Men's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 25 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:59.91 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 1:58.16 | Rome, Italy | 11 September 1994 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 2:00.17 | Seoul, South Korea | 25 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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25 July | Final A | Attila Czene | ![]() | 1:59.91 | OR |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 6 | Christian Keller | ![]() | 2:02.90 | |
10 | 3 | Martin van der Spoel | ![]() | 2:03.01 | |
11 | 4 | Luca Sacchi | ![]() | 2:03.49 | |
12 | 2 | Stev Theloke | ![]() | 2:03.94 | |
13 | 1 | Serghei Mariniuc | ![]() | 2:04.11 | NR |
14 | 5 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | ![]() | 2:04.59 | |
15 | 8 | Ratapong Sirisanont | ![]() | 2:05.02 | |
16 | 7 | Jo Yoshimi | ![]() | 2:05.42 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 1 | Attila Czene | ![]() | 1:59.91 | OR |
![]() | 4 | Jani Sievinen | ![]() | 2:00.13 | |
![]() | 6 | Curtis Myden | ![]() | 2:01.13 | NR |
4 | 5 | Marcel Wouda | ![]() | 2:01.45 | |
5 | 3 | Matthew Dunn | ![]() | 2:01.57 | |
6 | 2 | Greg Burgess | ![]() | 2:02.56 | |
7 | 7 | Tom Dolan | ![]() | 2:03.89 | |
8 | 8 | Xavier Marchand | ![]() | 2:04.29 |