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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	28 August 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Schwimmhalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants	30 from 20 countries

This was the first men’s individual final of the Munich Olympic swimming competition. The overwhelming favorite was Mark Spitz who had announced plans to win seven gold medals in seven events at the 1972 Olympics. Since 1967 he had set eight world records in the event, and was considered unbeatable in this one. After recording the fastest qualifier in the morning Spitz streaked to the wall on the first lap, opening a lead of 1.45 seconds in the first 50 metres over teammate Gary Hall. Hall actually stayed close on the second lap, Spitz reaching the halfway mark in 57.79, and the third lap. But by the final 50 Spitz was too strong and he powered home to win by over two seconds, setting a world record of 2:00.70. Hall was a comfortable silver medal winner, with American Robin Backhaus completing a sweep for the US. One down for Spitz. Six to go. Forty minutes later, Spitz would swim in the final of the 4 x 100 freestyle relay, winning his second gold medal. The game was on.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	571	Mark Spitz	USA	2:02.11 (1 h4)	2:00.70 (1)	Gold
2	559	Gary Hall	USA	2:03.70 (1 h1)	2:02.86 (2)	Silver
3	547	Robin Backhaus	USA	2:03.11 (1 h2)	2:03.23 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Jorge Delgado	ECU	2:05.61 (2 h3)	2:04.60 (4)
5	224	Hans Faßnacht	FRG	2:05.39 (1 h3)	2:04.69 (5)
6	287	András Hargitay	HUN	2:05.05 (2 h1)	2:04.69 (6)
7	–	Hartmut Flöckner	GDR	2:05.54 (2 h4)	2:05.34 (7)
8	238	Folkert Meeuw	FRG	2:06.13 (2 h2)	2:05.57 (8)
9	180	John Mills	GBR	2:06.58 (3 h4)	–
10	537	Viktor Sharygin	URS	2:06.76 (3 h3)	–
11	–	Brian Brinkley	GBR	2:06.82 (4 h4)	–
12	10	James Findlay	AUS	2:08.36 (4 h3)	–
=13	210	Roger Pyttel	GDR	2:08.72 (3 h1)	–
=13	341	Yasuhiro Komazaki	JPN	2:08.72 (3 h2)	–
15	77	Ron Jacks	CAN	2:09.04 (5 h3)	–
16	179	Sean Maher	GBR	2:09.39 (4 h1)	–
17	–	Hugo Valencia	MEX	2:09.56 (4 h2)	–
18	382	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	2:10.00 (6 h3)	–
19	97	Jorge Jaramillo	COL	2:10.24 (5 h1)	–
20	38	Jacques Leloup	BEL	2:10.79 (7 h3)	–
21	237	Walter Mack	FRG	2:11.03 (6 h1)	–
22	59	Vasil Dobrev	BUL	2:11.28 (7 h1)	–
23	81	Byron MacDonald	CAN	2:12.12 (5 h4)	–
24	319	Gaetano Carboni	ITA	2:12.16 (6 h4)	–
25	436	Andrzej Chudziński	POL	2:12.62 (5 h2)	–
26	467	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	2:16.35 (7 h4)	–
27	509	Geoffrey Ferreira	TTO	2:19.76 (6 h2)	–
28	–	Roy Chan	SGP	2:20.30 (8 h3)	–
29	425	Carlos Brosas	PHI	2:23.70 (8 h4)	–
DQ	334	Angelo Tozzi	ITA	[2:10.82] (DQ h2)	–
DNS	588	Aleksandar Pavličević	YUG	– (DNS h2)	–

Round One

Date	28 August 1972 — 10:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Mark Spitz	USA	2:02.11	QOR
2	Robin Backhaus	USA	2:03.11	QOR
3	Gary Hall	USA	2:03.70	QOR
4	András Hargitay	HUN	2:05.05	Q
5	Hans Faßnacht	FRG	2:05.39	Q
6	Hartmut Flöckner	GDR	2:05.54	Q
7	Jorge Delgado	ECU	2:05.61	Q
8	Folkert Meeuw	FRG	2:06.13	Q
9	John Mills	GBR	2:06.58
10	Viktor Sharygin	URS	2:06.76
11	Brian Brinkley	GBR	2:06.82
12	James Findlay	AUS	2:08.36
=13	Roger Pyttel	GDR	2:08.72
=13	Yasuhiro Komazaki	JPN	2:08.72
15	Ron Jacks	CAN	2:09.04
16	Sean Maher	GBR	2:09.39
17	Hugo Valencia	MEX	2:09.56
18	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	2:10.00
19	Jorge Jaramillo	COL	2:10.24
20	Jacques Leloup	BEL	2:10.79
21	Walter Mack	FRG	2:11.03
22	Vasil Dobrev	BUL	2:11.28
23	Byron MacDonald	CAN	2:12.12
24	Gaetano Carboni	ITA	2:12.16
25	Andrzej Chudziński	POL	2:12.62
26	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	2:16.35
27	Geoffrey Ferreira	TTO	2:19.76
28	Roy Chan	SGP	2:20.30
29	Carlos Brosas	PHI	2:23.70
DQ	Angelo Tozzi	ITA	[2:10.82]
DNS	Aleksandar Pavličević	YUG	–

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Gary Hall	USA	2:03.70	28.74 (3)	1:00.02 (2)	1:31.86 (1)	31.28 (1)	31.84 (1)	31.84 (1)	QOR
2	András Hargitay	HUN	2:05.05	28.08 (1)	59.88 (1)	1:32.31 (2)	31.80 (2)	32.43 (2)	32.74 (2)	Q
3	Roger Pyttel	GDR	2:08.72	28.73 (2)	1:01.10 (3)	1:34.95 (3)	32.37 (3)	33.85 (6)	33.77 (4)
4	Sean Maher	GBR	2:09.39	29.18 (5)	1:01.68 (4)	1:35.52 (5)	32.50 (4)	33.84 (5)	33.87 (5)
5	Jorge Jaramillo	COL	2:10.24	29.57 (7)	1:02.57 (7)	1:36.77 (7)	33.00 (6)	34.20 (7)	33.47 (3)
6	Walter Mack	FRG	2:11.03	29.42 (6)	1:02.52 (6)	1:36.32 (6)	33.10 (7)	33.80 (4)	34.71 (6)
7	Vasil Dobrev	BUL	2:11.28	29.06 (4)	1:01.77 (5)	1:35.23 (4)	32.71 (5)	33.46 (3)	36.05 (7)

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Robin Backhaus	USA	2:03.11	28.22 (1)	59.41 (1)	1:30.98 (1)	31.19 (1)	31.57 (1)	32.13 (1)	QOR
2	Folkert Meeuw	FRG	2:06.13	29.28 (4)	1:00.62 (2)	1:32.68 (2)	31.34 (2)	32.06 (2)	33.45 (2)	Q
3	Yasuhiro Komazaki	JPN	2:08.72	28.95 (2)	1:01.13 (3)	1:34.38 (3)	32.18 (3)	33.25 (3)	34.34 (=4)
4	Hugo Valencia	MEX	2:09.56	29.23 (3)	1:01.76 (4)	1:35.22 (4)	32.53 (4)	33.46 (4)	34.34 (=4)
5	Andrzej Chudziński	POL	2:12.62	29.50 (5)	1:03.36 (6)	1:37.46 (6)	33.86 (6)	34.10 (6)	35.16 (6)
6	Geoffrey Ferreira	TTO	2:19.76	29.95 (7)	1:05.56 (7)	1:41.85 (7)	35.61 (7)	36.29 (7)	37.91 (7)
DQ	Angelo Tozzi	ITA	[2:10.82]	[29.84] ([6])	[1:03.03] ([5])	[1:36.59] ([5])	[33.19 (5)]	[33.56 (5)]	[34.23 (3)]
DNS	Aleksandar Pavličević	YUG	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Hans Faßnacht	FRG	2:05.39	28.93 (2)	1:00.78 (2)	1:32.98 (1)	31.85 (1)	32.20 (1)	32.41 (2)	Q
2	Jorge Delgado	ECU	2:05.61	28.73 (1)	1:00.69 (1)	1:33.63 (2)	31.96 (2)	32.94 (3)	31.98 (1)	Q
3	Viktor Sharygin	URS	2:06.76	29.20 (5)	1:01.37 (4)	1:34.26 (3)	32.17 (4)	32.89 (2)	32.50 (3)
4	James Findlay	AUS	2:08.36	29.37 (6)	1:01.44 (5)	1:34.91 (5)	32.07 (3)	33.47 (5)	33.45 (4)
5	Ron Jacks	CAN	2:09.04	28.97 (3)	1:01.32 (3)	1:34.69 (4)	32.35 (5)	33.37 (4)	34.35 (6)
6	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	2:10.00	29.48 (7)	1:01.90 (7)	1:35.69 (6)	32.42 (6)	33.79 (6)	34.31 (5)
7	Jacques Leloup	BEL	2:10.79	29.00 (4)	1:01.89 (6)	1:35.86 (7)	32.89 (7)	33.97 (7)	34.93 (7)
8	Roy Chan	SGP	2:20.30	29.90 (8)	1:04.43 (8)	1:41.06 (8)	34.53 (8)	36.63 (8)	39.24 (8)

