Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date22 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors43 from 37 nations
Winning time1:56.51
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Denis Pankratov  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tom Malchow  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Scott Goodman  Australia
Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Records

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

World record  Denis Pankratov (RUS) 1:55.22 Canet-en-Roussillon, France 14 June 1995
Olympic record  Melvin Stewart (USA) 1:56.26 Barcelona, Spain 30 July 1992

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Scott Goodman  Australia 1:57.77 Q
2 4 7 Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine 1:58.04 Q, NR
3 6 3 James Hickman  Great Britain 1:58.16 Q, NR
4 6 4 Denis Pankratov  Russia 1:58.28 Q
5 4 4 Tom Malchow  United States 1:58.69 Q
6 4 1 Péter Horváth  Hungary 1:58.76 Q
7 4 5 Franck Esposito  France 1:58.79 Q
8 5 5 Scott Miller  Australia 1:58.97 Q
9 6 1 Vesa Hanski  Finland 1:59.73 q, NR
10 6 7 Oliver Lampe  Germany 1:59.87 q
11 6 2 Konrad Gałka  Poland 1:59.97 q
12 5 1 Stefan Aartsen  Netherlands 2:00.04 q
13 4 2 Casey Barrett  Canada 2:00.28 q
14 5 3 Chris-Carol Bremer  Germany 2:00.48 q
15 5 6 Attila Czene  Hungary 2:00.50 q
16 4 3 David Abrard  France 2:00.60 q
17 5 7 Andrea Oriana  Italy 2:00.67
18 5 2 Aleksey Kolesnikov  Russia 2:00.77
19 6 6 Danyon Loader  New Zealand 2:00.81
20 4 6 Takashi Yamamoto  Japan 2:00.87
21 6 5 Ray Carey  United States 2:01.10
22 3 3 Dominik Galić  Croatia 2:01.17 NR
23 3 1 Aleksandar Malenko  Macedonia 2:01.46 NR
24 5 8 Nelson Mora  Venezuela 2:01.50
25 3 4 Diogo Madeira  Portugal 2:01.58
26 3 7 Konstantin Andriushin  Kyrgyzstan 2:01.59 NR
27 4 8 Can Ergenekan  Turkey 2:01.65
28 3 6 Vladan Marković  FR Yugoslavia 2:01.80
29 3 5 José Luis Ballester  Spain 2:02.69
30 3 8 Josef Horký  Czech Republic 2:02.84
31 2 2 Anthony Ang  Malaysia 2:03.01 NR
32 2 6 Mindaugas Bružas  Lithuania 2:03.76
33 2 1 Niti Intharapichai  Thailand 2:03.88 NR
34 1 4 Mark Kwok Kin Ming  Hong Kong 2:04.01
35 2 4 Lee Jung-hyung  South Korea 2:04.53
36 1 5 Walter Soza  Nicaragua 2:04.66
37 2 7 Javier Golovchenko  Uruguay 2:04.96
38 2 3 Dmitriy Pankov  Uzbekistan 2:05.36
39 2 8 Andrés Vasconcellos  Ecuador 2:05.98
40 3 2 Georgios Popotas  Greece 2:06.00
41 6 8 Thum Ping Tjin  Singapore 2:07.00
42 1 3 Aitor Osorio  Andorra 2:12.59
2 5 Jesús González  Mexico DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 1 Attila Czene  Hungary 1:58.99
10 4 Vesa Hanski  Finland 1:59.64 NR
11 2 Casey Barrett  Canada 1:59.72
12 5 Oliver Lampe  Germany 2:00.08
13 6 Stefan Aartsen  Netherlands 2:00.41
14 3 Konrad Gałka  Poland 2:00.91
15 8 David Abrard  France 2:01.25
16 7 Chris-Carol Bremer  Germany 2:01.62

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Denis Pankratov  Russia 1:56.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Tom Malchow  United States 1:57.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Scott Goodman  Australia 1:57.48
4 1 Franck Esposito  France 1:58.10 NR
5 8 Scott Miller  Australia 1:58.28
6 5 Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine 1:58.37
7 3 James Hickman  Great Britain 1:58.47
8 7 Péter Horváth  Hungary 1:59.12

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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