Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle
January 20, 2023
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1] There were 55 competitors from 39 nations, with each nation having up to two swimmers (a limit in place since 1984).[2] The event was won by Yevgeny Sadovyi of the Unified Team; it was the first victory in the men's 200 metre freestyle by an athlete from the former Soviet Union since Moscow 1980. Anders Holmertz of Sweden repeated as the silver medalist, becoming the first man to win multiple medals in the event. Antti Kasvio earned a bronze medal in Finland's debut in the event.
This was the ninth appearance of the 200 metre freestyle event. It was first contested in 1900. It would be contested a second time, though at 220 yards, in 1904. After that, the event did not return until 1968; since then, it has been on the programme at every Summer Games.[2]
Three of the 8 finalists from the 1988 Games returned: silver medalist Anders Holmertz of Sweden, fourth-place finisher Artur Wojdat of Poland, and sixth-place finisher Steffen Zesner of East Germany (now competing for unified Germany). Reigning World Champion and world record holder Giorgio Lamberti of Italy competed in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay but not this event after a bout of flu at the Italian trials kept him from qualifying. Reigning Olympic champion and Olympic record holder Duncan Armstrong of Australia also competed only in the relay. The other two medalists from the 1991 World Aquatics Championships were Zesner (silver) and Wojdat (bronze).[2]
Bolivia, Finland, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovenia, and Sri Lanka each made their debut in the event; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. Australia made its ninth appearance, the only nation to have competed in all prior editions of the event.
Competition format
The competition used a two-round (heats, final) format. The advancement rule followed the format introduced in 1952. A swimmer's place in the heat was not used to determine advancement; instead, the fastest times from across all heats in a round were used. There were 8 heats of up to 8 swimmers each. The top 8 swimmers advanced to the final. The 1984 event had also introduced a consolation or "B" final; the swimmers placing 9th through 16th in the heats competed in this "B" final for placing. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties.
This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
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The men s 200 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona Spain 1 There were 55 competitors from 39 nations with each nation having up to two swimmers a limit in place since 1984 2 The event was won by Yevgeny Sadovyi of the Unified Team it was the first victory in the men s 200 metre freestyle by an athlete from the former Soviet Union since Moscow 1980 Anders Holmertz of Sweden repeated as the silver medalist becoming the first man to win multiple medals in the event Antti Kasvio earned a bronze medal in Finland s debut in the event Men s 200 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXV OlympiadGold medalist Yevgeny SadovyiVenuePiscines Bernat PicornellDate26 July 1992 heats amp finals Competitors55 from 39 nationsWinning time1 46 70 ORMedalistsYevgeny Sadovyi Unified TeamAnders Holmertz SwedenAntti Kasvio Finland 19881996 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Heats 5 2 Finals 5 2 1 Final B 5 2 2 Final A 6 References 7 External linksBackground EditThis was the ninth appearance of the 200 metre freestyle event It was first contested in 1900 It would be contested a second time though at 220 yards in 1904 After that the event did not return until 1968 since then it has been on the programme at every Summer Games 2 Three of the 8 finalists from the 1988 Games returned silver medalist Anders Holmertz of Sweden fourth place finisher Artur Wojdat of Poland and sixth place finisher Steffen Zesner of East Germany now competing for unified Germany Reigning World Champion and world record holder Giorgio Lamberti of Italy competed in the 4 200 metre freestyle relay but not this event after a bout of flu at the Italian trials kept him from qualifying Reigning Olympic champion and Olympic record holder Duncan Armstrong of Australia also competed only in the relay The other two medalists from the 1991 World Aquatics Championships were Zesner silver and Wojdat bronze 2 Bolivia Finland Mauritius Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovenia and Sri Lanka each made their debut in the event some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team Australia made its ninth appearance the only nation to have competed in all prior editions of the event Competition format EditThe competition used a two round heats final format The advancement rule followed the format introduced in 1952 A swimmer s place in the heat was not used to determine advancement instead