Men 200m Backstroke Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - Thursday, 22nd September

Men 200m Backstroke Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - Thursday, 22nd September - Igor Polyanski, Soviet Union

Final		time	gap	L	Y	50m	100m	150m
1. Igor Polyanski	Soviet Union	1:59.37		6	21	27.14s	57.49.	1:28.20
2. Frank Baltrusch	East Germany	1:59.60	+0.23s	5	24	27.98s	58.57.	1:29.02
3. Paul Kingsman	New Zealand	2:00.48	+1.11s	1	21	28.74s	59.48.	1:29.53
4. Sergey Zabolotnov	Soviet Union	2:00.52	+1.15s	4	25	27.23s	57.53.	1:28.97
5. Dirk Richter	East Germany	2:01.67	+2.30s	3	24	28.99s	59.94.	1:30.77
6. Jens-Peter Berndt	West Germany	2:01.84	+2.47s	7	25	28.69s	59.42.	1:30.66
7. Dan Veatch	United States	2:02.26	+2.89s	2	23	28.63s	59.75.	1:30.82
8. Rogerio Aoki Romero	Brazil	2:02.28	+2.91s	8	18	28.52s	59.79.	1:31.41

44 Competitors from 32 Nations. Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool.
Men 200m Backstroke History	1992 Men 200m Backstroke	1984 Men 200m Backstroke

World Record: Igor Polyanski, Soviet Union 1:58.14 Erfurt, East Germany 3rd March 1985

Olympic Record: Rick Carey, United States 1:58.19 Los Angeles, United States 31st July 1984

2:13.10 LCM-time done since Jan 1, 1987

2:06.60 SCM-time done since Sep 1, 1987

Final B		time	gap	L	Y	50m	100m	150m
9. Frank Hoffmeister	West Germany	2:01.65		6	22	28.38s	59.61.	1:30.60
10.Steven G Bigelow	United States	2:02.95	+1.30s	7	17	28.90s	1:00.01	1:31.58
11.Martin Lopez-Zubero	Spain	2:03.70	+2.05s	3	19	29.08s	1:00.33	1:32.11
12.Mark Tewksbury	Canada	2:03.79	+2.14s	8	20	29.05s	1:00.28	1:32.54
13.Georgi Mikhalev	Bulgaria	2:04.24	+2.59s	4	20	28.64s	59.70.	1:32.09
14.Tamas Deutsch	Hungary	2:04.42	+2.77s	5	18	29.01s	1:00.92	1:32.90
15.Daichi Suzuki	Japan	2:04.67	+3.02s	2	21	28.59s	59.85.	1:32.24
16.Gary Binfield	Great Britain	2:04.90	+3.25s	1	22	28.55s	1:00.21	1:32.32

Todor 66	index Swimming OG
index Seoul 1988	index Swimming Seoul 1988


Men 50m Freestyle	Women 50m Freestyle
Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 200m Freestyle	Women 200m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle	Women 800m Freestyle
Men 100m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Backstroke	Women 200m Backstroke
Men 100m Breaststroke	Women 100m Breaststroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 100m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 200m Butterfly	Women 200m Butterfly
Men 200m Medley	Women 200m Medley
Men 400m Medley	Women 400m Medley
Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay

Igor Polyansky (URS) came into Seoul as the heavy favorite in this event, having lost only one race since 1985, that at the 1987 European Championships to his teammate, [Sergey Zabolotnov]. They had set the last two world records, with Zabolotnov setting his at the 1984 Friendship Games in Moscow, just after the Los Angeles Olympics, but Polyansky broke that record in 1985 with 1:58.14. In the Seoul final, Zabolotnov led at 100 metres, but Polyansky took the lead on the third lap. He held on for the gold medal and East German Frank Baltrusch finished quickly for silver, as Zabolotnov fell off the medal stand and placed fourth.
The bronze medal went to New Zealander Paul Kingsman, whose best previous international finish had been a third at the 1987 Pan Pacs. The awards ceremony would not go so well for him or for Polyansky. First, Kingsman was introduced as from the Soviet Union. Then Polyansky had to stand there as they corrected that, but they overdid it, and announced the playing of the New Zealand national anthem. Fortunately that was corrected and the Soviet anthem was actually played.

Heats - Thursday, 22nd September 10:00

Heat 6		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butter	Back	Breast
1. Sergey Zabolotnov	Soviet Union	2:01.27	Q		-	25	1.	27.31s	57.91s	1:29.54
4. Igor Polyanski	Soviet Union	2:01.70	Q	+0.43s	-	21	2.	27.20s	58.11s	1:28.76
6. Jens-Peter Berndt	West Germany	2:01.77	Q	+0.50s	-	25	3.	28.76s	59.48s	1:30.56
7. Paul Kingsman	New Zealand	2:02.20	Q	+0.93s	-	21	4.	29.08s	1:00.10	1:30.65
10.Tamas Deutsch	Hungary	2:03.17	q	+1.90s	-	18	5.	28.36s	59.73s	1:31.88
21.David Holderbach	France	2:04.83		+3.56s	-	17	6.	29.26s	1:00.69	1:32.77
22.Simon Upton	Australia	2:05.08		+3.81s	-	19	7.	29.36s	1:01.04	1:33.02
26.Lars Sorensen	Denmark	2:05.73		+4.46s	-	20	8.	29.39s	1:00.89	1:33.19

Heat 5		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butter	Back	Breast
2. Frank Baltrusch	East Germany	2:01.49	Q	+0.22s	-	24	1.	28.18s	58.45s	1:29.38
8. Rogerio Aoki Romero	Brazil	2:02.26	Q	+0.99s	-	18	2.	28.23s	59.51s	1:30.64
11.Martin Lopez-Zubero	Spain	2:03.33	q	+2.06s	-	19	3.	29.02s	1:00.29	1:31.88
13.Daichi Suzuki	Japan	2:03.36	q	+2.09s	-	21	4.	27.80s	59.39s	1:31.43
14.Stefano Battistelli	Italy	2:03.63	WD	+2.36s	-	18	5.	28.87s	1:00.32	1:31.39
18.Mark Tewksbury	Canada	2:04.02	q	+2.75s	-	20	6.	27.94s	58.71s	1:30.35
24.Edvard Edvardsson	Iceland	2:05.61		+4.34s	-	21	7.	28.50s	1:00.12	1:32.69
-. Tamas Darnyi	Hungary	DSQ			-	21

Heat 4		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butter	Back	Breast
3. Dirk Richter	East Germany	2:01.54	Q	+0.27s	-	24	1.	28.50s	58.99s	1:30.11
5. Dan Veatch	United States	2:01.73	Q	+0.46s	-	23	2.	28.15s	58.82s	1:29.84
9. Georgi Mikhalev	Bulgaria	2:02.71	q	+1.44s	-	20	3.	28.70s	59.65s	1:31.22
12.Frank Hoffmeister	West Germany	2:03.34	q	+2.07s	-	22	4.	27.88s	58.86s	1:29.57
15.Steven G Bigelow	United States	2:03.64	q	+2.37s	-	17	5.	28.60s	59.95s	1:31.54
17.Sean Murphy	Canada	2:03.81	WD	+2.54s	-	24	6.	28.22s	59.69s	1:31.00
28.Pavel Vokoun	Czechoslovakia	2:07.24		+5.97s	-	18	7.	28.62s	1:00.19	1:33.01

Heat 3		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butter	Back	Breast
16.Gary Binfield	Great Britain	2:03.79	q	+2.52s	-	22	1.	28.53s	59.46s	1:31.00
19.Alejandro Alvizuri	Peru	2:04.29		+3.02s	-	20	2.	28.13s	59.08s	1:31.06
20.John Davey	Great Britain	2:04.70		+3.43s	-	23	3.	28.73s	1:00.42	1:32.32
22.Ernesto Vila	Mexico	2:05.08		+3.81s	-	19	4.	29.53s	1:01.12	1:33.07
25.Richard Gheel	Ireland	2:05.71		+4.44s	-	19	5.	29.39s	1:00.99	1:32.72
27.Stephen Cullen	Ireland	2:06.98		+5.71s	-	17	1.	29.52s	1:01.48	1:33.74
30.Laijiu Lin	China	2:08.28		+7.01s	-	20	6.	29.03s	1:01.47	1:34.33
32.Shigemori Maruyama	Japan	2:09.16		+7.89s	-	21	7.	28.58s	1:00.42	1:33.94
-. Charalambos Papanikolaou	Greece	DSQ			-	19	-.
-. Dong-Pil Park	South Korea	DSQ			-	20	-.

