Men 200m Freestyle Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - Monday, 19th September - Duncan Armstrong, Australia
Final time gapLY50m100m150m
1. Duncan ArmstrongAUS Australia1:47.25 WR62025.46s53.02s1:20.05
2. Anders HolmertzSWE Sweden1:47.89 +0.64s81925.16s52.21s1:20.03
3. Matt BiondiUSA United States1:47.99 +0.74s42224.98s52.25s1:19.62
4. Artur WojdatPOL Poland1:48.40 +1.15s42025.66s53.58s1:20.80
5. Michael GrossFRG West Germany1:48.59 +1.34s32425.65s53.36s1:20.88
6. Steffen ZesnerGDR East Germany1:48.77 +1.52s12025.59s53.37s1:21.33
7. Troy DalbeyUSA United States1:48.86 +1.61s22025.56s53.50s1:20.99
8. Thomas FahrnerFRG West Germany1:49.19 +1.94s72525.75s53.71s1:21.89
63 Competitors from 41 Nations. Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool.
Men 200m Freestyle History1992 Men 200m Freestyle1984 Men 200m Freestyle
World Record and Olympic Record: Michael Gross, West Germany 1:47.44 Los Angeles, United States 29 July 1984
1:56.10 LCM-time done since Jan 1, 1987
1:52.10 SCM-time done since Sep 1, 1987
Final B time gapLY50m100m150m
9. Roberto GleriaITA Italy1:49.28 41926.88s55.25s1:22.76
10.Thomas FlemmingGDR East Germany1:50.18 +0.90s52126.74s55.16s1:22.99
11.Thomas StachewiczAUS Australia1:50.83 +1.55s22226.24s55.33s1:23.87
12.Aleksey KuznetsovURS Soviet Union1:51.03 +1.75s31926.34s54.79s1:23.32
13.Frantz MortensenDEN Denmark1:51.44 +2.16s12426.19s54.69s1:22.74
14.Mariusz PodkoscielnyPOL Poland1:51.63 +2.35s62026.63s54.77s1:22.92
15.Shigeo OgataJPN Japan1:51.89 +2.61s71926.87s55.11s1:23.62
16.Paul HoweGBR Great Britain1:51.99 +2.71s82326.67s55.16s1:24.05
Todor 66index Swimming OG
index Seoul 1988index Swimming Seoul 1988
Men 50m FreestyleWomen 50m Freestyle
Men 100m FreestyleWomen 100m Freestyle
Men 200m FreestyleWomen 200m Freestyle
Men 400m FreestyleWomen 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m FreestyleWomen 800m Freestyle
Men 100m BackstrokeWomen 100m Backstroke
Men 200m BackstrokeWomen 200m Backstroke
Men 100m BreaststrokeWomen 100m Breaststroke
Men 200m BreaststrokeWomen 200m Breaststroke
Men 100m ButterflyWomen 100m Butterfly
Men 200m ButterflyWomen 200m Butterfly
Men 200m MedleyWomen 200m Medley
Men 400m MedleyWomen 400m Medley
Men 4x100m Freestyle RelayWomen 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley RelayWomen 4x100m Medley Relay
In 1984 Australian Jon Sieben, swimming in lane six, had won the 200 butterfly in a big upset over West German Michael Gross. Australia's Duncan Armstrong won this event in Seoul in the world record time of 1:47.25. Lucky lane 6 Armstrong's victory was one of the biggest upsets in Seoul, as he came into the Olympics ranked 46th in the world, after ranking 25th in 1987.
There were several contenders considered before the race, but Armstrong was not among them. Sweden's Anders Holmertz had won the 1987 Europeans, while Gross was the 1986 World Champoin. Gross still held the world record, set when he won the 1984 Olympic gold medal. American Matt Biondi was formidable, but he was slightly better in the sprints. The fastest time in the prelims was set by Poland's Artur Wojdat. In the final, Armstrong lined up next to Biondi in lane five. Armstrong swam as close to Biondi's lane marker as he could, drafting in his wake for the first 100 metres. Biondi led at 150 with Holmertz second, but Armstrong came home the fastest for the gold medal, Holmertz in second and Biondi dropping back to bronze.

