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 Australia1:47.25 WR 6 20 25.46s 53.02s 1:20.05 2. Anders Holmertz Sweden1:47.89 +0.64s 8 19 25.16s 52.21s 1:20.03 3. Matt Biondi United States1:47.99 +0.74s 4 22 24.98s 52.25s 1:19.62 4. Artur Wojdat Poland1:48.40 +1.15s 4 20 25.66s 53.58s 1:20.80 5. Michael Gross West Germany1:48.59 +1.34s 3 24 25.65s 53.36s 1:20.88 6. Steffen Zesner East Germany1:48.77 +1.52s 1 20 25.59s 53.37s 1:21.33 7. Troy Dalbey United States1:48.86 +1.61s 2 20 25.56s 53.50s 1:20.99 8. Thomas Fahrner West Germany1:49.19 +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 Italy1:49.28 4 19 26.88s 55.25s 1:22.76 10.Thomas Flemming East Germany1:50.18 +0.90s 5 21 26.74s 55.16s 1:22.99 11.Thomas Stachewicz Australia1:50.83 +1.55s 2 22 26.24s 55.33s 1:23.87 12.Aleksey Kuznetsov Soviet Union1:51.03 +1.75s 3 19 26.34s 54.79s 1:23.32 13.Frantz Mortensen Denmark1:51.44 +2.16s 1 24 26.19s 54.69s 1:22.74 14.Mariusz Podkoscielny Poland1:51.63 +2.35s 6 20 26.63s 54.77s 1:22.92 15.Shigeo Ogata Japan1:51.89 +2.61s 7 19 26.87s 55.11s 1:23.62 16.Paul Howe Great Britain1:51.99 +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 West Germany1:48.55 Q +0.53s - 24 1. 25.16s 52.32s 1:20.31 4. Duncan Armstrong Australia1:48.86 Q +0.84s - 20 2. 26.08s 53.60s 1:21.31 5. Troy Dalbey United States1:48.96 Q +0.94s - 19 3. 25.31s 52.69s 1:20.53 9. Roberto Gleria Italy1:49.51 q +1.49s - 19 4. 25.58s 53.06s 1:21.53 10.Thomas Flemming East Germany1:49.52 q +1.50s - 21 5. 25.76s 53.24s 1:21.51 22.Yury Bashkatov Soviet Union1:52.04 +4.02s - 20 6. 25.45s 53.49s 1:22.36 23.Cristiano Michelena Brazil1:52.34 +4.32s - 17 7. 26.54s 54.70s 1:23.75 37.Norbert Agh Hungary1:54.72 +6.70s - 18 8. 26.56s 55.72s 1:25.20
Heat 7 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 1. Artur Wojdat Poland1:48.02 Q - 20 1. 25.56s 53.24s 1:20.62 2. Matt Biondi United States1:48.39 Q +0.37s - 22 2. 25.01s 52.11s 1:20.20 6. Thomas Fahrner West Germany1:49.02 Q +1.00s - 25 3. 25.65s 53.70s 1:21.41 7. Steffen Zesner East Germany1:49.13 Q +1.11s - 20 4. 25.58s 53.36s 1:21.05 17.Frantz Mortensen Denmark1:51.15 q +3.13s - 24 5. 25.41s 52.72s 1:21.13 19.Carlos Scanavino Uruguay1:51.42 +3.40s - 24 6. 26.05s 53.90s 1:22.43 21.Tommy Werner Sweden1:51.96 +3.94s - 22 7. 25.49s 53.22s 1:21.74 35.Ludovic De Pickere France1:53.81 +5.79s - 19 8. 25.75s 53.98s 1:23.46
Heat 6 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 8. Anders Holmertz Sweden1:49.28 Q +1.26s - 19 1. 25.61s 53.48s 1:21.78 11.Stephan Caron France1:49.66 WD +1.64s - 22 2. 25.82s 53.84s 1:22.16 12.Giorgio Lamberti Italy1:50.47 WD +2.45s - 19 3. 25.71s 53.44s 1:22.12 13.Aleksey Kuznetsov Soviet Union1:50.84 q +2.82s - 19 4. 25.91s 53.90s 1:22.30 14.Mariusz Podkoscielny Poland1:50.95 q +2.93s - 20 5. 26.04s 53.69s 1:22.13 15.Thomas Stachewicz Australia1:51.02 q +3.00s - 22 6. 25.84s 53.52s 1:21.91 18.Paul Howe Great Britain1:51.22 q +3.20s - 23 7. 26.54s 54.42s 1:22.88 20.Alberto Bottini Switzerland1:51.45 +3.43s - 21 8. 25.83s 54.08s 1:22.94
