# Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Mike Barrowman (USA) | 2:10.60 | Fort Lauderdale, United States | 13 August 1991 |
| Olympic record | Victor Davis (CAN) | 2:13.34 | Los Angeles, United States | 2 August 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 29 July | Heat 7 | Mike Barrowman | United States | 2:11.40 | OR |
| 29 July | Final A | Mike Barrowman | United States | 2:10.16 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Mike Barrowman | United States | 2:11.48 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | Norbert Rózsa | Hungary | 2:12.95 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Nick Gillingham | Great Britain | 2:13.42 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Károly Güttler | Hungary | 2:14.31 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Kenji Watanabe | Japan | 2:14.35 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Phil Rogers | Australia | 2:14.39 | Q, OC |
| 7 | 7 | 6 | Akira Hayashi | Japan | 2:14.61 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Sergio López Miró | Spain | 2:14.68 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Roque Santos | United States | 2:14.71 | q |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Joaquín Fernández | Spain | 2:14.93 | q |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | Stéphane Vossart | France | 2:15.11 | q |
| 12 | 5 | 8 | Javier Careaga | Mexico | 2:15.59 | q, NR |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Rodney Lawson | Australia | 2:15.67 | q |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Jonathan Cleveland | Canada | 2:15.68 | q |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Francesco Postiglione | Italy | 2:15.97 | q |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Radek Beinhauer | Czechoslovakia | 2:16.26 | q |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Andrea Cecchi | Italy | 2:16.38 | |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | Mario González | Cuba | 2:16.45 | |
| 19 | 6 | 8 | Frédérik Deburghgraeve | Belgium | 2:16.93 | |
| 20 | 6 | 7 | Gary O'Toole | Ireland | 2:17.66 | |
| 21 | 7 | 2 | Christophe Bourdon | France | 2:17.68 | |
| 22 | 4 | 5 | Petri Suominen | Finland | 2:18.01 | |
| 23 | 5 | 6 | Michael Mason | Canada | 2:18.64 | |
| 24 | 4 | 4 | Pablo Minelli | Argentina | 2:18.70 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Alexandre Yokochi | Portugal | 2:18.97 | |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Børge Mørk | Norway | 2:19.11 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | Petteri Lehtinen | Finland | 2:20.27 | |
| 28 | 3 | 5 | Patrick Concepcion | Philippines | 2:20.33 | |
| 29 | 4 | 6 | Christian Poswiat | Germany | 2:20.80 | |
| 30 | 4 | 7 | Gustavo Gorriarán | Uruguay | 2:21.25 | |
| 31 | 7 | 8 | Nerijus Beiga | Lithuania | 2:21.65 | |
| 32 | 3 | 7 | Desmond Koh | Singapore | 2:21.87 | |
| 33 | 3 | 3 | Kenneth Cawood | South Africa | 2:21.88 | |
| 34 | 4 | 3 | Ricardo Torres | Panama | 2:21.93 | |
| 35 | 6 | 1 | Jason Hender | Great Britain | 2:23.10 | |
| 36 | 3 | 2 | Christophe Verdino | Monaco | 2:23.33 | NR |
| 37 | 2 | 6 | Andrew Rutherfurd | Hong Kong | 2:24.29 | |
| 38 | 4 | 1 | Aleksandr Savitsky | Unified Team | 2:24.58 | |
| 39 | 2 | 7 | Chris Flook | Bermuda | 2:24.85 | |
| 40 | 2 | 3 | Jörg Lindemeier | Namibia | 2:24.88 | |
| 41 | 3 | 6 | Clifford Lyne | South Africa | 2:25.66 | |
| 42 | 2 | 5 | Abderzak Bella | Algeria | 2:26.35 | |
| 43 | 2 | 4 | Roberto Bonilla | Guatemala | 2:28.97 | |
| 44 | 1 | 6 | Chi Jia Han | Hong Kong | 2:30.74 | |
| 45 | 1 | 5 | Bernard Desmarais | Mauritius | 2:31.52 | |
| 46 | 2 | 1 | Glenn Diaz | Guam | 2:34.65 | |
| 47 | 1 | 4 | Danilo Zavoli | San Marino | 2:34.87 | |
| 48 | 3 | 8 | Sultan Al-Otaibi | Kuwait | 2:35.54 | |
| 49 | 2 | 2 | Ayman Al-Enazy | Kuwait | 2:39.12 | |
| 50 | 1 | 2 | Foy Gordon Chung | Fiji | 2:41.10 | |
| 51 | 1 | 7 | Obaid Al-Rumaithi | United Arab Emirates | 2:44.61 | |
| 52 | 1 | 3 | Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman | Bangladesh | 2:51.21 | |
| | 1 | 1 | Kenny Roberts | Seychelles | DSQ | |
| | 3 | 1 | Todd Torres | Puerto Rico | DSQ | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 2 | Rodney Lawson | Australia | 2:15.50 |
| 10 | 5 | Joaquín Fernández | Spain | 2:15.52 |
| 10 | 3 | Stéphane Vossart | France | 2:15.52 |
| 12 | 4 | Roque Santos | United States | 2:15.73 |
| 13 | 8 | Radek Beinhauer | Czechoslovakia | 2:16.07 |
| 14 | 7 | Jonathan Cleveland | Canada | 2:16.20 |
| 15 | 6 | Javier Careaga | Mexico | 2:16.55 |
| 16 | 1 | Francesco Postiglione | Italy | 2:16.92 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Mike Barrowman | United States | 2:10.16 | WR |
| | 5 | Norbert Rózsa | Hungary | 2:11.23 | ER |
| | 3 | Nick Gillingham | Great Britain | 2:11.29 | NR |
| 4 | 8 | Sergio López Miró | Spain | 2:13.29 | |
| 5 | 6 | Károly Güttler | Hungary | 2:13.32 | |
| 6 | 7 | Phil Rogers | Australia | 2:13.59 | OC |
| 7 | 1 | Kenji Watanabe | Japan | 2:14.70 | |
| 8 | 2 | Akira Hayashi | Japan | 2:15.11 | |