Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Swimming events at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
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 backstroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 2. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Gold Roland Matthes
 East Germany
Silver Mike Stamm
 United States
Bronze Mitch Ivey
 United States

Results

Heats

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Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Roland Matthes  East Germany 2:02.82 =WR
2 Mike Stamm  United States 2:04.09
3 Mitch Ivey  United States 2:04.33
4 Brad Cooper  Australia 2:06.59
5 Tim McKee  United States 2:07.29
6 Lothar Noack  East Germany 2:08.67
7 Zoltán Verrasztó  Hungary 2:10.09
8 Jean-Paul Berjeau  France 2:11.77

Key: =WR = Equalled world record

References