Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre freestyle
| Men's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
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| Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 20 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:47.63 NR | ||||||||||||
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Danyon Loader |
 New Zealand
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Gustavo Borges |
 Brazil
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Daniel Kowalski |
 Australia
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The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
* Palmer and Sievinen tied for first place in their swimoff and are required to swim for another attempt, but the latter elected to withdraw from the race, allowing the former to advance to the final A by default.
ˆ Because Sievinen scratched out from the competition, the vacant spot was distributed to the next best-ranked swimmer, not yet qualified, in the heats.
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