Men 200m Medley Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - Thursday, 22nd September - Tamas Darnyi, Hungary
Final time gap L Y Butter Back Breast 1. Tamas Darnyi Hungary2:00.17 WR 4 21 27.06s 57.33s 1:32.44 2. Patrick Kuhl East Germany2:01.61 +1.44s 3 20 26.59s 57.56s 1:32.37 3. Vadym Yaroshchuk Soviet Union2:02.40 +2.23s 5 22 25.60s 56.24s 1:32.20 4. Mikhail Zubkov Soviet Union2:02.92 +2.75s 6 20 27.10s 58.45s 1:33.97 5. Peter Bermel West Germany2:03.81 +3.64s 1 21 27.29s 58.31s 1:34.19 6. Robert Bruce Australia2:04.34 +4.17s 8 19 26.69s 58.14s 1:34.73 7. Raik Hannemann East Germany2:04.82 +4.65s 7 20 26.25s 58.12s 1:34.46 8. Gary Anderson Canada2:06.35 +6.18s 2 19 27.10s 58.23s 1:35.63
World Record: Tamás Darnyi, Hungary 2:00.56 Strasbourg, France 23rd August 1987 Olympic Record: Alex Bauman, Canada 2:01.42 Los Angeles, United States 4th August 1984
2:12.60 LCM-time done since Jan 1, 1987
2:08.10 SCM-time done since Sep 1, 1987
Final B time gap L Y Butter Back Breast 9. Dave Wharton United States2:03.05 4 19 26.86s 58.05s 1:34.25 10.John Davey Great Britain2:04.17 +1.12s 1 23 27.44s 58.72s 1:35.30 11.Neil Cochran Great Britain2:05.44 +2.39s 8 23 27.31s 59.05s 1:36.34 12.Christophe Bordeau France2:05.51 +2.46s 3 20 27.42s 59.54s 1:36.48 13.Luca Sacchi Italy2:05.68 +2.63s 2 20 28.17s 1:00.53 1:36.48 14.Charalambos Papanikolaou Greece2:06.61 +3.56s 7 19 27.78s 59.65s 1:36.86 15.Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:06.76 +3.71s 5 25 27.49s 58.64s 1:36.11 16.Bill Stapleton United States2:06.82 +3.77s 6 23 27.56s 59.24s 1:37.02
Tamas Darnyi (HUN) had been the best individual medleyer since 1985 and had already won the 400 IM in Seoul. In that race he had easily defeated American silver medalist Dave Wharton, considered to be his biggest competition. It was expected they would duel again in the 200 but Wharton inexplicably did not qualify for the final, leaving Darnyi with no real competition. In the final he did not take the lead early. The butterfly opener was led by Soviet Vadym Yaroshchuk, with East German Patrick Kuhl taking over on the second leg, the backstroke. The three were close at 150, with Yaroshchuk leading and Darnyi in third place, but Darnyi's freestyle put the gold medal away, as he won by almost 1½ seconds. Kuhl passed Yaroshchuk on the final lap for silver.
Darnyi had won the 200/400 IM double. Four years later, in Seoul, he would win the two events again, becoming only the second man, after East German Roland Matthes in the 1968/72 backstroke events, to double-double in a stroke or specialty. This would later be repeated in the IMs by Ukrainian Yana Klochkova in 2000-04.
Heats - Thursday, 22nd September
Heat 8 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 1. Tamas Darnyi Hungary2:02.15 - 21 1. 27.28s 58.25s 1:34.11 2. Vadym Yaroshchuk Soviet Union2:02.77 +0.62s - 22 2. 25.70s 56.89s 1:32.97 6. Raik Hannemann East Germany2:04.03 +1.88s - 20 3. 26.18s 57.90s 1:33.75 7. Peter Bermel West Germany2:04.18 +2.03s - 21 4. 27.56s 58.62s 1:34.85 17.Rob Woodhouse Australia2:05.87 +3.72s - 22 5. 27.87s 58.98s 1:36.20 21.Darren Ward Canada2:07.84 +5.69s - 19 6. 26.58s 58.57s 1:37.37 36.Sergio Lopez Spain2:13.48 +11.33s - 20 7. 29.14s 1:06.05 1:41.59 -. Jan Bidrman SwedenDNS - 22