Heat 2		time	gap	L	Y	Rk	Butter	Back	Breast
29.Patrick Ferland	Switzerland	2:07.77	+6.50s	-	23	2.	28.56s	1:00.30	1:33.33
31.David Lim	Singapore	2:08.65	+7.38s	-	22	3.	29.50s	1:02.18	1:34.98
33.Wladimir Ribeiro	Brazil	2:11.48	+10.21s	-	21	4.	29.28s	1:02.31	1:36.12
34.Horst Niehaus	Costa Rica	2:12.83	+11.56s	-	20	5.	30.36s	1:03.46	1:37.44
35.Eric Greenwood	Costa Rica	2:15.42	+14.15s	-	21	6.	29.77s	1:03.30	1:38.64
36.Patrick Sagisi	Guam	2:15.82	+14.55s	-	17	7.	31.15s	1:05.84	1:39.77

Heat 1		time	gap	L	Y	Rk	Butter	Back	Breast
37.Brett Halford	Zimbabwe	2:17.84	+16.57s	-	17	1.	30.91s	1:05.77	1:41.08
38.Rodolfo Barahona	Honduras	2:21.61	+20.34s	-	18	2.	32.54s	1:07.84	1:44.49
39.Mohammed Abdulla	UA Emirates	2:29.64	+28.37s	-		3.	33.37s	1:11.62	1:51.10
40.Mohamed Bin Abid	UA Emirates	2:36.21	+34.94s	-	19	4.	34.83s	1:14.25	1:55.83
41.Rami Kantari	Lebanon	2:40.29	+39.02s	-	25	5.	34.39s	1:14.64	1:57.66

