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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	18 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscine olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	40 from 26 countries

The United States’ Bill Forrester had won this event at the 1975 World Championships, but East German Roger Pyttel was second and he had twice broken the world record in early June 1976. The second was the current mark, 1:59.63, which was the first time anyone had broken two minutes for the 200 fly. This was the first swimming final of the Montréal Olympics and the American strategy was to let Pyttel set the pace, stay close to him, and then outsprint him on the final lap. However, the American trio of Forrester, Mike Bruner and Steve Gregg, runner-up at the 1973 Worlds, did not quite comply, as Forrester led to the 100 mark in 57.41, with Bruner second, Pyttel third, and Gregg, a strong finisher, back in fifth. Bruner took the lead at 150 metres, followed by Pyttel, with Gregg gaining water quickly. Bruner held on for the victory, Gregg closing quickly for silver, and Forrester completing the American sweep, as all three broke two minutes, led by Bruner’s world record of 1:59.23.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Mike Bruner	USA	2:01.35 (1 h5)	1:59.23 (1)	Gold
2	Steve Gregg	USA	2:00.24 (1 h3)	1:59.54 (2)	Silver
3	Bill Forrester	USA	2:01.95 (1 h4)	1:59.96 (3)	Bronze
4	Roger Pyttel	GDR	2:00.28 (1 h6)	2:00.02 (4)
5	Michael Kraus	FRG	2:01.91 (1 h2)	2:00.46 (5)
6	Brian Brinkley	GBR	2:01.93 (2 h3)	2:01.49 (6)
7	Jorge Delgado	ECU	2:01.70 (2 h5)	2:01.95 (7)
8	Aleksandr Manachinsky	URS	2:02.91 (2 h6)	2:04.61 (8)
9	Mikhail Gorelik	URS	2:02.96 (3 h5)	–
10	George Nagy	CAN	2:03.33 (2 h4)	–
11	Pär Arvidsson	SWE	2:03.79 (3 h6)	–
12	Peter Broscienski	FRG	2:04.17 (4 h6)	–
13	Jorge Jaramillo	COL	2:04.30 (2 h2)	–
14	Bruce Rogers	CAN	2:04.51 (4 h5)	–
15	Hideaki Hara	JPN	2:04.68 (3 h3)	–
16	John Coutts	NZL	2:05.05 (5 h6)	–
17	Jeff Van de Graaf	AUS	2:05.58 (3 h2)	–
18	Hartmut Flöckner	GDR	2:05.71 (3 h4)	–
19	Sean Maher	GBR	2:05.95 (1 h1)	–
20	András Hargitay	HUN	2:06.20 (2 h1)	–
21	Csaba Sós	HUN	2:06.71 (3 h1)	–
22	Doug Martin	CAN	2:06.81 (4 h2)	–
23	Anders Bellbring	SWE	2:07.03 (4 h3)	–
24	John Daly	PUR	2:07.13 (5 h3)	–
25	Ronald Woutering	NED	2:07.31 (6 h6)	–
26	Shinsuke Kayama	JPN	2:07.46 (4 h1)	–
27	Gordon Hewit	GBR	2:07.60 (5 h1)	–
28	Miguel Lang-Lenton	ESP	2:08.51 (5 h5)	–
29	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	2:08.88 (4 h4)	–
30	Adi Prag	ISR	2:09.91 (5 h2)	–
31	Anatoly Smirnov	URS	2:10.50 (6 h5)	–
32	Edwin Borja	PHI	2:10.61 (7 h6)	–
33	Hugo Cuenca	VEN	2:11.06 (6 h1)	–
34	François Deley	BEL	2:12.99 (7 h5)	–