Heats - Sunday, 18th September

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Heat 8 time gapLYRk.50m100m150m
3. Michael GrossFRG West Germany1:48.55Q+0.53s-241.25.16s52.32s1:20.31
4. Duncan ArmstrongAUS Australia1:48.86Q+0.84s-202.26.08s53.60s1:21.31
5. Troy DalbeyUSA United States1:48.96Q+0.94s-193.25.31s52.69s1:20.53
9. Roberto GleriaITA Italy1:49.51q+1.49s-194.25.58s53.06s1:21.53
10.Thomas FlemmingGDR East Germany1:49.52q+1.50s-215.25.76s53.24s1:21.51
22.Yury BashkatovURS Soviet Union1:52.04 +4.02s-206.25.45s53.49s1:22.36
23.Cristiano MichelenaBRA Brazil1:52.34 +4.32s-177.26.54s54.70s1:23.75
37.Norbert AghHUN Hungary1:54.72 +6.70s-188.26.56s55.72s1:25.20
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Heat 7 time gapLYRk.50m100m150m
1. Artur WojdatPOL Poland1:48.02Q -201.25.56s53.24s1:20.62
2. Matt BiondiUSA United States1:48.39Q+0.37s-222.25.01s52.11s1:20.20
6. Thomas FahrnerFRG West Germany1:49.02Q+1.00s-253.25.65s53.70s1:21.41
7. Steffen ZesnerGDR East Germany1:49.13Q+1.11s-204.25.58s53.36s1:21.05
17.Frantz MortensenDEN Denmark1:51.15q+3.13s-245.25.41s52.72s1:21.13
19.Carlos ScanavinoURU Uruguay1:51.42 +3.40s-246.26.05s53.90s1:22.43
21.Tommy WernerSWE Sweden1:51.96 +3.94s-227.25.49s53.22s1:21.74
35.Ludovic De PickereFRA France1:53.81 +5.79s-198.25.75s53.98s1:23.46
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Heat 6 time gapLYRk.50m100m150m
8. Anders HolmertzSWE Sweden1:49.28Q+1.26s-191.25.61s53.48s1:21.78
11.Stephan CaronFRA France1:49.66WD+1.64s-222.25.82s53.84s1:22.16
12.Giorgio LambertiITA Italy1:50.47WD+2.45s-193.25.71s53.44s1:22.12
13.Aleksey KuznetsovURS Soviet Union1:50.84q+2.82s-194.25.91s53.90s1:22.30
14.Mariusz PodkoscielnyPOL Poland1:50.95q+2.93s-205.26.04s53.69s1:22.13
15.Thomas StachewiczAUS Australia1:51.02q+3.00s-226.25.84s53.52s1:21.91
18.Paul HoweGBR Great Britain1:51.22q+3.20s-237.26.54s54.42s1:22.88
20.Alberto BottiniSUI Switzerland1:51.45 +3.43s-218.25.83s54.08s1:22.94
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Heat 5 time gapLYRk.50m100m150m
16.Shigeo OgataJPN Japan1:51.14q+3.12s-191.26.83s54.55s1:22.50
27.Michael GreenGBR Great Britain1:53.03 +5.01s-242.27.44s56.09s1:24.68
28.Daniel SerraESP Spain1:53.05 +5.03s-203.27.01s55.48s1:24.44
28.Magnus OlafssonISL Iceland1:53.05 +5.03s-213.26.56s55.42s1:24.23
30.Julio LopezBRA Brazil1:53.16 +5.14s-215.27.15s55.83s1:24.56
31.Jan LarsenDEN Denmark1:53.61 +5.59s-206.27.06s55.51s1:23.99
33.Jean-Marie ArnouldBEL Belgium1:53.73 +5.71s-227.26.70s54.95s1:23.66
34.Zoltan SzilagyiHUN Hungary1:53.75 +5.73s-218.27.34s55.96s1:24.86
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Heat 4 time gapLYRk.50m100m150m
24.Patrick DybionaNED Netherlands1:52.67 +4.65s-251.25.66s53.50s1:22.93
25.Stefan VolerySUI Switzerland1:52.94 +4.92s-272.26.76s55.42s1:24.39
26.Rodrigo GonzalezMEX Mexico1:52.99 +4.97s-203.26.87s55.26s1:24.25
32.Ignacio EscamillaMEX Mexico1:53.63 +5.61s-304.26.61s55.13s1:24.12
36.Salvador VassalloPUR Puerto Rico1:53.82 +5.80s-205.27.07s55.48s1:24.51
38.Yves ClausseLUX Luxembourg1:54.90 +6.88s-196.26.73s55.64s1:25.35
39.Xie JunCHN China1:55.04 +7.02s-197.26.19s54.29s1:24.12
42.Vaughan SmithZIM Zimbabwe1:56.13 +8.11s-198.26.59s55.40s1:25.24
53.Jeff OngMAS Malaya1:58.62 +10.60s-168.27.71s57.93s1:29.00
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Heat 3 time gapLYRk.50m100m150m
40.Rene ConcepcionPHI Philippines1:55.58 +7.56s-191.27.26s56.25s1:25.60
41.Alexander PlachetaAUT Austria1:56.11 +8.09s-202.27.10s56.75s1:26.01
47.Moustafa AhmedEGY Egypt1:57.50 +9.48s-53.27.49s57.25s1:27.27
48.Richard BeraINA Indonesia1:57.60 +9.58s-164.27.44s57.16s1:27.40
49.Jonathan SakovichGUM Guam1:57.72 +9.70s-185.27.69s57.05s1:27.72
50.Stephen CullenIRL Ireland1:57.90 +9.88s-176.27.86s58.13s1:28.24
52.Hakan EskiogluTUR Turkey1:58.45 +10.43s-177.27.65s57.63s1:27.37
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Heat 2 time gapLYRk.50m100m150m
43.David LimSGP Singapore1:56.44 +8.42s-221.27.35s56.40s1:26.94
44.Joseph Eric BuhainPHI Philippines1:56.84 +8.82s-182.26.54s55.90s1:26.71
45.Sang-Won KwonKOR South Korea1:56.88 +8.86s-193.26.66s55.87s1:25.93
46.Jin-Gee OoonSGP Singapore1:57.28 +9.26s-214.26.93s56.13s1:26.37
51.Arthur LiHKG Hong Kong1:58.10 +10.08s-165.27.41s57.35s1:28.23
54.Soon-Kun KwonKOR South Korea1:58.95 +10.93s-196.27.47s57.61s1:28.54
56.Yi-Ming TsangHKG Hong Kong2:01.02 +13.00s-227.28.47s59.24s1:30.02
57.Richard GheelIRL Ireland2:01.73 +13.71s-198.28.22s58.86s1:30.16
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Heat 1 time gapLYRk.50m100m150m
55.Ming-Sun WuTPE Taiwan2:00.43 +12.41s-201.28.83s59.29s1:30.23
58.Hans FoersterISV US Virgin Islands2:01.94 +13.92s-232.28.58s59.02s1:30.88
59.Kristan Brent SingletonISV US Virgin Islands2:06.45 +18.43s-163.28.81s1:00.771:34.33
60.Jason ChuteFIJ Fiji2:09.05 +21.03s-164.28.85s1:00.811:34.97
61.Mohamed Bin AbidUAE UA Emirates2:09.43 +21.41s-195.29.18s1:01.071:35.03
62.Ahmad FarajUAE UA Emirates2:13.21 +25.19s-226.30.09s1:03.421:39.20
63.Emile LahoudLBN Lebanon2:16.39 +28.37s-137.31.66s1:06.551:42.21
Final time gapLY50m100m150m
1. Duncan ArmstrongAUS Australia1:47.25 WR62025.46s53.02s1:20.05
2. Anders HolmertzSWE Sweden1:47.89 +0.64s81925.16s52.21s1:20.03
