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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	24 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Su-yeong-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants	40 from 29 countries

Michael Groß had dominated the 200 fly since 1981, losing only one big race, and that was the 1984 Olympics in which he silvered behind Australian Jon Sieben. But Seoul had been a struggle for him before this race, as he had finished fifth in both the 200 free and 100 fly, events he had won in Los Angeles. In the final, he made certain that streak would end. He took the lead on the first lap and kept opening it up, eventually winning by over a second from Denmark’s Benny Nielsen, who was only fourth at 150 but came on strong for silver. New Zealand’s Anthony Mosse had been second to Groß at 150, but fell back slightly, stilling winning a bronze medal. This was the final individual Olympic event for Michael Groß. He ended his Olympic career with six medals and three Olympic gold medals.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Michael Groß	FRG	1:58.09 (1 h6)	–	1:56.94 (1)	Gold
2	Benny Nielsen	DEN	1:59.26 (2 h5)	–	1:58.24 (2)	Silver
3	Anthony Mosse	NZL	1:58.71 (1 h4)	–	1:58.28 (3)	Bronze
4	Tom Ponting	CAN	2:00.08 (3 h4)	–	1:58.91 (4)
5	Mel Stewart	USA	1:59.78 (2 h6)	–	1:59.19 (5)
6	David Wilson	AUS	1:59.02 (1 h5)	–	1:59.20 (6)
7	Jon Kelly	CAN	1:59.40 (2 h4)	–	1:59.48 (7)
8	Anthony Nesty	SUR	2:00.17 (3 h6)	–	2:00.80 (8)
9	Mark Dean	USA	2:00.86 (4 h6)	2:00.26 (1)	–
10	Tim Jones	GBR	2:01.01 (5 h4)	2:00.32 (2)	–
11	Vadim Yaroshchuk	URS	2:01.05 (3 h5)	2:00.34 (3)	–
12	Nick Hodgson	GBR	2:01.44 (1 h3)	2:01.09 (4)	–
13	Christophe Bordeau	FRA	2:01.70 (4 h5)	2:01.46 (5)	–
14	Frank Drost	NED	2:00.99 (5 h6)	2:01.59 (6)	–
15	Satoshi Takeda	JPN	2:01.42 (6 h6)	2:02.18 (7)	–
16	Martin Roberts	AUS	2:00.32 (4 h4)	2:04.28 (8)	–
17	Rafał Szukała	POL	2:01.91 (6 h4)	–	–
18	Reinhold Leitner	AUT	2:02.18 (5 h5)	–	–
19	Hiroshi Miura	JPN	2:02.30 (7 h4)	–	–
20	Ross Anderson	NZL	2:02.40 (2 h3)	–	–
21	Martin Herrmann	FRG	2:02.61 (6 h5)	–	–
22	Ondřej Bureš	TCH	2:02.93 (8 h4)	–	–
23	Jan Larsen	DEN	2:03.01 (7 h6)	–	–
24	José Luis Ballester	ESP	2:03.32 (7 h5)	–	–
25	Jean-Marie Arnould	BEL	2:03.76 (3 h3)	–	–
=26	Diogo Madeira	POR	2:03.79 (1 h2)	–	–
=26	Christer Wallin	SWE	2:03.79 (4 h3)	–	–
28	Khazan Singh Tokas	IND	2:03.95 (5 h3)	–	–
29	João Santos	POR	2:04.74 (2 h2)	–	–
30	Zhan Jiang	CHN	2:05.22 (6 h3)	–	–
31	Ahmed Ghanim	EGY	2:05.28 (3 h2)	–	–
32	Eric Buhain	PHI	2:05.32 (4 h2)	–	–
33	Théophile David	SUI	2:05.58 (7 h3)	–	–
34	Eduardo Poli	BRA	2:06.15 (8 h6)	–	–
35	Park Yeong-Cheol	KOR	2:08.57 (5 h2)	–	–
36	Emanuel Fortes	BRA	2:09.40 (1 h1)	–	–
37	Desmond Koh	SGP	2:10.86 (6 h2)	–	–
38	Sultan Al-Otaibi	KUW	2:12.89 (2 h1)	–	–
39	William Cleveland	ISV	2:13.19 (3 h1)	–	–
40	Kristan Singleton	ISV	2:19.68 (4 h1)	–	–
DNS	Julian Bolling	SRI	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	Matjaž Kozelj	YUG	– (DNS h5)	–	–

