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

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Robertas Žulpa  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Albán Vermes  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union
Swimming at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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]

Records

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

World record  David Wilkie (GBR) 2:15.11 Montreal, Canada 18 July 1976
Olympic record  David Wilkie (GBR) 2:15.11 Montreal, Canada 18 July 1976

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Robertas Žulpa  Soviet Union 2:17.83 Q
2 1 Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union 2:19.57 Q
3 2 Albán Vermes  Hungary 2:20.62 Q
4 2 Lindsay Spencer  Australia 2:21.08 Q
5 2 Gennady Utenkov  Soviet Union 2:21.17 Q
6 3 Duncan Goodhew  Great Britain 2:21.25 Q
7 3 Peter Berggren  Sweden 2:22.09 Q
8 1 Jörg Walter  East Germany 2:23.19 Q
9 2 Pablo Restrepo  Colombia 2:23.74
10 3 János Dzvonyár  Hungary 2:24.43
11 1 Glen Christiansen  Sweden 2:26.00
12 1 Peter Evans  Australia 2:26.62
13 1 Gustavo Torrijos  Spain 2:26.96
14 1 Albert Boonstra  Netherlands 2:27.21
15 3 Helmut Levy  Colombia 2:27.94
16 3 Martii Järventaus  Finland 2:28.04
17 2 Andrey Aguilar  Costa Rica 2:33.19
18 2 Trần Dương Tài  Vietnam 2:38.52
19 3 Djamel Yahiouche  Algeria 2:41.65
2 Miguel Santisteban  Mexico DSQ

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Robertas Žulpa  Soviet Union 2:15.85
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Albán Vermes  Hungary 2:16.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union 2:17.28
4 Gennady Utenkov  Soviet Union 2:19.64
5 Lindsay Spencer  Australia 2:19.68
6 Duncan Goodhew  Great Britain 2:20.92
7 Peter Berggren  Sweden 2:21.39
8 Jörg Walter  East Germany 2:22.39

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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