The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 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 Tamás Darnyi 2:00.17

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 8 Tamás Darnyi 2:02.15 Q 2 8 Vadim Yaroshchuk 2:02.77 Q 3 6 Patrick Kühl 2:03.77 Q 4 6 Mikhail Zubkov 2:03.79 Q 5 6 Gary Anderson 2:04.00 Q 6 8 Raik Hannemann 2:04.03 Q 7 8 Peter Bermel 2:04.18 Q 8 7 Robert Bruce 2:04.31 Q 9 7 David Wharton 2:04.64 q 10 7 Jens-Peter Berndt 2:04.80 q 11 7 Christophe Bordeau 2:04.95 q 12 6 Bill Stapleton 2:05.32 q 13 6 Luca Sacchi 2:05.45 q 14 7 Charalambos Papanikolaou 2:05.53 q 15 6 John Davey 2:05.55 q 16 7 Neil Cochran 2:05.56 q 17 8 Rob Woodhouse 2:05.87 18 6 Roberto Cassio 2:05.88 19 5 Takahiro Fujimoto 2:07.23 20 6 Gary O'Toole 2:07.77 21 8 Darren Ward 2:07.84 22 5 Satoshi Takeda 2:08.11 23 7 József Szabó 2:09.08 24 5 Javier Careaga 2:09.38 25 5 Rodrigo González 2:09.52 26 4 Júlio César Rebolal 2:09.62 27 5 Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson 2:10.18 28 4 Diogo Madeira 2:10.21 29 5 Renato Ramalho 2:10.32 30 4 René Concepcion 2:10.37 31 5 Xie Jun 2:10.52 5 Martín López-Zubero 33 4 Sidney Appelboom 2:10.55 34 4 David Lim Fong Jock 2:11.57 35 3 Lee Jae-soo 2:11.88 36 8 Sergio López Miró 2:13.48 37 3 Richard Sam Bera 2:13.90 38 4 Wirmandi Sugriat 2:13.93 39 3 Hakan Eskioğlu 2:14.32 40 4 Yip Hor Man 2:14.65 41 3 Desmond Koh 2:14.77 42 2 Sultan Al-Otaibi 2:15.63 43 3 Eric Greenwood 2:15.64 44 2 Horst Niehaus 2:16.16 45 3 Jonathan Sakovich 2:16.70 46 2 Kraig Singleton 2:16.93 47 2 Graham Thompson 2:17.06 48 3 Arthur Li Kai Yien 2:17.10 49 2 Tsai Hsin-yen 2:17.95 50 1 Vaughan Smith 2:18.07 51 2 Chiang Chi-li 2:18.76 52 2 Mouhamed Diop 2:20.74 53 1 Mohamed Bin Abid 2:29.08 54 2 Bruno N'Diaye 2:29.18 55 1 Mohamed Abdullah 2:31.44 56 1 Rami Kantari 2:34.53 3 Patrick Concepcion 8 Jan Bidrman

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 David Wharton 2:03.05 10 1 John Davey 2:04.17 11 8 Neil Cochran 2:05.44 12 3 Christophe Bordeau 2:05.51 13 2 Luca Sacchi 2:05.68 14 7 Charalambos Papanikolaou 2:06.61 15 5 Jens-Peter Berndt 2:06.76 16 6 Bill Stapleton 2:06.82

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Tamás Darnyi 2:00.17 3 Patrick Kühl 2:01.61 5 Vadim Yaroshchuk 2:02.40 4 6 Mikhail Zubkov 2:02.92 5 1 Peter Bermel 2:03.81 6 8 Robert Bruce 2:04.34 7 7 Raik Hannemann 2:04.82 8 2 Gary Anderson 2:06.35

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming