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200 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	26 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	55 from 39 countries

The favorite was the Italian Giorgio Lamberti, the 1991 World Champion and the world record holder (1:46.69). But he had the flu at his country’s trials and did not qualify for the Italian Olympic team. In the prelims, Russian Yevgeny Sadovy came close to the world record, leading in 1:46.74. The final saw Sweden’s Anders Holmertz lead for almost the entire race, as he had done in Seoul, where he was passed in the final metres and settled for silver. It happened again in Barcelona as Sadovy came on in the final strokes to win gold, just missing Lamberti’s record with 1:46.70. In third, Antti Kasvio won Finland’s second ever Olympic medal in swimming.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Yevgeny Sadovy	EUN	1:46.74 (1 h6)	–	1:46.70 (1)	Gold
2	Anders Holmertz	SWE	1:46.76 (2 h6)	–	1:46.86 (2)	Silver
3	Antti Kasvio	FIN	1:48.31 (1 h8)	–	1:47.63 (3)	Bronze
4	Artur Wojdat	POL	1:48.60 (3 h8)	–	1:48.24 (4)
5	Vladimir Pyshnenko	EUN	1:47.94 (1 h7)	–	1:48.32 (5)
6	Joe Hudepohl	USA	1:48.52 (2 h8)	–	1:48.36 (6)
7	Steffen Zesner	GER	1:48.12 (3 h6)	–	1:48.84 (7)
8	Doug Gjertsen	USA	1:48.65 (4 h8)	–	1:50.57 (8)
9	Paul Palmer	GBR	1:49.21 (5 h8)	1:48.92 (1)	–
10	Kieren Perkins	AUS	1:49.26 (3 h7)	1:49.75 (2)	–
11	Ian Brown	AUS	1:49.32 (6 h8)	1:49.77 (3)	–
12	Massimo Trevisan	ITA	1:49.80 (4 h7)	1:49.85 (4)	–
13	Paul Howe	GBR	1:49.86 (5 h7)	1:50.15 (5)	–
14	Christian Keller	GER	1:50.07 (6 h7)	1:50.46 (6)	–
15	Turlough O'Hare	CAN	1:50.42 (7 h8)	1:51.01 (7)	–
16	John Steel	NZL	1:50.56 (1 h4)	1:51.12 (8)	–
17	Roberto Gleria	ITA	1:49.19 (2 h7)	–	–		1
18	Tom Werner	SWE	1:50.01 (4 h6)	–	–		2
19	Jarl Inge Melberg	NOR	1:50.70 (8 h8)	–	–
20	Uğur Taner	TUR	1:50.95 (5 h6)	–	–
21	Cristiano Michelena	BRA	1:51.04 (6 h6)	–	–
22	Gustavo Borges	BRA	1:51.42 (7 h6)	–	–
23	Darren Ward	CAN	1:51.62 (7 h7)	–	–
24	Stefaan Maene	BEL	1:51.85 (8 h7)	–	–
25	Robert Pinter	ROU	1:52.24 (1 h5)	–	–
26	Trent Bray	NZL	1:52.49 (2 h5)	–	–
27	Béla Szabados	HUN	1:52.50 (8 h6)	–	–
28	Vesa Hanski	FIN	1:53.17 (2 h4)	–	–
29	Jure Bučar	SLO	1:53.19 (3 h5)	–	–
30	Shigeo Ogata	JPN	1:53.42 (4 h5)	–	–
31	Toshiaki Kurasawa	JPN	1:53.75 (5 h5)	–	–
32	Franz Mortensen	DEN	1:53.86 (3 h4)	–	–
33	Arthur Li	HKG	1:54.35 (1 h3)	–	–
34	Yves Clausse	LUX	1:54.45 (4 h4)	–	–
35	Nače Majčen	SLO	1:54.57 (5 h4)	–	–
36	Jeffrey Ong	MAS	1:55.37 (2 h3)	–	–
37	Xie Jun	CHN	1:55.51 (6 h5)	–	–
38	Ivor Le Roux	ZIM	1:56.17 (6 h4)	–	–
39	Kenneth Yeo	SGP	1:57.80 (3 h3)	–	–
40	Gustavo Búcaro	GUA	1:58.13 (4 h3)	–	–
41	Kelvin Li	HKG	1:59.40 (5 h3)	–	–
42	Benoît Fleurot	MRI	1:59.73 (6 h3)	–	–
43	Plutarco Castellanos	HON	1:59.91 (1 h2)	–	–
44	Helder Torres	GUA	2:00.04 (2 h2)	–	–
45	Frank Flores	GUM	2:00.48 (3 h2)	–	–
46	Luis Medina	BOL	2:00.87 (7 h3)	–	–
47	Émile Lahoud	LBN	2:01.06 (1 h1)	–	–
48	Hussein Al-Sadiq	KSA	2:01.31 (2 h1)	–	–
49	Julian Bolling	SRI	2:02.01 (4 h2)	–	–
50	Carl Probert	FIJ	2:04.52 (3 h1)	–	–
51	Laurent Alfred	ISV	2:04.59 (5 h2)	–	–
52	Daniele Casadei	SMR	2:06.14 (4 h1)	–	–
53	Ahmad Faraj	UAE	2:07.61 (5 h1)	–	–
54	Jean-Paul Adam	SEY	2:09.99 (6 h1)	–	–
DQ	Zoltán Szilágyi	HUN	– (DQ h5)	–	–
DNS	Nayef Al-Hasawi	KUW	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One (26 July 1992 — 11:30)

Fastest eight advanced to the final. Swimmers placing 9th-16th advanced to the B Final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	3	Émile Lahoud	LBN	28.36 (4) 30.75 (2)	59.11 (2) 31.65 (1)	1:30.76 (2) 30.30 (1)	2:01.06
2	4	Hussein Al-Sadiq	KSA	27.76 (1) 30.58 (1)	58.34 (1) 31.77 (2)	1:30.11 (1) 31.20 (2)	2:01.31
3	6	Carl Probert	FIJ	28.01 (2) 31.65 (4)	59.66 (4) 33.02 (4)	1:32.68 (4) 31.84 (4)	2:04.52
4	5	Daniele Casadei	SMR	28.19 (3) 31.01 (3)	59.20 (3) 33.40 (5)	1:32.60 (3) 33.54 (6)	2:06.14
5	2	Ahmad Faraj	UAE	29.58 (5) 33.68 (6)	1:03.26 (6) 32.93 (3)	1:36.19 (5) 31.42 (3)	2:07.61
6	7	Jean-Paul Adam	SEY	29.95 (6) 33.25 (5)	1:03.20 (5) 33.94 (6)	1:37.14 (6) 32.85 (5)	2:09.99

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	6	Plutarco Castellanos	HON	27.84 (3) 30.68 (4)	58.52 (4) 31.04 (3)	1:29.56 (2) 30.35 (1)	1:59.91
2	3	Helder Torres	GUA	28.12 (5) 30.50 (3)	58.62 (5) 30.96 (2)	1:29.58 (3) 30.46 (2)	2:00.04
3	5	Frank Flores	GUM	27.78 (2) 30.18 (1)	57.96 (1) 30.82 (1)	1:28.78 (1) 31.70 (3)	2:00.48
4	2	Julian Bolling	SRI	28.08 (4) 30.34 (2)	58.42 (3) 31.73 (4)	1:30.15 (4) 31.86 (4)	2:02.01
5	7	Laurent Alfred	ISV	27.63 (1) 30.74 (5)	58.37 (2) 32.38 (5)	1:30.75 (5) 33.84 (5)	2:04.59
DNS	2	Nayef Al-Hasawi	KUW	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Arthur Li	HKG	26.37 (1) 29.02 (1)	55.39 (1) 30.17 (=3)	1:25.56 (1) 28.79 (2)	1:54.35
2	3	Jeffrey Ong	MAS	27.94 (6) 29.29 (2)	57.23 (3) 29.48 (1)	1:26.71 (2) 28.66 (1)	1:55.37
3	5	Kenneth Yeo	SGP	27.40 (2) 29.59 (3)	56.99 (2) 30.15 (2)	1:27.14 (3) 30.66 (4)	1:57.80
4	7	Gustavo Búcaro	GUA	27.89 (4) 30.16 (6)	58.05 (=5) 30.17 (=3)	1:28.22 (5) 29.91 (3)	1:58.13
5	1	Kelvin Li	HKG	27.43 (3) 30.00 (4)	57.43 (4) 30.72 (5)	1:28.15 (4) 31.25 (7)	1:59.40
6	6	Benoît Fleurot	MRI	27.91 (5) 30.14 (5)	58.05 (=5) 30.82 (6)	1:28.87 (6) 30.86 (6)	1:59.73
7	2	Luis Medina	BOL	28.55 (7) 30.46 (7)	59.01 (7) 31.11 (7)	1:30.12 (7) 30.75 (5)	2:00.87