Heat 5 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 16.Shigeo Ogata Japan1:51.14 q +3.12s - 19 1. 26.83s 54.55s 1:22.50 27.Michael Green Great Britain1:53.03 +5.01s - 24 2. 27.44s 56.09s 1:24.68 28.Daniel Serra Spain1:53.05 +5.03s - 20 3. 27.01s 55.48s 1:24.44 28.Magnus Olafsson Iceland1:53.05 +5.03s - 21 3. 26.56s 55.42s 1:24.23 30.Julio Lopez Brazil1:53.16 +5.14s - 21 5. 27.15s 55.83s 1:24.56 31.Jan Larsen Denmark1:53.61 +5.59s - 20 6. 27.06s 55.51s 1:23.99 33.Jean-Marie Arnould Belgium1:53.73 +5.71s - 22 7. 26.70s 54.95s 1:23.66 34.Zoltan Szilagyi Hungary1:53.75 +5.73s - 21 8. 27.34s 55.96s 1:24.86
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 24.Patrick Dybiona Netherlands1:52.67 +4.65s - 25 1. 25.66s 53.50s 1:22.93 25.Stefan Volery Switzerland1:52.94 +4.92s - 27 2. 26.76s 55.42s 1:24.39 26.Rodrigo Gonzalez Mexico1:52.99 +4.97s - 20 3. 26.87s 55.26s 1:24.25 32.Ignacio Escamilla Mexico1:53.63 +5.61s - 30 4. 26.61s 55.13s 1:24.12 36.Salvador Vassallo Puerto Rico1:53.82 +5.80s - 20 5. 27.07s 55.48s 1:24.51 38.Yves Clausse Luxembourg1:54.90 +6.88s - 19 6. 26.73s 55.64s 1:25.35 39.Xie Jun China1:55.04 +7.02s - 19 7. 26.19s 54.29s 1:24.12 42.Vaughan Smith Zimbabwe1:56.13 +8.11s - 19 8. 26.59s 55.40s 1:25.24 53.Jeff Ong Malaya1:58.62 +10.60s - 16 8. 27.71s 57.93s 1:29.00
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 40.Rene Concepcion Philippines1:55.58 +7.56s - 19 1. 27.26s 56.25s 1:25.60 41.Alexander Placheta Austria1:56.11 +8.09s - 20 2. 27.10s 56.75s 1:26.01 47.Moustafa Ahmed Egypt1:57.50 +9.48s - 5 3. 27.49s 57.25s 1:27.27 48.Richard Bera Indonesia1:57.60 +9.58s - 16 4. 27.44s 57.16s 1:27.40 49.Jonathan Sakovich Guam1:57.72 +9.70s - 18 5. 27.69s 57.05s 1:27.72 50.Stephen Cullen Ireland1:57.90 +9.88s - 17 6. 27.86s 58.13s 1:28.24 52.Hakan Eskioglu Turkey1:58.45 +10.43s - 17 7. 27.65s 57.63s 1:27.37
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk. 50m 100m 150m 43.David Lim Singapore1:56.44 +8.42s - 22 1. 27.35s 56.40s 1:26.94 44.Joseph Eric Buhain Philippines1:56.84 +8.82s - 18 2. 26.54s 55.90s 1:26.71 45.Sang-Won Kwon South Korea1:56.88 +8.86s - 19 3. 26.66s 55.87s 1:25.93 46.Jin-Gee Ooon Singapore1:57.28 +9.26s - 21 4. 26.93s 56.13s 1:26.37 51.Arthur Li Hong Kong1:58.10 +10.08s - 16 5. 27.41s 57.35s 1:28.23 54.Soon-Kun Kwon South Korea1:58.95 +10.93s - 19 6. 27.47s 57.61s 1:28.54 56.Yi-Ming Tsang Hong Kong2:01.02 +13.00s - 22 7. 28.47s 59.24s 1:30.02 57.Richard Gheel Ireland2:01.73 +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 Taiwan2:00.43 +12.41s - 20 1. 28.83s 59.29s 1:30.23 58.Hans Foerster US Virgin Islands2:01.94 +13.92s - 23 2. 28.58s 59.02s 1:30.88 59.Kristan Brent Singleton US Virgin Islands2:06.45 +18.43s - 16 3. 28.81s 1:00.77 1:34.33 60.Jason Chute Fiji2:09.05 +21.03s - 16 4. 28.85s 1:00.81 1:34.97 61.Mohamed Bin Abid UA Emirates2:09.43 +21.41s - 19 5. 29.18s 1:01.07 1:35.03 62.Ahmad Faraj UA Emirates2:13.21 +25.19s - 22 6. 30.09s 1:03.42 1:39.20 63.Emile Lahoud Lebanon2:16.39 +28.37s - 13 7. 31.66s 1:06.55 1:42.21
