The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

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

Results

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Károly Güttler 2:13.89 Q 2 5 4 Andrey Korneyev 2:14.11 Q 3 5 5 Kurt Grote 2:14.63 Q 4 3 5 Norbert Rózsa 2:14.66 Q 5 3 6 Nick Gillingham 2:14.96 Q 6 4 3 Phil Rogers 2:14.97 Q 7 5 2 Marek Krawczyk 2:15.17 Q 8 5 6 Eric Wunderlich 2:15.18 Q 9 4 2 Jean-Christophe Sarnin 2:15.27 q 10 3 3 Ryan Mitchell 2:15.31 q 11 3 4 Akira Hayashi 2:15.37 q 12 5 3 Andrey Ivanov 2:15.56 q 13 3 7 Joaquín Fernández 2:16.05 q 14 5 7 Jonathan Cleveland 2:16.08 q 15 4 5 Frédérik Deburghgraeve 2:16.10 q, 16 3 8 Mario González 2:16.15 q 17 2 5 Valērijs Kalmikovs 2:17.07 q, NR 18 3 1 Daniel Málek 2:17.08 19 2 8 José Couto 2:17.28 NR 20 4 1 Ratapong Sirisanont 2:17.32 21 2 6 Aliaksandr Hukau 2:17.49 22 5 1 Dmytro Ivanusa 2:17.54 23 4 8 Stéphan Perrot 2:18.58 24 3 2 Wang Yiwu 2:19.13 25 2 3 Elvin Chia 2:20.39 26 4 7 Børge Mørk 2:20.42 27 4 8 Vadim Alexeev 2:20.47 28 2 2 Christophe Verdino 2:20.77 29 2 4 Vadim Tatarov 2:21.34 30 1 5 Roberto Bonilla 2:21.86 31 2 1 Todd Torres 2:22.66 32 2 7 Nerijus Beiga 2:23.40 33 1 4 Francisco Suriano 2:25.57 34 1 3 Huang Chih-yung 2:25.96 1 6 Desmond Koh 5 8 Paul Kent

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 6 Andrey Ivanov 2:14.37 10 1 Mario González 2:15.11 NR 11 5 Ryan Mitchell 2:15.63 12 2 Joaquín Fernández 2:16.05 13 8 Valērijs Kalmikovs 2:16.23 NR 14 4 Jean-Christophe Sarnin 2:16.26 15 1 Jonathan Cleveland 2:16.39 16 3 Akira Hayashi 2:16.69

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Norbert Rózsa 2:12.57 4 Károly Güttler 2:13.03 5 Andrey Korneyev 2:13.17 4 2 Nick Gillingham 2:14.37 5 7 Phil Rogers 2:14.79 6 1 Marek Krawczyk 2:14.84 NR 7 8 Eric Wunderlich 2:15.69 8 3 Kurt Grote 2:16.05

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming