Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
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Swimming events 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 breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 2. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Contents
Medalists
Gold | John Hencken![]() |
Silver | David Wilkie![]() |
Bronze | Nobutaka Taguchi![]() |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Klaus Katzur | ![]() |
2:26.32 | Q |
2 | Bill Mahony | ![]() |
2:26.71 | |
3 | Roger-Philippe Menu | ![]() |
2:30.05 | |
4 | Guðjón Guðmundsson | ![]() |
2:32.40 | |
5 | Sokhon Yi | ![]() |
2:34.77 | |
6 | János Tóth | ![]() |
2:37.40 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() |
2:23.45 | Q |
2 | Felipe Muñoz | ![]() |
2:25.99 | Q |
3 | Pedro Balcells | 23x15px Spain | 2:29.29 | |
4 | Robert Stoddart | ![]() |
2:30.08 | |
5 | Cezary Śmiglak | ![]() |
2:34.51 | |
6 | Morkal Faruk | ![]() |
2:43.69 | |
7 | Piero Ferracuti | ![]() |
2:45.73 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | David Wilkie | ![]() |
2:24.54 | Q |
2 | Walter Kusch | ![]() |
2:26.43 | |
3 | Steffen Kriechbaum | ![]() |
2:30.09 | |
4 | Malcolm O'Connell | ![]() |
2:31.21 | |
5 | Jean-Pierre Dubey | ![]() |
2:31.56 | |
6 | Gustavo Salcedo | ![]() |
2:32.81 | |
7 | Osvaldo Boretto | ![]() |
2:31.84 | DSQ |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Rick Colella | ![]() |
2:25.40 | Q |
2 | Vladimir Kosinsky | ![]() |
2:28.00 | |
3 | Angel Chakarov | ![]() |
2:30.27 | |
4 | Andreas Hellmann | ![]() |
2:32.60 | |
5 | Liam Ball | ![]() |
2:33.47 | |
6 | Nigel Johnson | ![]() |
2:34.37 | |
7 | Karl Christian Koch | ![]() |
2:38.47 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Igor Cherdakov | ![]() |
2:26.21 | Q |
2 | Brian Job | ![]() |
2:26.91 | |
3 | José Sylvio Fiolo | ![]() |
2:30.21 | |
4 | Rainer Hradetzky | ![]() |
2:32.48 | |
5 | Amman Jaalmani | 23x15px Philippines | 2:33.54 | |
6 | Michele Di Pietro | ![]() |
2:36.49 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | John Hencken | ![]() |
2:24.88 | Q |
2 | Nikolay Pankin | ![]() |
2:26.71 | |
3 | Paul Jarvie | ![]() |
2:27.83 | |
4 | Mike Whitaker | ![]() |
2:33.47 | |
5 | Rudi Vingerhoets | ![]() |
2:36.89 | |
6 | Gregor Betz | ![]() |
2:36.96 | |
7 | Alfredo Hunger | ![]() |
2:37.20 | |
8 | Alejandro Cabrera | ![]() |
2:56.60 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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John Hencken | ![]() |
2:21.55 | WR |
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David Wilkie | ![]() |
2:23.67 | |
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Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() |
2:23.88 | |
4 | Rick Colella | ![]() |
2:24.28 | |
5 | Felipe Muñoz | ![]() |
2:26.44 | |
6 | Walter Kusch | ![]() |
2:26.55 | |
7 | Igor Cherdakov | ![]() |
2:27.15 | |
8 | Klaus Katzur | ![]() |
2:27.44 |
Key: WR = World record
References
- 1972 Summer Olympics results: Men's 200 m breaststroke, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2013-12-24.