35	Julio Abreu	PAR	2:13.54 (8 h5)	–
36	Steven Newkirk	ISV	2:17.84 (6 h2)	–
37	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	2:20.51 (5 h4)	–
38	Carlos González	PAN	2:20.92 (6 h3)	–
DQ	Lawrence Kwoh	HKG	– (DQ h1)	–
DQ	Ross Seymour	AUS	– (DQ h4)	–
DNS	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	Tamás Mikola	HUN	– (DNS h3)	–
DNS	Folkert Meeuw	FRG	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	John Ebito	NGR	– (DNS h6)	–

Round One (18 July 1976 — 11:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Sean Maher	GBR	28.04 (1) 32.36 (4)	1:00.40 (3) 33.09 (3)	1:33.49 (2) 32.46 (1)	2:05.95
2	4	András Hargitay	HUN	28.34 (=3) 31.79 (1)	1:00.13 (1) 33.29 (4)	1:33.42 (1) 32.78 (2)	2:06.20
3	6	Csaba Sós	HUN	28.52 (5) 32.08 (3)	1:00.60 (4) 33.07 (2)	1:33.67 (4) 33.04 (3)	2:06.71
4	2	Shinsuke Kayama	JPN	28.34 (=3) 32.51 (5)	1:00.85 (5) 32.80 (1)	1:33.65 (3) 33.81 (5)	2:07.46
5	3	Gordon Hewit	GBR	28.24 (2) 32.06 (2)	1:00.30 (2) 33.59 (6)	1:33.89 (5) 33.71 (4)	2:07.60
6	7	Hugo Cuenca	VEN	30.25 (6) 32.66 (6)	1:02.91 (6) 33.44 (5)	1:36.35 (6) 34.71 (6)	2:11.06
DQ	1	Lawrence Kwoh	HKG	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Michael Kraus	FRG	27.90 (1) 30.75 (1)	58.65 (1) 31.65 (1)	1:30.30 (1) 31.61 (1)	2:01.91	Q
2	2	Jorge Jaramillo	COL	28.03 (2) 31.69 (2)	59.72 (2) 32.06 (2)	1:31.78 (2) 32.52 (3)	2:04.30
3	6	Jeff Van de Graaf	AUS	28.80 (3) 32.02 (4)	1:00.82 (3) 32.58 (3)	1:33.40 (3) 32.18 (2)	2:05.58
4	3	Doug Martin	CAN	28.92 (4) 32.01 (3)	1:00.93 (4) 32.92 (4)	1:33.85 (4) 32.96 (4)	2:06.81
5	7	Adi Prag	ISR	29.44 (5) 32.32 (5)	1:01.76 (5) 33.70 (5)	1:35.46 (5) 34.45 (5)	2:09.91
6	1	Steven Newkirk	ISV	30.97 (6) 35.01 (6)	1:05.98 (6) 35.78 (6)	1:41.76 (6) 36.08 (6)	2:17.84
DNS	5	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Steve Gregg	USA	28.01 (3) 30.38 (1)	58.39 (1) 30.59 (1)	1:28.98 (1) 31.26 (1)	2:00.24	QOR
2	3	Brian Brinkley	GBR	27.75 (1) 30.89 (2)	58.64 (2) 31.47 (2)	1:30.11 (2) 31.82 (2)	2:01.93	Q
3	2	Hideaki Hara	JPN	27.98 (2) 32.09 (5)	1:00.07 (3) 32.18 (3)	1:32.25 (3) 32.43 (3)	2:04.68
4	6	Anders Bellbring	SWE	29.30 (5) 31.96 (4)	1:01.26 (5) 32.63 (4)	1:33.89 (5) 33.14 (4)	2:07.03
5	7	John Daly	PUR	28.59 (4) 31.71 (3)	1:00.30 (4) 32.95 (5)	1:33.25 (4) 33.88 (5)	2:07.13
6	1	Carlos González	PAN	30.12 (6) 35.17 (6)	1:05.29 (6) 37.53 (6)	1:42.82 (6) 38.10 (6)	2:20.92
DNS	5	Tamás Mikola	HUN	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Bill Forrester	USA	27.37 (1) 30.49 (1)	57.86 (1) 31.33 (1)	1:29.19 (1) 32.76 (2)	2:01.95	Q
2	3	George Nagy	CAN	27.69 (3) 31.21 (2)	58.90 (2) 32.02 (2)	1:30.92 (2) 32.41 (1)	2:03.33
3	5	Hartmut Flöckner	GDR	27.68 (2) 31.50 (3)	59.18 (3) 32.77 (3)	1:31.95 (3) 33.76 (4)	2:05.71
