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200 metres Individual Medley, Men

Date	3 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Schwimmhalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants	40 from 26 countries

Gary Hall had set three world records in this event since the 1968 Olympics, including at the US Trials in August. But in the 400 IM, held four days earlier, Sweden’s Gunnar Larsson, 1970 European Champion in both IMs, had outtouched American Tim McKee. The three swimmers were expected to contest the medals along with the third American, Steve Furniss, who won the fifth heat in the first round. Hall, a butterfly specialist, took the lead in the final on the opening butterfly leg. He maintained it through the backstroke 50, but Larsson took over on the breaststroke, with McKee moving into second. But the race was over, as Larsson was unchallenged on the freestyle lap, winning by 1.2 seconds in a world record 2:07.17. Furniss came on for the bronze medal as Hall tired in the final lap. Hall was disconsolate, having come to Munich expecting to win gold in both medley races but going home without a medal in either race.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Gunnar Larsson	SWE	2:09.70 (1 h3)	2:07.17 (1)	Gold
2	Tim McKee	USA	2:10.44 (1 h4)	2:08.37 (2)	Silver
3	Steve Furniss	USA	2:09.97 (1 h5)	2:08.45 (3)	Bronze
4	Gary Hall	USA	2:09.85 (1 h6)	2:08.49 (4)
5	András Hargitay	HUN	2:10.88 (1 h2)	2:09.66 (5)
6	Mikhail Sukharev	URS	2:11.91 (2 h6)	2:11.78 (6)
7	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	2:11.70 (2 h4)	2:11.87 (7)
8	Hans Ljungberg	SWE	2:12.46 (2 h5)	2:13.56 (8)
9	Wolfram Sperling	GDR	2:12.87 (1 h1)	–
10	Thomas Aretz	FRG	2:13.19 (2 h1)	–
11	Valentn Partyka	URS	2:13.24 (3 h5)	–
12	David Wilkie	GBR	2:13.25 (3 h4)	–
13	Christian Lietzmann	GDR	2:13.42 (3 h6)	–
14	Klaus Steinbach	FRG	2:13.84 (2 h3)	–
15	John McConnochie	NZL	2:15.04 (4 h4)	–
16	Bruce Featherston	AUS	2:15.18 (2 h2)	–
17	Clay Evans	CAN	2:15.19 (3 h2)	–
18	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	2:15.82 (4 h5)	–
19	Andreas Weber	FRG	2:16.17 (5 h4)	–
20	Neil Martin	AUS	2:16.24 (6 h4)	–
21	Bertram Türpe	GDR	2:16.54 (3 h1)	–
22	Jiro Sasaki	JPN	2:16.56 (4 h6)	–
23	David Brumwell	CAN	2:16.84 (4 h2)	–
24	François van Kruisdijk	NED	2:17.14 (7 h4)	–
25	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	2:17.23 (5 h6)	–
26	Zbigniew Pacelt	POL	2:17.35 (5 h5)	–
27	Doug Jamison	CAN	2:17.71 (3 h3)	–
28	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	2:18.34 (4 h1)	–
29	Lorenzo Marugo	ITA	2:19.00 (6 h6)	–
30	Rochinha	BRA	2:19.41 (4 h3)	–
31	José Joaquín Santibáñez	MEX	2:19.47 (5 h1)	–
32	Marian Slavic	ROU	2:19.98 (5 h3)	–
33	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	2:20.00 (5 h2)	–
34	James Findlay	AUS	2:20.08 (6 h2)	–
35	Roy Chan	SGP	2:24.43 (6 h3)	–
36	Adel Youssef Amin	EGY	2:24.61 (6 h1)	–
37	Bruno Bassoul	LBN	2:27.78 (6 h5)	–
38	Chiang Jin Choon	MAS	2:32.67 (7 h5)	–
39	Ronnie Wong	HKG	2:34.82 (7 h2)	–
DQ	Barry Prime	GBR	[2:18.84] (DQ h3)	–
DNS	Roger van Hamburg	NED	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	Angel Chakarov	BUL	– (DNS h6)	–
DNS	Rod Hamilton	RHO	–	–

