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

Swimming at the
1976 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 mmenwomen
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 breaststroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 24 July.[1]

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Graham Smith  Canada 2:22.24 Q
2 Arvydas Juozaitis  Soviet Union 2:22.59 Q
3 Anders Norling  Sweden 2:24.61
4 Peter Lang  West Germany 2:24.96
5 Tuomo Kerola  Finland 2:25.87
6 Julio Abreu  Paraguay 2:35.22
- Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro  Brazil - DQ

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Rick Colella  United States 2:21.08 Q, OR
2 Nikolay Pankin  Soviet Union 2:22.82 Q
3 Giorgio Lalle  Italy 2:23.63
4 David Leigh  Great Britain 2:25.58
5 Tateki Shinya  Japan 2:26.16
6 Gustavo Lozano  Mexico 2:31.89
- Carlos Nazario  Puerto Rico - DQ

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 John Hencken  United States 2:21.23 Q
2 Walter Kusch  West Germany 2:22.95 Q
3 Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 2:24.12
4 Dave Heinbuch  Canada 2:25.29
5 Steffen Kriechbaum  Austria 2:25.73
6 Paul Jarvie  Australia 2:30.15
7 Henrique Vicêncio  Portugal 2:41.97

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 David Wilkie  Great Britain 2:18.29 Q, OR
2 Charles Keating  United States 2:22.22 Q
3 Aigars Kudis  Soviet Union 2:23.45
4 Ove Wisløff  Norway 2:23.49
5 Orlando Catinchi  Puerto Rico 2:26.27
6 Cezary Śmiglak  Poland 2:27.41
7 Zdravko Divjak  Yugoslavia 2:34.07
- Paul Naisby  Great Britain - DQ

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 David Wilkie  Great Britain 2:15.11 WR
2 John Hencken  United States 2:17.26
3 Rick Colella  United States 2:19.20
4 Graham Smith  Canada 2:19.42
5 Charles Keating  United States 2:20.79
6 Arvydas Juozaitis  Soviet Union 2:21.87
7 Nikolay Pankin  Soviet Union 2:22.21
8 Walter Kusch  West Germany 2:22.36

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.