Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley
Introduction The '''men's 200 metre individual medley''' event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 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  Tamás Darnyi    2:00.17
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  8  Tamás Darnyi    2:02.15  Q 2  8  Vadim Yaroshchuk    2:02.77  Q 3  6  Patrick Kühl    2:03.77  Q 4  6  Mikhail Zubkov    2:03.79  Q 5  6  Gary Anderson    2:04.00  Q 6  8  Raik Hannemann    2:04.03  Q 7  8  Peter Bermel    2:04.18  Q 8  7  Robert Bruce    2:04.31  Q 9  7  David Wharton    2:04.64  q 10  7  Jens-Peter Berndt    2:04.80  q 11  7  Christophe Bordeau    2:04.95  q 12  6  Bill Stapleton    2:05.32  q 13  6  Luca Sacchi    2:05.45  q 14  7  Charalambos Papanikolaou    2:05.53  q 15  6  John Davey    2:05.55  q 16  7  Neil Cochran    2:05.56  q 17  8  Rob Woodhouse    2:05.87   18  6  Roberto Cassio    2:05.88   19  5  Takahiro Fujimoto    2:07.23   20  6  Gary O'Toole    2:07.77   21  8  Darren Ward    2:07.84   22  5  Satoshi Takeda    2:08.11   23  7  József Szabó    2:09.08   24  5  Javier Careaga    2:09.38   25  5  Rodrigo González    2:09.52   26  4  Júlio César Rebolal    2:09.62   27  5  Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson    2:10.18   28  4  Diogo Madeira    2:10.21   29  5  Renato Ramalho    2:10.32   30  4  René Concepcion    2:10.37   31  5  Xie Jun    2:10.52   5  Martín López-Zubero     33  4  Sidney Appelboom    2:10.55   34  4  David Lim Fong Jock    2:11.57   35  3  Lee Jae-soo    2:11.88   36  8  Sergio López Miró    2:13.48   37  3  Richard Sam Bera    2:13.90   38  4  Wirmandi Sugriat    2:13.93   39  3  Hakan Eskioğlu    2:14.32   40  4  Yip Hor Man    2:14.65   41  3  Desmond Koh    2:14.77   42  2  Sultan Al-Otaibi    2:15.63   43  3  Eric Greenwood    2:15.64   44  2  Horst Niehaus    2:16.16   45  3  Jonathan Sakovich    2:16.70   46  2  Kraig Singleton    2:16.93   47  2  Graham Thompson    2:17.06   48  3  Arthur Li Kai Yien    2:17.10   49  2  Tsai Hsin-yen    2:17.95   50  1  Vaughan Smith    2:18.07   51  2  Chiang Chi-li    2:18.76   52  2  Mouhamed Diop    2:20.74   53  1  Mohamed Bin Abid    2:29.08   54  2  Bruno N'Diaye    2:29.18   55  1  Mohamed Abdullah    2:31.44   56  1  Rami Kantari    2:34.53     3  Patrick Concepcion         8  Jan Bidrman     ===Finals=======Final B==== Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 9  4  David Wharton    2:03.05   10  1  John Davey    2:04.17   11  8  Neil Cochran    2:05.44   12  3  Christophe Bordeau    2:05.51   13  2  Luca Sacchi    2:05.68   14  7  Charalambos Papanikolaou    2:06.61   15  5  Jens-Peter Berndt    2:06.76   16  6  Bill Stapleton    2:06.82  ====Final A==== Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes   4  Tamás Darnyi   2:00.17     3  Patrick Kühl   2:01.61     5  Vadim Yaroshchuk   2:02.40   4  6  Mikhail Zubkov   2:02.92   5  1   Peter Bermel   2:03.81   6  8  Robert Bruce   2:04.34  7  7  Raik Hannemann   2:04.82   8  2  Gary Anderson   2:06.35
References
External links *  Official Report*  USA Swimming