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Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date26 July
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Winning time2:15.85
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Robertas Žulpa  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Albán Vermes  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union
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The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  David Wilkie (GBR) 2:15.11 Montreal, Canada 18 July 1976
Olympic record  David Wilkie (GBR) 2:15.11 Montreal, Canada 18 July 1976

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Robertas Žulpa  Soviet Union 2:17.83 Q
2 1 Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union 2:19.57 Q
3 2 Albán Vermes  Hungary 2:20.62 Q
4 2 Lindsay Spencer  Australia 2:21.08 Q
5 2 Gennady Utenkov  Soviet Union 2:21.17 Q
6 3 Duncan Goodhew  Great Britain 2:21.25 Q
7 3 Peter Berggren  Sweden 2:22.09 Q
8 1 Jörg Walter  East Germany 2:23.19 Q
9 2 Pablo Restrepo  Colombia 2:23.74
10 3 János Dzvonyár  Hungary 2:24.43
11 1 Glen Christiansen  Sweden 2:26.00
12 1 Peter Evans  Australia 2:26.62
13 1 Gustavo Torrijos  Spain 2:26.96
14 1 Albert Boonstra  Netherlands 2:27.21
15 3 Helmut Levy  Colombia 2:27.94
16 3 Martii Järventaus  Finland 2:28.04
17 2 Andrey Aguilar  Costa Rica 2:33.19
18 2 Trần Dương Tài  Vietnam 2:38.52
19 3 Djamel Yahiouche  Algeria 2:41.65
2 Miguel Santisteban  Mexico DSQ

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Robertas Žulpa  Soviet Union 2:15.85
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Albán Vermes  Hungary 2:16.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union 2:17.28
4 Gennady Utenkov  Soviet Union 2:19.64
5 Lindsay Spencer  Australia 2:19.68
6 Duncan Goodhew  Great Britain 2:20.92
7 Peter Berggren  Sweden 2:21.39
8 Jörg Walter  East Germany 2:22.39

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 451, 469. Retrieved 1 December 2018.