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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	30 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	46 from 32 countries

Mel Stewart was the clear favorite, having dominated the event since Seoul, winning the 1991 Worlds and 1989 and 1991 Pan Pacific meets, and setting the world record at the 1991 Pan Pacs. The final was not close as Stewart lived up to expectations. He took the lead early and was never headed, going ahead of world record pace for 150 metres, but he struggled slightly coming home, finishing in 1:56.26, the fourth fastest performance ever.

Behind him, the silver went to New Zealand’s Danyon Loader, who was a surprise just to make the final, having a PR of only 2:01.29 prior to the Olympics, and it took 1:59.96 just to qualify for the final. But it was the prelude to a great swimming career, as Loader would return in 1996 and win both the 200 and 400 freestyles. Bronze medalist Franck Esposito (FRA) was not a surprise as he had won the 1991 European Championships. He would win this event at the 1993 World and win it three times more at the Europeans. He would also swim in three more Olympics, but this would be his only medal.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Mel Stewart	USA	1:56.99 (1 h7)	–	1:56.26 (1)	Gold
2	Danyon Loader	NZL	1:58.15 (1 h5)	–	1:57.93 (2)	Silver
3	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:58.75 (2 h5)	–	1:58.51 (3)	Bronze
4	Rafał Szukała	POL	1:59.51 (3 h7)	–	1:58.89 (4)
5	Keiichi Kawanaka	JPN	1:59.96 (4 h5)	–	1:58.97 (5)
6	Denis Pankratov	EUN	1:59.00 (2 h7)	–	1:58.98 (6)
7	Robert Pinter	ROU	1:59.59 (3 h5)	–	1:59.34 (7)
8	Martin Roberts	AUS	1:58.91 (1 h6)	–	1:59.64 (8)
9	Chris-Carol Bremer	GER	2:00.49 (3 h6)	1:59.93 (1)	–
10	Dave Wharton	USA	2:00.84 (4 h6)	2:01.08 (2)	–
11	Martin Herrmann	GER	2:00.47 (2 h6)	2:01.14 (3)	–
12	Can Ergenekan	TUR	2:00.82 (4 h7)	2:01.21 (4)	–
13	Tom Ponting	CAN	2:01.20 (6 h6)	2:01.60 (5)	–
14	Simon McKillop-Davies	AUS	2:00.92 (5 h6)	2:01.86 (6)	–
15	Eduardo Piccinini	BRA	2:01.20 (1 h2)	2:01.87 (7)	–
16	Marco Braida	ITA	2:01.18 (5 h5)	2:02.24 (8)	–
17	Tomohiro Miyoshi	JPN	2:01.27 (6 h5)	–	–
18	Konrad Gałka	POL	2:01.33 (5 h7)	–	–
=19	André Teixeira	BRA	2:01.39 (6 h7)	–	–
=19	Matjaž Kozelj	SLO	2:01.39 (1 h4)	–	–
21	José Luis Ballester	ESP	2:01.41 (2 h4)	–	–
22	Simon Wainwright	GBR	2:01.53 (3 h4)	–	–
23	Uğur Taner	TUR	2:01.61 (7 h6)	–	–
24	Jorge Pérez	ESP	2:01.63 (7 h5)	–	–
25	Christophe Bordeau	FRA	2:01.99 (8 h6)	–	–
26	Eddie Parenti	CAN	2:02.00 (7 h7)	–	–
27	Guy Callaghan	NZL	2:02.12 (4 h4)	–	–
28	Craig Jackson	RSA	2:02.17 (1 h3)	–	–
29	Diogo Madeira	POR	2:02.22 (2 h3)	–	–
30	David Monasterio	PUR	2:02.32 (5 h4)	–	–
31	Vesa Hanski	FIN	2:02.75 (3 h3)	–	–
32	Alexander Brandl	AUT	2:02.88 (4 h3)	–	–
33	Denislav Kalchev	BUL	2:03.73 (5 h3)	–	–
34	Miguel Cabrita	POR	2:04.28 (6 h4)	–	–
35	Kristiyan Minkovski	BUL	2:05.18 (6 h3)	–	–
36	Kai Johansson	FIN	2:05.71 (7 h3)	–	–
37	Gary Tan	SGP	2:06.41 (2 h2)	–	–
38	Duncan Todd	HKG	2:08.20 (3 h2)	–	–
=39	Kristan Singleton	ISV	2:08.71 (1 h1)	–	–
=39	Kire Filipovski	IOA	2:08.71 (7 h4)	–	–
41	Janko Gojković	BIH	2:09.08 (2 h1)	–	–
42	Alan Espínola	PAR	2:11.88 (3 h1)	–	–
43	Benoît Fleurot	MRI	2:13.09 (4 h2)	–	–
44	Julian Bolling	SRI	2:17.47 (5 h2)	–	–
45	Ziyad Kashmiri	KSA	2:21.59 (4 h1)	–	–
46	Mohamed Khamis	UAE	2:29.73 (5 h1)	–	–

