Men 200m Backstroke Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - Thursday, 22nd September - Igor Polyanski, Soviet Union
Final time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 1. Igor Polyanski Soviet Union1:59.37 6 21 27.14s 57.49. 1:28.20 2. Frank Baltrusch East Germany1:59.60 +0.23s 5 24 27.98s 58.57. 1:29.02 3. Paul Kingsman New Zealand2:00.48 +1.11s 1 21 28.74s 59.48. 1:29.53 4. Sergey Zabolotnov Soviet Union2:00.52 +1.15s 4 25 27.23s 57.53. 1:28.97 5. Dirk Richter East Germany2:01.67 +2.30s 3 24 28.99s 59.94. 1:30.77 6. Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:01.84 +2.47s 7 25 28.69s 59.42. 1:30.66 7. Dan Veatch United States2:02.26 +2.89s 2 23 28.63s 59.75. 1:30.82 8. Rogerio Aoki Romero Brazil2:02.28 +2.91s 8 18 28.52s 59.79. 1:31.41
World Record: Igor Polyanski, Soviet Union 1:58.14 Erfurt, East Germany 3rd March 1985 Olympic Record: Rick Carey, United States 1:58.19 Los Angeles, United States 31st July 1984
2:13.10 LCM-time done since Jan 1, 1987
2:06.60 SCM-time done since Sep 1, 1987
Final B time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 9. Frank Hoffmeister West Germany2:01.65 6 22 28.38s 59.61. 1:30.60 10.Steven G Bigelow United States2:02.95 +1.30s 7 17 28.90s 1:00.01 1:31.58 11.Martin Lopez-Zubero Spain2:03.70 +2.05s 3 19 29.08s 1:00.33 1:32.11 12.Mark Tewksbury Canada2:03.79 +2.14s 8 20 29.05s 1:00.28 1:32.54 13.Georgi Mikhalev Bulgaria2:04.24 +2.59s 4 20 28.64s 59.70. 1:32.09 14.Tamas Deutsch Hungary2:04.42 +2.77s 5 18 29.01s 1:00.92 1:32.90 15.Daichi Suzuki Japan2:04.67 +3.02s 2 21 28.59s 59.85. 1:32.24 16.Gary Binfield Great Britain2:04.90 +3.25s 1 22 28.55s 1:00.21 1:32.32
Igor Polyansky (URS) came into Seoul as the heavy favorite in this event, having lost only one race since 1985, that at the 1987 European Championships to his teammate, [Sergey Zabolotnov]. They had set the last two world records, with Zabolotnov setting his at the 1984 Friendship Games in Moscow, just after the Los Angeles Olympics, but Polyansky broke that record in 1985 with 1:58.14. In the Seoul final, Zabolotnov led at 100 metres, but Polyansky took the lead on the third lap. He held on for the gold medal and East German Frank Baltrusch finished quickly for silver, as Zabolotnov fell off the medal stand and placed fourth.
The bronze medal went to New Zealander Paul Kingsman, whose best previous international finish had been a third at the 1987 Pan Pacs. The awards ceremony would not go so well for him or for Polyansky. First, Kingsman was introduced as from the Soviet Union. Then Polyansky had to stand there as they corrected that, but they overdid it, and announced the playing of the New Zealand national anthem. Fortunately that was corrected and the Soviet anthem was actually played.
