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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	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	499	Gunnar Larsson	SWE	2:09.70 (1 h3)	2:07.17 (1)	Gold
2	567	Tim McKee	USA	2:10.44 (1 h4)	2:08.37 (2)	Silver
3	557	Steve Furniss	USA	2:09.97 (1 h5)	2:08.45 (3)	Bronze
4	559	Gary Hall	USA	2:09.85 (1 h6)	2:08.49 (4)
5	287	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	415	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	2:11.70 (2 h4)	2:11.87 (7)
8	500	Hans Ljungberg	SWE	2:12.46 (2 h5)	2:13.56 (8)
9	212	Wolfram Sperling	GDR	2:12.87 (1 h1)	–
10	222	Thomas Aretz	FRG	2:13.19 (2 h1)	–
11	535	Valentn Partyka	URS	2:13.24 (3 h5)	–
12	189	David Wilkie	GBR	2:13.25 (3 h4)	–
13	–	Christian Lietzmann	GDR	2:13.42 (3 h6)	–
14	244	Klaus Steinbach	FRG	2:13.84 (2 h3)	–
15	408	John McConnochie	NZL	2:15.04 (4 h4)	–
16	–	Bruce Featherston	AUS	2:15.18 (2 h2)	–
17	72	Clay Evans	CAN	2:15.19 (3 h2)	–
18	382	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	2:15.82 (4 h5)	–
19	250	Andreas Weber	FRG	2:16.17 (5 h4)	–
20	13	Neil Martin	AUS	2:16.24 (6 h4)	–
21	213	Bertram Türpe	GDR	2:16.54 (3 h1)	–
22	342	Jiro Sasaki	JPN	2:16.56 (4 h6)	–
23	–	David Brumwell	CAN	2:16.84 (4 h2)	–
24	278	François van Kruisdijk	NED	2:17.14 (7 h4)	–
25	427	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	2:17.23 (5 h6)	–
26	438	Zbigniew Pacelt	POL	2:17.35 (5 h5)	–
27	–	Doug Jamison	CAN	2:17.71 (3 h3)	–
28	467	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	2:18.34 (4 h1)	–
29	329	Lorenzo Marugo	ITA	2:19.00 (6 h6)	–
30	–	Rochinha	BRA	2:19.41 (4 h3)	–
31	388	José Joaquín Santibáñez	MEX	2:19.47 (5 h1)	–
32	475	Marian Slavic	ROU	2:19.98 (5 h3)	–
33	306	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	2:20.00 (5 h2)	–
34	10	James Findlay	AUS	2:20.08 (6 h2)	–
35	–	Roy Chan	SGP	2:24.43 (6 h3)	–
36	127	Adel Youssef Amin	EGY	2:24.61 (6 h1)	–
37	366	Bruno Bassoul	LBN	2:27.78 (6 h5)	–
38	372	Chiang Jin Choon	MAS	2:32.67 (7 h5)	–
39	266	Ronnie Wong	HKG	2:34.82 (7 h2)	–
DQ	–	Barry Prime	GBR	[2:18.84] (DQ h3)	–
DNS	276	Roger van Hamburg	NED	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	62	Angel Chakarov	BUL	– (DNS h6)	–
DNS	457	Rod Hamilton	RHO	–	–