4	7	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	29.29 (4) 32.50 (4)	1:01.79 (4) 33.58 (4)	1:35.37 (4) 33.51 (3)	2:08.88
5	1	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	29.75 (5) 35.94 (5)	1:05.69 (5) 37.56 (5)	1:43.25 (5) 37.26 (5)	2:20.51
DQ	6	Ross Seymour	AUS	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–
DNS	2	Folkert Meeuw	FRG	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Mike Bruner	USA	27.55 (1) 30.79 (2)	58.34 (1) 31.50 (1)	1:29.84 (1) 31.51 (2)	2:01.35	Q
2	5	Jorge Delgado	ECU	27.74 (2) 30.80 (3)	58.54 (2) 31.70 (2)	1:30.24 (2) 31.46 (1)	2:01.70	Q
3	3	Mikhail Gorelik	URS	28.06 (3) 30.78 (1)	58.84 (3) 32.01 (3)	1:30.85 (3) 32.11 (3)	2:02.96
4	6	Bruce Rogers	CAN	28.64 (4) 31.21 (4)	59.85 (4) 32.05 (4)	1:31.90 (4) 32.61 (4)	2:04.51
5	7	Miguel Lang-Lenton	ESP	29.29 (6) 32.65 (6)	1:01.94 (6) 33.60 (5)	1:35.54 (5) 32.97 (5)	2:08.51
6	2	Anatoly Smirnov	URS	28.85 (5) 32.59 (5)	1:01.44 (5) 34.12 (6)	1:35.56 (6) 34.94 (7)	2:10.50
7	1	François Deley	BEL	29.81 (7) 33.84 (8)	1:03.65 (8) 34.41 (8)	1:38.06 (8) 34.93 (6)	2:12.99
8	8	Julio Abreu	PAR	30.18 (8) 33.11 (7)	1:03.29 (7) 34.13 (7)	1:37.42 (7) 36.12 (8)	2:13.54

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Roger Pyttel	GDR	27.24 (1) 30.21 (1)	57.45 (1) 31.07 (1)	1:28.52 (1) 31.76 (1)	2:00.28	Q
2	5	Aleksandr Manachinsky	URS	27.89 (2) 30.51 (2)	58.40 (2) 31.71 (2)	1:30.11 (2) 32.80 (5)	2:02.91	Q
3	3	Pär Arvidsson	SWE	28.38 (3) 30.85 (3)	59.23 (3) 31.95 (4)	1:31.18 (3) 32.61 (4)	2:03.79
4	6	Peter Broscienski	FRG	28.46 (4) 31.78 (4)	1:00.24 (4) 32.12 (5)	1:32.36 (4) 31.81 (2)	2:04.17
5	2	John Coutts	NZL	28.85 (6) 31.81 (5)	1:00.66 (6) 31.94 (3)	1:32.60 (5) 32.45 (3)	2:05.05
6	7	Ronald Woutering	NED	28.63 (5) 31.94 (6)	1:00.57 (5) 33.02 (6)	1:33.59 (6) 33.72 (6)	2:07.31
7	1	Edwin Borja	PHI	29.63 (7) 33.03 (7)	1:02.66 (7) 33.53 (7)	1:36.19 (7) 34.42 (7)	2:10.61
DNS	8	John Ebito	NGR	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Final (18 July 1976 — 19:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	3	Mike Bruner	USA	27.32 (2) 30.78 (=3)	58.10 (2) 30.39 (2)	1:28.49 (1) 30.74 (2)	1:59.23	WR
2	4	Steve Gregg	USA	27.74 (5) 30.78 (=3)	58.52 (5) 30.57 (3)	1:29.09 (4) 30.45 (1)	1:59.54
3	1	Bill Forrester	USA	27.31 (1) 30.10 (1)	57.41 (1) 31.26 (5)	1:28.67 (3) 31.29 (5)	1:59.96
4	5	Roger Pyttel	GDR	27.48 (3) 30.97 (6)	58.45 (3) 30.09 (1)	1:28.54 (2) 31.48 (6)	2:00.02
5	2	Michael Kraus	FRG	27.89 (7) 30.62 (2)	58.51 (4) 31.01 (4)	1:29.52 (5) 30.94 (3)	2:00.46
6	7	Brian Brinkley	GBR	27.73 (4) 31.22 (8)	58.95 (7) 31.39 (6)	1:30.34 (6) 31.15 (4)	2:01.49
7	6	Jorge Delgado	ECU	27.79 (6) 30.84 (5)	58.63 (6) 31.74 (7)	1:30.37 (7) 31.58 (7)	2:01.95
8	8	Aleksandr Manachinsky	URS	28.00 (8) 31.00 (7)	59.00 (8) 32.03 (8)	1:31.03 (8) 33.58 (8)	2:04.61