Heats - Thursday, 22nd September 10:00
Heat 6 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 1. Sergey Zabolotnov Soviet Union2:01.27 Q - 25 1. 27.31s 57.91s 1:29.54 4. Igor Polyanski Soviet Union2:01.70 Q +0.43s - 21 2. 27.20s 58.11s 1:28.76 6. Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:01.77 Q +0.50s - 25 3. 28.76s 59.48s 1:30.56 7. Paul Kingsman New Zealand2:02.20 Q +0.93s - 21 4. 29.08s 1:00.10 1:30.65 10.Tamas Deutsch Hungary2:03.17 q +1.90s - 18 5. 28.36s 59.73s 1:31.88 21.David Holderbach France2:04.83 +3.56s - 17 6. 29.26s 1:00.69 1:32.77 22.Simon Upton Australia2:05.08 +3.81s - 19 7. 29.36s 1:01.04 1:33.02 26.Lars Sorensen Denmark2:05.73 +4.46s - 20 8. 29.39s 1:00.89 1:33.19
Heat 5 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 2. Frank Baltrusch East Germany2:01.49 Q +0.22s - 24 1. 28.18s 58.45s 1:29.38 8. Rogerio Aoki Romero Brazil2:02.26 Q +0.99s - 18 2. 28.23s 59.51s 1:30.64 11.Martin Lopez-Zubero Spain2:03.33 q +2.06s - 19 3. 29.02s 1:00.29 1:31.88 13.Daichi Suzuki Japan2:03.36 q +2.09s - 21 4. 27.80s 59.39s 1:31.43 14.Stefano Battistelli Italy2:03.63 WD +2.36s - 18 5. 28.87s 1:00.32 1:31.39 18.Mark Tewksbury Canada2:04.02 q +2.75s - 20 6. 27.94s 58.71s 1:30.35 24.Edvard Edvardsson Iceland2:05.61 +4.34s - 21 7. 28.50s 1:00.12 1:32.69 -. Tamas Darnyi HungaryDSQ - 21
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 3. Dirk Richter East Germany2:01.54 Q +0.27s - 24 1. 28.50s 58.99s 1:30.11 5. Dan Veatch United States2:01.73 Q +0.46s - 23 2. 28.15s 58.82s 1:29.84 9. Georgi Mikhalev Bulgaria2:02.71 q +1.44s - 20 3. 28.70s 59.65s 1:31.22 12.Frank Hoffmeister West Germany2:03.34 q +2.07s - 22 4. 27.88s 58.86s 1:29.57 15.Steven G Bigelow United States2:03.64 q +2.37s - 17 5. 28.60s 59.95s 1:31.54 17.Sean Murphy Canada2:03.81 WD +2.54s - 24 6. 28.22s 59.69s 1:31.00 28.Pavel Vokoun Czechoslovakia2:07.24 +5.97s - 18 7. 28.62s 1:00.19 1:33.01
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 16.Gary Binfield Great Britain2:03.79 q +2.52s - 22 1. 28.53s 59.46s 1:31.00 19.Alejandro Alvizuri Peru2:04.29 +3.02s - 20 2. 28.13s 59.08s 1:31.06 20.John Davey Great Britain2:04.70 +3.43s - 23 3. 28.73s 1:00.42 1:32.32 22.Ernesto Vila Mexico2:05.08 +3.81s - 19 4. 29.53s 1:01.12 1:33.07 25.Richard Gheel Ireland2:05.71 +4.44s - 19 5. 29.39s 1:00.99 1:32.72 27.Stephen Cullen Ireland2:06.98 +5.71s - 17 1. 29.52s 1:01.48 1:33.74 30.Laijiu Lin China2:08.28 +7.01s - 20 6. 29.03s 1:01.47 1:34.33 32.Shigemori Maruyama Japan2:09.16 +7.89s - 21 7. 28.58s 1:00.42 1:33.94 -. Charalambos Papanikolaou GreeceDSQ - 19 -. -. Dong-Pil Park South KoreaDSQ - 20 -.
