The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

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 29 July Heat 7 Mike Barrowman 2:11.40 29 July Final A Mike Barrowman 2:10.16

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 7 4 Mike Barrowman 2:11.48 Q, 2 7 5 Norbert Rózsa 2:12.95 Q 3 6 4 Nick Gillingham 2:13.42 Q 4 5 4 Károly Güttler 2:14.31 Q 5 5 2 Kenji Watanabe 2:14.35 Q, NR 6 5 3 Phil Rogers 2:14.39 Q, OC 7 7 6 Akira Hayashi 2:14.61 Q 8 6 3 Sergio López Miró 2:14.68 Q 9 6 5 Roque Santos 2:14.71 q 10 5 5 Joaquín Fernández 2:14.93 q 11 7 7 Stéphane Vossart 2:15.11 q 12 5 8 Javier Careaga 2:15.59 q, NR 13 5 7 Rodney Lawson 2:15.67 q 14 7 3 Jonathan Cleveland 2:15.68 q 15 5 1 Francesco Postiglione 2:15.97 q 16 6 2 Radek Beinhauer 2:16.26 q 17 7 1 Andrea Cecchi 2:16.38 18 6 6 Mario González 2:16.45 19 6 8 Frédérik Deburghgraeve 2:16.93 20 6 7 Gary O'Toole 2:17.66 21 7 2 Christophe Bourdon 2:17.68 22 4 5 Petri Suominen 2:18.01 23 5 6 Michael Mason 2:18.64 24 4 4 Pablo Minelli 2:18.70 25 4 8 Alexandre Yokochi 2:18.97 26 4 2 Børge Mørk 2:19.11 27 3 4 Petteri Lehtinen 2:20.27 28 3 5 Patrick Concepcion 2:20.33 29 4 6 Christian Poswiat 2:20.80 30 4 7 Gustavo Gorriarán 2:21.25 31 7 8 Nerijus Beiga 2:21.65 32 3 7 Desmond Koh 2:21.87 33 3 3 Kenneth Cawood 2:21.88 34 4 3 Ricardo Torres 2:21.93 35 6 1 Jason Hender 2:23.10 36 3 2 Christophe Verdino 2:23.33 NR 37 2 6 Andrew Rutherfurd 2:24.29 38 4 1 Aleksandr Savitsky 2:24.58 39 2 7 Chris Flook 2:24.85 40 2 3 Jörg Lindemeier 2:24.88 41 3 6 Clifford Lyne 2:25.66 42 2 5 Abderzak Bella 2:26.35 43 2 4 Roberto Bonilla 2:28.97 44 1 6 Chi Jia Han 2:30.74 45 1 5 Bernard Desmarais 2:31.52 46 2 1 Glenn Diaz 2:34.65 47 1 4 Danilo Zavoli 2:34.87 48 3 8 Sultan Al-Otaibi 2:35.54 49 2 2 Ayman Al-Enazy 2:39.12 50 1 2 Foy Gordon Chung 2:41.10 51 1 7 Obaid Al-Rumaithi 2:44.61 52 1 3 Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman 2:51.21 1 1 Kenny Roberts 3 1 Todd Torres

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 2 Rodney Lawson 2:15.50 10 5 Joaquín Fernández 2:15.52 3 Stéphane Vossart 12 4 Roque Santos 2:15.73 13 8 Radek Beinhauer 2:16.07 14 7 Jonathan Cleveland 2:16.20 15 6 Javier Careaga 2:16.55 16 1 Francesco Postiglione 2:16.92

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Mike Barrowman 2:10.16 5 Norbert Rózsa 2:11.23 ER 3 Nick Gillingham 2:11.29 NR 4 8 Sergio López Miró 2:13.29 5 6 Károly Güttler 2:13.32 6 7 Phil Rogers 2:13.59 OC 7 1 Kenji Watanabe 2:14.70 8 2 Akira Hayashi 2:15.11

References

External links Official Report