Men 200m Freestyle Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - Monday, 19th September - Duncan Armstrong, Australia
Final time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 1. Duncan Armstrong 1:47.25 WR 6 20 25.46s 53.02s 1:20.05 2. Anders Holmertz 1:47.89 +0.64s 8 19 25.16s 52.21s 1:20.03 3. Matt Biondi 1:47.99 +0.74s 4 22 24.98s 52.25s 1:19.62 4. Artur Wojdat 1:48.40 +1.15s 4 20 25.66s 53.58s 1:20.80 5. Michael Gross 1:48.59 +1.34s 3 24 25.65s 53.36s 1:20.88 6. Steffen Zesner 1:48.77 +1.52s 1 20 25.59s 53.37s 1:21.33 7. Troy Dalbey 1:48.86 +1.61s 2 20 25.56s 53.50s 1:20.99 8. Thomas Fahrner 1:49.19 +1.94s 7 25 25.75s 53.71s 1:21.89
World Record and Olympic Record: Michael Gross, West Germany 1:47.44 Los Angeles, United States 29 July 1984
1:56.10 LCM-time done since Jan 1, 1987
1:52.10 SCM-time done since Sep 1, 1987
Final B time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 9. Roberto Gleria 1:49.28 4 19 26.88s 55.25s 1:22.76 10.Thomas Flemming 1:50.18 +0.90s 5 21 26.74s 55.16s 1:22.99 11.Thomas Stachewicz 1:50.83 +1.55s 2 22 26.24s 55.33s 1:23.87 12.Aleksey Kuznetsov 1:51.03 +1.75s 3 19 26.34s 54.79s 1:23.32 13.Frantz Mortensen 1:51.44 +2.16s 1 24 26.19s 54.69s 1:22.74 14.Mariusz Podkoscielny 1:51.63 +2.35s 6 20 26.63s 54.77s 1:22.92 15.Shigeo Ogata 1:51.89 +2.61s 7 19 26.87s 55.11s 1:23.62 16.Paul Howe 1:51.99 +2.71s 8 23 26.67s 55.16s 1:24.05
In 1984 Australian Jon Sieben, swimming in lane six, had won the 200 butterfly in a big upset over West German Michael Gross. Australia's Duncan Armstrong won this event in Seoul in the world record time of 1:47.25. 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 Champoin. 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.
Heats - Sunday, 18th September
Heat 8 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 3. Michael Gross 1:48.55 Q +0.53s - 24 1. 25.16s 52.32s 1:20.31 4. Duncan Armstrong 1:48.86 Q +0.84s - 20 2. 26.08s 53.60s 1:21.31 5. Troy Dalbey 1:48.96 Q +0.94s - 19 3. 25.31s 52.69s 1:20.53 9. Roberto Gleria 1:49.51 q +1.49s - 19 4. 25.58s 53.06s 1:21.53 10.Thomas Flemming 1:49.52 q +1.50s - 21 5. 25.76s 53.24s 1:21.51 22.Yury Bashkatov 1:52.04 +4.02s - 20 6. 25.45s 53.49s 1:22.36 23.Cristiano Michelena 1:52.34 +4.32s - 17 7. 26.54s 54.70s 1:23.75 37.Norbert Agh 1:54.72 +6.70s - 18 8. 26.56s 55.72s 1:25.20
Heat 7 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 1. Artur Wojdat 1:48.02 Q - 20 1. 25.56s 53.24s 1:20.62 2. Matt Biondi 1:48.39 Q +0.37s - 22 2. 25.01s 52.11s 1:20.20 6. Thomas Fahrner 1:49.02 Q +1.00s - 25 3. 25.65s 53.70s 1:21.41 7. Steffen Zesner 1:49.13 Q +1.11s - 20 4. 25.58s 53.36s 1:21.05 17.Frantz Mortensen 1:51.15 q +3.13s - 24 5. 25.41s 52.72s 1:21.13 19.Carlos Scanavino 1:51.42 +3.40s - 24 6. 26.05s 53.90s 1:22.43 21.Tommy Werner 1:51.96 +3.94s - 22 7. 25.49s 53.22s 1:21.74 35.Ludovic De Pickere 1:53.81 +5.79s - 19 8. 25.75s 53.98s 1:23.46
Heat 6 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 8. Anders Holmertz 1:49.28 Q +1.26s - 19 1. 25.61s 53.48s 1:21.78 11.Stephan Caron 1:49.66 WD +1.64s - 22 2. 25.82s 53.84s 1:22.16 12.Giorgio Lamberti 1:50.47 WD +2.45s - 19 3. 25.71s 53.44s 1:22.12 13.Aleksey Kuznetsov 1:50.84 q +2.82s - 19 4. 25.91s 53.90s 1:22.30 14.Mariusz Podkoscielny 1:50.95 q +2.93s - 20 5. 26.04s 53.69s 1:22.13 15.Thomas Stachewicz 1:51.02 q +3.00s - 22 6. 25.84s 53.52s 1:21.91 18.Paul Howe 1:51.22 q +3.20s - 23 7. 26.54s 54.42s 1:22.88 20.Alberto Bottini 1:51.45 +3.43s - 21 8. 25.83s 54.08s 1:22.94
Heat 5 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 16.Shigeo Ogata 1:51.14 q +3.12s - 19 1. 26.83s 54.55s 1:22.50 27.Michael Green 1:53.03 +5.01s - 24 2. 27.44s 56.09s 1:24.68 28.Daniel Serra 1:53.05 +5.03s - 20 3. 27.01s 55.48s 1:24.44 28.Magnus Olafsson 1:53.05 +5.03s - 21 3. 26.56s 55.42s 1:24.23 30.Julio Lopez 1:53.16 +5.14s - 21 5. 27.15s 55.83s 1:24.56 31.Jan Larsen 1:53.61 +5.59s - 20 6. 27.06s 55.51s 1:23.99 33.Jean-Marie Arnould 1:53.73 +5.71s - 22 7. 26.70s 54.95s 1:23.66 34.Zoltan Szilagyi 1:53.75 +5.73s - 21 8. 27.34s 55.96s 1:24.86
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 24.Patrick Dybiona 1:52.67 +4.65s - 25 1. 25.66s 53.50s 1:22.93 25.Stefan Volery 1:52.94 +4.92s - 27 2. 26.76s 55.42s 1:24.39 26.Rodrigo Gonzalez 1:52.99 +4.97s - 20 3. 26.87s 55.26s 1:24.25 32.Ignacio Escamilla 1:53.63 +5.61s - 30 4. 26.61s 55.13s 1:24.12 36.Salvador Vassallo 1:53.82 +5.80s - 20 5. 27.07s 55.48s 1:24.51 38.Yves Clausse 1:54.90 +6.88s - 19 6. 26.73s 55.64s 1:25.35 39.Xie Jun 1:55.04 +7.02s - 19 7. 26.19s 54.29s 1:24.12 42.Vaughan Smith 1:56.13 +8.11s - 19 8. 26.59s 55.40s 1:25.24 53.Jeff Ong 1:58.62 +10.60s - 16 8. 27.71s 57.93s 1:29.00
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 40.Rene Concepcion 1:55.58 +7.56s - 19 1. 27.26s 56.25s 1:25.60 41.Alexander Placheta 1:56.11 +8.09s - 20 2. 27.10s 56.75s 1:26.01 47.Moustafa Ahmed 1:57.50 +9.48s - 5 3. 27.49s 57.25s 1:27.27 48.Richard Bera 1:57.60 +9.58s - 16 4. 27.44s 57.16s 1:27.40 49.Jonathan Sakovich 1:57.72 +9.70s - 18 5. 27.69s 57.05s 1:27.72 50.Stephen Cullen 1:57.90 +9.88s - 17 6. 27.86s 58.13s 1:28.24 52.Hakan Eskioglu 1:58.45 +10.43s - 17 7. 27.65s 57.63s 1:27.37
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 43.David Lim 1:56.44 +8.42s - 22 1. 27.35s 56.40s 1:26.94 44.Joseph Eric Buhain 1:56.84 +8.82s - 18 2. 26.54s 55.90s 1:26.71 45.Sang-Won Kwon 1:56.88 +8.86s - 19 3. 26.66s 55.87s 1:25.93 46.Jin-Gee Ooon 1:57.28 +9.26s - 21 4. 26.93s 56.13s 1:26.37 51.Arthur Li 1:58.10 +10.08s - 16 5. 27.41s 57.35s 1:28.23 54.Soon-Kun Kwon 1:58.95 +10.93s - 19 6. 27.47s 57.61s 1:28.54 56.Yi-Ming Tsang 2:01.02 +13.00s - 22 7. 28.47s 59.24s 1:30.02 57.Richard Gheel 2:01.73 +13.71s - 19 8. 28.22s 58.86s 1:30.16
Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 55.Ming-Sun Wu 2:00.43 +12.41s - 20 1. 28.83s 59.29s 1:30.23 58.Hans Foerster 2:01.94 +13.92s - 23 2. 28.58s 59.02s 1:30.88 59.Kristan Brent Singleton 2:06.45 +18.43s - 16 3. 28.81s 1:00.77 1:34.33 60.Jason Chute 2:09.05 +21.03s - 16 4. 28.85s 1:00.81 1:34.97 61.Mohamed Bin Abid 2:09.43 +21.41s - 19 5. 29.18s 1:01.07 1:35.03 62.Ahmad Faraj 2:13.21 +25.19s - 22 6. 30.09s 1:03.42 1:39.20 63.Emile Lahoud 2:16.39 +28.37s - 13 7. 31.66s 1:06.55 1:42.21
Final time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 1. Duncan Armstrong 1:47.25 WR 6 20 25.46s 53.02s 1:20.05 2. Anders Holmertz 1:47.89 +0.64s 8 19 25.16s 52.21s 1:20.03 3. Matt Biondi 1:47.99 +0.74s 4 22 24.98s 52.25s 1:19.62 4. Artur Wojdat 1:48.40 +1.15s 4 20 25.66s 53.58s 1:20.80 5. Michael Gross 1:48.59 +1.34s 3 24 25.65s 53.36s 1:20.88 6. Steffen Zesner 1:48.77 +1.52s 1 20 25.59s 53.37s 1:21.33 7. Troy Dalbey 1:48.86 +1.61s 2 20 25.56s 53.50s 1:20.99 8. Thomas Fahrner 1:49.19 +1.94s 7 25 25.75s 53.71s 1:21.89 Final B time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 9. Roberto Gleria 1:49.28 4 19 26.88s 55.25s 1:22.76 10.Thomas Flemming 1:50.18 +0.90s 5 21 26.74s 55.16s 1:22.99 11.Thomas Stachewicz 1:50.83 +1.55s 2 22 26.24s 55.33s 1:23.87 12.Aleksey Kuznetsov 1:51.03 +1.75s 3 19 26.34s 54.79s 1:23.32 13.Frantz Mortensen 1:51.44 +2.16s 1 24 26.19s 54.69s 1:22.74 14.Mariusz Podkoscielny 1:51.63 +2.35s 6 20 26.63s 54.77s 1:22.92 15.Shigeo Ogata 1:51.89 +2.61s 7 19 26.87s 55.11s 1:23.62 16.Paul Howe 1:51.99 +2.71s 8 23 26.67s 55.16s 1:24.05 Heats time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 1. Artur Wojdat 1:48.02 Q - 20 25.56s 53.24s 1:20.62 2. Matt Biondi 1:48.39 Q +0.37s - 22 25.01s 52.11s 1:20.20 3. Michael Gross 1:48.55 Q +0.53s - 24 25.16s 52.32s 1:20.31 4. Duncan Armstrong 1:48.86 Q +0.84s - 20 26.08s 53.60s 1:21.31 5. Troy Dalbey 1:48.96 Q +0.94s - 19 25.31s 52.69s 1:20.53 6. Thomas Fahrner 1:49.02 Q +1.00s - 25 25.65s 53.70s 1:21.41 7. Steffen Zesner 1:49.13 Q +1.11s - 20 25.58s 53.36s 1:21.05 8. Anders Holmertz 1:49.28 Q +1.26s - 19 25.61s 53.48s 1:21.78 9. Roberto Gleria 1:49.51 q +1.49s - 19 25.58s 53.06s 1:21.53 10.Thomas Flemming 1:49.52 q +1.50s - 21 25.76s 53.24s 1:21.51 11.Stephan Caron 1:49.66 WD +1.64s - 22 25.82s 53.84s 1:22.16 12.Giorgio Lamberti 1:50.47 WD +2.45s - 19 25.71s 53.44s 1:22.12 13.Aleksey Kuznetsov 1:50.84 q +2.82s - 19 25.91s 53.90s 1:22.30 14.Mariusz Podkoscielny 1:50.95 q +2.93s - 20 26.04s 53.69s 1:22.13 15.Thomas Stachewicz 1:51.02 q +3.00s - 22 25.84s 53.52s 1:21.91 16.Shigeo Ogata 1:51.14 q +3.12s - 19 26.83s 54.55s 1:22.50 17.Frantz Mortensen 1:51.15 q +3.13s - 24 25.41s 52.72s 1:21.13 