3. Matt BiondiUSA United States1:47.99 +0.74s42224.98s52.25s1:19.62
4. Artur WojdatPOL Poland1:48.40 +1.15s42025.66s53.58s1:20.80
5. Michael GrossFRG West Germany1:48.59 +1.34s32425.65s53.36s1:20.88
6. Steffen ZesnerGDR East Germany1:48.77 +1.52s12025.59s53.37s1:21.33
7. Troy DalbeyUSA United States1:48.86 +1.61s22025.56s53.50s1:20.99
8. Thomas FahrnerFRG West Germany1:49.19 +1.94s72525.75s53.71s1:21.89
Final B time gapLY50m100m150m
9. Roberto GleriaITA Italy1:49.28 41926.88s55.25s1:22.76
10.Thomas FlemmingGDR East Germany1:50.18 +0.90s52126.74s55.16s1:22.99
11.Thomas StachewiczAUS Australia1:50.83 +1.55s22226.24s55.33s1:23.87
12.Aleksey KuznetsovURS Soviet Union1:51.03 +1.75s31926.34s54.79s1:23.32
13.Frantz MortensenDEN Denmark1:51.44 +2.16s12426.19s54.69s1:22.74
14.Mariusz PodkoscielnyPOL Poland1:51.63 +2.35s62026.63s54.77s1:22.92
15.Shigeo OgataJPN Japan1:51.89 +2.61s71926.87s55.11s1:23.62
16.Paul HoweGBR Great Britain1:51.99 +2.71s82326.67s55.16s1:24.05
Heats time gapLY50m100m150m
1. Artur WojdatPOL Poland1:48.02Q -2025.56s53.24s1:20.62
2. Matt BiondiUSA United States1:48.39Q+0.37s-2225.01s52.11s1:20.20
3. Michael GrossFRG West Germany1:48.55Q+0.53s-2425.16s52.32s1:20.31
4. Duncan ArmstrongAUS Australia1:48.86Q+0.84s-2026.08s53.60s1:21.31
5. Troy DalbeyUSA United States1:48.96Q+0.94s-1925.31s52.69s1:20.53
6. Thomas FahrnerFRG West Germany1:49.02Q+1.00s-2525.65s53.70s1:21.41
7. Steffen ZesnerGDR East Germany1:49.13Q+1.11s-2025.58s53.36s1:21.05
8. Anders HolmertzSWE Sweden1:49.28Q+1.26s-1925.61s53.48s1:21.78
9. Roberto GleriaITA Italy1:49.51q+1.49s-1925.58s53.06s1:21.53
10.Thomas FlemmingGDR East Germany1:49.52q+1.50s-2125.76s53.24s1:21.51
11.Stephan CaronFRA France1:49.66WD+1.64s-2225.82s53.84s1:22.16
12.Giorgio LambertiITA Italy1:50.47WD+2.45s-1925.71s53.44s1:22.12
13.Aleksey KuznetsovURS Soviet Union1:50.84q+2.82s-1925.91s53.90s1:22.30
14.Mariusz PodkoscielnyPOL Poland1:50.95q+2.93s-2026.04s53.69s1:22.13
15.Thomas StachewiczAUS Australia1:51.02q+3.00s-2225.84s53.52s1:21.91
16.Shigeo OgataJPN Japan1:51.14q+3.12s-1926.83s54.55s1:22.50
17.Frantz MortensenDEN Denmark1:51.15q+3.13s-2425.41s52.72s1:21.13
18.Paul HoweGBR Great Britain1:51.22q+3.20s-2326.54s54.42s1:22.88
19.Carlos ScanavinoURU Uruguay1:51.42 +3.40s-2426.05s53.90s1:22.43
20.Alberto BottiniSUI Switzerland1:51.45 +3.43s-2125.83s54.08s1:22.94
21.Tommy WernerSWE Sweden1:51.96 +3.94s-2225.49s53.22s1:21.74
22.Yury BashkatovURS Soviet Union1:52.04 +4.02s-2025.45s53.49s1:22.36
23.Cristiano MichelenaBRA Brazil1:52.34 +4.32s-1726.54s54.70s1:23.75
24.Patrick DybionaNED Netherlands1:52.67 +4.65s-2525.66s53.50s1:22.93