Final		time		gap	L	Y	50m	100m	150m
1. Igor Polyanski	Soviet Union	1:59.37			6	21	27.14s	57.49.	1:28.20
2. Frank Baltrusch	East Germany	1:59.60		+0.23s	5	24	27.98s	58.57.	1:29.02
3. Paul Kingsman	New Zealand	2:00.48		+1.11s	1	21	28.74s	59.48.	1:29.53
4. Sergey Zabolotnov	Soviet Union	2:00.52		+1.15s	4	25	27.23s	57.53.	1:28.97
5. Dirk Richter	East Germany	2:01.67		+2.30s	3	24	28.99s	59.94.	1:30.77
6. Jens-Peter Berndt	West Germany	2:01.84		+2.47s	7	25	28.69s	59.42.	1:30.66
7. Dan Veatch	United States	2:02.26		+2.89s	2	23	28.63s	59.75.	1:30.82
8. Rogerio Aoki Romero	Brazil	2:02.28		+2.91s	8	18	28.52s	59.79.	1:31.41
Final B		time		gap	L	Y	50m	100m	150m
9. Frank Hoffmeister	West Germany	2:01.65			6	22	28.38s	59.61.	1:30.60
10.Steven G Bigelow	United States	2:02.95		+1.30s	7	17	28.90s	1:00.01	1:31.58
11.Martin Lopez-Zubero	Spain	2:03.70		+2.05s	3	19	29.08s	1:00.33	1:32.11
12.Mark Tewksbury	Canada	2:03.79		+2.14s	8	20	29.05s	1:00.28	1:32.54
13.Georgi Mikhalev	Bulgaria	2:04.24		+2.59s	4	20	28.64s	59.70.	1:32.09
14.Tamas Deutsch	Hungary	2:04.42		+2.77s	5	18	29.01s	1:00.92	1:32.90
15.Daichi Suzuki	Japan	2:04.67		+3.02s	2	21	28.59s	59.85.	1:32.24
16.Gary Binfield	Great Britain	2:04.90		+3.25s	1	22	28.55s	1:00.21	1:32.32
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Butter	Back	Breast
1. Sergey Zabolotnov	Soviet Union	2:01.27	Q		-	25	27.31s	57.91s	1:29.54
2. Frank Baltrusch	East Germany	2:01.49	Q	+0.22s	-	24	28.18s	58.45s	1:29.38
3. Dirk Richter	East Germany	2:01.54	Q	+0.27s	-	24	28.50s	58.99s	1:30.11
4. Igor Polyanski	Soviet Union	2:01.70	Q	+0.43s	-	21	27.20s	58.11s	1:28.76
5. Dan Veatch	United States	2:01.73	Q	+0.46s	-	23	28.15s	58.82s	1:29.84
6. Jens-Peter Berndt	West Germany	2:01.77	Q	+0.50s	-	25	28.76s	59.48s	1:30.56
7. Paul Kingsman	New Zealand	2:02.20	Q	+0.93s	-	21	29.08s	1:00.10	1:30.65
8. Rogerio Aoki Romero	Brazil	2:02.26	Q	+0.99s	-	18	28.23s	59.51s	1:30.64
9. Georgi Mikhalev	Bulgaria	2:02.71	q	+1.44s	-	20	28.70s	59.65s	1:31.22
10.Tamas Deutsch	Hungary	2:03.17	q	+1.90s	-	18	28.36s	59.73s	1:31.88
11.Martin Lopez-Zubero	Spain	2:03.33	q	+2.06s	-	19	29.02s	1:00.29	1:31.88
12.Frank Hoffmeister	West Germany	2:03.34	q	+2.07s	-	22	27.88s	58.86s	1:29.57
13.Daichi Suzuki	Japan	2:03.36	q	+2.09s	-	21	27.80s	59.39s	1:31.43
14.Stefano Battistelli	Italy	2:03.63	WD	+2.36s	-	18	28.87s	1:00.32	1:31.39
15.Steven G Bigelow	United States	2:03.64	q	+2.37s	-	17	28.60s	59.95s	1:31.54
16.Gary Binfield	Great Britain	2:03.79	q	+2.52s	-	22	28.53s	59.46s	1:31.00
17.Sean Murphy	Canada	2:03.81	WD	+2.54s	-	24	28.22s	59.69s	1:31.00
18.Mark Tewksbury	Canada	2:04.02	q	+2.75s	-	20	27.94s	58.71s	1:30.35
19.Alejandro Alvizuri	Peru	2:04.29		+3.02s	-	20	28.13s	59.08s	1:31.06
20.John Davey	Great Britain	2:04.70		+3.43s	-	23	28.73s	1:00.42	1:32.32
21.David Holderbach	France	2:04.83		+3.56s	-	17	29.26s	1:00.69	1:32.77
22.Simon Upton	Australia	2:05.08		+3.81s	-	19	29.36s	1:01.04	1:33.02
22.Ernesto Vila	Mexico	2:05.08		+3.81s	-	19	29.53s	1:01.12	1:33.07
24.Edvard Edvardsson	Iceland	2:05.61		+4.34s	-	21	28.50s	1:00.12	1:32.69
25.Richard Gheel	Ireland	2:05.71		+4.44s	-	19	29.39s	1:00.99	1:32.72
26.Lars Sorensen	Denmark	2:05.73		+4.46s	-	20	29.39s	1:00.89	1:33.19
27.Stephen Cullen	Ireland	2:06.98		+5.71s	-	17	29.52s	1:01.48	1:33.74
28.Pavel Vokoun	Czechoslovakia	2:07.24		+5.97s	-	18	28.62s	1:00.19	1:33.01
29.Patrick Ferland	Switzerland	2:07.77		+6.50s	-	23	28.56s	1:00.30	1:33.33
30.Laijiu Lin	China	2:08.28		+7.01s	-	20	29.03s	1:01.47	1:34.33
31.David Lim	Singapore	2:08.65		+7.38s	-	22	29.50s	1:02.18	1:34.98
32.Shigemori Maruyama	Japan	2:09.16		+7.89s	-	21	28.58s	1:00.42	1:33.94
33.Wladimir Ribeiro	Brazil	2:11.48		+10.21s	-	21	29.28s	1:02.31	1:36.12
34.Horst Niehaus	Costa Rica	2:12.83		+11.56s	-	20	30.36s	1:03.46	1:37.44
35.Eric Greenwood	Costa Rica	2:15.42		+14.15s	-	21	29.77s	1:03.30	1:38.64
36.Patrick Sagisi	Guam	2:15.82		+14.55s	-	17	31.15s	1:05.84	1:39.77
37.Brett Halford	Zimbabwe	2:17.84		+16.57s	-	17	30.91s	1:05.77	1:41.08
38.Rodolfo Barahona	Honduras	2:21.61		+20.34s	-	18	32.54s	1:07.84	1:44.49
39.Mohammed Abdulla	UA Emirates	2:29.64		+28.37s	-		33.37s	1:11.62	1:51.10
40.Mohamed Bin Abid	UA Emirates	2:36.21		+34.94s	-	19	34.83s	1:14.25	1:55.83
41.Rami Kantari	Lebanon	2:40.29		+39.02s	-	25	34.39s	1:14.64	1:57.66
-. Tamas Darnyi	Hungary	DSQ			-	21
-. Charalambos Papanikolaou	Greece	DSQ			-	19
-. Dong-Pil Park	South Korea	DSQ			-	20

Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev

todor1966@yahoo.com
Last updated: 15 Apr 2023
Facebook Todor Krastev