Round One (30 July 1992 — 11:00)

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	Kristan Singleton	ISV	28.19 (2) 31.89 (1)	1:00.08 (2) 33.56 (1)	1:33.64 (1) 35.07 (1)	2:08.71
2	7	Janko Gojković	BIH	27.61 (1) 32.46 (2)	1:00.07 (1) 33.83 (=2)	1:33.90 (2) 35.18 (2)	2:09.08
3	5	Alan Espínola	PAR	29.65 (3) 32.78 (3)	1:02.43 (3) 33.83 (=2)	1:36.26 (3) 35.62 (3)	2:11.88
4	6	Ziyad Kashmiri	KSA	29.93 (4) 35.36 (4)	1:05.29 (4) 36.58 (4)	1:41.87 (4) 39.72 (5)	2:21.59
5	2	Mohamed Khamis	UAE	32.00 (5) 38.30 (5)	1:10.30 (5) 40.06 (5)	1:50.36 (5) 39.37 (4)	2:29.73

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Eduardo Piccinini	BRA	27.38 (1) 30.77 (1)	58.15 (1) 31.39 (1)	1:29.54 (1) 31.66 (1)	2:01.20	q
2	4	Gary Tan	SGP	28.62 (2) 31.89 (2)	1:00.51 (2) 32.12 (2)	1:32.63 (2) 33.78 (3)	2:06.41
3	2	Duncan Todd	HKG	28.71 (3) 33.30 (3)	1:02.01 (3) 32.75 (3)	1:34.76 (3) 33.44 (2)	2:08.20
4	3	Benoît Fleurot	MRI	29.42 (4) 33.37 (4)	1:02.79 (4) 34.58 (4)	1:37.37 (4) 35.72 (4)	2:13.09
5	7	Julian Bolling	SRI	29.68 (5) 33.52 (5)	1:03.20 (5) 36.49 (5)	1:39.69 (5) 37.78 (5)	2:17.47

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	6	Craig Jackson	RSA	27.55 (=2) 30.58 (1)	58.13 (1) 31.33 (1)	1:29.46 (1) 32.71 (4)	2:02.17
2	4	Diogo Madeira	POR	27.64 (5) 31.16 (3)	58.80 (3) 31.54 (2)	1:30.34 (3) 31.88 (3)	2:02.22
3	2	Vesa Hanski	FIN	27.57 (4) 31.44 (7)	59.01 (6) 31.97 (4)	1:30.98 (4) 31.77 (1)	2:02.75
4	5	Alexander Brandl	AUT	27.48 (1) 31.43 (=5)	58.91 (4) 32.12 (6)	1:31.03 (5) 31.85 (2)	2:02.88
5	7	Denislav Kalchev	BUL	27.55 (=2) 30.74 (2)	58.29 (2) 31.95 (3)	1:30.24 (2) 33.49 (5)	2:03.73
6	1	Kristiyan Minkovski	BUL	27.90 (7) 31.43 (=5)	59.33 (7) 32.06 (5)	1:31.39 (7) 33.79 (6)	2:05.18
7	3	Kai Johansson	FIN	27.65 (6) 31.33 (4)	58.98 (5) 32.27 (7)	1:31.25 (6) 34.46 (7)	2:05.71

