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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date20 July
Competitors25 from 19 nations
Winning time1:59.76
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergey Fesenko  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Philip Hubble  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roger Pyttel  East Germany
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Swimming at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 20 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Craig Beardsley (USA) 1:58.21 Irvine, United States 30 July 1980
Olympic record  Mike Bruner (USA) 1:59.23 Montreal, Canada 18 July 1976

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sergey Fesenko  Soviet Union 2:00.20 Q
2 4 Philip Hubble  Great Britain 2:00.75 Q
3 2 Roger Pyttel  East Germany 2:02.07 Q
4 4 Steve Poulter  Great Britain 2:02.18 Q
5 2 Cees Vervoorn  Netherlands 2:02.21 Q
6 3 Peter Morris  Great Britain 2:02.72 Q
7 3 Pär Arvidsson  Sweden 2:03.14 Q
8 1 Mikhail Gorelik  Soviet Union 2:03.15 Q
9 1 Paolo Revelli  Italy 2:03.44
10 3 Aleksandr Buchenkov  Soviet Union 2:03.98
11 3 Rafael Vidal  Venezuela 2:04.23
12 2 Bogusław Zychowicz  Poland 2:04.33
13 2 Ove Nylén  Sweden 2:04.64
14 4 Gábor Mészáros  Hungary 2:05.01
15 4 Paul Moorfoot  Australia 2:05.69
16 4 David Cummins  Ireland 2:06.47
17 3 Evangelos Koskinas  Greece 2:06.80
18 1 Marcus Mattioli  Brazil 2:06.87
19 2 Andrey Aguilar  Costa Rica 2:07.57
20 3 Cláudio Kestener  Brazil 2:08.65
21 1 Enrique Ledesma  Ecuador 2:11.40
22 3 Djamel Yahiouche  Algeria 2:12.65
23 1 Trương Ngọc Tơn  Vietnam 2:23.58
24 2 Raimundo Franisse  Mozambique 2:25.55
25 4 Saleh Marzouk  Kuwait 2:36.53
1 Djan Madruga  Brazil DNS
2 César Ribeiro  Angola

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergey Fesenko  Soviet Union 1:59.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Philip Hubble  Great Britain 2:01.20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roger Pyttel  East Germany 2:01.39
4 Peter Morris  Great Britain 2:02.27
5 Mikhail Gorelik  Soviet Union 2:02.44
6 Cees Vervoorn  Netherlands 2:02.52
7 Pär Arvidsson  Sweden 2:02.61
8 Steve Poulter  Great Britain 2:02.93

References

  1. "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 451, 468. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
Olympic champions in men's 200 m butterfly
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