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Mark Spitz	USA	2:02.11	27.35 (1)	58.13 (1)	1:29.88 (1)	30.78 (1)	31.75 (1)	32.23 (1)	QOR
2	Hartmut Flöckner	GDR	2:05.54	27.68 (2)	59.12 (3)	1:31.46 (2)	31.44 (4)	32.34 (2)	34.08 (2)	Q
3	John Mills	GBR	2:06.58	28.33 (4)	59.47 (4)	1:32.26 (3)	31.14 (=2)	32.79 (3)	34.32 (3)
4	Brian Brinkley	GBR	2:06.82	27.85 (3)	58.99 (2)	1:32.39 (4)	31.14 (=2)	33.40 (4)	34.43 (4)
5	Byron MacDonald	CAN	2:12.12	28.38 (5)	1:00.80 (5)	1:35.76 (5)	32.42 (6)	34.96 (6)	36.36 (6)
6	Gaetano Carboni	ITA	2:12.16	29.52 (6)	1:01.85 (6)	1:35.87 (6)	32.33 (5)	34.02 (5)	36.29 (5)
7	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	2:16.35	29.66 (7)	1:03.55 (7)	1:38.77 (7)	33.89 (7)	35.22 (7)	37.58 (7)
8	Carlos Brosas	PHI	2:23.70	30.92 (8)	1:06.43 (8)	1:43.69 (8)	35.51 (8)	37.26 (8)	40.01 (8)

Final Round

Date	28 August 1972 — 18:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Mark Spitz	USA	2:00.70	27.12 (1)	57.79 (1)	1:28.90 (1)	30.67 (3)	31.11 (1)	31.80 (1)	WR
2	–	Gary Hall	USA	2:02.86	28.57 (7)	59.10 (3)	1:30.57 (3)	30.53 (1)	31.47 (2)	32.29 (3)
3	–	Robin Backhaus	USA	2:03.23	27.93 (2)	58.52 (2)	1:30.33 (2)	30.59 (2)	31.81 (3)	32.90 (8)
4	–	Jorge Delgado	ECU	2:04.60	28.17 (4)	59.67 (5)	1:31.86 (4)	31.50 (5)	32.19 (5)	32.74 (7)
5	–	Hans Faßnacht	FRG	2:04.69	28.51 (6)	1:00.11 (7)	1:32.18 (5)	31.60 (6)	32.07 (4)	32.51 (5)
6	–	András Hargitay	HUN	2:04.69	28.29 (5)	59.58 (4)	1:32.52 (6)	31.29 (4)	32.94 (7)	32.17 (2)
7	–	Hartmut Flöckner	GDR	2:05.34	27.98 (3)	59.70 (6)	1:32.76 (7)	31.72 (7)	33.06 (8)	32.58 (6)
8	–	Folkert Meeuw	FRG	2:05.57	28.79 (8)	1:00.56 (8)	1:33.09 (8)	31.77 (8)	32.53 (6)	32.48 (4)