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 29.Patrick Ferland Switzerland2:07.77 +6.50s - 23 2. 28.56s 1:00.30 1:33.33 31.David Lim Singapore2:08.65 +7.38s - 22 3. 29.50s 1:02.18 1:34.98 33.Wladimir Ribeiro Brazil2:11.48 +10.21s - 21 4. 29.28s 1:02.31 1:36.12 34.Horst Niehaus Costa Rica2:12.83 +11.56s - 20 5. 30.36s 1:03.46 1:37.44 35.Eric Greenwood Costa Rica2:15.42 +14.15s - 21 6. 29.77s 1:03.30 1:38.64 36.Patrick Sagisi Guam2:15.82 +14.55s - 17 7. 31.15s 1:05.84 1:39.77
Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 37.Brett Halford Zimbabwe2:17.84 +16.57s - 17 1. 30.91s 1:05.77 1:41.08 38.Rodolfo Barahona Honduras2:21.61 +20.34s - 18 2. 32.54s 1:07.84 1:44.49 39.Mohammed Abdulla UA Emirates2:29.64 +28.37s - 3. 33.37s 1:11.62 1:51.10 40.Mohamed Bin Abid UA Emirates2:36.21 +34.94s - 19 4. 34.83s 1:14.25 1:55.83 41.Rami Kantari Lebanon2:40.29 +39.02s - 25 5. 34.39s 1:14.64 1:57.66
Final time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 1. Igor Polyanski Soviet Union1:59.37 6 21 27.14s 57.49. 1:28.20 2. Frank Baltrusch East Germany1:59.60 +0.23s 5 24 27.98s 58.57. 1:29.02 3. Paul Kingsman New Zealand2:00.48 +1.11s 1 21 28.74s 59.48. 1:29.53 4. Sergey Zabolotnov Soviet Union2:00.52 +1.15s 4 25 27.23s 57.53. 1:28.97 5. Dirk Richter East Germany2:01.67 +2.30s 3 24 28.99s 59.94. 1:30.77 6. Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:01.84 +2.47s 7 25 28.69s 59.42. 1:30.66 7. Dan Veatch United States2:02.26 +2.89s 2 23 28.63s 59.75. 1:30.82 8. Rogerio Aoki Romero Brazil2:02.28 +2.91s 8 18 28.52s 59.79. 1:31.41 Final B time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 9. Frank Hoffmeister West Germany2:01.65 6 22 28.38s 59.61. 1:30.60 10.Steven G Bigelow United States2:02.95 +1.30s 7 17 28.90s 1:00.01 1:31.58 11.Martin Lopez-Zubero Spain2:03.70 +2.05s 3 19 29.08s 1:00.33 1:32.11 12.Mark Tewksbury Canada2:03.79 +2.14s 8 20 29.05s 1:00.28 1:32.54 13.Georgi Mikhalev Bulgaria2:04.24 +2.59s 4 20 28.64s 59.70. 1:32.09 14.Tamas Deutsch Hungary2:04.42 +2.77s 5 18 29.01s 1:00.92 1:32.90 15.Daichi Suzuki Japan2:04.67 +3.02s 2 21 28.59s 59.85. 1:32.24 16.Gary Binfield Great Britain2:04.90 +3.25s 1 22 28.55s 1:00.21 1:32.32 Heats time gap L Y Butter Back Breast 1. Sergey Zabolotnov Soviet Union2:01.27 Q - 25 27.31s 57.91s 1:29.54 2. Frank Baltrusch East Germany2:01.49 Q +0.22s - 24 28.18s 58.45s 1:29.38 3. Dirk Richter East Germany2:01.54 Q +0.27s - 24 28.50s 58.99s 1:30.11 4. Igor Polyanski Soviet Union2:01.70 Q +0.43s - 21 27.20s 58.11s 1:28.76 5. Dan Veatch United States2:01.73 Q +0.46s - 23 28.15s 58.82s 1:29.84 6. Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:01.77 Q +0.50s - 25 28.76s 59.48s 1:30.56 7. Paul Kingsman New Zealand2:02.20 Q +0.93s - 21 29.08s 1:00.10 1:30.65 8. Rogerio Aoki Romero Brazil2:02.26 Q +0.99s - 18 28.23s 59.51s 1:30.64 9. Georgi Mikhalev Bulgaria2:02.71 q +1.44s - 20 28.70s 59.65s 1:31.22 10.Tamas Deutsch Hungary2:03.17 q +1.90s - 18 28.36s 59.73s 1:31.88 11.Martin Lopez-Zubero Spain2:03.33 q +2.06s - 19 29.02s 1:00.29 1:31.88 12.Frank Hoffmeister West Germany2:03.34 q +2.07s - 22 27.88s 58.86s 1:29.57 13.Daichi Suzuki Japan2:03.36 q +2.09s - 21 27.80s 59.39s 1:31.43 14.Stefano Battistelli Italy2:03.63 WD +2.36s - 18 28.87s 1:00.32 1:31.39 15.Steven G Bigelow United States2:03.64 q +2.37s - 17 28.60s 59.95s 1:31.54 16.Gary Binfield Great Britain2:03.79 q +2.52s - 22 28.53s 59.46s 1:31.00 17.Sean Murphy Canada2:03.81 WD +2.54s - 24 28.22s 59.69s 1:31.00 18.Mark Tewksbury Canada2:04.02 q +2.75s - 20 27.94s 58.71s 1:30.35 19.Alejandro Alvizuri Peru2:04.29 +3.02s - 20 28.13s 59.08s 1:31.06 20.John Davey Great Britain2:04.70 +3.43s - 23 28.73s 1:00.42 1:32.32 21.David Holderbach France2:04.83 +3.56s - 17 29.26s 1:00.69 1:32.77 22.Simon Upton Australia2:05.08 +3.81s - 19 29.36s 1:01.04 1:33.02 22.Ernesto Vila Mexico2:05.08 +3.81s - 19 29.53s 1:01.12 1:33.07 24.Edvard Edvardsson Iceland2:05.61 +4.34s - 21 28.50s 1:00.12 1:32.69 25.Richard Gheel Ireland2:05.71 +4.44s - 19 29.39s 1:00.99 1:32.72 26.Lars Sorensen Denmark2:05.73 +4.46s - 20 29.39s 1:00.89 1:33.19 27.Stephen Cullen Ireland2:06.98 +5.71s - 17 29.52s 1:01.48 1:33.74 28.Pavel Vokoun Czechoslovakia2:07.24 +5.97s - 18 28.62s 1:00.19 1:33.01 29.Patrick Ferland Switzerland2:07.77 +6.50s - 23 28.56s 1:00.30 1:33.33 30.Laijiu Lin China2:08.28 +7.01s - 20 29.03s 1:01.47 1:34.33 31.David Lim Singapore2:08.65 +7.38s - 22 29.50s 1:02.18 1:34.98 32.Shigemori Maruyama Japan2:09.16 +7.89s - 21 28.58s 1:00.42 1:33.94 33.Wladimir Ribeiro Brazil2:11.48 +10.21s - 21 29.28s 1:02.31 1:36.12 34.Horst Niehaus Costa Rica2:12.83 +11.56s - 20 30.36s 1:03.46 1:37.44 35.Eric Greenwood Costa Rica2:15.42 +14.15s - 21 29.77s 1:03.30 1:38.64 36.Patrick Sagisi Guam2:15.82 +14.55s - 17 31.15s 1:05.84 1:39.77 37.Brett Halford Zimbabwe2:17.84 +16.57s - 17 30.91s 1:05.77 1:41.08 38.Rodolfo Barahona Honduras2:21.61 +20.34s - 18 32.54s 1:07.84 1:44.49 39.Mohammed Abdulla UA Emirates2:29.64 +28.37s - 33.37s 1:11.62 1:51.10 40.Mohamed Bin Abid UA Emirates2:36.21 +34.94s - 19 34.83s 1:14.25 1:55.83 41.Rami Kantari Lebanon2:40.29 +39.02s - 25 34.39s 1:14.64 1:57.66 -. Tamas Darnyi HungaryDSQ - 21 -. Charalambos Papanikolaou GreeceDSQ - 19 -. Dong-Pil Park South KoreaDSQ - 20
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