Final time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 1. Duncan Armstrong Australia1:47.25 WR 6 20 25.46s 53.02s 1:20.05 2. Anders Holmertz Sweden1:47.89 +0.64s 8 19 25.16s 52.21s 1:20.03 3. Matt Biondi United States1:47.99 +0.74s 4 22 24.98s 52.25s 1:19.62 4. Artur Wojdat Poland1:48.40 +1.15s 4 20 25.66s 53.58s 1:20.80 5. Michael Gross West Germany1:48.59 +1.34s 3 24 25.65s 53.36s 1:20.88 6. Steffen Zesner East Germany1:48.77 +1.52s 1 20 25.59s 53.37s 1:21.33 7. Troy Dalbey United States1:48.86 +1.61s 2 20 25.56s 53.50s 1:20.99 8. Thomas Fahrner West Germany1:49.19 +1.94s 7 25 25.75s 53.71s 1:21.89 Final B time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 9. Roberto Gleria Italy1:49.28 4 19 26.88s 55.25s 1:22.76 10.Thomas Flemming East Germany1:50.18 +0.90s 5 21 26.74s 55.16s 1:22.99 11.Thomas Stachewicz Australia1:50.83 +1.55s 2 22 26.24s 55.33s 1:23.87 12.Aleksey Kuznetsov Soviet Union1:51.03 +1.75s 3 19 26.34s 54.79s 1:23.32 13.Frantz Mortensen Denmark1:51.44 +2.16s 1 24 26.19s 54.69s 1:22.74 14.Mariusz Podkoscielny Poland1:51.63 +2.35s 6 20 26.63s 54.77s 1:22.92 15.Shigeo Ogata Japan1:51.89 +2.61s 7 19 26.87s 55.11s 1:23.62 16.Paul Howe Great Britain1:51.99 +2.71s 8 23 26.67s 55.16s 1:24.05 Heats time gap L Y 50m 100m 150m 1. Artur Wojdat Poland1:48.02 Q - 20 25.56s 53.24s 1:20.62 2. Matt Biondi United States1:48.39 Q +0.37s - 22 25.01s 52.11s 1:20.20 3. Michael Gross West Germany1:48.55 Q +0.53s - 24 25.16s 52.32s 1:20.31 4. Duncan Armstrong Australia1:48.86 Q +0.84s - 20 26.08s 53.60s 1:21.31 5. Troy Dalbey United States1:48.96 Q +0.94s - 19 25.31s 52.69s 1:20.53 6. Thomas Fahrner West Germany1:49.02 Q +1.00s - 25 25.65s 53.70s 1:21.41 7. Steffen Zesner East Germany1:49.13 Q +1.11s - 20 25.58s 53.36s 1:21.05 8. Anders Holmertz Sweden1:49.28 Q +1.26s - 19 25.61s 53.48s 1:21.78 9. Roberto Gleria Italy1:49.51 q +1.49s - 19 25.58s 53.06s 1:21.53 10.Thomas Flemming East Germany1:49.52 q +1.50s - 21 25.76s 53.24s 1:21.51 11.Stephan Caron France1:49.66 WD +1.64s - 22 25.82s 53.84s 1:22.16 12.Giorgio Lamberti Italy1:50.47 WD +2.45s - 19 25.71s 53.44s 1:22.12 13.Aleksey Kuznetsov Soviet Union1:50.84 q +2.82s - 19 25.91s 53.90s 1:22.30 14.Mariusz Podkoscielny Poland1:50.95 q +2.93s - 20 26.04s 53.69s 1:22.13 15.Thomas Stachewicz Australia1:51.02 q +3.00s - 22 25.84s 53.52s 1:21.91 16.Shigeo Ogata Japan1:51.14 q +3.12s - 19 26.83s 54.55s 1:22.50 17.Frantz Mortensen Denmark1:51.15 q +3.13s - 24 25.41s 52.72s 1:21.13 18.Paul Howe Great Britain1:51.22 q +3.20s - 23 26.54s 54.42s 1:22.88 19.Carlos Scanavino Uruguay1:51.42 +3.40s - 24 26.05s 53.90s 1:22.43 20.Alberto Bottini Switzerland1:51.45 +3.43s - 21 25.83s 54.08s 1:22.94 21.Tommy Werner Sweden1:51.96 +3.94s - 22 25.49s 53.22s 1:21.74 