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

Swimming events at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m women
4×200 m men
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The Men's 200 metre Breaststroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 24 July.

Heats

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 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

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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