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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley

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Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date25 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors39 from 31 nations
Winning time1:59.91 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Attila Czene  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jani Sievinen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Curtis Myden  Canada
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1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Jani Sievinen (FIN) 1:58.16 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994
Olympic record  Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 2:00.17 Seoul, South Korea 25 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
25 July Final A Attila Czene  Hungary 1:59.91 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Jani Sievinen  Finland 2:01.05 Q
2 3 2 Marcel Wouda  Netherlands 2:01.21 Q, NR
3 3 5 Matthew Dunn  Australia 2:01.44 Q
4 5 5 Curtis Myden  Canada 2:01.50 Q
5 5 3 Greg Burgess  United States 2:01.93 Q
6 4 4 Tom Dolan  United States 2:01.99 Q
7 3 4 Attila Czene  Hungary 2:02.10 Q
8 4 6 Xavier Marchand  France 2:03.17 Q
9 5 6 Luca Sacchi  Italy 2:03.24 q
10 3 6 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 2:03.42 q
11 4 7 Martin van der Spoel  Netherlands 2:03.75 q
12 4 5 Christian Keller  Germany 2:03.82 q
13 3 3 Stev Theloke  Germany 2:04.23 q
14 4 2 Jo Yoshimi  Japan 2:04.49 q
15 2 4 Serghei Mariniuc  Moldova 2:04.99 q
16 5 8 Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand 2:05.18 q
17 5 2 Marcin Maliński  Poland 2:05.42
18 2 5 Josef Horký  Czech Republic 2:05.45
19 5 7 Petteri Lehtinen  Finland 2:05.51
20 1 4 Walter Soza  Nicaragua 2:06.15 NR
21 2 3 Valērijs Kalmikovs  Latvia 2:06.16
22 3 7 Attila Zubor  Hungary 2:06.24
23 3 1 Sergiy Sergeyev  Ukraine 2:06.30
24 2 2 Oleg Pukhnatiy  Uzbekistan 2:06.39
25 2 6 Krešimir Čač  Croatia 2:06.97
26 2 7 Kim Bang-hyun  South Korea 2:06.99
27 2 1 Arsenio López  Puerto Rico 2:07.09
28 4 3 Simon Coombs  Australia 2:07.31
29 2 8 Mark Kwok Kin Ming  Hong Kong 2:07.61
30 4 8 Denislav Kalchev  Bulgaria 2:08.16
31 1 7 Aleksandr Savitsky  Kazakhstan 2:08.78
32 5 1 Desmond Koh  Singapore 2:08.99
33 1 2 Armando Serrano  Colombia 2:09.67
34 4 1 Gerald Koh  Singapore 2:11.76
35 1 5 Kire Filipovski  Macedonia 2:11.90
36 1 3 Wan Azlan Abdullah  Malaysia 2:12.11
37 1 6 Sultan Al-Otaibi  Kuwait 2:19.77
1 1 Hem Lumphat  Cambodia DSQ
3 8 Peter Mankoč  Slovenia DSQ

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 6 Christian Keller  Germany 2:02.90
10 3 Martin van der Spoel  Netherlands 2:03.01
11 4 Luca Sacchi  Italy 2:03.49
12 2 Stev Theloke  Germany 2:03.94
13 1 Serghei Mariniuc  Moldova 2:04.11 NR
14 5 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 2:04.59
15 8 Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand 2:05.02
16 7 Jo Yoshimi  Japan 2:05.42

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Attila Czene  Hungary 1:59.91 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Jani Sievinen  Finland 2:00.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Curtis Myden  Canada 2:01.13 NR
4 5 Marcel Wouda  Netherlands 2:01.45
5 3 Matthew Dunn  Australia 2:01.57
6 2 Greg Burgess  United States 2:02.56
7 7 Tom Dolan  United States 2:03.89
8 8 Xavier Marchand  France 2:04.29

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 49. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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