Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 24 July.^[1]

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:22.24	Q
2			2:22.59	Q
3			2:24.61
4			2:24.96
5			2:25.87
6			2:35.22
-			-	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:21.08	Q, OR
2			2:22.82	Q
3			2:23.63
4			2:25.58
5			2:26.16
6			2:31.89
-			-	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:21.23	Q
2			2:22.95	Q
3			2:24.12
4			2:25.29
5			2:25.73
6			2:30.15
7			2:41.97

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:18.29	Q, OR
2			2:22.22	Q
3			2:23.45
4			2:23.49
5			2:26.27
6			2:27.41
7			2:34.07
-			-	DQ

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			2:15.11	WR
			2:17.26
			2:19.20
4			2:19.42
5			2:20.79
6			2:21.87
7			2:22.21
8			2:22.36

External links

• Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170328/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 9 December 2016 . Sports Reference.