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	6	John Steel	NZL	26.31 (=2) 28.16 (1)	54.47 (1) 28.26 (1)	1:22.73 (1) 27.83 (1)	1:50.56
2	3	Vesa Hanski	FIN	26.65 (5) 28.86 (6)	55.51 (6) 29.01 (3)	1:24.52 (4) 28.65 (2)	1:53.17
3	4	Franz Mortensen	DEN	26.31 (=2) 28.31 (2)	54.62 (3) 29.00 (2)	1:23.62 (2) 30.24 (4)	1:53.86
4	7	Yves Clausse	LUX	25.88 (1) 28.70 (5)	54.58 (2) 29.24 (4)	1:23.82 (3) 30.63 (5)	1:54.45
5	1	Nače Majčen	SLO	26.80 (6) 28.66 (4)	55.46 (5) 29.49 (5)	1:24.95 (5) 29.62 (3)	1:54.57
6	2	Ivor Le Roux	ZIM	26.31 (=2) 28.55 (3)	54.86 (4) 30.12 (6)	1:24.98 (6) 31.19 (6)	1:56.17

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	2	Robert Pinter	ROU	26.69 (3) 28.42 (2)	55.11 (2) 28.37 (1)	1:23.48 (2) 28.76 (2)	1:52.24
2	4	Trent Bray	NZL	26.46 (2) 28.20 (1)	54.66 (1) 28.75 (2)	1:23.41 (1) 29.08 (5)	1:52.49
3	3	Jure Bučar	SLO	26.74 (=4) 28.70 (4)	55.44 (5) 28.96 (3)	1:24.40 (3) 28.79 (3)	1:53.19
4	6	Shigeo Ogata	JPN	26.90 (6) 28.96 (6)	55.86 (6) 29.16 (4)	1:25.02 (5) 28.40 (1)	1:53.42
5	1	Toshiaki Kurasawa	JPN	26.74 (=4) 28.45 (3)	55.19 (4) 29.57 (5)	1:24.76 (4) 28.99 (4)	1:53.75
6	5	Xie Jun	CHN	26.44 (1) 28.72 (5)	55.16 (3) 29.92 (6)	1:25.08 (6) 30.43 (6)	1:55.51
DQ	7	Zoltán Szilágyi	HUN	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Yevgeny Sadovy	EUN	25.60 (4) 26.83 (2)	52.43 (2) 27.64 (2)	1:20.07 (2) 26.67 (1)	1:46.74	QOR
2	4	Anders Holmertz	SWE	25.31 (1) 26.60 (1)	51.91 (1) 27.46 (1)	1:19.37 (1) 27.39 (2)	1:46.76	Q
3	3	Steffen Zesner	GER	25.72 (6) 27.02 (3)	52.74 (3) 27.68 (3)	1:20.42 (3) 27.70 (3)	1:48.12	Q
4	8	Tom Werner	SWE	25.53 (3) 27.45 (4)	52.98 (4) 28.20 (6)	1:21.18 (4) 28.83 (4)	1:50.01	q
5	6	Uğur Taner	TUR	25.80 (8) 27.59 (5)	53.39 (5) 28.63 (7)	1:22.02 (7) 28.93 (5)	1:50.95
6	1	Cristiano Michelena	BRA	25.79 (7) 27.74 (6)	53.53 (7) 28.19 (5)	1:21.72 (6) 29.32 (7)	1:51.04
7	2	Gustavo Borges	BRA	25.47 (2) 27.97 (7)	53.44 (6) 28.09 (4)	1:21.53 (5) 29.89 (8)	1:51.42
8	7	Béla Szabados	HUN	25.70 (5) 28.57 (8)	54.27 (8) 29.02 (8)	1:23.29 (8) 29.21 (6)	1:52.50

Heat Seven

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	6	Vladimir Pyshnenko	EUN	25.41 (1) 26.94 (1)	52.35 (1) 27.74 (1)	1:20.09 (1) 27.85 (4)	1:47.94	Q
2	5	Roberto Gleria	ITA	25.84 (2) 27.74 (5)	53.58 (3) 28.37 (6)	1:21.95 (5) 27.24 (1)	1:49.19	q
3	3	Kieren Perkins	AUS	26.20 (8) 27.54 (3)	53.74 (6) 27.95 (3)	1:21.69 (4) 27.57 (2)	1:49.26	q
4	4	Massimo Trevisan	ITA	26.11 (5) 27.49 (2)	53.60 (4) 28.00 (4)	1:21.60 (3) 28.20 (5)	1:49.80	q
5	1	Paul Howe	GBR	26.14 (6) 27.90 (8)	54.04 (8) 28.10 (5)	1:22.14 (6) 27.72 (3)	1:49.86	q
6	2	Christian Keller	GER	25.93 (4) 27.75 (6)	53.68 (5) 27.83 (2)	1:21.51 (2) 28.56 (6)	1:50.07	q
7	7	Darren Ward	CAN	25.91 (3) 27.64 (4)	53.55 (2) 28.68 (8)	1:22.23 (7) 29.39 (8)	1:51.62
8	8	Stefaan Maene	BEL	26.19 (7) 27.83 (7)	54.02 (7) 28.67 (7)	1:22.69 (8) 29.16 (7)	1:51.85

