Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Swimming events at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||||
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Freestyle | ||||
50 m | men | women | ||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | women | |||
1500 m | men | |||
Backstroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Breaststroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Butterfly | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Individual medley | ||||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
Freestyle relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women | ||
4×200 m | men | |||
Medley relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place September 22. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Medalists
Gold | Igor Polyansky Soviet Union (URS) |
Silver | Frank Baltrusch East Germany (GDR) |
Bronze | Paul Kingsman New Zealand (NZL) |
Results
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Igor Polyansky | Soviet Union | 1:59.37 | ||
Frank Baltrusch | East Germany | 1:59.60 | ||
Paul Kingsman | New Zealand | 2:00.48 | ||
4 | Sergei Zabolotnov | Soviet Union | 2:00.52 | |
5 | Dirk Richter | East Germany | 2:01.67 | |
6 | Jens-Peter Berndt | West Germany | 2:01.84 | |
7 | Dan Veatch | United States | 2:02.26 | |
8 | Rogério Romero | Brazil | 2:02.28 |
References
- 1988 Summer Olympics results: Men's 200 m backstroke, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-12-30.
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