Heat 7 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 8. Robert Bruce Australia2:04.31 +2.16s - 19 1. 27.37s 58.85s 1:35.29 9. Dave Wharton United States2:04.64 +2.49s - 19 2. 27.14s 58.60s 1:35.59 10.Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:04.80 +2.65s - 25 3. 27.80s 58.91s 1:35.35 11.Christophe Bordeau France2:04.95 +2.80s - 20 4. 27.13s 59.10s 1:35.83 14.Charalambos Papanikolaou Greece2:05.53 +3.38s - 19 5. 27.46s 58.82s 1:35.43 16.Neil Cochran Great Britain2:05.56 +3.41s - 23 6. 27.08s 58.70s 1:36.20 23.Joszef Szabo Hungary2:09.08 +6.93s - 19 7. 27.96s 1:01.48 1:38.03
Heat 6 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 3. Patrick Kuhl East Germany2:03.77 +1.62s - 20 1. 26.40s 57.33s 1:33.52 4. Mikhail Zubkov Soviet Union2:03.79 +1.64s - 20 2. 27.33s 58.33s 1:34.14 5. Gary Anderson Canada2:04.00 +1.85s - 19 3. 27.30s 58.86s 1:35.20 12.Bill Stapleton United States2:05.32 +3.17s - 23 4. 26.28s 58.11s 1:35.59 13.Luca Sacchi Italy2:05.45 +3.30s - 20 5. 27.89s 1:00.34 1:35.99 15.John Davey Great Britain2:05.55 +3.40s - 23 6. 27.22s 57.96s 1:35.56 18.Roberto Cassio Italy2:05.88 +3.73s - 20 7. 27.10s 58.89s 1:35.44 20.Gary O'Toole Ireland2:07.77 +5.62s - 20 8. 27.36s 59.41s 1:36.63
Heat 5 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 19.Takahiro Fujimoto Japan2:07.23 +5.08s - 18 1. 27.58s 59.85s 1:37.09 22.Satoshi Takeda Japan2:08.11 +5.96s - 20 2. 27.63s 1:01.81 1:38.79 24.Javier Careaga Taguena Mexico2:09.38 +7.23s - 20 2. 27.09s 1:01.34 1:37.47 25.Rodrigo Gonzalez Mexico2:09.52 +7.37s - 20 3. 27.56s 1:01.29 1:39.25 27.Edvard Edvardsson Iceland2:10.18 +8.03s - 21 4. 27.31s 1:01.47 1:38.83 29.Renato Ramalho Brazil2:10.32 +8.17s - 21 5. 28.56s 1:00.93 1:40.12 31.Xie Jun China2:10.52 +8.37s - 19 6. 27.78s 1:00.91 1:40.00 31.Martin Lopez-Zubero Spain2:10.52 +8.37s - 19 7. 27.73s 59.51s 1:39.49
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 26.Julio Lopez Brazil2:09.62 +7.47s - 21 1. 27.85s 1:00.62 1:39.78 28.Diogo Madeira Portugal2:10.21 +8.06s - 18 2. 27.96s 1:01.58 1:39.72 30.Rene Concepcion Philippines2:10.37 +8.22s - 19 3. 27.89s 1:02.29 1:38.83 33.Sidney Appelboom Belgium2:11.55 +9.40s - 21 4. 29.07s 1:03.84 1:40.44 34.David Lim Singapore2:11.57 +9.42s - 22 5. 28.60s 1:01.31 1:41.39 38.Wirmandi Sugriat Indonesia2:13.93 +11.78s - 17 6. 29.37s 1:05.69 1:42.67 40.Hor-Man Yip Hong Kong2:14.65 +12.50s - 18 7. 28.42s 1:02.05 1:42.10 48.Arthur Li Hong Kong2:17.10 +14.95s - 16 7. 30.02s 1:05.69 1:46.91
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 35.Jae-Soo Lee South Korea2:11.88 +9.73s - 20 1. 28.13s 1:02.63 1:40.73 37.Richard Bera Indonesia2:13.90 +11.75s - 16 2. 28.82s 1:03.76 1:43.99 39.Hakan Eskioglu Turkey2:14.32 +12.17s - 17 3. 29.47s 1:03.71 1:42.62 41.Mun Kit Koh Singapore2:14.77 +12.62s - 15 4. 28.78s 1:03.77 1:43.13 43.Eric Greenwood Costa Rica2:15.64 +13.49s - 21 5. 28.07s 1:00.48 1:41.75 45.Jonathan Sakovich Guam2:16.70 +14.55s - 18 6. 29.96s 1:05.79 1:46.29
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 42.Sultan Al-Otaibi Kuwait2:15.63 +13.48s - 18 1. 29.03s 1:05.26 1:44.30 44.Horst Niehaus Costa Rica2:16.16 +14.01s - 20 2. 29.08s 1:02.07 1:42.11 46.Kraig Brandon Singleton US Virgin Islands2:16.93 +14.78s - 16 3. 28.48s 1:03.71 1:44.04 47.Graham Lewis Thompson Zimbabwe2:17.06 +14.91s - 24 4. 28.20s 1:03.73 1:45.10 49.Hsin-Yen Tsai Taiwan2:17.95 +15.80s - 17 6. 28.76s 1:07.40 1:44.74 51.Chi-Li Chiang Taiwan2:18.76 +16.61s - 17 6. 28.81s 1:05.39 1:44.20 52.Mouhamedou Diop Senegal2:20.74 +18.59s - 24 7. 28.63s 1:05.61 1:48.11 54.Bruno N'Diaye Senegal2:29.18 +27.03s - 19 8. 29.23s 1:06.86 1:53.65
Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk Butter Back Breast 50.Vaughan Smith Zimbabwe2:18.07 +15.92s - 19 1. 28.14s 1:04.07 1:45.92 53.Mohamed Bin Abid UA Emirates2:29.08 +26.93s - 19 2. 30.42s 1:08.61 1:55.07 55.Mohammed Abdulla UA Emirates2:31.44 +29.29s - 3. 33.01s 1:11.29 1:57.66 56.Rami Kantari Lebanon2:34.53 +32.38s - 25 4. 32.11s 1:10.77 1:59.20
Final time gap L Y Butter Back Breast 1. Tamas Darnyi Hungary2:00.17 WR 4 21 27.06s 57.33s 1:32.44 2. Patrick Kuhl East Germany2:01.61 +1.44s 3 20 26.59s 57.56s 1:32.37 3. Vadym Yaroshchuk Soviet Union2:02.40 +2.23s 5 22 25.60s 56.24s 1:32.20 4. Mikhail Zubkov Soviet Union2:02.92 +2.75s 6 20 27.10s 58.45s 1:33.97 5. Peter Bermel West Germany2:03.81 +3.64s 1 21 27.29s 58.31s 1:34.19 6. Robert Bruce Australia2:04.34 +4.17s 8 19 26.69s 58.14s 1:34.73 7. Raik Hannemann East Germany2:04.82 +4.65s 7 20 26.25s 58.12s 1:34.46 8. Gary Anderson Canada2:06.35 +6.18s 2 19 27.10s 58.23s 1:35.63 Final B time gap L Y Butter Back Breast 9. Dave Wharton United States2:03.05 4 19 26.86s 58.05s 1:34.25 10.John Davey Great Britain2:04.17 +1.12s 1 23 27.44s 58.72s 1:35.30 11.Neil Cochran Great Britain2:05.44 +2.39s 8 23 27.31s 59.05s 1:36.34 12.Christophe Bordeau France2:05.51 +2.46s 3 20 27.42s 59.54s 1:36.48 13.Luca Sacchi Italy2:05.68 +2.63s 2 20 28.17s 1:00.53 1:36.48 14.Charalambos Papanikolaou Greece2:06.61 +3.56s 7 19 27.78s 59.65s 1:36.86 15.Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:06.76 +3.71s 5 25 27.49s 58.64s 1:36.11 16.Bill Stapleton United States2:06.82 +3.77s 6 23 27.56s 59.24s 1:37.02 Heats time gap L Y Butter Back Breast 1. Tamas Darnyi Hungary2:02.15 - 21 27.28s 58.25s 1:34.11 2. Vadym Yaroshchuk Soviet Union2:02.77 +0.62s - 22 25.70s 56.89s 1:32.97 3. Patrick Kuhl East Germany2:03.77 +1.62s - 20 26.40s 57.33s 1:33.52 4. Mikhail Zubkov Soviet Union2:03.79 +1.64s - 20 27.33s 58.33s 1:34.14 5. Gary Anderson Canada2:04.00 +1.85s - 19 27.30s 58.86s 1:35.20 6. Raik Hannemann East Germany2:04.03 +1.88s - 20 26.18s 57.90s 1:33.75 7. Peter Bermel West Germany2:04.18 +2.03s - 21 27.56s 58.62s 1:34.85 8. Robert Bruce Australia2:04.31 +2.16s - 19 27.37s 58.85s 1:35.29 9. Dave Wharton United States2:04.64 +2.49s - 19 27.14s 58.60s 1:35.59 10.Jens-Peter Berndt West Germany2:04.80 +2.65s - 25 27.80s 58.91s 1:35.35 11.Christophe Bordeau France2:04.95 +2.80s - 20 27.13s 59.10s 1:35.83 12.Bill Stapleton United States2:05.32 +3.17s - 23 26.28s 58.11s 1:35.59 13.Luca Sacchi Italy2:05.45 +3.30s - 20 27.89s 1:00.34 1:35.99 14.Charalambos Papanikolaou Greece2:05.53 +3.38s - 19 27.46s 58.82s 1:35.43 15.John Davey Great Britain2:05.55 +3.40s - 23 27.22s 57.96s 1:35.56 16.Neil Cochran Great Britain2:05.56 +3.41s - 23 27.08s 58.70s 1:36.20 17.Rob Woodhouse Australia2:05.87 +3.72s - 22 27.87s 58.98s 1:36.20 18.Roberto Cassio Italy2:05.88 +3.73s - 20 27.10s 58.89s 1:35.44 19.Takahiro Fujimoto Japan2:07.23 +5.08s - 18 27.58s 59.85s 1:37.09 20.Gary O'Toole Ireland2:07.77 +5.62s - 20 27.36s 59.41s 1:36.63 21.Darren Ward Canada2:07.84 +5.69s - 19 26.58s 58.57s 1:37.37 22.Satoshi Takeda Japan2:08.11 +5.96s - 20 27.63s 1:01.81 1:38.79 23.Joszef Szabo Hungary2:09.08 +6.93s - 19 27.96s 1:01.48 1:38.03 24.Javier Careaga Taguena Mexico2:09.38 +7.23s - 20 27.09s 1:01.34 1:37.47 25.Rodrigo Gonzalez Mexico2:09.52 +7.37s - 20 27.56s 1:01.29 1:39.25 26.Julio Lopez Brazil2:09.62 +7.47s - 21 27.85s 1:00.62 1:39.78 27.Edvard Edvardsson Iceland2:10.18 +8.03s - 21 27.31s 1:01.47 1:38.83 28.Diogo Madeira Portugal2:10.21 +8.06s - 18 27.96s 1:01.58 1:39.72 29.Renato Ramalho Brazil2:10.32 +8.17s - 21 28.56s 1:00.93 1:40.12 30.Rene Concepcion Philippines2:10.37 +8.22s - 19 27.89s 1:02.29 1:38.83 31.Xie Jun China2:10.52 +8.37s - 19 27.78s 1:00.91 1:40.00 31.Martin Lopez-Zubero Spain2:10.52 +8.37s - 19 27.73s 59.51s 1:39.49 33.Sidney Appelboom Belgium2:11.55 +9.40s - 21 29.07s 1:03.84 1:40.44 34.David Lim Singapore2:11.57 +9.42s - 22 28.60s 1:01.31 1:41.39 35.Jae-Soo Lee South Korea2:11.88 +9.73s - 20 28.13s 1:02.63 1:40.73 36.Sergio Lopez Spain2:13.48 +11.33s - 20 29.14s 1:06.05 1:41.59 37.Richard Bera Indonesia2:13.90 +11.75s - 16 28.82s 1:03.76 1:43.99 38.Wirmandi Sugriat Indonesia2:13.93 +11.78s - 17 29.37s 1:05.69 1:42.67 39.Hakan Eskioglu Turkey2:14.32 +12.17s - 17 29.47s 1:03.71 1:42.62 40.Hor-Man Yip Hong Kong2:14.65 +12.50s - 18 28.42s 1:02.05 1:42.10 41.Mun Kit Koh Singapore2:14.77 +12.62s - 15 28.78s 1:03.77 1:43.13 42.Sultan Al-Otaibi Kuwait2:15.63 +13.48s - 18 29.03s 1:05.26 1:44.30 43.Eric Greenwood Costa Rica2:15.64 +13.49s - 21 28.07s 1:00.48 1:41.75 44.Horst Niehaus Costa Rica2:16.16 +14.01s - 20 29.08s 1:02.07 1:42.11 45.Jonathan Sakovich Guam2:16.70 +14.55s - 18 29.96s 1:05.79 1:46.29 46.Kraig Brandon Singleton US Virgin Islands2:16.93 +14.78s - 16 28.48s 1:03.71 1:44.04 47.Graham Lewis Thompson Zimbabwe2:17.06 +14.91s - 24 28.20s 1:03.73 1:45.10 48.Arthur Li Hong Kong2:17.10 +14.95s - 16 30.02s 1:05.69 1:46.91 49.Hsin-Yen Tsai Taiwan2:17.95 +15.80s - 17 28.76s 1:07.40 1:44.74 50.Vaughan Smith Zimbabwe2:18.07 +15.92s - 19 28.14s 1:04.07 1:45.92 51.Chi-Li Chiang Taiwan2:18.76 +16.61s - 17 28.81s 1:05.39 1:44.20 52.Mouhamedou Diop Senegal2:20.74 +18.59s - 24 28.63s 1:05.61 1:48.11 53.Mohamed Bin Abid UA Emirates2:29.08 +26.93s - 19 30.42s 1:08.61 1:55.07 54.Bruno N'Diaye Senegal2:29.18 +27.03s - 19 29.23s 1:06.86 1:53.65 55.Mohammed Abdulla UA Emirates2:31.44 +29.29s - 33.01s 1:11.29 1:57.66 56.Rami Kantari Lebanon2:34.53 +32.38s - 25 32.11s 1:10.77 1:59.20 -. 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