The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.

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 Nation Time Record24 September Final A Michael Gross 1:56.94

Results

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Michael Gross 1:58.09 Q 2 4 Anthony Mosse 1:58.71 Q 3 5 David Wilson 1:59.02 Q 4 5 Benny Nielsen 1:59.26 Q, NR 5 4 Jon Kelly 1:59.40 Q 6 6 Melvin Stewart 1:59.78 Q 7 4 Tom Ponting 2:00.08 Q 8 6 Anthony Nesty 2:00.17 Q, NR 9 4 Martin Roberts 2:00.32 q 10 6 Mark Dean 2:00.86 q 11 6 Frank Drost 2:00.99 q 12 4 Tim Jones 2:01.01 q 13 5 Vadim Yaroshchuk 2:01.05 q 14 6 Satoshi Takeda 2:01.42 q 15 3 Nick Hodgson 2:01.44 q 16 5 Christophe Bordeau 2:01.70 q 17 4 Rafał Szukała 2:01.91 18 5 Reinhold Leitner 2:02.18 19 4 Hiroshi Miura 2:02.30 20 3 Ross Anderson 2:02.40 21 5 Martin Herrmann 2:02.61 22 4 Ondřej Bureš 2:02.93 23 6 Jan Larsen 2:03.01 24 5 José Luis Ballester 2:03.32 25 3 Jean-Marie Arnould 2:03.76 26 2 Diogo Madeira 2:03.79 3 Christer Wallin 28 3 Khazan Singh Tokas 2:03.95 29 2 João Santos 2:04.74 30 3 Zhan Jiang 2:05.22 31 2 Ahmed Abdullah 2:05.28 32 2 Joseph Eric Buhain 2:05.32 33 3 Théophile David 2:05.58 34 6 Eduardo de Poli 2:06.15 35 2 Park Yeong-cheol 2:08.57 36 1 Emanuel Nascimento 2:09.40 37 2 Desmond Koh 2:10.86 38 1 Sultan Al-Otaibi 2:12.89 39 1 William Cleveland 2:13.19 40 1 Kristan Singleton 2:19.68 1 Julian Bolling 5 Matjaž Kozelj

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Mark Dean 2:00.26 10 6 Tim Jones 2:00.32 11 2 Vadim Yaroshchuk 2:00.34 12 1 Nick Hodgson 2:01.09 13 8 Christophe Bordeau 2:01.46 14 3 Frank Drost 2:01.59 15 7 Satoshi Takeda 2:02.18 16 4 Martin Roberts 2:04.28

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Michael Gross 1:56.94 6 Benny Nielsen 1:58.24 NR 5 Anthony Mosse 1:58.28 4 1 Tom Ponting 1:58.91 5 7 Melvin Stewart 1:59.19 6 3 David Wilson 1:59.20 7 2 Jon Kelly 1:59.48 8 8 Anthony Nesty 2:00.80

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming