Mike Barrowman

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Swimming
Gold	1992 Barcelona	200 m Breaststroke

Michael ("Mike") Ray Barrowman (born December 4, 1968 in Costa Mesa, California) was an Olympic swimmer for the United States and one of the pioneers of the "Wave-Style" Breaststroke technique. He placed 4th in the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 200m Breaststroke. In 1992 he returned to the Olympics and won the gold medal in the same event. He later temporarily retired from swimming and took up competitive rowing. He is now a coach in the Cayman Islands.

Barrowman swam for four years The University of Michigan. Between 1989 and 1991, he won three consecutive NCAA titles in the 200 yard breaststroke. His NCAA record of 1:53.77 from 1990, would stand strong for eleven seasons, and was the oldest men's NCAA record until 2001, when it was finally broken by Brendan Hansen.

He was named Male World Swimmer of the Year in 1989 and 1990 by Swimming World magazine.

Olympic champions in men's 200 m breaststroke

1908: Cameron McKee | 1912: Walther Bathe | 1920: Håkan Malmroth | 1924: Robert Skelton | 1928: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | 1932: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | 1948: Joseph Verdeur | 1952: John Davies | 1956: Masaru Furukawa | 1960: Bill Mulliken | 1964: Ian O'Brien | 1968: Felipe Muñoz  | 1972: John Hencken | 1976: David Wilkie | 1980: Roberts Zhulpa | 1984: Victor Davis | 1988: József Szabó | 1992: Mike Barrowman | 1996: Norbert Rózsa | 2000: Domenico Fioravanti | 2004: Kosuke Kitajima

Preceded by: Matt Biondi

World Swimmer of the Year 1989-1990

Succeeded by: Tamás Darnyi