25.Stefan VolerySUI Switzerland1:52.94 +4.92s-2726.76s55.42s1:24.39
26.Rodrigo GonzalezMEX Mexico1:52.99 +4.97s-2026.87s55.26s1:24.25
27.Michael GreenGBR Great Britain1:53.03 +5.01s-2427.44s56.09s1:24.68
28.Daniel SerraESP Spain1:53.05 +5.03s-2027.01s55.48s1:24.44
28.Magnus OlafssonISL Iceland1:53.05 +5.03s-2126.56s55.42s1:24.23
30.Julio LopezBRA Brazil1:53.16 +5.14s-2127.15s55.83s1:24.56
31.Jan LarsenDEN Denmark1:53.61 +5.59s-2027.06s55.51s1:23.99
32.Ignacio EscamillaMEX Mexico1:53.63 +5.61s-3026.61s55.13s1:24.12
33.Jean-Marie ArnouldBEL Belgium1:53.73 +5.71s-2226.70s54.95s1:23.66
34.Zoltan SzilagyiHUN Hungary1:53.75 +5.73s-2127.34s55.96s1:24.86
35.Ludovic De PickereFRA France1:53.81 +5.79s-1925.75s53.98s1:23.46
36.Salvador VassalloPUR Puerto Rico1:53.82 +5.80s-2027.07s55.48s1:24.51
37.Norbert AghHUN Hungary1:54.72 +6.70s-1826.56s55.72s1:25.20
38.Yves ClausseLUX Luxembourg1:54.90 +6.88s-1926.73s55.64s1:25.35
39.Xie JunCHN China1:55.04 +7.02s-1926.19s54.29s1:24.12
40.Rene ConcepcionPHI Philippines1:55.58 +7.56s-1927.26s56.25s1:25.60
41.Alexander PlachetaAUT Austria1:56.11 +8.09s-2027.10s56.75s1:26.01
42.Vaughan SmithZIM Zimbabwe1:56.13 +8.11s-1926.59s55.40s1:25.24
43.David LimSGP Singapore1:56.44 +8.42s-2227.35s56.40s1:26.94
44.Joseph Eric BuhainPHI Philippines1:56.84 +8.82s-1826.54s55.90s1:26.71
45.Sang-Won KwonKOR South Korea1:56.88 +8.86s-1926.66s55.87s1:25.93
46.Jin-Gee OoonSGP Singapore1:57.28 +9.26s-2126.93s56.13s1:26.37
47.Moustafa AhmedEGY Egypt1:57.50 +9.48s-527.49s57.25s1:27.27
48.Richard BeraINA Indonesia1:57.60 +9.58s-1627.44s57.16s1:27.40
49.Jonathan SakovichGUM Guam1:57.72 +9.70s-1827.69s57.05s1:27.72
50.Stephen CullenIRL Ireland1:57.90 +9.88s-1727.86s58.13s1:28.24
51.Arthur LiHKG Hong Kong1:58.10 +10.08s-1627.41s57.35s1:28.23
52.Hakan EskiogluTUR Turkey1:58.45 +10.43s-1727.65s57.63s1:27.37
53.Jeff OngMAS Malaya1:58.62 +10.60s-1627.71s57.93s1:29.00
54.Soon-Kun KwonKOR South Korea1:58.95 +10.93s-1927.47s57.61s1:28.54
55.Ming-Sun WuTPE Taiwan2:00.43 +12.41s-2028.83s59.29s1:30.23
56.Yi-Ming TsangHKG Hong Kong2:01.02 +13.00s-2228.47s59.24s1:30.02
57.Richard GheelIRL Ireland2:01.73 +13.71s-1928.22s58.86s1:30.16
58.Hans FoersterISV US Virgin Islands2:01.94 +13.92s-2328.58s59.02s1:30.88
59.Kristan Brent SingletonISV US Virgin Islands2:06.45 +18.43s-1628.81s1:00.771:34.33
60.Jason ChuteFIJ Fiji2:09.05 +21.03s-1628.85s1:00.811:34.97
61.Mohamed Bin AbidUAE UA Emirates2:09.43 +21.41s-1929.18s1:01.071:35.03
62.Ahmad FarajUAE UA Emirates2:13.21 +25.19s-2230.09s1:03.421:39.20
63.Emile LahoudLBN Lebanon2:16.39 +28.37s-1331.66s1:06.551:42.21
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