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200 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date	26 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants	20 from 14 countries

The world record was still David Wilkie’s Olympic winning time from 1976, 2:15.11. The Americans were not present but Soviet Robertas Žulpa would have been favored even if they were in Moscow. Žulpa had swim 2:15.36 earlier in 1980, which was a European record and the fastest time in the world prior to the 1980 Olympics. In the Moscow final, Žulpa came through as expected and won the gold in 2:15.85, the second fastest time of the year. He was trailed by Hungary’s Albán Vermes who was completely new to the world breaststroke scene. In third was Arsens Miskarovs who four days before had won silver in the 100 breaststroke. Žulpa would win silver in the 200 breast at the 1982 World Championships and won gold at the 1981 Europeans, adding a gold medal in the 100 breast at the 1983 Europeans.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	340	Robertas Žulpa	URS	2:17.83 (1 h3)	2:15.85 (1)	Gold
2	204	Albán Vermes	HUN	2:20.62 (1 h2)	2:16.93 (2)	Silver
3	319	Arsens Miskarovs	URS	2:19.57 (1 h1)	2:17.28 (3)	Bronze
4	339	Gennady Utenkov	URS	2:21.17 (3 h2)	2:19.64 (4)
5	24	Lindsay Spencer	AUS	2:21.08 (2 h2)	2:19.68 (5)
6	–	Duncan Goodhew	GBR	2:21.25 (2 h3)	2:20.92 (6)
7	271	Peter Berggren	SWE	2:22.09 (3 h3)	2:21.65 (7)
8	145	Jörg Walter	GDR	2:23.19 (2 h1)	2:22.39 (8)
9	369	Pablo Restrepo	COL	2:23.74 (4 h2)	–
10	179	János Dzvonyár	HUN	2:24.43 (4 h3)	–
11	274	Glen Christiansen	SWE	2:26.00 (3 h1)	–
12	10	Peter Evans	AUS	2:26.62 (4 h1)	–
13	106	Gustavo Torrijos	ESP	2:26.96 (5 h1)	–
14	160	Albert Boonstra	NED	2:27.21 (6 h1)	–
15	370	Helmut Levy	COL	2:27.94 (5 h3)	–
16	109	Martti Järventaus	FIN	2:28.04 (6 h3)	–
17	69	Andrey Aguilar	CRC	2:33.19 (5 h2)	–
18	349	Trần Dương Tài	VIE	2:38.52 (6 h2)	–
19	–	Djamel Yahiouche	ALG	2:41.65 (7 h3)	–
DQ	236	Miguel Santiesteban	MEX	– (DQ h2)	–

