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
edit| Gold | John Hencken United States
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| Silver | David Wilkie Great Britain
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| Bronze | Nobutaka Taguchi Japan
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Results
editHeats
editHeat 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
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
John Hencken | United States |
2:21.55 | WR |
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David Wilkie | Great Britain |
2:23.67 | |
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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
edit- ^ "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.