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]
Heats edit
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Maher |  Great Britain |
2:05.95 | |
| 2 | András Hargitay |  Hungary |
2:06.20 | |
| 3 | Csaba Sós | Hungary |
2:06.71 | |
| 4 | Shinsuke Kayama |  Japan |
2:07.46 | |
| 5 | Gordon Hewit | Great Britain |
2:07.60 | |
| 6 | Hugo Cuenca |  Venezuela |
2:11.06 | |
| - | Lawrence Kwoh |  Hong Kong |
- | DQ |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Kraus |  West Germany |
2:01.91 | Q |
| 2 | Jorge Jaramillo |  Colombia |
2:04.30 | |
| 3 | Jeff Van de Graaf |  Australia |
2:05.58 | |
| 4 | Doug Martin |  Canada |
2:06.81 | |
| 5 | Adi Prag |  Israel |
2:09.91 | |
| 6 | Steven Newkirk |  Virgin Islands |
2:17.84 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Gregg |  United States |
2:00.24 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Brian Brinkley | Great Britain |
2:01.93 | Q |
| 3 | Hideaki Hara | Japan |
2:04.68 | |
| 4 | Anders Bellbring |  Sweden |
2:07.03 | |
| 5 | John Daly |  Puerto Rico |
2:07.13 | |
| 6 | Carlos González |  Panama |
2:20.92 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Forrester | United States |
2:01.95 | Q |
| 2 | George Nagy | Canada |
2:03.33 | |
| 3 | Hartmut Flöckner |  East Germany |
2:05.71 | |
| 4 | Ricardo Marmolejo |  Mexico |
2:08.88 | |
| 5 | Paulo Frischknecht |  Portugal |
2:20.51 | |
| - | Ross Seymour | Australia |
- | DQ |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Bruner | United States |
2:01.35 | Q |
| 2 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. |  Ecuador |
2:01.70 | Q |
| 3 | Mikhail Gorelik |  Soviet Union |
2:02.96 | |
| 4 | Bruce Rogers | Canada |
2:04.51 | |
| 5 | Miguel Lang-Lenton |  Spain |
2:08.51 | |
| 6 | Anatoly Smirnov | Soviet Union |
2:10.50 | |
| 7 | François Deley |  Belgium |
2:12.99 | |
| 8 | Julio Abreu |  Paraguay |
2:13.54 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Pyttel | East Germany |
2:00.28 | Q |
| 2 | Oleksandr Manachynskiy | Soviet Union |
2:02.91 | Q |
| 3 | Pär Arvidsson | Sweden |
2:03.79 | |
| 4 | Peter Broscienski | West Germany |
2:04.17 | |
| 5 | John Coutts |  New Zealand |
2:05.05 | |
| 6 | Ronald Woutering |  Netherlands |
2:07.31 | |
| 7 | Edwin Borja |  Philippines |
2:10.61 |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Mike Bruner | United States |
1:59.23 | WR |
 |
Steve Gregg | United States |
1:59.54 | |
 |
Bill Forrester | United States |
1:59.96 | |
| 4 | Roger Pyttel | East Germany |
2:00.02 | |
| 5 | Michael Kraus | West Germany |
2:00.46 | |
| 6 | Brian Brinkley | Great Britain |
2:01.49 | |
| 7 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. | Ecuador |
2:01.95 | |
| 8 | Oleksandr Manachynskiy | Soviet Union |
2:04.61 |
References edit
- ^ "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.