Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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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. There were 55 competitors from 39 nations, with each nation having up to two swimmers (a limit in place since 1984). 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). Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 6 5 Yevgeny Sadovyi 1:46.74 QA (Qualified for Final A), 2 6 4 Anders Holmertz 1:46.76 QA (Qualified for Final A), NR 3 7 6 Vladimir Pyshnenko 1:47.94 QA (Qualified for Final A) 4 6 3 Steffen Zesner 1:48.12 QA (Qualified for Final A) 5 8 6 Antti Kasvio 1:48.31 QA (Qualified for Final A) 6 8 5 Joe Hudepohl 1:48.52 QA (Qualified for Final A) 7 8 4 Artur Wojdat 1:48.60 QA (Qualified for Final A) 8 8 3 Doug Gjertsen 1:48.65 QA (Qualified for Final A) 9 7 5 Roberto Gleria 1:49.19 QB (Qualified for Final B), WD (Withdrew) 10 8 1 Paul Palmer 1:49.21 QB (Qualified for Final B) 11 7 3 Kieren Perkins 1:49.26 QB (Qualified for Final B) 12 8 2 Ian Brown 1:49.32 QB (Qualified for Final B) 13 7 4 Massimo Trevisan 1:49.80 QB (Qualified for Final B) 14 7 1 Paul Howe 1:49.86 QB (Qualified for Final B) 15 6 8 Tommy Werner 1:50.01 QB (Qualified for Final B), WD (Withdrew) 16 7 2 Christian Keller 1:50.07 QB (Qualified for Final B) 17 8 8 Turlough O'Hare 1:50.42 QB (Qualified for Final B) 18 4 6 John Steel 1:50.56 QB (Qualified for Final B) 19 8 7 Jarl Inge Melberg 1:50.70 20 6 6 Uğur Taner 1:50.95 21 6 1 Cristiano Michelena 1:51.04 22 6 2 Gustavo Borges 1:51.42 23 7 7 Darren Ward 1:51.62 24 7 8 Stefaan Maene 1:51.85 25 5 2 Robert Pinter 1:52.24 26 5 4 Trent Bray 1:52.49 27 6 7 Béla Szabados 1:52.50 28 4 3 Vesa Hanski 1:53.17 29 5 3 Jure Bučar 1:53.19 30 5 6 Shigeo Ogata 1:53.42 31 5 1 Toshiaki Kurasawa 1:53.75 32 4 4 Franz Mortensen 1:53.86 33 3 4 Arthur Li Kai Yien 1:54.35 34 4 7 Yves Clausse 1:54.45 35 4 1 Nace Majcen 1:54.57 36 3 3 Jeffrey Ong 1:55.37 37 5 5 Xie Jun 1:55.51 38 4 2 Ivor Le Roux 1:56.17 39 3 5 Kenneth Yeo 1:57.80 40 3 7 Gustavo Bucaro 1:58.13 41 3 1 Kelvin Li 1:59.40 42 3 6 Benoît Fleurot 1:59.73 43 2 6 Plutarco Castellanos 1:59.91 44 2 3 Helder Torres 2:00.04 45 2 5 Frank Flores 2:00.48 46 3 2 Luis Medina 2:00.87 47 1 3 Émile Lahoud 2:01.06 48 1 4 Hussein Al Sadiq 2:01.31 49 2 2 Julian Bolling 2:02.01 50 1 6 Carl Probert 2:04.52 51 2 7 Laurent Alfred 2:04.59 52 1 5 Daniele Casadei 2:06.14 53 1 2 Ahmad Faraj 2:07.61 54 1 7 Jean Paul Adam 2:09.99 — 5 7 Zoltán Szilágyi DSQ (Disqualified) — 2 4 Nayef Al Hasawi DNS (Did not start)

There were two finals, one for the top 8 swimmers and one for the next 8 (9th through 16th).

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time 9 4 Paul Palmer 1:48.92 10 5 Kieren Perkins 1:49.75 11 3 Ian Brown 1:49.77 12 6 Massimo Trevisan 1:49.85 13 2 Paul Howe 1:50.15 14 7 Christian Keller 1:50.46 15 1 Turlough O'Hare 1:51.01 16 8 John Steel 1:51.12

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 Yevgeny Sadovyi 1:46.70 5 Anders Holmertz 1:46.86 2 Antti Kasvio 1:47.63 NR 4 1 Artur Wojdat 1:48.24 5 3 Vladimir Pyshnenko 1:48.32 6 7 Joe Hudepohl 1:48.36 7 6 Steffen Zesner 1:48.84 8 8 Doug Gjertsen 1:50.57