| Swimming events at the 1988 Summer Olympics |
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| 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.
Contents |
| Gold | József Szabó Hungary (HUN) |
| Silver | Nick Gillingham Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Sergio López Miró Spain (ESP) |
| 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 |