22.Yury Bashkatov Soviet Union1:52.04 +4.02s - 20 25.45s 53.49s 1:22.36 23.Cristiano Michelena Brazil1:52.34 +4.32s - 17 26.54s 54.70s 1:23.75 24.Patrick Dybiona Netherlands1:52.67 +4.65s - 25 25.66s 53.50s 1:22.93 25.Stefan Volery Switzerland1:52.94 +4.92s - 27 26.76s 55.42s 1:24.39 26.Rodrigo Gonzalez Mexico1:52.99 +4.97s - 20 26.87s 55.26s 1:24.25 27.Michael Green Great Britain1:53.03 +5.01s - 24 27.44s 56.09s 1:24.68 28.Daniel Serra Spain1:53.05 +5.03s - 20 27.01s 55.48s 1:24.44 28.Magnus Olafsson Iceland1:53.05 +5.03s - 21 26.56s 55.42s 1:24.23 30.Julio Lopez Brazil1:53.16 +5.14s - 21 27.15s 55.83s 1:24.56 31.Jan Larsen Denmark1:53.61 +5.59s - 20 27.06s 55.51s 1:23.99 32.Ignacio Escamilla Mexico1:53.63 +5.61s - 30 26.61s 55.13s 1:24.12 33.Jean-Marie Arnould Belgium1:53.73 +5.71s - 22 26.70s 54.95s 1:23.66 34.Zoltan Szilagyi Hungary1:53.75 +5.73s - 21 27.34s 55.96s 1:24.86 35.Ludovic De Pickere France1:53.81 +5.79s - 19 25.75s 53.98s 1:23.46 36.Salvador Vassallo Puerto Rico1:53.82 +5.80s - 20 27.07s 55.48s 1:24.51 37.Norbert Agh Hungary1:54.72 +6.70s - 18 26.56s 55.72s 1:25.20 38.Yves Clausse Luxembourg1:54.90 +6.88s - 19 26.73s 55.64s 1:25.35 39.Xie Jun China1:55.04 +7.02s - 19 26.19s 54.29s 1:24.12 40.Rene Concepcion Philippines1:55.58 +7.56s - 19 27.26s 56.25s 1:25.60 41.Alexander Placheta Austria1:56.11 +8.09s - 20 27.10s 56.75s 1:26.01 42.Vaughan Smith Zimbabwe1:56.13 +8.11s - 19 26.59s 55.40s 1:25.24 43.David Lim Singapore1:56.44 +8.42s - 22 27.35s 56.40s 1:26.94 44.Joseph Eric Buhain Philippines1:56.84 +8.82s - 18 26.54s 55.90s 1:26.71 45.Sang-Won Kwon South Korea1:56.88 +8.86s - 19 26.66s 55.87s 1:25.93 46.Jin-Gee Ooon Singapore1:57.28 +9.26s - 21 26.93s 56.13s 1:26.37 47.Moustafa Ahmed Egypt1:57.50 +9.48s - 5 27.49s 57.25s 1:27.27 48.Richard Bera Indonesia1:57.60 +9.58s - 16 27.44s 57.16s 1:27.40 49.Jonathan Sakovich Guam1:57.72 +9.70s - 18 27.69s 57.05s 1:27.72 50.Stephen Cullen Ireland1:57.90 +9.88s - 17 27.86s 58.13s 1:28.24 51.Arthur Li Hong Kong1:58.10 +10.08s - 16 27.41s 57.35s 1:28.23 52.Hakan Eskioglu Turkey1:58.45 +10.43s - 17 27.65s 57.63s 1:27.37 53.Jeff Ong Malaya1:58.62 +10.60s - 16 27.71s 57.93s 1:29.00 54.Soon-Kun Kwon South Korea1:58.95 +10.93s - 19 27.47s 57.61s 1:28.54 55.Ming-Sun Wu Taiwan2:00.43 +12.41s - 20 28.83s 59.29s 1:30.23 56.Yi-Ming Tsang Hong Kong2:01.02 +13.00s - 22 28.47s 59.24s 1:30.02 57.Richard Gheel Ireland2:01.73 +13.71s - 19 28.22s 58.86s 1:30.16 58.Hans Foerster US Virgin Islands2:01.94 +13.92s - 23 28.58s 59.02s 1:30.88 59.Kristan Brent Singleton US Virgin Islands2:06.45 +18.43s - 16 28.81s 1:00.77 1:34.33 60.Jason Chute Fiji2:09.05 +21.03s - 16 28.85s 1:00.81 1:34.97 61.Mohamed Bin Abid UA Emirates2:09.43 +21.41s - 19 29.18s 1:01.07 1:35.03 62.Ahmad Faraj UA Emirates2:13.21 +25.19s - 22 30.09s 1:03.42 1:39.20 63.Emile Lahoud Lebanon2:16.39 +28.37s - 13 31.66s 1:06.55 1:42.21
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