Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 2.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Medalists
Gold | Roland Matthes |
Silver | Mike Stamm |
Bronze | Mitch Ivey |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Zoltán Verrasztó | 2:09.89 | ||
2 | Colin Cunningham | 2:11.06 | ||
3 | Bill Kennedy | 2:12.55 | ||
4 | Rafael Rocha | 2:15.81 | ||
5 | Ian MacKenzie | 2:16.36 | ||
6 | Sergio Hasbún | 2:27.93 | ||
7 | Mark Crocker | 2:33.64 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mike Stamm | 2:07.51 | ||
2 | Neil Martin | 2:12.09 | ||
3 | Nenad Miloš | 2:12.99 | ||
4 | Lutz Wanja | 2:13.46 | ||
5 | Sarun Van | 2:24.42 | ||
6 | Chiang Jin Choon | 2:26.51 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brad Cooper | 2:07.90 | ||
2 | Tim McKee | 2:08.19 | ||
3 | Massimo Nistri | 2:12.85 | ||
4 | José Urueta | 2:13.85 | ||
5 | Lars Børgesen | 2:14.50 | ||
6 | Rômulo Arantes Filho | 2:18.15 | ||
7 | Gerardo Rosario | 2:23.53 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mitch Ivey | 2:09.32 | ||
2 | Jean-Paul Berjeau | 2:09.93 | ||
3 | Bob Schoutsen | 2:10.56 | ||
4 | Tadashi Honda | 2:11.11 | ||
5 | Róbert Rudolf | 2:13.64 | ||
6 | John Hawes | 2:15.34 | ||
7 | Norbert Verweyen | 2:15.94 | ||
8 | Predrag Miloš | 2:18.43 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Roland Matthes | 2:06.62 | ||
2 | Lothar Noack | 2:08.80 | ||
3 | Anders Sandberg | 2:11.36 | ||
4 | Ejvind Pedersen | 2:12.30 | ||
5 | Helmut Podolan | 2:13.63 | ||
6 | Pierre Baehr | 2:14.65 | ||
7 | Bruce Featherston | 2:18.63 | ||
8 | Gustavo González | 2:19.74 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Roland Matthes | 2:02.82 | =WR | ||
Mike Stamm | 2:04.09 | |||
Mitch Ivey | 2:04.33 | |||
4 | Brad Cooper | 2:06.59 | ||
5 | Tim McKee | 2:07.29 | ||
6 | Lothar Noack | 2:08.67 | ||
7 | Zoltán Verrasztó | 2:10.09 | ||
8 | Jean-Paul Berjeau | 2:11.77 |
Key: =WR = Equalled world record
References
- "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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