Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Swimming at the
1972 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
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 2.[1] 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.

Medalists

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Gold John Hencken
 United States
Silver David Wilkie
 Great Britain
Bronze Nobutaka Taguchi
 Japan

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Klaus Katzur  East Germany 2:26.32 Q
2 Bill Mahony  Canada 2:26.71
3 Roger-Philippe Menu  France 2:30.05
4 Guðjón Guðmundsson  Iceland 2:32.40
5 Sokhon Yi  Khmer Republic 2:34.77
6 János Tóth  Hungary 2:37.40

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 2:23.45 Q
2 Felipe Muñoz  Mexico 2:25.99 Q
3 Pedro Balcells  Spain 2:29.29
4 Robert Stoddart  Canada 2:30.08
5 Cezary Śmiglak  Poland 2:34.51
6 Morkal Faruk  Turkey 2:43.69
7 Piero Ferracuti  El Salvador 2:45.73

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 David Wilkie  Great Britain 2:24.54 Q
2 Walter Kusch  West Germany 2:26.43 Q
3 Steffen Kriechbaum  Austria 2:30.09
4 Malcolm O'Connell  Great Britain 2:31.21
5 Jean-Pierre Dubey  Switzerland 2:31.56
6 Gustavo Salcedo  Mexico 2:32.81
7 Osvaldo Boretto  Argentina 2:31.84 DSQ

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Rick Colella  United States 2:25.40 Q
2 Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union 2:28.00
3 Angel Chakarov  Bulgaria 2:30.27
4 Andreas Hellmann  West Germany 2:32.60
5 Liam Ball  Ireland 2:33.47
6 Nigel Johnson  Great Britain 2:34.37
7 Karl Christian Koch  Denmark 2:38.47

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Igor Cherdakov  Soviet Union 2:26.21 Q
2 Brian Job  United States 2:26.91
3 José Sylvio Fiolo  Brazil 2:30.21
4 Rainer Hradetzky  East Germany 2:32.48
5 Amman Jaalmani  Philippines 2:33.54
6 Michele Di Pietro  Italy 2:36.49

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 John Hencken  United States 2:24.88 Q
2 Nikolay Pankin  Soviet Union 2:26.71
3 Paul Jarvie  Australia 2:27.83
4 Mike Whitaker  Canada 2:33.47
5 Rudi Vingerhoets  Belgium 2:36.89
6 Gregor Betz  West Germany 2:36.96
7 Alfredo Hunger  Peru 2:37.20
8 Alejandro Cabrera  El Salvador 2:56.60

Final

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 John Hencken  United States 2:21.55 WR
2 David Wilkie  Great Britain 2:23.67
3 Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 2:23.88
4 Rick Colella  United States 2:24.28
5 Felipe Muñoz  Mexico 2:26.44
6 Walter Kusch  West Germany 2:26.55
7 Igor Cherdakov  Soviet Union 2:27.15
8 Klaus Katzur  East Germany 2:27.44

Key: WR = World record

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
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