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

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 Butterfly event at the XXIV Olympic Games was swum on September 24, 1988, in Seoul, South Korea. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 meters long (long course), this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Records

The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the competition were:

World record	Michael Gross (FRG)	1:56.24	Hannover, West Germany	28 June 1986
Olympic record	Jon Sieben (AUS)	1:57.04	Los Angeles, CA, USA	3 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	WR	OR
24 September 1988	Final	Michael Gross	West Germany	1:56.94		OR

Medalists

Gold	Michael Gross West Germany
Silver	Benny Nielsen Denmark
Bronze	Anthony Mosse New Zealand

Results

Heats

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B final

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Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Michael Gross	West Germany	1:56.94	OR
	Benny Nielsen	Denmark	1:58.24
	Anthony Mosse	New Zealand	1:58.28
4	Tom Ponting	Canada	1:58.91
5	Melvin Stewart	United States	1:59.19
6	David Wilson	Australia	1:59.20
7	Jon Kelly	Canada	1:59.48
8	Anthony Nesty	Suriname	2:00.80	NR