Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
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| Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics  |
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|---|---|---|
| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place October 24. This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Contents
Medalists
| Gold | Carl Robie United States |
| Silver | Martyn Woodroffe Great Britain |
| Bronze | John Ferris United States |
Results
Heats
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Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Carl Robie | United States |
2:08.7 | |
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Martyn Woodroffe | Great Britain |
2:09.0 | |
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John Ferris | United States |
2:09.3 | |
| 4 | Valentin Kuzmin |  Soviet Union |
2:10.6 | |
| 5 | Peter Feil |  Sweden |
2:10.9 | |
| 6 | Folkert Meeuw |  West Germany |
2:11.5 | |
| 7 | Viktor Sharygin | Soviet Union |
2:11.9 | |
| 8 | Mark Spitz | United States |
2:13.5 |
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References
- 1968 Summer Olympics results: Men's 200 m butterfly, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-12-01.
