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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	16 – 18 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo, Shibuya, Tokyo
Participants	32 from 19 countries

Since 1961 Kevin Berry (AUS) and Carl Robie (USA) had traded the world record back-and-forth, each setting the mark four times. On the eve of the Tokyo Olympics, Berry held the record with 2:06.9 that he had set in Sydney at the Australian Trials. They both made the final easily, but neither led at the beginning, as American Fred Schmidt took it to 100 metres in 1:00.2, with Berry and Robie both clocking 1:00.4 in second. By 150 metres, Schmidt had faded behind the favored duo, with Berry leading off the final wall, and he pulled away on the last lap to win gold in 2:06.6, breaking his own world mark, with Robie in second, recording a personal best with 2:07.5, and Schmidt holding on for bronze.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Kevin Berry	AUS	2:11.0 (1 h2)	2:09.8 (1 h2)	2:06.6 (1)	Gold
2	Carl Robie	USA	2:10.0 (1 h1)	2:09.3 (1 h1)	2:07.5 (2)	Silver
3	Fred Schmidt	USA	2:13.3 (2 h5)	2:11.5 (2 h1)	2:09.3 (3)	Bronze
4	Phil Riker	USA	2:12.6 (1 h4)	2:09.9 (2 h2)	2:11.0 (4)
5	Valentin Kuzmin	URS	2:15.5 (3 h3)	2:11.9 (4 h1)	2:11.3 (5)
6	Yoshinori Kadonaga	JPN	2:14.5 (3 h5)	2:12.3 (3 h2)	2:12.6 (6)
7	Brett Hill	AUS	2:12.8 (1 h5)	2:11.9 (3 h1)	2:12.8 (7)
8	Dan Sherry	CAN	2:12.9 (3 h2)	2:12.9 (4 h2)	2:14.6 (8)
9	Kosuke Sato	JPN	2:12.4 (2 h2)	2:13.4 (5 h1)	–
10	Werner Freitag	GER	2:16.9 (4 h3)	2:13.5 (6 h1)	–
11	Luis Nicolao	ARG	2:15.0 (1 h3)	2:13.7 (7 h1)	–
12	Atsushi Obayashi	JPN	2:15.1 (2 h1)	2:14.1 (5 h2)	–
13	Dave Gerrard	NZL	2:16.3 (4 h2)	2:15.4 (6 h2)	–
14	Brian Jenkins	GBR	2:15.5 (2 h4)	2:15.5 (7 h2)	–
15	Giampiero Fossati	ITA	2:17.2 (4 h5)	2:18.1 (8 h2)	–
16	John Stark	AUS	2:15.3 (2 h3)	2:18.4 (8 h1)	–
=17	Antonio Rastrelli	ITA	2:17.3 (3 h1)	–	–
=17	Oleg Fotin	URS	2:17.3 (3 h4)	–	–
19	Gabriel Altamirano	MEX	2:17.9 (4 h4)	–	–
20	Hermann Lotter	GER	2:18.2 (4 h1)	–	–
21	Vítor Fonseca	POR	2:18.3 (5 h1)	–	–
22	Wolfgang Platzeck	GER	2:18.7 (5 h4)	–	–
23	Avraham Melamed	ISR	2:20.7 (5 h2)	–	–
24	Ralph Hutton	CAN	2:20.8 (5 h5)	–	–
25	Volker Deckardt	AUT	2:21.3 (6 h4)	–	–
26	Dick Langerhorst	NED	2:22.5 (7 h4)	–	–
27	Juan Alanís	MEX	2:23.9 (5 h3)	–	–
28	Carlos Canepa	PER	2:24.9 (6 h2)	–	–
29	Bernard Chan	MAS	2:26.6 (6 h3)	–	–
30	Joaquín Pujol	ESP	2:28.3 (7 h2)	–	–
31	Gustavo Ocampo	PER	2:31.4 (6 h5)	–	–
32	Narong Chokumnuay	THA	2:32.5 (6 h1)	–	–
DNS	Jean Pommat	FRA	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	John Thurley	GBR	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	Ingvar Eriksson	SWE	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One (16 October 1964 — 12:25)

Fastest sixteen advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	2	Carl Robie	USA	1:01.9 (1) 1:08.1 (1)	2:10.0	QOR
2	1	Atsushi Obayashi	JPN	1:03.6 (2) 1:11.5 (3)	2:15.1	Q
3	7	Antonio Rastrelli	ITA	1:06.6 (5) 1:10.7 (2)	2:17.3
4	5	Hermann Lotter	GER	1:05.9 (3) 1:12.3 (5)	2:18.2
5	6	Vítor Fonseca	POR	1:06.5 (4) 1:11.8 (4)	2:18.3
6	4	Narong Chokumnuay	THA	1:09.0 (6) 1:23.5 (6)	2:32.5
DNS	3	Jean Pommat	FRA	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	6	Kevin Berry	AUS	1:03.1 (2) 1:07.9 (1)	2:11.0	Q
2	4	Kosuke Sato	JPN	1:02.1 (1) 1:10.3 (3)	2:12.4	Q
3	3	Dan Sherry	CAN	1:04.0 (3) 1:08.9 (2)	2:12.9	Q
4	7	Dave Gerrard	NZL	1:04.5 (4) 1:11.8 (4)	2:16.3	Q
5	1	Avraham Melamed	ISR	1:07.1 (6) 1:13.6 (5)	2:20.7
6	2	Carlos Canepa	PER	1:06.5 (5) 1:18.4 (6)	2:24.9
7	5	Joaquín Pujol	ESP	1:08.0 (7) 1:20.3 (7)	2:28.3

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	1	Luis Nicolao	ARG	1:04.8 (=1) 1:10.2 (1)	2:15.0	Q
2	6	John Stark	AUS	1:04.8 (=1) 1:10.5 (3)	2:15.3	Q
3	3	Valentin Kuzmin	URS	1:05.1 (3) 1:10.4 (2)	2:15.5	Q
4	2	Werner Freitag	GER	1:05.6 (4) 1:11.3 (4)	2:16.9	Q
5	7	Juan Alanís	MEX	1:06.1 (5) 1:17.8 (5)	2:23.9
6	5	Bernard Chan	MAS	1:08.3 (6) 1:18.3 (6)	2:26.6
DNS	4	Ingvar Eriksson	SWE	– (–) –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	3	Phil Riker	USA	1:00.0 (1) 1:12.6 (3)	2:12.6	Q
2	7	Brian Jenkins	GBR	1:05.1 (3) 1:10.4 (=1)	2:15.5	Q
3	1	Oleg Fotin	URS	1:06.9 (7) 1:10.4 (=1)	2:17.3
4	4	Gabriel Altamirano	MEX	1:04.1 (2) 1:13.8 (5)	2:17.9
5	6	Wolfgang Platzeck	GER	1:05.7 (4) 1:13.0 (4)	2:18.7
6	5	Volker Deckardt	AUT	1:06.7 (6) 1:14.6 (6)	2:21.3
7	2	Dick Langerhorst	NED	1:05.9 (5) 1:16.6 (7)	2:22.5

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	3	Brett Hill	AUS	1:02.7 (2) 1:10.1 (1)	2:12.8	Q
2	6	Fred Schmidt	USA	1:01.7 (1) 1:11.6 (3)	2:13.3	Q
3	4	Yoshinori Kadonaga	JPN	1:03.9 (4) 1:10.6 (2)	2:14.5	Q
4	2	Giampiero Fossati	ITA	1:03.8 (3) 1:13.4 (4)	2:17.2	Q
5	7	Ralph Hutton	CAN	1:05.9 (5) 1:14.9 (5)	2:20.8
6	1	Gustavo Ocampo	PER	1:08.4 (6) 1:23.0 (6)	2:31.4
DNS	5	John Thurley	GBR	– (–) –	–

Semi-Finals (17 October 1964 — 20:45)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Carl Robie	USA	1:02.3 (=3) 1:07.0 (1)	2:09.3	QOR
2	6	Fred Schmidt	USA	1:02.5 (=5) 1:09.0 (3)	2:11.5	Q
3	3	Brett Hill	AUS	1:02.3 (=3) 1:09.6 (4)	2:11.9	Q
4	1	Valentin Kuzmin	URS	1:01.3 (1) 1:10.6 (5)	2:11.9	Q
5	5	Kosuke Sato	JPN	1:02.5 (=5) 1:10.9 (6)	2:13.4
6	8	Werner Freitag	GER	1:05.1 (8) 1:08.4 (2)	2:13.5
7	2	Luis Nicolao	ARG	1:01.4 (2) 1:12.3 (7)	2:13.7
8	7	John Stark	AUS	1:03.5 (7) 1:14.9 (8)	2:18.4

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Kevin Berry	AUS	1:03.7 (4) 1:06.1 (=1)	2:09.8	Q
2	5	Phil Riker	USA	1:03.8 (5) 1:06.1 (=1)	2:09.9	Q
3	6	Yoshinori Kadonaga	JPN	1:03.9 (6) 1:08.4 (3)	2:12.3	Q
4	3	Dan Sherry	CAN	1:03.5 (3) 1:09.4 (4)	2:12.9	Q
5	2	Atsushi Obayashi	JPN	1:02.4 (2) 1:11.7 (6)	2:14.1
6	1	Dave Gerrard	NZL	1:02.1 (1) 1:13.3 (8)	2:15.4
7	7	Brian Jenkins	GBR	1:04.8 (7) 1:10.7 (5)	2:15.5
8	8	Giampiero Fossati	ITA	1:05.5 (8) 1:12.6 (7)	2:18.1

Final (18 October 1964 — 11:35)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	5	Kevin Berry	AUS	1:00.4 (=2) 1:06.2 (1)	2:06.6	WR
2	4	Carl Robie	USA	1:00.4 (=2) 1:07.1 (2)	2:07.5
3	6	Fred Schmidt	USA	1:00.2 (1) 1:09.1 (4)	2:09.3
4	3	Phil Riker	USA	1:01.7 (4) 1:09.3 (5)	2:11.0
5	7	Valentin Kuzmin	URS	1:02.8 (6) 1:08.5 (3)	2:11.3
6	1	Yoshinori Kadonaga	JPN	1:03.0 (7) 1:09.6 (=6)	2:12.6
7	2	Brett Hill	AUS	1:03.2 (8) 1:09.6 (=6)	2:12.8
8	8	Dan Sherry	CAN	1:02.4 (5) 1:12.2 (8)	2:14.6