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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Men's 200 metre breaststroke; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date	26 July
Competitors	20 from 14 nations
Winning time	2:15.85
Medalists
	← 1976 1984 →

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.^[1]

Quick Facts Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXII Olympiad, Venue ...

World record	David Wilkie (GBR)	2:15.11	Montreal, Canada	18 July 1976
Olympic record	David Wilkie (GBR)	2:15.11	Montreal, Canada	18 July 1976

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Robertas Žulpa	Soviet Union	2:17.83	Q
2	1	Arsens Miskarovs	Soviet Union	2:19.57	Q
3	2	Albán Vermes	Hungary	2:20.62	Q
4	2	Lindsay Spencer	Australia	2:21.08	Q
5	2	Gennady Utenkov	Soviet Union	2:21.17	Q
6	3	Duncan Goodhew	Great Britain	2:21.25	Q
7	3	Peter Berggren	Sweden	2:22.09	Q
8	1	Jörg Walter	East Germany	2:23.19	Q
9	2	Pablo Restrepo	Colombia	2:23.74
10	3	János Dzvonyár	Hungary	2:24.43
11	1	Glen Christiansen	Sweden	2:26.00
12	1	Peter Evans	Australia	2:26.62
13	1	Gustavo Torrijos	Spain	2:26.96
14	1	Albert Boonstra	Netherlands	2:27.21
15	3	Helmut Levy	Colombia	2:27.94
16	3	Martii Järventaus	Finland	2:28.04
17	2	Andrey Aguilar	Costa Rica	2:33.19
18	2	Trần Dương Tài	Vietnam	2:38.52
19	3	Djamel Yahiouche	Algeria	2:41.65
	2	Miguel Santisteban	Mexico	DSQ

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Robertas Žulpa	Soviet Union	2:15.85
	Albán Vermes	Hungary	2:16.93
	Arsens Miskarovs	Soviet Union	2:17.28
4	Gennady Utenkov	Soviet Union	2:19.64
5	Lindsay Spencer	Australia	2:19.68
6	Duncan Goodhew	Great Britain	2:20.92
7	Peter Berggren	Sweden	2:21.39
8	Jörg Walter	East Germany	2:22.39

Records