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.

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

The following records were established during the competition:

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

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 5 4 Jani Sievinen 2:01.05 Q 2 3 2 Marcel Wouda 2:01.21 Q, NR 3 3 5 Matthew Dunn 2:01.44 Q 4 5 5 Curtis Myden 2:01.50 Q 5 5 3 Greg Burgess 2:01.93 Q 6 4 4 Tom Dolan 2:01.99 Q 7 3 4 Attila Czene 2:02.10 Q 8 4 6 Xavier Marchand 2:03.17 Q 9 5 6 Luca Sacchi 2:03.24 q 10 3 6 Tatsuya Kinugasa 2:03.42 q 11 4 7 Martin van der Spoel 2:03.75 q 12 4 5 Christian Keller 2:03.82 q 13 3 3 Stev Theloke 2:04.23 q 14 4 2 Jo Yoshimi 2:04.49 q 15 2 4 Serghei Mariniuc 2:04.99 q 16 5 8 Ratapong Sirisanont 2:05.18 q 17 5 2 Marcin Maliński 2:05.42 18 2 5 Josef Horký 2:05.45 19 5 7 Petteri Lehtinen 2:05.51 20 1 4 Walter Soza 2:06.15 NR 21 2 3 Valērijs Kalmikovs 2:06.16 22 3 7 Attila Zubor 2:06.24 23 3 1 Sergiy Sergeyev 2:06.30 24 2 2 Oleg Pukhnatiy 2:06.39 25 2 6 Krešimir Čač 2:06.97 26 2 7 Kim Bang-hyun 2:06.99 27 2 1 Arsenio López 2:07.09 28 4 3 Simon Coombs 2:07.31 29 2 8 Mark Kwok Kin Ming 2:07.61 30 4 8 Denislav Kalchev 2:08.16 31 1 7 Aleksandr Savitsky 2:08.78 32 5 1 Desmond Koh 2:08.99 33 1 2 Armando Serrano 2:09.67 34 4 1 Gerald Koh 2:11.76 35 1 5 Kire Filipovski 2:11.90 36 1 3 Wan Azlan Abdullah 2:12.11 37 1 6 Sultan Al-Otaibi 2:19.77 1 1 Hem Lumphat 3 8 Peter Mankoč

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 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

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Attila Czene 1:59.91 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

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming