Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Nick Gillingham | | 2:14.58 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | József Szabó | | 2:14.97 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Mike Barrowman | | 2:15.85 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Valeriy Lozik | | 2:16.31 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Jonathan Cleveland | | 2:16.87 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Sergio López Miró | | 2:17.06 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | Péter Szabó | | 2:17.10 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | Vadim Alexeev | | 2:17.15 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | Cameron Grant | | 2:17.62 | q |
| 10 | 7 | Shigehiro Takahashi | | 2:17.69 | q |
| 11 | 6 | Alexandre Yokochi | | 2:17.87 | q |
| 12 | 4 | Sidney Appelboom | | 2:18.02 | q |
| 12 | 5 | Radek Beinhauer | | 2:18.02 | q |
| 14 | 7 | Alexander Marček | | 2:18.44 | q |
| 15 | 7 | Adrian Moorhouse | | 2:18.51 | q, |
| 16 | 5 | Étienne Dagon | | 2:18.68 | q |
| 17 | 6 | Cédric Penicaud | | 2:18.72 | q |
| 18 | 5 | Gary O'Toole | | 2:18.93 | |
| 19 | 5 | Kirk Stackle | | 2:19.47 | |
| 20 | 6 | Pablo Restrepo | | 2:19.58 | |
| 21 | 7 | Ian McAdam | | 2:19.68 | |
| 22 | 4 | Yoon Joo-il | | 2:19.94 | |
| 23 | 3 | Javier Careaga | | 2:20.11 | |
| 24 | 6 | Joaquín Fernández | | 2:20.34 | |
| 25 | 4 | Ronald Dekker | | 2:20.84 | |
| 26 | 3 | Pierre-Yves Eberle | | 2:20.65 | |
| 27 | 4 | Christian Poswiat | | 2:20.99 | |
| 28 | 4 | Luc van de Vondel | | 2:21.50 | |
| 29 | 4 | Petri Suominen | | 2:22.01 | |
| 30 | 4 | Hironobu Nagahata | | 2:22.23 | |
| 31 | 3 | Mark Warnecke | | 2:22.55 | |
| 31 | 5 | Hartmut Wedekind | | 2:22.55 | |
| 33 | 2 | Tsai Hsin-yen | | 2:23.80 | |
| 34 | 3 | Thomas Böhm | | 2:24.15 | |
| 35 | 3 | Chang Qing | | 2:24.45 | |
| 36 | 3 | Richard Lockhart | | 2:24.52 | |
| 37 | 3 | Eyal Stigman | | 2:25.18 | |
| 38 | 4 | Jin Fu | | 2:26.05 | |
| 39 | 2 | Wirmandi Sugriat | | 2:26.17 | |
| 40 | 2 | Manuel Gutiérrez | | 2:26.57 | |
| 41 | 7 | Jan-Erick Olsen | | 2:26.70 | |
| 42 | 1 | Anthony Beks | | 2:27.26 | |
| 43 | 2 | Arnþór Ragnarsson | | 2:27.93 | |
| 44 | 2 | Cícero Tortelli | | 2:28.82 | |
| 45 | 2 | Nikolaos Fokianos | | 2:28.91 | |
| 46 | 3 | Patrick Concepcion | | 2:29.62 | |
| 47 | 1 | Ng Yue Meng | | 2:30.74 | |
| 48 | 2 | Watt Kam Sing | | 2:30.78 | |
| 49 | 1 | Kraig Singleton | | 2:36.45 | |
| 50 | 1 | Quách Hoài Nam | | 2:39.69 | |
| 51 | 1 | Amine El-Domyati | | 2:44.34 | |
| 52 | 1 | Obaid Al-Rumaithi | | 2:50.49 | |
| 2 | Christian Toft | | | |
| 5 | David Leblanc | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
