Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle
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Quick Facts Men's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad, Venue ...
Men's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 55 from 39 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:46.70 OR | ||||||||||||
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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.[1] There were 55 competitors from 39 nations, with each nation having up to two swimmers (a limit in place since 1984).[2] The event was won by Yevgeny Sadovyi of the Unified Team; it was the first victory in the men's 200 metre freestyle by an athlete from the former Soviet Union since Moscow 1980. Anders Holmertz of Sweden repeated as the silver medalist, becoming the first man to win multiple medals in the event. Antti Kasvio earned a bronze medal in Finland's debut in the event.