Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
Appearance
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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 |
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.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Mark Spitz![]() |
Silver | Gary Hall, Sr.![]() |
Bronze | Robin Backhaus![]() |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]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
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Gary_Hall%2C_Mark_Spitz%2C_Robin_Backhaus_1972.jpg/310px-Gary_Hall%2C_Mark_Spitz%2C_Robin_Backhaus_1972.jpg)
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Mark Spitz | ![]() |
2:00.70 | WR |
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Gary Hall, Sr. | ![]() |
2:02.86 | |
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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
[edit]- ^ "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.