Round One (3 September 1972 — 10:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	–	Wolfram Sperling	GDR	30.34 (6) 34.25 (2)	1:04.59 (3) 37.96 (1)	1:42.55 (2) 30.32 (1)	2:12.87
2	–	Thomas Aretz	FRG	28.08 (1) 34.96 (3)	1:03.04 (2) 38.53 (2)	1:41.57 (1) 31.62 (3)	2:13.19
3	–	Bertram Türpe	GDR	29.41 (4) 35.55 (4)	1:04.96 (5) 40.45 (3)	1:45.41 (4) 31.13 (2)	2:16.54
4	–	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	29.33 (=2) 33.67 (1)	1:03.00 (1) 41.24 (4)	1:44.24 (3) 34.10 (6)	2:18.34
5	–	José Joaquín Santibáñez	MEX	29.33 (=2) 35.60 (5)	1:04.93 (4) 42.38 (5)	1:47.31 (5) 32.16 (4)	2:19.47
6	–	Adel Youssef Amin	EGY	29.59 (5) 36.93 (6)	1:06.52 (6) 44.56 (6)	1:51.08 (6) 33.53 (5)	2:24.61
DNS	–	Roger van Hamburg	NED	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	–	András Hargitay	HUN	28.50 (2) 33.08 (1)	1:01.58 (2) 39.57 (2)	1:41.15 (1) 29.73 (1)	2:10.88	QOR
2	–	Bruce Featherston	AUS	29.39 (5) 34.31 (3)	1:03.70 (3) 41.11 (4)	1:44.81 (4) 30.37 (2)	2:15.18
3	–	Clay Evans	CAN	27.83 (1) 33.51 (2)	1:01.34 (1) 41.52 (5)	1:42.86 (2) 32.33 (4)	2:15.19
4	–	David Brumwell	CAN	29.42 (6) 35.77 (4)	1:05.19 (5) 39.00 (1)	1:44.19 (3) 32.65 (5)	2:16.84
5	–	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	29.28 (4) 36.59 (6)	1:05.87 (6) 40.89 (3)	1:46.76 (5) 33.24 (6)	2:20.00
6	–	James Findlay	AUS	28.84 (3) 36.14 (5)	1:04.98 (4) 43.83 (6)	1:48.81 (6) 31.27 (3)	2:20.08
7	–	Ronnie Wong	HKG	30.12 (7) 37.64 (7)	1:07.76 (7) 50.48 (7)	1:58.24 (7) 36.58 (7)	2:34.82

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	–	Gunnar Larsson	SWE	28.81 (2) 32.65 (1)	1:01.46 (2) 38.58 (1)	1:40.04 (1) 29.66 (1)	2:09.70	QOR
2	–	Klaus Steinbach	FRG	28.05 (1) 33.07 (2)	1:01.12 (1) 42.70 (5)	1:43.82 (2) 30.02 (2)	2:13.84
3	–	Doug Jamison	CAN	30.65 (7) 36.07 (6)	1:06.72 (6) 39.02 (2)	1:45.74 (4) 31.97 (4)	2:17.71
4	–	Rochinha	BRA	28.90 (3) 35.51 (4)	1:04.41 (4) 42.16 (4)	1:46.57 (5) 32.84 (6)	2:19.41
5	–	Marian Slavic	ROU	29.61 (5) 35.89 (5)	1:05.50 (5) 43.38 (6)	1:48.88 (6) 31.10 (3)	2:19.98
6	–	Roy Chan	SGP	30.46 (6) 36.68 (7)	1:07.14 (7) 44.53 (7)	1:51.67 (7) 32.76 (5)	2:24.43
DQ	–	Barry Prime	GBR	[29.56] ([4]) [34.20 (3)]	[1:03.76] ([3]) [40.73 (3)]	[1:44.49] ([3]) [34.35 (7)]	[2:18.84]

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	–	Tim McKee	USA	28.86 (3) 31.97 (1)	1:00.83 (1) 39.45 (3)	1:40.28 (2) 30.16 (1)	2:10.44	Q
2	–	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	28.06 (1) 33.21 (2)	1:01.27 (2) 38.96 (2)	1:40.23 (1) 31.47 (5)	2:11.70	Q
3	–	David Wilkie	GBR	30.18 (7) 34.20 (5)	1:04.38 (6) 36.68 (1)	1:41.06 (3) 32.19 (7)	2:13.25
4	–	John McConnochie	NZL	29.12 (4) 33.87 (3)	1:02.99 (3) 41.07 (5)	1:44.06 (4) 30.98 (3)	2:15.04
5	–	Andreas Weber	FRG	28.84 (2) 34.41 (6)	1:03.25 (4) 42.27 (7)	1:45.52 (6) 30.65 (2)	2:16.17
6	–	Neil Martin	AUS	29.48 (5) 34.02 (4)	1:03.50 (5) 41.63 (6)	1:45.13 (5) 31.11 (4)	2:16.24
7	–	François van Kruisdijk	NED	29.57 (6) 34.99 (7)	1:04.56 (7) 40.98 (4)	1:45.54 (7) 31.60 (6)	2:17.14