Round One

Date	26 July 1980 — 11:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Robertas Žulpa	URS	2:17.83	Q
2	4	Arsens Miskarovs	URS	2:19.57	Q
3	5	Albán Vermes	HUN	2:20.62	Q
4	3	Lindsay Spencer	AUS	2:21.08	Q
5	4	Gennady Utenkov	URS	2:21.17	Q
6	5	Duncan Goodhew	GBR	2:21.25	Q
7	6	Peter Berggren	SWE	2:22.09	Q
8	5	Jörg Walter	GDR	2:23.19	Q
9	1	Pablo Restrepo	COL	2:23.74
10	3	János Dzvonyár	HUN	2:24.43
11	3	Glen Christiansen	SWE	2:26.00
12	6	Peter Evans	AUS	2:26.62
13	2	Gustavo Torrijos	ESP	2:26.96
14	7	Albert Boonstra	NED	2:27.21
15	1	Helmut Levy	COL	2:27.94
16	2	Martti Järventaus	FIN	2:28.04
17	6	Andrey Aguilar	CRC	2:33.19
18	7	Trần Dương Tài	VIE	2:38.52
19	7	Djamel Yahiouche	ALG	2:41.65
DQ	2	Miguel Santiesteban	MEX	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Arsens Miskarovs	URS	2:19.57	31.70 (1)	1:07.22 (1)	1:43.70 (1)	35.52 (1)	36.48 (2)	35.87 (1)	Q
2	5	Jörg Walter	GDR	2:23.19	34.10 (6)	1:10.31 (2)	1:46.59 (2)	36.21 (2)	36.28 (1)	36.60 (2)	Q
3	3	Glen Christiansen	SWE	2:26.00	33.94 (5)	1:11.20 (5)	1:49.17 (6)	37.26 (4)	37.97 (6)	36.83 (3)
4	6	Peter Evans	AUS	2:26.62	33.56 (4)	1:10.73 (3)	1:48.41 (3)	37.17 (3)	37.68 (3)	38.21 (5)
5	2	Gustavo Torrijos	ESP	2:26.96	33.27 (3)	1:11.25 (6)	1:49.16 (5)	37.98 (5)	37.91 (5)	37.80 (4)
6	7	Albert Boonstra	NED	2:27.21	32.81 (2)	1:10.81 (4)	1:48.55 (4)	38.00 (6)	37.74 (4)	38.66 (6)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Albán Vermes	HUN	2:20.62	32.49 (2)	1:08.25 (1)	1:44.60 (1)	35.76 (1)	36.35 (3)	36.02 (=1)	Q
2	3	Lindsay Spencer	AUS	2:21.08	32.82 (3)	1:08.63 (2)	1:44.86 (2)	35.81 (2)	36.23 (2)	36.22 (3)	Q
3	4	Gennady Utenkov	URS	2:21.17	32.85 (4)	1:09.26 (4)	1:45.15 (3)	36.41 (3)	35.89 (1)	36.02 (=1)	Q
4	1	Pablo Restrepo	COL	2:23.74	32.32 (1)	1:09.19 (3)	1:46.82 (4)	36.87 (4)	37.63 (4)	36.92 (4)
5	6	Andrey Aguilar	CRC	2:33.19	34.50 (5)	1:12.48 (5)	1:51.89 (5)	37.98 (5)	39.41 (5)	41.30 (5)
6	7	Trần Dương Tài	VIE	2:38.52	35.18 (6)	1:15.44 (6)	1:56.92 (6)	40.26 (6)	41.48 (6)	41.60 (6)
DQ	2	Miguel Santiesteban	MEX	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Robertas Žulpa	URS	2:17.83	31.76 (2)	1:06.69 (1)	1:42.00 (1)	34.93 (1)	35.31 (1)	35.83 (1)	Q
2	5	Duncan Goodhew	GBR	2:21.25	31.65 (1)	1:06.71 (2)	1:43.36 (2)	35.06 (2)	36.65 (3)	37.89 (3)	Q
3	6	Peter Berggren	SWE	2:22.09	33.09 (5)	1:08.83 (4)	1:45.12 (3)	35.74 (3)	36.29 (2)	36.97 (2)	Q
4	3	János Dzvonyár	HUN	2:24.43	31.99 (3)	1:08.07 (3)	1:45.98 (4)	36.08 (4)	37.91 (4)	38.45 (4)
5	1	Helmut Levy	COL	2:27.94	32.90 (4)	1:09.93 (5)	1:48.14 (5)	37.03 (5)	38.21 (5)	39.80 (6)
6	2	Martti Järventaus	FIN	2:28.04	33.10 (6)	1:10.83 (6)	1:49.12 (6)	37.73 (6)	38.29 (6)	38.92 (5)
7	7	Djamel Yahiouche	ALG	2:41.65	34.64 (7)	1:14.86 (7)	1:58.39 (7)	40.22 (7)	43.53 (7)	43.26 (7)

Final Round

Date	26 July 1980 — 19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Robertas Žulpa	URS	2:15.85	31.44 (1)	1:05.94 (1)	1:40.52 (1)	34.50 (1)	34.58 (1)	35.33 (2)
2	3	Albán Vermes	HUN	2:16.93	31.82 (=2)	1:07.26 (4)	1:41.93 (3)	35.44 (4)	34.67 (3)	35.00 (1)
3	5	Arsens Miskarovs	URS	2:17.28	32.14 (5)	1:06.89 (3)	1:41.55 (2)	34.75 (2)	34.66 (2)	35.73 (3)
4	2	Gennady Utenkov	URS	2:19.64	32.22 (6)	1:08.03 (6)	1:43.45 (5)	35.81 (6)	35.42 (4)	36.19 (4)
5	6	Lindsay Spencer	AUS	2:19.68	31.82 (=2)	1:06.88 (2)	1:42.62 (4)	35.06 (3)	35.74 (5)	37.06 (8)
6	7	Duncan Goodhew	GBR	2:20.92	32.03 (4)	1:07.61 (5)	1:44.26 (6)	35.58 (5)	36.65 (7)	36.66 (5)
7	1	Peter Berggren	SWE	2:21.65	33.00 (8)	1:08.95 (8)	1:44.85 (7)	35.95 (7)	35.90 (6)	36.80 (7)
8	8	Jörg Walter	GDR	2:22.39	32.24 (7)	1:08.77 (7)	1:45.60 (8)	36.53 (8)	36.83 (8)	36.79 (6)