Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Swimming events at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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 breaststroke event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place September 23. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Gold	József Szabó  Hungary
Silver	Nick Gillingham  Great Britain
Bronze	Sergio López Miró  Spain

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	József Szabó	Hungary	2:13.52
	Nick Gillingham	Great Britain	2:14.12
	Sergio López Miró	Spain	2:15.21
4	Mike Barrowman	United States	2:15.45
5	Valery Lozyk	Soviet Union	2:16.16
6	Vadim Alekseyev	Soviet Union	2:16.70
7	Jon Cleveland	Canada	2:17.10
8	Péter Szabó	Hungary	2:17.12

References

• 1988 Summer Olympics results: Men's 200 m breaststroke, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-12-30.