Round One (24 September 1988 — 10:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Emanuel Fortes	BRA	29.44 (1) 32.95 (1)	1:02.39 (1) 32.90 (1)	1:35.29 (1) 34.11 (1)	2:09.40
2	5	Sultan Al-Otaibi	KUW	29.68 (2) 33.83 (3)	1:03.51 (2) 33.87 (2)	1:37.38 (2) 35.51 (3)	2:12.89
3	3	William Cleveland	ISV	30.41 (3) 33.49 (2)	1:03.90 (3) 34.16 (3)	1:38.06 (3) 35.13 (2)	2:13.19
4	6	Kristan Singleton	ISV	30.72 (4) 35.61 (4)	1:06.33 (4) 36.88 (4)	1:43.21 (4) 36.47 (4)	2:19.68
DNS	2	Julian Bolling	SRI	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	2	Diogo Madeira	POR	28.58 (5) 31.82 (4)	1:00.40 (5) 31.58 (1)	1:31.98 (3) 31.81 (1)	2:03.79
2	4	João Santos	POR	28.40 (3) 31.70 (3)	1:00.10 (4) 31.86 (2)	1:31.96 (2) 32.78 (2)	2:04.74
3	6	Ahmed Ghanim	EGY	28.47 (4) 31.51 (2)	59.98 (3) 32.37 (4)	1:32.35 (4) 32.93 (3)	2:05.28
4	3	Eric Buhain	PHI	27.95 (2) 30.38 (1)	58.33 (1) 32.21 (3)	1:30.54 (1) 34.78 (6)	2:05.32
5	1	Park Yeong-Cheol	KOR	27.92 (1) 31.97 (5)	59.89 (2) 33.94 (6)	1:33.83 (5) 34.74 (5)	2:08.57
6	8	Desmond Koh	SGP	29.48 (6) 33.22 (6)	1:02.70 (6) 33.84 (5)	1:36.54 (6) 34.32 (4)	2:10.86

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Nick Hodgson	GBR	27.65 (1) 30.69 (2)	58.34 (1) 31.38 (1)	1:29.72 (1) 31.72 (2)	2:01.44	q
2	2	Ross Anderson	NZL	27.98 (3) 31.29 (4)	59.27 (=3) 31.61 (2)	1:30.88 (2) 31.52 (1)	2:02.40
3	5	Jean-Marie Arnould	BEL	28.58 (6) 30.87 (3)	59.45 (5) 31.98 (4)	1:31.43 (5) 32.33 (3)	2:03.76
4	6	Christer Wallin	SWE	28.61 (7) 30.46 (1)	59.07 (2) 31.96 (3)	1:31.03 (3) 32.76 (6)	2:03.79
5	3	Khazan Singh Tokas	IND	27.83 (2) 31.44 (6)	59.27 (=3) 32.14 (5)	1:31.41 (4) 32.54 (5)	2:03.95
6	7	Zhan Jiang	CHN	28.54 (5) 31.46 (7)	1:00.00 (7) 32.83 (6)	1:32.83 (7) 32.39 (4)	2:05.22
7	8	Théophile David	SUI	28.15 (4) 31.39 (5)	59.54 (6) 32.93 (7)	1:32.47 (6) 33.11 (7)	2:05.58

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Anthony Mosse	NZL	26.77 (1) 30.46 (4)	57.23 (1) 30.80 (2)	1:28.03 (1) 30.68 (1)	1:58.71	Q
2	3	Jon Kelly	CAN	27.28 (4) 30.21 (1)	57.49 (4) 30.86 (3)	1:28.35 (2) 31.05 (2)	1:59.40	Q
3	4	Tom Ponting	CAN	26.84 (2) 30.60 (6)	57.44 (3) 31.07 (4)	1:28.51 (3) 31.57 (=3)	2:00.08	Q
4	6	Martin Roberts	AUS	27.73 (6) 30.44 (3)	58.17 (6) 30.58 (1)	1:28.75 (5) 31.57 (=3)	2:00.32	q
5	8	Tim Jones	GBR	27.02 (3) 30.27 (2)	57.29 (2) 31.35 (7)	1:28.64 (4) 32.37 (6)	2:01.01	q
6	2	Rafał Szukała	POL	27.95 (8) 30.90 (8)	58.85 (8) 31.22 (6)	1:30.07 (8) 31.84 (5)	2:01.91
7	7	Hiroshi Miura	JPN	27.42 (5) 30.57 (5)	57.99 (5) 31.74 (8)	1:29.73 (6) 32.57 (7)	2:02.30
8	1	Ondřej Bureš	TCH	27.90 (7) 30.88 (7)	58.78 (7) 31.17 (5)	1:29.95 (7) 32.98 (8)	2:02.93

