Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date26 July
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Winning time2:15.85
Medalists
Robertas Žulpa  Soviet Union
Albán Vermes  Hungary
Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union
Swimming at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record David Wilkie (GBR)2:15.11Montreal, Canada18 July 1976
Olympic record David Wilkie (GBR)2:15.11Montreal, Canada18 July 1976

Results

Heats
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Robertas Žulpa Soviet Union2:17.83Q
21Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union2:19.57Q
32Albán Vermes Hungary2:20.62Q
42Lindsay Spencer Australia2:21.08Q
52Gennady Utenkov Soviet Union2:21.17Q
63Duncan Goodhew Great Britain2:21.25Q
73Peter Berggren Sweden2:22.09Q
81Jörg Walter East Germany2:23.19Q
92Pablo Restrepo Colombia2:23.74
103János Dzvonyár Hungary2:24.43
111Glen Christiansen Sweden2:26.00
121Peter Evans Australia2:26.62
131Gustavo Torrijos Spain2:26.96
141Albert Boonstra Netherlands2:27.21
153Helmut Levy Colombia2:27.94
163Martii Järventaus Finland2:28.04
172Andrey Aguilar Costa Rica2:33.19
182Trần Dương Tài Vietnam2:38.52
193Djamel Yahiouche Algeria2:41.65
2Miguel Santisteban MexicoDSQ

Final
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Robertas Žulpa Soviet Union2:15.85
Albán Vermes Hungary2:16.93
Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union2:17.28
4Gennady Utenkov Soviet Union2:19.64
5Lindsay Spencer Australia2:19.68
6Duncan Goodhew Great Britain2:20.92
7Peter Berggren Sweden2:21.39
8Jörg Walter East Germany2:22.39

References
  1. "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 451, 469. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
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