA2:09.40
25Sultan Al-OtaibiKUW2:12.89
33William ClevelandISV2:13.19
46Kristan SingletonISV2:19.68
DNS2Julian BollingSRI

Heat Two

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
12Diogo MadeiraPOR2:03.79
24João SantosPOR2:04.74
36Ahmed GhanimEGY2:05.28
43Eric BuhainPHI2:05.32
51Park Yeong-CheolKOR2:08.57
68Desmond KohSGP2:10.86

Heat Three

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Nick HodgsonGBR2:01.44q
22Ross AndersonNZL2:02.40
35Jean-Marie ArnouldBEL2:03.76
46Christer WallinSWE2:03.79
53Khazan Singh TokasIND2:03.95
67Zhan JiangCHN2:05.22
78Théophile DavidSUI2:05.58

Heat Four

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
15Anthony MosseNZL1:58.71Q
23Jon KellyCAN1:59.40Q
34Tom PontingCAN2:00.08Q
46Martin RobertsAUS2:00.32q
58Tim JonesGBR2:01.01q
62Rafał SzukałaPOL2:01.91
77Hiroshi MiuraJPN2:02.30
81Ondřej BurešTCH2:02.93

Heat Five

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
15David WilsonAUS1:59.02Q
24Benny NielsenDEN1:59.26Q
33Vadim YaroshchukURS2:01.05q
47Christophe BordeauFRA2:01.70q
52Reinhold LeitnerAUT2:02.18
61Martin HerrmannFRG2:02.61
76José Luis BallesterESP2:03.32
DNS8Matjaž KozeljYUG

Heat Six

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Michael GroßFRG1:58.09Q
25Mel StewartUSA1:59.78Q
36Anthony NestySUR2:00.17Q
43Mark DeanUSA2:00.86q
52Frank DrostNED2:00.99q
67Satoshi TakedaJPN2:01.42q
71Jan LarsenDEN2:03.01
88Eduardo PoliBRA2:06.15

B Final (24 September 1988 — 20:00)

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
15Mark DeanUSA2:00.26
26Tim JonesGBR2:00.32
32Vadim YaroshchukURS2:00.34
41Nick HodgsonGBR2:01.09
58Christophe BordeauFRA2:01.46
63Frank DrostNED2:01.59
77Satoshi TakedaJPN2:02.18
84Martin RobertsAUS2:04.28

Final (24 September 1988 — 20:00)

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Michael GroßFRG1:56.94OR
26Benny NielsenDEN1:58.24
35Anthony MosseNZL1:58.28
41Tom PontingCAN1:58.91
57Mel StewartUSA1:59.19
63David WilsonAUS1:59.20
72Jon KellyCAN1:59.48
88Anthony NestySUR2:00.80