Heat Eight

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	6	Antti Kasvio	FIN	25.58 (2) 27.92 (8)	53.50 (6) 27.32 (1)	1:20.82 (2) 27.49 (2)	1:48.31	Q
2	5	Joe Hudepohl	USA	25.78 (5) 27.52 (4)	53.30 (3) 28.03 (4)	1:21.33 (4) 27.19 (1)	1:48.52	Q
3	4	Artur Wojdat	POL	25.64 (3) 27.21 (1)	52.85 (2) 27.77 (2)	1:20.62 (1) 27.98 (6)	1:48.60	Q
4	3	Doug Gjertsen	USA	25.37 (1) 27.39 (2)	52.76 (1) 28.13 (6)	1:20.89 (3) 27.76 (5)	1:48.65	Q
5	1	Paul Palmer	GBR	25.96 (7) 27.47 (3)	53.43 (4) 28.09 (5)	1:21.52 (5) 27.69 (4)	1:49.21	q
6	2	Ian Brown	AUS	26.15 (8) 27.67 (5)	53.82 (8) 27.96 (3)	1:21.78 (7) 27.54 (3)	1:49.32	q
7	8	Turlough O'Hare	CAN	25.72 (4) 27.73 (6)	53.45 (5) 28.23 (8)	1:21.68 (6) 28.74 (7)	1:50.42
8	7	Jarl Inge Melberg	NOR	25.81 (6) 27.89 (7)	53.70 (7) 28.15 (7)	1:21.85 (8) 28.85 (8)	1:50.70

B Final (26 July 1992 — 18:45)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Paul Palmer	GBR	26.04 (2) 27.49 (1)	53.53 (1) 27.97 (1)	1:21.50 (1) 27.42 (=2)	1:48.92
2	5	Kieren Perkins	AUS	25.85 (1) 27.69 (2)	53.54 (2) 28.49 (7)	1:22.03 (2) 27.72 (5)	1:49.75
3	3	Ian Brown	AUS	26.44 (=5) 27.72 (3)	54.16 (3) 28.11 (2)	1:22.27 (3) 27.50 (4)	1:49.77
4	6	Massimo Trevisan	ITA	26.27 (3) 27.90 (4)	54.17 (4) 28.38 (=4)	1:22.55 (4) 27.30 (1)	1:49.85
5	2	Paul Howe	GBR	26.44 (=5) 28.17 (8)	54.61 (7) 28.12 (3)	1:22.73 (6) 27.42 (=2)	1:50.15
6	7	Christian Keller	GER	26.32 (4) 27.91 (5)	54.23 (5) 28.40 (6)	1:22.63 (5) 27.83 (6)	1:50.46
7	1	Turlough O'Hare	CAN	26.53 (7) 28.06 (7)	54.59 (6) 28.38 (=4)	1:22.97 (7) 28.04 (8)	1:51.01
8	8	John Steel	NZL	26.60 (8) 28.04 (6)	54.64 (8) 28.55 (8)	1:23.19 (8) 27.93 (7)	1:51.12

Final (26 July 1992 — 18:45)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Yevgeny Sadovy	EUN	25.37 (2) 27.25 (3)	52.62 (3) 27.10 (1)	1:19.72 (2) 26.98 (1)	1:46.70	OR
2	5	Anders Holmertz	SWE	25.05 (1) 26.72 (1)	51.77 (1) 27.29 (2)	1:19.06 (1) 27.80 (5)	1:46.86
3	2	Antti Kasvio	FIN	25.40 (3) 27.84 (8)	53.24 (6) 27.39 (3)	1:20.63 (4) 27.00 (2)	1:47.63
4	1	Artur Wojdat	POL	25.63 (7) 27.77 (7)	53.40 (8) 27.76 (4)	1:21.16 (7) 27.08 (3)	1:48.24
5	3	Vladimir Pyshnenko	EUN	25.43 (5) 27.64 (5)	53.07 (5) 27.87 (6)	1:20.94 (6) 27.38 (4)	1:48.32
6	7	Joe Hudepohl	USA	25.41 (4) 26.89 (2)	52.30 (2) 28.05 (7)	1:20.35 (3) 28.01 (6)	1:48.36
7	6	Steffen Zesner	GER	25.61 (6) 27.35 (4)	52.96 (4) 27.79 (5)	1:20.75 (5) 28.09 (7)	1:48.84
8	8	Doug Gjertsen	USA	25.66 (8) 27.67 (6)	53.33 (7) 28.65 (8)	1:21.98 (8) 28.59 (8)	1:50.57