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

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The men's 200 metre butterfly event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event took place on 18 July. [1]

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Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Sean Maher Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:05.95
2 András Hargitay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:06.20
3 Csaba Sós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:06.71
4 Shinsuke Kayama Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:07.46
5 Gordon Hewit Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:07.60
6 Hugo Cuenca Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 2:11.06
- Lawrence Kwoh Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong -DQ

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Michael Kraus Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:01.91Q
2 Jorge Jaramillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:04.30
3 Jeff Van de Graaf Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:05.58
4 Doug Martin Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2:06.81
5 Adi Prag Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:09.91
6 Steven Newkirk Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 2:17.84

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Steve Gregg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.24Q, OR
2 Brian Brinkley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:01.93Q
3 Hideaki Hara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:04.68
4 Anders Bellbring Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:07.03
5 John Daly Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 2:07.13
6 Carlos González Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2:20.92

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Bill Forrester Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:01.95Q
2 George Nagy Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2:03.33
3 Hartmut Flöckner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:05.71
4 Ricardo Marmolejo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:08.88
5 Paulo Frischknecht Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:20.51
- Ross Seymour Flag of Australia.svg  Australia -DQ

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Mike Bruner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:01.35Q
2 Jorge Delgado, Jr. Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:01.70Q
3 Mikhail Gorelik Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 2:02.96
4 Bruce Rogers Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2:04.51
5 Miguel Lang-Lenton Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 2:08.51
6 Anatoly Smirnov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 2:10.50
7 François Deley Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:12.99
8 Julio Abreu Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay 2:13.54

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Roger Pyttel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:00.28Q
2 Oleksandr Manachynskiy Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 2:02.91Q
3 Pär Arvidsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:03.79
4 Peter Broscienski Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:04.17
5 John Coutts Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:05.05
6 Ronald Woutering Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:07.31
7 Edwin Borja Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 2:10.61

Final

Left-right: Gregg, Bruner, Forrester Steve Gregg, Mike Bruner, Bill Forrester 1976 Olympics.jpg
Left-right: Gregg, Bruner, Forrester
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mike Bruner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:59.23WR
Silver medal icon.svg Steve Gregg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:59.54
Bronze medal icon.svg Bill Forrester Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:59.96
4 Roger Pyttel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:00.02
5 Michael Kraus Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:00.46
6 Brian Brinkley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:01.49
7 Jorge Delgado, Jr. Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:01.95
8 Oleksandr Manachynskiy Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 2:04.61

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2016.