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

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

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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

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  David Wilkie   Great Britain 2:15.11 WR
  John Hencken   United States 2:17.26
  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

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  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.
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