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	2	Matjaž Kozelj	SLO	27.35 (3) 31.10 (5)	58.45 (4) 31.13 (1)	1:29.58 (3) 31.81 (1)	2:01.39
2	4	José Luis Ballester	ESP	27.20 (1) 30.62 (2)	57.82 (1) 31.56 (4)	1:29.38 (1) 32.03 (2)	2:01.41
3	5	Simon Wainwright	GBR	27.32 (2) 30.56 (1)	57.88 (2) 31.51 (3)	1:29.39 (2) 32.14 (4)	2:01.53
4	3	Guy Callaghan	NZL	27.73 (5) 30.64 (3)	58.37 (3) 31.32 (2)	1:29.69 (4) 32.43 (5)	2:02.12
5	7	David Monasterio	PUR	27.89 (6) 30.74 (4)	58.63 (5) 31.63 (5)	1:30.26 (5) 32.06 (3)	2:02.32
6	1	Miguel Cabrita	POR	27.69 (4) 31.45 (6)	59.14 (6) 31.95 (6)	1:31.09 (6) 33.19 (6)	2:04.28
7	6	Kire Filipovski	IOA	28.10 (7) 31.60 (7)	59.70 (7) 33.78 (7)	1:33.48 (7) 35.23 (7)	2:08.71

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	1	Danyon Loader	NZL	27.13 (2) 29.98 (1)	57.11 (1) 29.80 (1)	1:26.91 (1) 31.24 (4)	1:58.15	Q
2	5	Franck Esposito	FRA	27.22 (3) 30.41 (4)	57.63 (3) 30.32 (3)	1:27.95 (2) 30.80 (2)	1:58.75	Q
3	2	Robert Pinter	ROU	27.73 (6) 30.32 (3)	58.05 (4) 30.31 (2)	1:28.36 (3) 31.23 (3)	1:59.59	Q
4	4	Keiichi Kawanaka	JPN	27.65 (=4) 30.68 (5)	58.33 (5) 30.94 (5)	1:29.27 (5) 30.69 (1)	1:59.96	Q
5	7	Marco Braida	ITA	26.96 (1) 30.28 (2)	57.24 (2) 31.78 (7)	1:29.02 (4) 32.16 (7)	2:01.18	q
6	3	Tomohiro Miyoshi	JPN	27.77 (7) 30.80 (7)	58.57 (7) 30.79 (4)	1:29.36 (6) 31.91 (5)	2:01.27
7	8	Jorge Pérez	ESP	27.65 (=4) 30.70 (6)	58.35 (6) 31.23 (6)	1:29.58 (7) 32.05 (6)	2:01.63

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Martin Roberts	AUS	26.86 (1) 30.70 (2)	57.56 (1) 30.12 (1)	1:27.68 (1) 31.23 (1)	1:58.91	Q
2	8	Martin Herrmann	GER	27.15 (6) 30.58 (1)	57.73 (=2) 30.78 (2)	1:28.51 (2) 31.96 (6)	2:00.47	q
3	2	Chris-Carol Bremer	GER	26.99 (3) 30.74 (3)	57.73 (=2) 31.08 (5)	1:28.81 (3) 31.68 (5)	2:00.49	q
4	3	Dave Wharton	USA	26.87 (2) 30.96 (8)	57.83 (4) 31.39 (6)	1:29.22 (5) 31.62 (4)	2:00.84	q
5	7	Simon McKillop-Davies	AUS	27.61 (8) 30.92 (6)	58.53 (8) 31.07 (4)	1:29.60 (7) 31.32 (3)	2:00.92	q
6	6	Tom Ponting	CAN	27.53 (7) 30.77 (4)	58.30 (7) 31.61 (8)	1:29.91 (8) 31.29 (2)	2:01.20	q
7	5	Uğur Taner	TUR	27.04 (4) 30.95 (7)	57.99 (6) 30.84 (3)	1:28.83 (4) 32.78 (8)	2:01.61
8	1	Christophe Bordeau	FRA	27.07 (5) 30.84 (5)	57.91 (5) 31.54 (7)	1:29.45 (6) 32.54 (7)	2:01.99

