Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Introduction The '''men's 200 metre breaststroke''' event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 2.This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Medalists
Results ===Heats==='''Heat 1''' Rank Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Klaus Katzur   2:26.32  '''Q''' 2  Bill Mahony    2:26.71  3  Roger-Philippe Menu    2:30.05  4  Guðjón Guðmundsson    2:32.40  5  Sokhon Yi    2:34.77   6  János Tóth    2:37.40  '''Heat 2''' Rank Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Nobutaka Taguchi   2:23.45  '''Q''' 2  Felipe Muñoz    2:25.99  '''Q''' 3  Pedro Balcells    2:29.29  4  Robert Stoddart    2:30.08  5  Cezary Śmiglak    2:34.51   6  Morkal Faruk    2:43.69   7  Piero Ferracuti    2:45.73  '''Heat 3''' Rank Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  David Wilkie   2:24.54  '''Q''' 2  Walter Kusch    2:26.43  '''Q''' 3  Steffen Kriechbaum    2:30.09  4  Malcolm O'Connell    2:31.21  5  Jean-Pierre Dubey    2:31.56   6  Gustavo Salcedo    2:32.81   7  Osvaldo Boretto    2:31.84  '''DSQ''''''Heat 4''' Rank Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Rick Colella   2:25.40  '''Q''' 2  Vladimir Kosinsky    2:28.00   3  Angel Chakarov    2:30.27  4  Andreas Hellmann    2:32.60  5  Liam Ball    2:33.47   6  Nigel Johnson    2:34.37   7  Karl Christian Koch    2:38.47  '''Heat 5''' Rank Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Igor Cherdakov   2:26.21  '''Q''' 2  Brian Job    2:26.91   3  José Sylvio Fiolo    2:30.21  4  Rainer Hradetzky    2:32.48  5  Amman Jaalmani    2:33.54   6  Michele Di Pietro    2:36.49  '''Heat 6''' Rank Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  John Hencken   2:24.88  '''Q''' 2  Nikolay Pankin    2:26.71   3  Paul Jarvie    2:27.83  4  Mike Whitaker    2:33.47  5  Rudi Vingerhoets    2:36.89   6  Gregor Betz    2:36.96   7  Alfredo Hunger    2:37.20   8  Alejandro Cabrera    2:56.60  ===Final=== Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1  John Hencken   2:21.55  '''WR'''  2 David Wilkie   2:23.67  '''  '''  3  Nobutaka Taguchi   2:23.88  ''' ''' 4  Rick Colella   2:24.28  ''' ''' 5   Felipe Muñoz   2:26.44  ''' ''' 6   Walter Kusch   2:26.55  ''' ''' 7  Igor Cherdakov   2:27.15  ''' ''' 8  Klaus Katzur   2:27.44  ''' ''''''Key''': WR = World record
References
External links * Men 200m Breaststroke Swimming Olympic Games 1972 Munich (FRG)