18.Paul Howe 1:51.22 q +3.20s - 23 26.54s 54.42s 1:22.88 19.Carlos Scanavino 1:51.42 +3.40s - 24 26.05s 53.90s 1:22.43 20.Alberto Bottini 1:51.45 +3.43s - 21 25.83s 54.08s 1:22.94 21.Tommy Werner 1:51.96 +3.94s - 22 25.49s 53.22s 1:21.74 22.Yury Bashkatov 1:52.04 +4.02s - 20 25.45s 53.49s 1:22.36 23.Cristiano Michelena 1:52.34 +4.32s - 17 26.54s 54.70s 1:23.75 24.Patrick Dybiona 1:52.67 +4.65s - 25 25.66s 53.50s 1:22.93 25.Stefan Volery 1:52.94 +4.92s - 27 26.76s 55.42s 1:24.39 26.Rodrigo Gonzalez 1:52.99 +4.97s - 20 26.87s 55.26s 1:24.25 27.Michael Green 1:53.03 +5.01s - 24 27.44s 56.09s 1:24.68 28.Daniel Serra 1:53.05 +5.03s - 20 27.01s 55.48s 1:24.44 28.Magnus Olafsson 1:53.05 +5.03s - 21 26.56s 55.42s 1:24.23 30.Julio Lopez 1:53.16 +5.14s - 21 27.15s 55.83s 1:24.56 31.Jan Larsen 1:53.61 +5.59s - 20 27.06s 55.51s 1:23.99 32.Ignacio Escamilla 1:53.63 +5.61s - 30 26.61s 55.13s 1:24.12 33.Jean-Marie Arnould 1:53.73 +5.71s - 22 26.70s 54.95s 1:23.66 34.Zoltan Szilagyi 1:53.75 +5.73s - 21 27.34s 55.96s 1:24.86 35.Ludovic De Pickere 1:53.81 +5.79s - 19 25.75s 53.98s 1:23.46 36.Salvador Vassallo 1:53.82 +5.80s - 20 27.07s 55.48s 1:24.51 37.Norbert Agh 1:54.72 +6.70s - 18 26.56s 55.72s 1:25.20 38.Yves Clausse 1:54.90 +6.88s - 19 26.73s 55.64s 1:25.35 39.Xie Jun 1:55.04 +7.02s - 19 26.19s 54.29s 1:24.12 40.Rene Concepcion 1:55.58 +7.56s - 19 27.26s 56.25s 1:25.60 41.Alexander Placheta 1:56.11 +8.09s - 20 27.10s 56.75s 1:26.01 42.Vaughan Smith 1:56.13 +8.11s - 19 26.59s 55.40s 1:25.24 43.David Lim 1:56.44 +8.42s - 22 27.35s 56.40s 1:26.94 44.Joseph Eric Buhain 1:56.84 +8.82s - 18 26.54s 55.90s 1:26.71 45.Sang-Won Kwon 1:56.88 +8.86s - 19 26.66s 55.87s 1:25.93 46.Jin-Gee Ooon 1:57.28 +9.26s - 21 26.93s 56.13s 1:26.37 47.Moustafa Ahmed 1:57.50 +9.48s - 5 27.49s 57.25s 1:27.27 48.Richard Bera 1:57.60 +9.58s - 16 27.44s 57.16s 1:27.40 49.Jonathan Sakovich 1:57.72 +9.70s - 18 27.69s 57.05s 1:27.72 50.Stephen Cullen 1:57.90 +9.88s - 17 27.86s 58.13s 1:28.24 51.Arthur Li 1:58.10 +10.08s - 16 27.41s 57.35s 1:28.23 52.Hakan Eskioglu 1:58.45 +10.43s - 17 27.65s 57.63s 1:27.37 53.Jeff Ong 1:58.62 +10.60s - 16 27.71s 57.93s 1:29.00 54.Soon-Kun Kwon 1:58.95 +10.93s - 19 27.47s 57.61s 1:28.54 55.Ming-Sun Wu 2:00.43 +12.41s - 20 28.83s 59.29s 1:30.23 56.Yi-Ming Tsang 2:01.02 +13.00s - 22 28.47s 59.24s 1:30.02 57.Richard Gheel 2:01.73 +13.71s - 19 28.22s 58.86s 1:30.16 58.Hans Foerster 2:01.94 +13.92s - 23 28.58s 59.02s 1:30.88 59.Kristan Brent Singleton 2:06.45 +18.43s - 16 28.81s 1:00.77 1:34.33 60.Jason Chute 2:09.05 +21.03s - 16 28.85s 1:00.81 1:34.97 61.Mohamed Bin Abid 2:09.43 +21.41s - 19 29.18s 1:01.07 1:35.03 62.Ahmad Faraj 2:13.21 +25.19s - 22 30.09s 1:03.42 1:39.20 63.Emile Lahoud 2:16.39 +28.37s - 13 31.66s 1:06.55 1:42.21
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