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The men’s 200 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 18–19 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul South Korea.Australia’s Duncan Armstrong stunned the entire field with a new world record to snatch the Olympic title in the event regarding as one of the most delightfully surprising upsets in history. Swimming in lane six and coming from third at the final turn he put a late resistant charge to edge out a star-studded field for the gold medal in 1:47.25.

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