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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date	24 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors	36 from 31 nations
Winning time	2:12.57
Medalists
Norbert Rózsa  Hungary Károly Güttler  Hungary Andrey Korneyev  Russia

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 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.

World record	Mike Barrowman (USA)	2:10.16	Barcelona, Spain	29 July 1992
Olympic record	Mike Barrowman (USA)	2:10.16	Barcelona, Spain	29 July 1992

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	4	4	Károly Güttler	Hungary	2:13.89	Q
2	5	4	Andrey Korneyev	Russia	2:14.11	Q
3	5	5	Kurt Grote	United States	2:14.63	Q
4	3	5	Norbert Rózsa	Hungary	2:14.66	Q
5	3	6	Nick Gillingham	Great Britain	2:14.96	Q
6	4	3	Phil Rogers	Australia	2:14.97	Q
7	5	2	Marek Krawczyk	Poland	2:15.17	Q
8	5	6	Eric Wunderlich	United States	2:15.18	Q
9	4	2	Jean-Christophe Sarnin	France	2:15.27	q
10	3	3	Ryan Mitchell	Australia	2:15.31	q
11	3	4	Akira Hayashi	Japan	2:15.37	q
12	5	3	Andrey Ivanov	Russia	2:15.56	q
13	3	7	Joaquín Fernández	Spain	2:16.05	q
14	5	7	Jonathan Cleveland	Canada	2:16.08	q
15	4	5	Frédérik Deburghgraeve	Belgium	2:16.10	q, WD
16	3	8	Mario González	Cuba	2:16.15	q
17	2	5	Valērijs Kalmikovs	Latvia	2:17.07	q, NR
18	3	1	Daniel Málek	Czech Republic	2:17.08
19	2	8	José Couto	Portugal	2:17.28	NR
20	4	1	Ratapong Sirisanont	Thailand	2:17.32
21	2	6	Aliaksandr Hukau	Belarus	2:17.49
22	5	1	Dmytro Ivanusa	Ukraine	2:17.54
23	4	8	Stéphan Perrot	France	2:18.58
24	3	2	Wang Yiwu	China	2:19.13
25	2	3	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	2:20.39
26	4	7	Børge Mørk	Norway	2:20.42
27	4	8	Vadim Alexeev	Israel	2:20.47
28	2	2	Christophe Verdino	Monaco	2:20.77
29	2	4	Vadim Tatarov	Moldova	2:21.34
30	1	5	Roberto Bonilla	Guatemala	2:21.86
31	2	1	Todd Torres	Puerto Rico	2:22.66
32	2	7	Nerijus Beiga	Lithuania	2:23.40
33	1	4	Francisco Suriano	El Salvador	2:25.57
34	1	3	Huang Chih-yung	Chinese Taipei	2:25.96
	1	6	Desmond Koh	Singapore	DNS
	5	8	Paul Kent	New Zealand	DNS

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	6	Andrey Ivanov	Russia	2:14.37
10	1	Mario González	Cuba	2:15.11	NR
11	5	Ryan Mitchell	Australia	2:15.63
12	2	Joaquín Fernández	Spain	2:16.05
13	8	Valērijs Kalmikovs	Latvia	2:16.23	NR
14	4	Jean-Christophe Sarnin	France	2:16.26
15	1	Jonathan Cleveland	Canada	2:16.39
16	3	Akira Hayashi	Japan	2:16.69

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Norbert Rózsa	Hungary	2:12.57
	4	Károly Güttler	Hungary	2:13.03
	5	Andrey Korneyev	Russia	2:13.17
4	2	Nick Gillingham	Great Britain	2:14.37
5	7	Phil Rogers	Australia	2:14.79
6	1	Marek Krawczyk	Poland	2:14.84	NR
7	8	Eric Wunderlich	United States	2:15.69
8	3	Kurt Grote	United States	2:16.05

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming