Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle
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.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 26 July | Heat 8 | Yevgeny Sadovyi | | 1:46.74 | |
| 26 July | Final A | Yevgeny Sadovyi | | 1:46.70 | |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | Yevgeny Sadovyi | | 1:46.74 | Q, |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Anders Holmertz | | 1:46.76 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 7 | 6 | Vladimir Pyshnenko | | 1:47.94 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | Steffen Zesner | | 1:48.12 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 6 | Antti Kasvio | | 1:48.31 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 5 | Joe Hudepohl | | 1:48.52 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 4 | Artur Wojdat | | 1:48.60 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | Doug Gjertsen | | 1:48.65 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 5 | Roberto Gleria | | 1:49.19 | q, |
| 10 | 8 | 1 | Paul Palmer | | 1:49.21 | q |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Kieren Perkins | | 1:49.26 | q |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Ian Brown | | 1:49.32 | q |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Massimo Trevisan | | 1:49.80 | q |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Paul Howe | | 1:49.86 | q |
| 15 | 6 | 8 | Tommy Werner | | 1:50.01 | q, |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Christian Keller | | 1:50.07 | q |
| 17 | 8 | 8 | Turlough O'Hare | | 1:50.42 | q |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | John Steel | | 1:50.56 | q |
| 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 | | | |
| 2 | 4 | Nayef Al-Hasawi | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
