Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle
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Swimming events at the 1972 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 freestyle event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 29. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Contents
Medalists
Gold | Mark Spitz United States |
Silver | Steve Genter United States |
Bronze | Werner Lampe West Germany |
Results
Heats
8 fastest swimmer from seven heats advanced to final.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Mike Wenden | Australia | 1:56.66 | Q |
2 | Robert Nay | Australia | 1:57.69 | |
3 | Viktor Mazanov | Soviet Union | 1:57.92 | |
4 | Hans Ljungberg | Sweden | 1:59.42 | |
5 | Alfredo Machado | Brazil | 2:00.14 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Vladimir Bure | Soviet Union | 1:56.15 | Q |
2 | Georgijs Kuļikovs | Soviet Union | 1:57.04 | |
3 | Pierre Calland | France | 2:00.75 | |
4 | Michael Bailey | Great Britain | 2:00.79 | |
5 | Zbigniew Pacelt | Poland | 2:01.28 | |
6 | Arnaldo Cinquetti | Italy | 2:01.78 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Werner Lampe | West Germany | 1:55.97 | Q |
2 | Graham White | Australia | 1:58.60 | |
3 | John Mills | Great Britain | 2:00.17 | |
4 | Fritz Warncke | Norway | 2:00.98 | |
5 | Kamal Kenavi Ali Mustofa | 23x15px Egypt | 2:05.30 | |
6 | Luis Ayesa | 23x15px Philippines | 2:05.97 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Klaus Steinbach | West Germany | 1:55.80 | Q |
2 | Wilfried Hartung | East Germany | 1:56.95 | |
3 | Gerardo Vera | 23x15px Venezuela | 1:57.33 | |
4 | Olaf, Baron von Schilling | West Germany | 2:00.27 | |
5 | Bernt Zarnowiecki | Sweden | 2:01.34 | |
6 | Riccardo Targhetti | Italy | 2:02.58 | |
7 | Fawzi Irhama | Kuwait | 2:33.75 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Fred Tyler | United States | 1:56.04 | Q |
2 | Peter Bruch | East Germany | 1:58.49 | |
3 | Bruce Robertson | Canada | 1:59.02 | |
4 | Marian Slavic | Romania | 2:00.23 | |
5 | Colin Herring | New Zealand | 2:00.29 | |
6 | Ian MacKenzie | Canada | 2:01.22 | |
7 | Hanspeter Würmli | Switzerland | 2:03.14 | |
8 | Roberto Strauss | Mexico | 2:03.57 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Steve Genter | United States | 1:55.42 | Q |
2 | Brian Brinkley | Great Britain | 1:56.99 | |
3 | Peter Prijdekker | Netherlands | 1:58.78 | |
4 | Ruy de Oliveira | Brazil | 2:00.48 | |
5 | Roberto Pangaro | Italy | 2:00.97 | |
6 | Sandro Rudan | Yugoslavia | 2:05.88 | |
7 | Tomás Rengifo | El Salvador | 2:08.67 | |
8 | Finnur Garðarsson | Iceland | 2:08.88 |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Mark Spitz | United States | 1:55.29 | Q |
2 | Ralph Hutton | Canada | 1:56.84 | Q |
3 | Udo Poser | East Germany | 1:57.23 | |
4 | Rolf Petterson | Sweden | 2:00.02 | |
5 | Mark Crocker | 23x15px Hong Kong | 2:12.85 | |
6 | Samnang Prak | Cambodia | 2:13.34 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Mark Spitz | United States | 1:52.78 | WR | |
Steve Genter | United States | 1:53.73 | ||
Werner Lampe | West Germany | 1:53.99 | ||
4 | Mike Wenden | Australia | 1:54.40 | |
5 | Fred Tyler | United States | 1:54.96 | |
6 | Klaus Steinbach | West Germany | 1:55.65 | |
7 | Vladimir Bure | Soviet Union | 1:57.24 | |
8 | Ralph Hutton | Canada | 1:57.56 |
Key: WR = World record