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200 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	19 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscine olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	55 from 33 countries

The world record had not moved since Mark Spitz set it to win this race in Munich. But the Montréal final would see six swimmers better Spitz’s mark, and a seventh equal it. Bruce Furniss led out the final with a first 50 split of 26.43, just ahead of John Naber who, only ½-hour before, had won gold in the 100 backstroke final. Naber took over the lead, though narrowly, at 100 and 150 metres, but Furniss came back strongly to win gold in 1:50.29, Naber finishing in 1:50.50. Just behind him was the third American, as Jim Montgomery completed the United States’ sweep. Furniss’s brother, Steve Furniss, had won a bronze medal in 1972 in the 200 individual medley. John Naber would eventually four gold medals in Montréal, in addition to his silver in this race.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	414	Bruce Furniss	USA	1:50.93 (1 h8)	1:50.29 (1)	Gold
2	429	John Naber	USA	1:52.78 (1 h7)	1:50.50 (2)	Silver
3	427	Jim Montgomery	USA	1:51.77 (1 h6)	1:50.58 (3)	Bronze
4	384	Andrey Krylov	URS	1:51.42 (1 h4)	1:50.73 (4)
5	177	Klaus Steinbach	FRG	1:51.41 (1 h3)	1:51.09 (5)
6	172	Peter Nocke	FRG	1:52.16 (1 h5)	1:51.71 (6)
7	126	Gordon Downie	GBR	1:52.47 (2 h5)	1:52.78 (7)
8	370	Andrey Bogdanov	URS	1:52.71 (1 h2)	1:53.33 (8)
9	121	Brian Brinkley	GBR	1:53.07 (2 h2)	–
10	380	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	1:53.44 (1 h1)	–
11	258	Marcello Guarducci	ITA	1:53.72 (2 h3)	–
12	48	Steve Badger	CAN	1:53.86 (3 h5)	–
13	75	Bill Sawchuk	CAN	1:54.07 (2 h6)	–
14	–	Jorge Delgado	ECU	1:54.23 (2 h7)	–
15	25	Graham Windeatt	AUS	1:54.35 (2 h4)	–
16	10	Mark Kerry	AUS	1:54.86 (2 h8)	–
17	106	David López-Zubero	ESP	1:54.88 (3 h2)	–
18	–	Peter Dawson	AUS	1:55.16 (3 h8)	–
19	152	Rainer Strohbach	GDR	1:55.25 (3 h6)	–
20	262	Roberto Pangaro	ITA	1:55.30 (3 h3)	–
21	149	Frank Pfütze	GDR	1:55.57 (3 h7)	–
22	60	James Hett	CAN	1:55.58 (3 h4)	–
23	198	René van der Kuil	NED	1:55.59 (2 h1)	–
24	364	Ali Gharbi	TUN	1:55.82 (4 h4)	–
25	134	Alan McClatchey	GBR	1:55.84 (4 h7)	–
26	168	Werner Lampe	FRG	1:56.01 (4 h3)	–
27	356	Bengt Gingsjö	SWE	1:56.31 (3 h1)	–
28	360	Peter Pettersson	SWE	1:56.51 (4 h8)	–
29	353	Anders Bellbring	SWE	1:57.20 (5 h7)	–
30	264	Paolo Revelli	ITA	1:57.25 (4 h6)	–
31	309	Fritz Warncke	NOR	1:57.59 (4 h1)	–
32	191	Andre in het Veld	NED	1:57.60 (4 h5)	–
33	312	John McConnochie	NZL	1:57.77 (5 h5)	–
34	274	Tsuyoshi Yanagidate	JPN	1:58.04 (5 h1)	–
35	285	Guillermo García	MEX	1:58.20 (5 h8)	–
36	182	Georgios Karpouzis	GRE	1:59.25 (4 h2)	–
37	292	Eduardo Pérez	MEX	1:59.53 (5 h2)	–
38	329	Francisco Canales	PUR	1:59.62 (6 h7)	–
39	439	Luis Goicoechea	VEN	1:59.68 (6 h1)	–
40	243	Steven Newkirk	ISV	1:59.95 (5 h4)	–
41	227	Kevin Williamson	IRL	2:00.08 (5 h3)	–
42	31	Andy Knowles	BAH	2:00.18 (5 h6)	–
43	41	Nikolay Ganev	BUL	2:00.54 (6 h3)	–
44	42	Petar Georgiev	BUL	2:00.70 (7 h7)	–
45	81	Tomás Becerra	COL	2:00.72 (6 h2)	–
46	184	Mark Crocker	HKG	2:00.81 (6 h5)	–
47	147	Lutz Löscher	GDR	2:01.00 (6 h6)	–
48	225	Kris Sumono	INA	2:01.12 (7 h1)	–
49	240	Sigurður Ólafsson	ISL	2:01.18 (6 h8)	–
50	316	Gianni Versari	PAN	2:02.25 (7 h6)	–
51	324	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	2:02.65 (7 h5)	–
52	319	Gerardo Rosario	PHI	2:02.81 (7 h8)	–
53	325	José Gomes Pereira	POR	2:03.03 (6 h4)	–
54	301	Patrick Novaretti	MON	2:04.29 (8 h7)	–
55	303	Frank Richardson	NCA	2:12.33 (7 h3)	–
DNS	335	William Chao	TPE	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	313	Brett Naylor	NZL	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	304	John Ebito	NGR	– (DNS h6)	–
DNS	441	Gerardo Vera	VEN	– (DNS h8)	–

