Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 28.[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. 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 | Mark Spitz |
Silver | Gary Hall, Sr. |
Bronze | Robin Backhaus |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Gary Hall, Sr. | 2:03.70 | OR, Q | |
2 | András Hargitay | 2:05.05 | Q | |
3 | Roger Pyttel | 2:08.72 | ||
4 | Sean Maher | 2:09.39 | ||
5 | Jorge Jaramillo | 2:10.24 | ||
6 | Walter Mack | 2:11.03 | ||
7 | Vasil Dobrev | 2:11.28 |
Key: OR = Olympic record, Q = Qualified
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Robin Backhaus | 2:03.11 | OR, Q | |
2 | Folkert Meeuw | 2:06.13 | Q | |
3 | Yasuhiro Komazaki | 2:08.72 | ||
4 | Hugo Valencia | 2:09.56 | ||
5 | Andrzej Chudziński | 2:12.62 | ||
6 | Geoffrey Ferreira | 2:19.76 | ||
Angelo Tozzi | 2:10.82 | DQ |
Key: DQ = Disqualified, OR = Olympic record, Q = Qualified
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hans Fassnacht | 2:05.39 | Q | |
2 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. | 2:05.61 | Q | |
3 | Viktor Sharygin | 2:06.76 | ||
4 | James Findlay | 2:08.36 | ||
5 | Ron Jacks | 2:09.04 | ||
6 | Ricardo Marmolejo | 2:10.00 | ||
7 | Jacques Leloup | 2:10.79 | ||
8 | Roy Chan | 2:20.30 |
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mark Spitz | 2:02.11 | OR, Q | |
2 | Hartmut Flöckner | 2:05.54 | Q | |
3 | John Mills | 2:06.58 | ||
4 | Brian Brinkley | 2:06.82 | ||
5 | Byron MacDonald | 2:12.12 | ||
6 | Gaetano Carboni | 2:12.16 | ||
7 | Hsu Tung-Hsiung | 2:16.35 | ||
8 | Carlos Singson | 2:23.70 |
Key: OR = Olympic record, Q = Qualified
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Mark Spitz | 2:00.70 | WR | ||
Gary Hall, Sr. | 2:02.86 | |||
Robin Backhaus | 2:03.23 | |||
4 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. | 2:04.60 | ||
5 | Hans Fassnacht | 2:04.69 | ||
6 | András Hargitay | 2:04.69 | ||
7 | Hartmut Flöckner | 2:05.34 | ||
8 | Folkert Meeuw | 2:05.57 |
Key: WR = World record
References
- "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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