Heat Seven

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Mel Stewart	USA	26.09 (1) 29.54 (1)	55.63 (1) 30.29 (1)	1:25.92 (1) 31.07 (1)	1:56.99	Q
2	3	Denis Pankratov	EUN	26.45 (2) 30.30 (5)	56.75 (2) 30.82 (=2)	1:27.57 (2) 31.43 (2)	1:59.00	Q
3	1	Rafał Szukała	POL	27.14 (6) 30.01 (3)	57.15 (5) 30.82 (=2)	1:27.97 (3) 31.54 (3)	1:59.51	Q
4	5	Can Ergenekan	TUR	27.02 (5) 29.81 (2)	56.83 (3) 31.21 (5)	1:28.04 (4) 32.78 (7)	2:00.82	q
5	6	Konrad Gałka	POL	27.01 (4) 30.08 (4)	57.09 (4) 31.78 (7)	1:28.87 (6) 32.46 (5)	2:01.33
6	7	André Teixeira	BRA	26.90 (3) 30.47 (6)	57.37 (6) 31.25 (6)	1:28.62 (5) 32.77 (6)	2:01.39
7	8	Eddie Parenti	CAN	27.59 (7) 31.29 (7)	58.88 (7) 31.07 (4)	1:29.95 (7) 32.05 (4)	2:02.00

B Final (30 July 1992 — 19:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Chris-Carol Bremer	GER	27.39 (3) 30.41 (1)	57.80 (1) 31.12 (1)	1:28.92 (1) 31.01 (2)	1:59.93
2	6	Dave Wharton	USA	27.38 (2) 30.57 (2)	57.95 (2) 31.82 (6)	1:29.77 (3) 31.31 (4)	2:01.08
3	4	Martin Herrmann	GER	27.54 (6) 30.74 (4)	58.28 (5) 31.21 (2)	1:29.49 (2) 31.65 (6)	2:01.14
4	3	Can Ergenekan	TUR	28.09 (8) 30.84 (6)	58.93 (8) 31.29 (3)	1:30.22 (6) 30.99 (1)	2:01.21
5	1	Tom Ponting	CAN	27.36 (1) 30.77 (5)	58.13 (3) 31.95 (7)	1:30.08 (5) 31.52 (5)	2:01.60
6	2	Simon McKillop-Davies	AUS	27.52 (5) 30.72 (3)	58.24 (4) 31.69 (5)	1:29.93 (4) 31.93 (7)	2:01.86
7	8	Eduardo Piccinini	BRA	27.51 (4) 30.89 (7)	58.40 (6) 32.24 (8)	1:30.64 (8) 31.23 (3)	2:01.87
8	7	Marco Braida	ITA	27.56 (7) 31.04 (8)	58.60 (7) 31.63 (4)	1:30.23 (7) 32.01 (8)	2:02.24

Final (30 July 1992 — 19:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Mel Stewart	USA	25.97 (1) 29.35 (1)	55.32 (1) 30.00 (1)	1:25.32 (1) 30.94 (7)	1:56.26	OR
2	5	Danyon Loader	NZL	27.21 (5) 29.53 (2)	56.74 (3) 30.26 (2)	1:27.00 (2) 30.93 (6)	1:57.93
3	3	Franck Esposito	FRA	26.61 (2) 30.05 (4)	56.66 (2) 31.26 (7)	1:27.92 (4) 30.59 (3)	1:58.51
4	7	Rafał Szukała	POL	27.14 (4) 30.04 (3)	57.18 (4) 31.09 (5)	1:28.27 (5) 30.62 (4)	1:58.89
5	8	Keiichi Kawanaka	JPN	27.63 (8) 30.17 (6)	57.80 (8) 31.18 (6)	1:28.98 (8) 29.99 (1)	1:58.97
6	2	Denis Pankratov	EUN	26.88 (3) 30.40 (8)	57.28 (5) 31.27 (8)	1:28.55 (7) 30.43 (2)	1:58.98
7	1	Robert Pinter	ROU	27.44 (7) 30.32 (7)	57.76 (7) 30.68 (4)	1:28.44 (6) 30.90 (5)	1:59.34
8	6	Martin Roberts	AUS	27.39 (6) 30.12 (5)	57.51 (6) 30.29 (3)	1:27.80 (3) 31.84 (8)	1:59.64