Round One

Date	19 July 1976 — 9:30
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Bruce Furniss	USA	1:50.93	QOR
2	–	Klaus Steinbach	FRG	1:51.41	QOR
3	–	Andrey Krylov	URS	1:51.42	Q
4	–	Jim Montgomery	USA	1:51.77	Q
5	–	Peter Nocke	FRG	1:52.16	Q
6	–	Gordon Downie	GBR	1:52.47	Q
7	–	Andrey Bogdanov	URS	1:52.71	QOR
8	–	John Naber	USA	1:52.78	Q
9	–	Brian Brinkley	GBR	1:53.07
10	–	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	1:53.44
11	–	Marcello Guarducci	ITA	1:53.72
12	–	Steve Badger	CAN	1:53.86
13	–	Bill Sawchuk	CAN	1:54.07
14	–	Jorge Delgado	ECU	1:54.23
15	–	Graham Windeatt	AUS	1:54.35
16	–	Mark Kerry	AUS	1:54.86
17	–	David López-Zubero	ESP	1:54.88
18	–	Peter Dawson	AUS	1:55.16
19	–	Rainer Strohbach	GDR	1:55.25
20	–	Roberto Pangaro	ITA	1:55.30
21	–	Frank Pfütze	GDR	1:55.57
22	–	James Hett	CAN	1:55.58
23	–	René van der Kuil	NED	1:55.59
24	–	Ali Gharbi	TUN	1:55.82
25	–	Alan McClatchey	GBR	1:55.84
26	–	Werner Lampe	FRG	1:56.01
27	–	Bengt Gingsjö	SWE	1:56.31
28	–	Peter Pettersson	SWE	1:56.51
29	–	Anders Bellbring	SWE	1:57.20
30	–	Paolo Revelli	ITA	1:57.25
31	–	Fritz Warncke	NOR	1:57.59
32	–	Andre in het Veld	NED	1:57.60
33	–	John McConnochie	NZL	1:57.77
34	–	Tsuyoshi Yanagidate	JPN	1:58.04
35	–	Guillermo García	MEX	1:58.20
36	–	Georgios Karpouzis	GRE	1:59.25
37	–	Eduardo Pérez	MEX	1:59.53
38	–	Francisco Canales	PUR	1:59.62
39	–	Luis Goicoechea	VEN	1:59.68
40	–	Steven Newkirk	ISV	1:59.95
41	–	Kevin Williamson	IRL	2:00.08
42	–	Andy Knowles	BAH	2:00.18
43	–	Nikolay Ganev	BUL	2:00.54
44	–	Petar Georgiev	BUL	2:00.70
45	–	Tomás Becerra	COL	2:00.72
46	–	Mark Crocker	HKG	2:00.81
47	–	Lutz Löscher	GDR	2:01.00
48	–	Kris Sumono	INA	2:01.12
49	–	Sigurður Ólafsson	ISL	2:01.18
50	–	Gianni Versari	PAN	2:02.25
51	–	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	2:02.65
52	–	Gerardo Rosario	PHI	2:02.81
53	–	José Gomes Pereira	POR	2:03.03
54	–	Patrick Novaretti	MON	2:04.29
55	–	Frank Richardson	NCA	2:12.33
DNS	–	William Chao	TPE	–
DNS	–	Brett Naylor	NZL	–
DNS	–	John Ebito	NGR	–
DNS	–	Gerardo Vera	VEN	–