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	–	Steve Furniss	USA	27.93 (1) 32.79 (1)	1:00.72 (1) 39.53 (3)	1:40.25 (1) 29.72 (1)	2:09.97	Q
2	–	Hans Ljungberg	SWE	28.75 (3) 33.93 (2)	1:02.68 (3) 39.06 (1)	1:41.74 (2) 30.72 (2)	2:12.46	Q
3	–	Valentn Partyka	URS	28.07 (2) 34.37 (3)	1:02.44 (2) 39.99 (4)	1:42.43 (3) 30.81 (3)	2:13.24
4	–	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	29.44 (5) 35.01 (4)	1:04.45 (5) 39.36 (2)	1:43.81 (4) 32.01 (5)	2:15.82
5	–	Zbigniew Pacelt	POL	28.96 (4) 35.44 (5)	1:04.40 (4) 40.99 (5)	1:45.39 (5) 31.96 (4)	2:17.35
6	–	Bruno Bassoul	LBN	30.18 (6) 39.01 (7)	1:09.19 (6) 44.97 (6)	1:54.16 (6) 33.62 (6)	2:27.78
7	–	Chiang Jin Choon	MAS	31.96 (7) 37.39 (6)	1:09.35 (7) 46.82 (7)	1:56.17 (7) 36.50 (7)	2:32.67

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	–	Gary Hall	USA	27.66 (1) 32.51 (1)	1:00.17 (1) 40.19 (4)	1:40.36 (1) 29.49 (1)	2:09.85	Q
2	–	Mikhail Sukharev	URS	28.64 (2) 33.16 (3)	1:01.80 (2) 38.66 (1)	1:40.46 (2) 31.45 (3)	2:11.91	Q
3	–	Christian Lietzmann	GDR	29.33 (3) 33.03 (2)	1:02.36 (3) 39.22 (2)	1:41.58 (3) 31.84 (4)	2:13.42
4	–	Jiro Sasaki	JPN	29.54 (5) 35.28 (4)	1:04.82 (4) 40.42 (5)	1:45.24 (4) 31.32 (2)	2:16.56
5	–	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	30.23 (6) 35.80 (5)	1:06.03 (6) 39.35 (3)	1:45.38 (5) 31.85 (5)	2:17.23
6	–	Lorenzo Marugo	ITA	29.53 (4) 36.00 (6)	1:05.53 (5) 41.43 (6)	1:46.96 (6) 32.04 (6)	2:19.00
DNS	–	Angel Chakarov	BUL	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Final (3 September 1972 — 18:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Gunnar Larsson	SWE	28.00 (5) 33.07 (5)	1:01.07 (5) 37.00 (1)	1:38.07 (1) 29.10 (1)	2:07.17	WR
2	6	Tim McKee	USA	28.43 (7) 31.64 (2)	1:00.07 (3) 38.32 (3)	1:38.39 (3) 29.98 (3)	2:08.37
3	3	Steve Furniss	USA	27.48 (2) 31.91 (3)	59.39 (2) 39.40 (6)	1:38.79 (4) 29.66 (2)	2:08.45
4	5	Gary Hall	USA	26.96 (1) 31.03 (1)	57.99 (1) 40.33 (8)	1:38.32 (2) 30.17 (5)	2:08.49
5	2	András Hargitay	HUN	27.72 (4) 33.61 (7)	1:01.33 (6) 38.17 (2)	1:39.50 (5) 30.16 (4)	2:09.66
6	1	Mikhail Sukharev	URS	28.38 (6) 33.01 (4)	1:01.39 (7) 38.73 (4)	1:40.12 (7) 31.66 (7)	2:11.78
7	7	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	27.63 (3) 33.42 (6)	1:01.05 (4) 38.87 (5)	1:39.92 (6) 31.95 (8)	2:11.87
8	8	Hans Ljungberg	SWE	28.45 (8) 33.94 (8)	1:02.39 (8) 40.19 (7)	1:42.58 (8) 30.98 (6)	2:13.56