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	David Wilson	AUS	27.65 (4) 30.58 (2)	58.23 (3) 30.36 (2)	1:28.59 (2) 30.43 (1)	1:59.02	Q
2	4	Benny Nielsen	DEN	27.54 (2) 30.13 (1)	57.67 (1) 30.10 (1)	1:27.77 (1) 31.49 (4)	1:59.26	Q
3	3	Vadim Yaroshchuk	URS	26.98 (1) 31.11 (=5)	58.09 (2) 31.11 (5)	1:29.20 (3) 31.85 (5)	2:01.05	q
4	7	Christophe Bordeau	FRA	28.34 (7) 30.97 (4)	59.31 (7) 31.02 (3)	1:30.33 (6) 31.37 (3)	2:01.70	q
5	2	Reinhold Leitner	AUT	27.61 (3) 30.87 (3)	58.48 (4) 31.40 (6)	1:29.88 (4) 32.30 (6)	2:02.18
6	1	Martin Herrmann	FRG	27.70 (5) 31.38 (7)	59.08 (5) 32.24 (7)	1:31.32 (7) 31.29 (2)	2:02.61
7	6	José Luis Ballester	ESP	28.05 (6) 31.11 (=5)	59.16 (6) 31.03 (4)	1:30.19 (5) 33.13 (7)	2:03.32
DNS	8	Matjaž Kozelj	YUG	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Michael Groß	FRG	26.48 (1) 29.94 (1)	56.42 (1) 30.18 (2)	1:26.60 (1) 31.49 (1)	1:58.09	Q
2	5	Mel Stewart	USA	26.74 (3) 30.20 (3)	56.94 (3) 30.68 (3)	1:27.62 (2) 32.16 (=3)	1:59.78	Q
3	6	Anthony Nesty	SUR	27.21 (5) 30.07 (2)	57.28 (4) 31.08 (4)	1:28.36 (3) 31.81 (2)	2:00.17	Q
4	3	Mark Dean	USA	26.52 (2) 30.23 (4)	56.75 (2) 31.67 (8)	1:28.42 (4) 32.44 (6)	2:00.86	q
5	2	Frank Drost	NED	27.10 (4) 30.27 (5)	57.37 (5) 31.20 (5)	1:28.57 (5) 32.42 (5)	2:00.99	q
6	7	Satoshi Takeda	JPN	27.75 (6) 30.30 (6)	58.05 (6) 31.21 (6)	1:29.26 (6) 32.16 (=3)	2:01.42	q
7	1	Jan Larsen	DEN	28.16 (7) 30.42 (7)	58.58 (7) 31.56 (7)	1:30.14 (8) 32.87 (7)	2:03.01
8	8	Eduardo Poli	BRA	28.25 (8) 31.60 (8)	59.85 (8) 30.17 (1)	1:30.02 (7) 36.13 (8)	2:06.15

B Final (24 September 1988 — 20:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Mark Dean	USA	26.66 (1) 30.13 (1)	56.79 (1) 31.53 (7)	1:28.32 (1) 31.94 (5)	2:00.26
2	6	Tim Jones	GBR	27.16 (3) 30.30 (2)	57.46 (3) 31.41 (5)	1:28.87 (3) 31.45 (2)	2:00.32
3	2	Vadim Yaroshchuk	URS	26.69 (2) 30.33 (3)	57.02 (2) 31.34 (3)	1:28.36 (2) 31.98 (7)	2:00.34
4	1	Nick Hodgson	GBR	27.50 (5) 31.12 (7)	58.62 (5) 31.05 (2)	1:29.67 (=4) 31.42 (1)	2:01.09
5	8	Christophe Bordeau	FRA	27.99 (7) 30.75 (4)	58.74 (6) 31.00 (1)	1:29.74 (6) 31.72 (3)	2:01.46
6	3	Frank Drost	NED	27.36 (4) 30.79 (6)	58.15 (4) 31.52 (6)	1:29.67 (=4) 31.92 (4)	2:01.59
7	7	Satoshi Takeda	JPN	28.08 (8) 30.77 (5)	58.85 (7) 31.38 (4)	1:30.23 (7) 31.95 (6)	2:02.18
8	4	Martin Roberts	AUS	27.55 (6) 31.53 (8)	59.08 (8) 32.18 (8)	1:31.26 (8) 33.02 (8)	2:04.28

Final (24 September 1988 — 20:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Michael Groß	FRG	25.94 (1) 29.45 (1)	55.39 (1) 30.14 (1)	1:25.53 (1) 31.41 (6)	1:56.94	OR
2	6	Benny Nielsen	DEN	27.12 (7) 29.93 (3)	57.05 (5) 30.60 (4)	1:27.65 (4) 30.59 (1)	1:58.24
3	5	Anthony Mosse	NZL	26.60 (2) 29.74 (2)	56.34 (2) 30.73 (6)	1:27.07 (2) 31.21 (5)	1:58.28
4	1	Tom Ponting	CAN	26.98 (5) 30.41 (7)	57.39 (6) 30.77 (7)	1:28.16 (7) 30.75 (2)	1:58.91
5	7	Mel Stewart	USA	26.69 (3) 30.31 (5)	57.00 (4) 30.50 (2)	1:27.50 (3) 31.69 (7)	1:59.19
6	3	David Wilson	AUS	27.08 (6) 30.51 (8)	57.59 (7) 30.56 (3)	1:28.15 (=5) 31.05 (3)	1:59.20
7	2	Jon Kelly	CAN	27.35 (8) 30.32 (6)	57.67 (8) 30.67 (5)	1:28.34 (8) 31.14 (4)	1:59.48
8	8	Anthony Nesty	SUR	26.79 (4) 30.12 (4)	56.91 (3) 31.24 (8)	1:28.15 (=5) 32.65 (8)	2:00.80