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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Location: Olympic Indoor Swimming Pool
Date Started: September 24, 1988
Date Finished: September 24, 1988
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.
| Gold: | Michael Groß |
| Silver: | Benny Nielsen |
| Bronze: | Anthony Mosse |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emanuel Fortes | 18 | Brazil | BRA | 2:09.40 | |
| 2 | Sultan Al-Otaibi | 18 | Kuwait | KUW | 2:12.89 | |
| 3 | William Cleveland | 22 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 2:13.19 | |
| 4 | Kristan Singleton | 16 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 2:19.68 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diogo Madeira | 18 | Portugal | POR | 2:03.79 | |
| 2 | João Santos | 24 | Portugal | POR | 2:04.74 | |
| 3 | Ahmed Abdullah | 20 | Egypt | EGY | 2:05.28 | |
| 4 | Joseph Buhain | 18 | Philippines | PHI | 2:05.32 | |
| 5 | Park Yeong-Cheol | 19 | South Korea | KOR | 2:08.57 | |
| 6 | Desmond Koh | 15 | Singapore | SIN | 2:10.86 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Hodgson | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:01.44 | QC |
| 2 | Ross Anderson | 19 | New Zealand | NZL | 2:02.40 | |
| 3 | Jean-Marie Arnould | 22 | Belgium | BEL | 2:03.76 | |
| 4 | Christer Wallin | 19 | Sweden | SWE | 2:03.79 | |
| 5 | Khazan Singh Tokas | 24 | India | IND | 2:03.95 | |
| 6 | Zhan Jiang | 20 | China | CHN | 2:05.22 | |
| 7 | Théophile David | 24 | Switzerland | SUI | 2:05.58 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Mosse | 23 | New Zealand | NZL | 1:58.71 | QU |
| 2 | Jon Kelly | 22 | Canada | CAN | 1:59.40 | QU |
| 3 | Tom Ponting | 23 | Canada | CAN | 2:00.08 | QU |
| 4 | Martin Roberts | 22 | Australia | AUS | 2:00.32 | QC |
| 5 | Tim Jones | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:01.01 | QC |
| 6 | Rafał Szukała | 17 | Poland | POL | 2:01.91 | |
| 7 | Hiroshi Miura | 22 | Japan | JPN | 2:02.30 | |
| 8 | Ondřej Bureš | 21 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 2:02.93 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Wilson | 21 | Australia | AUS | 1:59.02 | QU |
| 2 | Benny Nielsen | 22 | Denmark | DEN | 1:59.26 | QU |
| 3 | Vadim Yaroshchuk | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:01.05 | QC |
| 4 | Christophe Bordeau | 20 | France | FRA | 2:01.70 | QC |
| 5 | Reinhold Leitner | 22 | Austria | AUT | 2:02.18 | |
| 6 | Martin Herrmann | 18 | West Germany | FRG | 2:02.61 | |
| 7 | José Luis Ballester | 19 | Spain | ESP | 2:03.32 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Groß | 24 | West Germany | FRG | 1:58.09 | QU |
| 2 | Mel Stewart | 19 | United States | USA | 1:59.78 | QU |
| 3 | Anthony Nesty | 20 | Suriname | SUR | 2:00.17 | QU |
| 4 | Mark Dean | 20 | United States | USA | 2:00.86 | QC |
| 5 | Frank Drost | 25 | Netherlands | NED | 2:00.99 | QC |
| 6 | Satoshi Takeda | 20 | Japan | JPN | 2:01.42 | QC |
| 7 | Jan Larsen | 20 | Denmark | DEN | 2:03.01 | |
| 8 | Eduardo Poli | 19 | Brazil | BRA | 2:06.15 |