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

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]

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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Records

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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

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Heats

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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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Sergey Fesenko   Soviet Union 1:59.76
  Philip Hubble   Great Britain 2:01.20
  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

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