the fastest times from across all heats in a round were used There were 8 heats of up to 8 swimmers each The top 8 swimmers advanced to the final The 1984 event had also introduced a consolation or B final the swimmers placing 9th through 16th in the heats competed in this B final for placing Swim offs were used as necessary to break ties This swimming event used freestyle swimming which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated unlike backstroke breaststroke and butterfly events Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long this race consisted of four lengths of the pool Records EditPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record Giorgio Lamberti ITA 1 46 69 Bonn West Germany 15 August 1989Olympic record Duncan Armstrong AUS 1 47 25 Seoul South Korea 19 September 1988The following records were established during the competition Date Round Swimmer Nation Time Record26 July Heat 8 Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team 1 46 74 OR26 July Final A Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team 1 46 70 ORSchedule EditAll times are Central European Summer Time UTC 2 Date Time RoundSunday 26 July 1992 11 3018 45 HeatsFinalsResults EditHeats Edit Rule The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A Q while the next eight to final B q 3 Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes1 6 5 Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team 1 46 74 QA OR2 6 4 Anders Holmertz Sweden 1 46 76 QA NR3 7 6 Vladimir Pyshnenko Unified Team 1 47 94 QA4 6 3 Steffen Zesner Germany 1 48 12 QA5 8 6 Antti Kasvio Finland 1 48 31 QA6 8 5 Joe Hudepohl United States 1 48 52 QA7 8 4 Artur Wojdat Poland 1 48 60 QA8 8 3 Doug Gjertsen United States 1 48 65 QA9 7 5 Roberto Gleria Italy 1 49 19 QB WD10 8 1 Paul Palmer Great Britain 1 49 21 QB11 7 3 Kieren Perkins Australia 1 49 26 QB12 8 2 Ian Brown Australia 1 49 32 QB13 7 4 Massimo Trevisan Italy 1 49 80 QB14 7 1 Paul Howe Great Britain 1 49 86 QB15 6 8 Tommy Werner Sweden 1 50 01 QB WD16 7 2 Christian Keller Germany 1 50 07 QB17 8 8 Turlough O Hare Canada 1 50 42 QB18 4 6 John Steel New Zealand 1 50 56 QB19 8 7 Jarl Inge Melberg Norway 1 50 7020 6 6 Ugur Taner Turkey 1 50 9521 6 1 Cristiano Michelena Brazil 1 51 0422 6 2 Gustavo Borges Brazil 1 51 4223 7 7 Darren Ward Canada 1 51 6224 7 8 Stefaan Maene Belgium 1 51 8525 5 2 Robert Pinter Romania 1 52 2426 5 4 Trent Bray New Zealand 1 52 4927 6 7 Bela Szabados Hungary 1 52 5028 4 3 Vesa Hanski Finland 1 53 1729 5 3 Jure Bucar Slovenia 1 53 1930 5 6 Shigeo Ogata Japan 1 53 4231 5 1 Toshiaki Kurasawa Japan 1 53 7532 4 4 Franz Mortensen Denmark 1 53 8633 3 4 Arthur Li Kai Yien Hong Kong 1 54 3534 4 7 Yves Clausse Luxembourg 1 54 4535 4 1 Nace Majcen Slovenia 1 54 5736 3 3 Jeffrey Ong Malaysia 1 55 3737 5 5 Xie Jun China 1 55 5138 4 2 Ivor Le Roux Zimbabwe 1 56 1739 3 5 Kenneth Yeo Singapore 1 57 8040 3 7 Gustavo Bucaro Guatemala 1 58 1341 3 1 Kelvin Li Hong Kong 1 59 4042 3 6 Benoit Fleurot Mauritius 1 59 7343 2 6 Plutarco Castellanos Honduras 1 59 9144 2 3 Helder Torres Guatemala 2 00 0445 2 5 Frank Flores Guam 2 00 4846 3 2 Luis Medina Bolivia 2 00 8747 1 3 Emile Lahoud Lebanon 2 01 0648 1 4 Hussein Al Sadiq Saudi Arabia 2 01 3149 2 2 Julian Bolling Sri Lanka 2 02 0150 1 6 Carl Probert Fiji 2 04 5251 2 7 Laurent Alfred Virgin Islands 2 04 5952 1 5 Daniele Casadei San Marino 2 06 1453 1 2 Ahmad Faraj United Arab Emirates 2 07 6154 1 7 Jean Paul Adam Seychelles 2 09 99 5 7 Zoltan Szilagyi Hungary DSQ 2 4 Nayef Al Hasawi Kuwait DNSFinals Edit There were two finals one for the top 8 swimmers and one for the next 8 9th through 16th 4 Final B Edit Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time9 4 Paul Palmer Great Britain 1 48 9210 5 Kieren Perkins Australia 1 49 7511 3 Ian Brown Australia 1 49 7712 6 Massimo Trevisan Italy 1 49 8513 2 Paul Howe Great Britain 1 50 1514 7 Christian Keller Germany 1 50 4615 1 Turlough O Hare Canada 1 51 0116 8 John Steel New Zealand 1 51 12Final A Edit Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team 1 46 70 OR 5 Anders Holmertz Sweden 1 46 86 2 Antti Kasvio Finland 1 47 63 NR4 1 Artur Wojdat Poland 1 48 245 3 Vladimir Pyshnenko Unified Team 1 48 326 7 Joe Hudepohl United States 1 48 367 6 Steffen Zesner Germany 1 48 848 8 Doug Gjertsen United States 1 50 57References Edit Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games Men s 200 metres Freestyle Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 12 March 2020 a b c 200 metres Freestyle Men Olympedia Retrieved 1 July 2021 Barcelona 1992 Swimming Men s 200m Freestyle Heats PDF Barcelona 1992 LA84 Foundation p 359 Retrieved 27 August 2017 Barcelona 1992 Swimming Men s 200m Freestyle Finals PDF Barcelona 1992 LA84 Foundation p 359 Retrieved 27 August 2017 External links EditOfficial Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics Men 27s 200 metre freestyle amp oldid 1117444066, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
