Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
Introduction The '''men's 200 metre butterfly''' event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.The following records were established during the competition: Date  Round  Name  Nation  Time  Record24 September  Final A  Michael Gross    1:56.94
Results ===Heats===Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). Rank  Heat  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  6  Michael Gross    1:58.09  Q 2  4  Anthony Mosse    1:58.71  Q 3  5  David Wilson    1:59.02  Q 4  5  Benny Nielsen    1:59.26  Q, '''NR''' 5  4  Jon Kelly    1:59.40  Q 6  6  Melvin Stewart    1:59.78  Q 7  4  Tom Ponting    2:00.08  Q 8  6  Anthony Nesty    2:00.17  Q, '''NR''' 9  4  Martin Roberts    2:00.32  q 10  6  Mark Dean    2:00.86  q 11  6  Frank Drost    2:00.99  q 12  4  Tim Jones    2:01.01  q 13  5  Vadim Yaroshchuk    2:01.05  q 14  6  Satoshi Takeda    2:01.42  q 15  3  Nick Hodgson    2:01.44  q 16  5  Christophe Bordeau    2:01.70  q 17  4  Rafał Szukała    2:01.91  18  5  Reinhold Leitner    2:02.18  19  4  Hiroshi Miura    2:02.30  20  3  Ross Anderson    2:02.40  21  5  Martin Herrmann    2:02.61  22  4  Ondřej Bureš    2:02.93  23  6  Jan Larsen    2:03.01  24  5  José Luis Ballester    2:03.32  25  3  Jean-Marie Arnould    2:03.76  26  2  Diogo Madeira    2:03.79  3  Christer Wallin     28  3  Khazan Singh Tokas    2:03.95  29  2  João Santos    2:04.74  30  3  Zhan Jiang    2:05.22  31  2  Ahmed Abdullah    2:05.28  32  2  Joseph Eric Buhain    2:05.32  33  3  Théophile David    2:05.58  34  6  Eduardo de Poli    2:06.15  35  2  Park Yeong-cheol    2:08.57  36  1  Emanuel Nascimento    2:09.40  37  2  Desmond Koh    2:10.86  38  1  Sultan Al-Otaibi    2:12.89  39  1  William Cleveland    2:13.19  40  1  Kristan Singleton    2:19.68    1  Julian Bolling        5  Matjaž Kozelj     ===Finals=======Final B==== Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 9  5  Mark Dean    2:00.26   10  6  Tim Jones    2:00.32   11  2  Vadim Yaroshchuk    2:00.34   12  1  Nick Hodgson    2:01.09  13  8  Christophe Bordeau    2:01.46  14  3  Frank Drost    2:01.59  15  7  Satoshi Takeda    2:02.18   16  4  Martin Roberts    2:04.28 ====Final A==== Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes   4  Michael Gross   1:56.94     6  Benny Nielsen   1:58.24  '''NR'''   5  Anthony Mosse   1:58.28   '''NR'''  4  1  Tom Ponting   1:58.91   5  7  Melvin Stewart   1:59.19   6  3  David Wilson   1:59.20   7  2  Jon Kelly   1:59.48   8  8  Anthony Nesty   2:00.80
References
External links *  Official Report*  USA Swimming