Round One

Date	3 September 1972 — 10:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

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

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Wolfram Sperling	GDR	2:12.87	30.34 (6)	1:04.59 (3)	1:42.55 (2)	34.25 (2)	37.96 (1)	30.32 (1)
2	Thomas Aretz	FRG	2:13.19	28.08 (1)	1:03.04 (2)	1:41.57 (1)	34.96 (3)	38.53 (2)	31.62 (3)
3	Bertram Türpe	GDR	2:16.54	29.41 (4)	1:04.96 (5)	1:45.41 (4)	35.55 (4)	40.45 (3)	31.13 (2)
4	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	2:18.34	29.33 (=2)	1:03.00 (1)	1:44.24 (3)	33.67 (1)	41.24 (4)	34.10 (6)
5	José Joaquín Santibáñez	MEX	2:19.47	29.33 (=2)	1:04.93 (4)	1:47.31 (5)	35.60 (5)	42.38 (5)	32.16 (4)
6	Adel Youssef Amin	EGY	2:24.61	29.59 (5)	1:06.52 (6)	1:51.08 (6)	36.93 (6)	44.56 (6)	33.53 (5)
DNS	Roger van Hamburg	NED	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	András Hargitay	HUN	2:10.88	28.50 (2)	1:01.58 (2)	1:41.15 (1)	33.08 (1)	39.57 (2)	29.73 (1)	QOR
2	Bruce Featherston	AUS	2:15.18	29.39 (5)	1:03.70 (3)	1:44.81 (4)	34.31 (3)	41.11 (4)	30.37 (2)
3	Clay Evans	CAN	2:15.19	27.83 (1)	1:01.34 (1)	1:42.86 (2)	33.51 (2)	41.52 (5)	32.33 (4)
4	David Brumwell	CAN	2:16.84	29.42 (6)	1:05.19 (5)	1:44.19 (3)	35.77 (4)	39.00 (1)	32.65 (5)
5	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	2:20.00	29.28 (4)	1:05.87 (6)	1:46.76 (5)	36.59 (6)	40.89 (3)	33.24 (6)
6	James Findlay	AUS	2:20.08	28.84 (3)	1:04.98 (4)	1:48.81 (6)	36.14 (5)	43.83 (6)	31.27 (3)
7	Ronnie Wong	HKG	2:34.82	30.12 (7)	1:07.76 (7)	1:58.24 (7)	37.64 (7)	50.48 (7)	36.58 (7)

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Gunnar Larsson	SWE	2:09.70	28.81 (2)	1:01.46 (2)	1:40.04 (1)	32.65 (1)	38.58 (1)	29.66 (1)	QOR
2	Klaus Steinbach	FRG	2:13.84	28.05 (1)	1:01.12 (1)	1:43.82 (2)	33.07 (2)	42.70 (5)	30.02 (2)
3	Doug Jamison	CAN	2:17.71	30.65 (7)	1:06.72 (6)	1:45.74 (4)	36.07 (6)	39.02 (2)	31.97 (4)
4	Rochinha	BRA	2:19.41	28.90 (3)	1:04.41 (4)	1:46.57 (5)	35.51 (4)	42.16 (4)	32.84 (6)
5	Marian Slavic	ROU	2:19.98	29.61 (5)	1:05.50 (5)	1:48.88 (6)	35.89 (5)	43.38 (6)	31.10 (3)
6	Roy Chan	SGP	2:24.43	30.46 (6)	1:07.14 (7)	1:51.67 (7)	36.68 (7)	44.53 (7)	32.76 (5)
DQ	Barry Prime	GBR	[2:18.84]	[29.56] ([4])	[1:03.76] ([3])	[1:44.49] ([3])	[34.20 (3)]	[40.73 (3)]	[34.35 (7)]

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Tim McKee	USA	2:10.44	28.86 (3)	1:00.83 (1)	1:40.28 (2)	31.97 (1)	39.45 (3)	30.16 (1)	Q
2	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	2:11.70	28.06 (1)	1:01.27 (2)	1:40.23 (1)	33.21 (2)	38.96 (2)	31.47 (5)	Q
3	David Wilkie	GBR	2:13.25	30.18 (7)	1:04.38 (6)	1:41.06 (3)	34.20 (5)	36.68 (1)	32.19 (7)
4	John McConnochie	NZL	2:15.04	29.12 (4)	1:02.99 (3)	1:44.06 (4)	33.87 (3)	41.07 (5)	30.98 (3)
5	Andreas Weber	FRG	2:16.17	28.84 (2)	1:03.25 (4)	1:45.52 (6)	34.41 (6)	42.27 (7)	30.65 (2)
6	Neil Martin	AUS	2:16.24	29.48 (5)	1:03.50 (5)	1:45.13 (5)	34.02 (4)	41.63 (6)	31.11 (4)
7	François van Kruisdijk	NED	2:17.14	29.57 (6)	1:04.56 (7)	1:45.54 (7)	34.99 (7)	40.98 (4)	31.60 (6)

