Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre butterfly
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date:	20 July
Competitors:	25
Nations:	19
Win Value:	1:59.76
Gold:	Sergey Fesenko
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Philip Hubble
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Roger Pyttel
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

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.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			2:00.20	Q
2	4			2:00.75	Q
3	2			2:02.07	Q
4	4			2:02.18	Q
5	2			2:02.21	Q
6	3			2:02.72	Q
7	3			2:03.14	Q
8	1			2:03.15	Q
9	1			2:03.44
10	3			2:03.98
11	3			2:04.23
12	2			2:04.33
13	2			2:04.64
14	4			2:05.01
15	4			2:05.69
16	4			2:06.47
17	3			2:06.80
18	1			2:06.87
19	2			2:07.57
20	3			2:08.65
21	1			2:11.40
22	3			2:12.65
23	1			2:23.58
24	2			2:25.55
25	4			2:36.53
	1			DNS
	2

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:59.76
			2:01.20
			2:01.39
4			2:02.27
5			2:02.44
6			2:02.52
7			2:02.61
8			2:02.93

Notes and References

1. Web site: Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results. Fizkultura i sport. 30 November 2018. 451, 468.