Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle
May 04, 2024
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1] There were 43 competitors from 36 nations, with each nation having up to two swimmers (a limit in place since 1984).[2] The event was won by Danyon Loader of New Zealand, the nation's first medal in the men's 200 metre freestyle. Brazil also received its first medal in the event, with Gustavo Borges taking silver. Bronze went to Australia's Daniel Kowalski.
This was the 10th 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 1992 Games returned: two-time silver medalist Anders Holmertz of Sweden, bronze medalist Antti Kasvio of Finland, and fifth-place finisher Vladimir Pyshnenko of the Unified Team (now competing for Russia). At the 1994 World Aquatics Championships, Kasvio (gold), Holmertz (silver), and Danyon Loader of New Zealand (bronze) had been on the podium. They were among about 10 swimmers considered to have a chance at the gold medal in a relatively open field.[2]
Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan each made their debut in the event. Australia made its 10th appearance, the only nation to have competed in all prior editions of the event.
Competition formatedit
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.
Recordsedit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Palmer and Sievinen, who had tied for 8th place in the heats to require the swimoff, tied again in the swimoff. This would have resulted in a second swimoff between the pair, but Sievinen elected to withdraw from the race, allowing the former to advance to the final A by default. Because Sievinen scratched out from the competition, the vacant spot in Final B was distributed to the next best-ranked swimmer, not yet qualified, in the heats.
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ abc"200 metres Freestyle, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^"Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 38. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^"Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 38. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
External linksedit
Official Report
May 04, 2024
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The men s 200 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta United States 1 There were 43 competitors from 36 nations with each nation having up to two swimmers a limit in place since 1984 2 The event was won by Danyon Loader of New Zealand the nation s first medal in the men s 200 metre freestyle Brazil also received its first medal in the event with Gustavo Borges taking silver Bronze went to Australia s Daniel Kowalski Men s 200 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXVI OlympiadSilver medalist Gustavo Borges right 2003 VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic CenterDate20 July 1996 heats amp finals Competitors43 from 36 nationsWinning time1 47 63MedalistsDanyon Loader New ZealandGustavo Borges BrazilDaniel Kowalski Australia 19922000 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Heats 5 2 Swimoff 5 3 Finals 5 3 1 Final B 5 3 2 Final A 6 References 7 External linksBackground editThis was the 10th 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 1992 Games returned two time silver medalist Anders Holmertz of Sweden bronze medalist Antti Kasvio of Finland and fifth place finisher Vladimir Pyshnenko of the Unified Team now competing for Russia At the 1994 World Aquatics Championships Kasvio gold Holmertz silver and Danyon Loader of New Zealand bronze had been on the podium They were among about 10 swimmers considered to have a chance at the gold medal in a relatively open field 2 Croatia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moldova Russia Thailand Ukraine and Uzbekistan each made their debut in the event Australia made its 10th 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 nbsp Giorgio Lamberti ITA 1 46 69 Bonn West Germany 15 August 1989 Olympic record nbsp Yevgeny Sadovyi EUN 1 46 70 Barcelona Spain 27 July 1992 No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition Schedule editAll times are Eastern Daylight Time UTC 4 Date Time Round Saturday 20 July 1996 20 50 HeatsFinalsResults editHeats edit Rule The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A while the next eight to final B 3 Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 5 3 Anders Holmertz nbsp Sweden 1 48 41 QA 2 4 4 Danyon Loader nbsp New Zealand 1 48 48 QA 3 5 4 Josh Davis nbsp United States 1 48 63 QA 4 6 5 Pieter van den Hoogenband nbsp Netherlands 1 48 68 QA 5 5 2 Massimiliano Rosolino nbsp Italy 1 48 80 QA 6 6 3 Daniel Kowalski nbsp Australia 1 48 92 QA 7 4 1 Gustavo Borges nbsp Brazil 1 49 00 QA 8 4 2 Paul Palmer nbsp Great Britain 1 49 05 QSO 4 5 Jani Sievinen nbsp Finland 1 49 05 QSO 10 6 4 Michael Klim nbsp Australia 1 49 17 QB 11 4 7 Aimo Heilmann nbsp Germany 1 49 57 QB 12 4 6 Vladimir Pyshnenko nbsp Russia 1 49 79 QB 13 5 6 Pier Maria Siciliano nbsp Italy 1 49 88 QB 14 6 6 Antti Kasvio nbsp Finland 1 50 55 QB WD 15 5 5 John Piersma nbsp United States 1 50 59 QB 16 6 1 Jacob Carstensen nbsp Denmark 1 50 79 QB 17 4 8 Nicolae Butacu nbsp Romania 1 50 83 QB 18 6 7 Andrew Clayton nbsp Great Britain 1 51 06 QB 19 3 3 Miroslav Vucetic nbsp Croatia 1 51 26 NR 20 4 3 Attila Czene nbsp Hungary 1 51 59 6 2 Trent Bray nbsp New Zealand 1 51 59 22 6 8 Aleksey Yegorov nbsp Kazakhstan 1 51 66 23 5 8 Shunsuke Ito nbsp Japan 1 51 97 24 5 1 Christophe Bordeau nbsp France 1 52 17 25 5 7 Miklos Kollar nbsp Hungary 1 52 19 26 3 1 Koh Yun ho nbsp South Korea 1 52 80 NR 27 1 4 Carlos Santander nbsp Venezuela 1 53 13 NR 28 3 7 Vyacheslav Kabanov nbsp Uzbekistan 1 53 36 29 3 5 Earl McCarthy nbsp Ireland 1 53 67 30 3 4 Dimitrios Manganas nbsp Greece 1 53 84 31 3 6 Salim Iles nbsp Algeria 1 54 10 NR 32 2 6 Jose Isaza nbsp Panama 1 54 58 33 3 8 Torlarp Sethsothorn nbsp Thailand 1 54 73 34 2 3 Jure Bucar nbsp Slovenia 1 54 75 35 2 1 Raymond Papa nbsp Philippines 1 54 77 36 2 4 Bartosz Sikora nbsp Poland 1 55 33 37 2 5 Sng Ju Wei nbsp Singapore 1 55 51 38 2 2 Dmitry Lapin nbsp Kyrgyzstan 1 55 52 39 1 3 Carl Probert nbsp Fiji 1 56 33 40 2 8 Felipe Delgado nbsp Ecuador 1 55 52 41 3 2 Andrei Zaharov nbsp Moldova 1 57 47 42 2 7 Denys Zavhorodnyy nbsp Ukraine 1 58 67 43 1 5 Thamer Al Shamroukh nbsp Kuwait 2 13 75 Swimoff edit Palmer and Sievinen who had tied for 8th place in the heats to require the swimoff tied again in the swimoff This would have resulted in a second swimoff between the pair but Sievinen elected to withdraw from the race allowing the former to advance to the final A by default Because Sievinen scratched out from the competition the vacant spot in Final B was distributed to the next best ranked swimmer not yet qualified in the heats Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 5 Paul Palmer nbsp Great Britain 1 48 89 QSO QA 4 Jani Sievinen nbsp Finland 1 48 89 QSO WD Finals 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 Time Notes 9 5 Aimo Heilmann nbsp Germany 1 48 81 10 4 Michael Klim nbsp Australia 1 49 50 11 3 Vladimir Pyshnenko nbsp Russia 1 49 55 12 2 John Piersma nbsp United States 1 49 90 13 6 Pier Maria Siciliano nbsp Italy 1 50 07 14 7 Jacob Carstensen nbsp Denmark 1 50 54 15 8 Andrew Clayton nbsp Great Britain 1 50 59 16 1 Nicolae Butacu nbsp Romania 1 51 46 Final A edit Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes nbsp 5 Danyon Loader nbsp New Zealand 1 47 63 NR nbsp 1 Gustavo Borges nbsp Brazil 1 48 08 SA nbsp 7 Daniel Kowalski nbsp Australia 1 48 25 4 6 Pieter van den Hoogenband nbsp Netherlands 1 48 36 NR 5 4 Anders Holmertz nbsp Sweden 1 48 42 6 2 Massimiliano Rosolino nbsp Italy 1 48 50 7 3 Josh Davis nbsp United States 1 48 54 8 8 Paul Palmer nbsp Great Britain 1 49 39References edit Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games Men s 200 metres Freestyle Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 15 March 2020 a b c 200 metres Freestyle Men Olympedia Retrieved 1 July 2021 Atlanta 1996 Swimming Men s 200m Freestyle Heats PDF Atlanta 1996 LA84 Foundation p 38 Retrieved 9 September 2017 Atlanta 1996 Swimming Men s 200m Freestyle Finals PDF Atlanta 1996 LA84 Foundation p 38 Retrieved 9 September 2017 External links editOfficial Report USA Swimming Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men 27s 200 metre freestyle amp oldid 1216024174, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
