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

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
  John Hencken   United States 2:21.55 WR
  David Wilkie   Great Britain 2:23.67
  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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