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Steve Furniss	USA	2:09.97	27.93 (1)	1:00.72 (1)	1:40.25 (1)	32.79 (1)	39.53 (3)	29.72 (1)	Q
2	Hans Ljungberg	SWE	2:12.46	28.75 (3)	1:02.68 (3)	1:41.74 (2)	33.93 (2)	39.06 (1)	30.72 (2)	Q
3	Valentn Partyka	URS	2:13.24	28.07 (2)	1:02.44 (2)	1:42.43 (3)	34.37 (3)	39.99 (4)	30.81 (3)
4	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	2:15.82	29.44 (5)	1:04.45 (5)	1:43.81 (4)	35.01 (4)	39.36 (2)	32.01 (5)
5	Zbigniew Pacelt	POL	2:17.35	28.96 (4)	1:04.40 (4)	1:45.39 (5)	35.44 (5)	40.99 (5)	31.96 (4)
6	Bruno Bassoul	LBN	2:27.78	30.18 (6)	1:09.19 (6)	1:54.16 (6)	39.01 (7)	44.97 (6)	33.62 (6)
7	Chiang Jin Choon	MAS	2:32.67	31.96 (7)	1:09.35 (7)	1:56.17 (7)	37.39 (6)	46.82 (7)	36.50 (7)

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Gary Hall	USA	2:09.85	27.66 (1)	1:00.17 (1)	1:40.36 (1)	32.51 (1)	40.19 (4)	29.49 (1)	Q
2	Mikhail Sukharev	URS	2:11.91	28.64 (2)	1:01.80 (2)	1:40.46 (2)	33.16 (3)	38.66 (1)	31.45 (3)	Q
3	Christian Lietzmann	GDR	2:13.42	29.33 (3)	1:02.36 (3)	1:41.58 (3)	33.03 (2)	39.22 (2)	31.84 (4)
4	Jiro Sasaki	JPN	2:16.56	29.54 (5)	1:04.82 (4)	1:45.24 (4)	35.28 (4)	40.42 (5)	31.32 (2)
5	Jairulla Jaitulla	PHI	2:17.23	30.23 (6)	1:06.03 (6)	1:45.38 (5)	35.80 (5)	39.35 (3)	31.85 (5)
6	Lorenzo Marugo	ITA	2:19.00	29.53 (4)	1:05.53 (5)	1:46.96 (6)	36.00 (6)	41.43 (6)	32.04 (6)
DNS	Angel Chakarov	BUL	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	3 September 1972 — 18:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Gunnar Larsson	SWE	2:07.17	28.00 (5)	1:01.07 (5)	1:38.07 (1)	33.07 (5)	37.00 (1)	29.10 (1)	WR
2	–	Tim McKee	USA	2:08.37	28.43 (7)	1:00.07 (3)	1:38.39 (3)	31.64 (2)	38.32 (3)	29.98 (3)
3	–	Steve Furniss	USA	2:08.45	27.48 (2)	59.39 (2)	1:38.79 (4)	31.91 (3)	39.40 (6)	29.66 (2)
4	–	Gary Hall	USA	2:08.49	26.96 (1)	57.99 (1)	1:38.32 (2)	31.03 (1)	40.33 (8)	30.17 (5)
5	–	András Hargitay	HUN	2:09.66	27.72 (4)	1:01.33 (6)	1:39.50 (5)	33.61 (7)	38.17 (2)	30.16 (4)
6	–	Mikhail Sukharev	URS	2:11.78	28.38 (6)	1:01.39 (7)	1:40.12 (7)	33.01 (4)	38.73 (4)	31.66 (7)
7	–	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	2:11.87	27.63 (3)	1:01.05 (4)	1:39.92 (6)	33.42 (6)	38.87 (5)	31.95 (8)
8	–	Hans Ljungberg	SWE	2:13.56	28.45 (8)	1:02.39 (8)	1:42.58 (8)	33.94 (8)	40.19 (7)	30.98 (6)