Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 24 July.[1]

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Graham Smith Canada2:22.24Q
2Arvydas Juozaitis Soviet Union2:22.59Q
3Anders Norling Sweden2:24.61
4Peter Lang West Germany2:24.96
5Tuomo Kerola Finland2:25.87
6Julio Abreu Paraguay2:35.22
-Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro Brazil-DQ

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Rick Colella United States2:21.08Q, OR
2Nikolay Pankin Soviet Union2:22.82Q
3Giorgio Lalle Italy2:23.63
4David Leigh Great Britain2:25.58
5Tateki Shinya Japan2:26.16
6Gustavo Lozano Mexico2:31.89
-Carlos Nazario Puerto Rico-DQ

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1John Hencken United States2:21.23Q
2Walter Kusch West Germany2:22.95Q
3Nobutaka Taguchi Japan2:24.12
4Dave Heinbuch Canada2:25.29
5Steffen Kriechbaum Austria2:25.73
6Paul Jarvie Australia2:30.15
7Henrique Vicêncio Portugal2:41.97

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1David Wilkie Great Britain2:18.29Q, OR
2Charles Keating United States2:22.22Q
3Aigars Kudis Soviet Union2:23.45
4Ove Wisløff Norway2:23.49
5Orlando Catinchi Puerto Rico2:26.27
6Cezary Śmiglak Poland2:27.41
7Zdravko Divjak Yugoslavia2:34.07
-Paul Naisby Great Britain-DQ

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
David Wilkie Great Britain2:15.11WR
John Hencken United States2:17.26
Rick Colella United States2:19.20
4Graham Smith Canada2:19.42
5Charles Keating United States2:20.79
6Arvydas Juozaitis Soviet Union2:21.87
7Nikolay Pankin Soviet Union2:22.21
8Walter Kusch West Germany2:22.36

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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