Heat #1

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	–	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	1:53.44	26.98 (1)	55.63 (1)	1:24.72 (1)	28.65 (1)	29.09 (1)	28.72 (1)
2	–	René van der Kuil	NED	1:55.59	27.45 (3)	56.49 (2)	1:26.12 (2)	29.04 (2)	29.63 (2)	29.47 (3)
3	–	Bengt Gingsjö	SWE	1:56.31	28.13 (6)	57.54 (5)	1:27.21 (4)	29.41 (3)	29.67 (3)	29.10 (2)
4	–	Fritz Warncke	NOR	1:57.59	27.68 (4)	57.33 (4)	1:27.17 (3)	29.65 (4)	29.84 (4)	30.42 (5)
5	–	Tsuyoshi Yanagidate	JPN	1:58.04	27.30 (2)	57.15 (3)	1:28.02 (5)	29.85 (6)	30.87 (6)	30.02 (4)
6	–	Luis Goicoechea	VEN	1:59.68	28.55 (7)	58.31 (6)	1:28.97 (6)	29.76 (5)	30.66 (5)	30.71 (6)
7	–	Kris Sumono	INA	2:01.12	27.86 (5)	58.50 (7)	1:29.55 (7)	30.64 (7)	31.05 (7)	31.57 (7)

Heat #2

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	–	Andrey Bogdanov	URS	1:52.71	26.74 (2)	55.29 (2)	1:23.96 (1)	28.55 (=1)	28.67 (1)	28.75 (2)	QOR
2	–	Brian Brinkley	GBR	1:53.07	27.18 (3)	55.89 (3)	1:25.17 (3)	28.71 (3)	29.28 (2)	27.90 (1)
3	–	David López-Zubero	ESP	1:54.88	26.60 (1)	55.15 (1)	1:24.64 (2)	28.55 (=1)	29.49 (3)	30.24 (4)
4	–	Georgios Karpouzis	GRE	1:59.25	28.31 (5)	58.43 (6)	1:29.28 (5)	30.12 (5)	30.85 (5)	29.97 (3)
5	–	Eduardo Pérez	MEX	1:59.53	28.58 (6)	58.33 (5)	1:28.54 (4)	29.75 (4)	30.21 (4)	30.99 (6)
6	–	Tomás Becerra	COL	2:00.72	27.95 (4)	58.28 (4)	1:30.00 (6)	30.33 (6)	31.72 (6)	30.72 (5)
DNS	–	William Chao	TPE	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #3

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	–	Klaus Steinbach	FRG	1:51.41	25.99 (1)	54.02 (1)	1:21.96 (1)	28.03 (1)	27.94 (1)	29.45 (1)	QOR
2	–	Marcello Guarducci	ITA	1:53.72	26.51 (3)	54.96 (2)	1:23.94 (2)	28.45 (2)	28.98 (2)	29.78 (2)
3	–	Roberto Pangaro	ITA	1:55.30	27.23 (4)	56.18 (4)	1:25.40 (3)	28.95 (3)	29.22 (3)	29.90 (3)
4	–	Werner Lampe	FRG	1:56.01	26.38 (2)	55.39 (3)	1:25.78 (4)	29.01 (4)	30.39 (4)	30.23 (4)
5	–	Kevin Williamson	IRL	2:00.08	27.85 (5)	57.74 (5)	1:28.77 (5)	29.89 (5)	31.03 (5)	31.31 (6)
6	–	Nikolay Ganev	BUL	2:00.54	28.14 (6)	58.33 (6)	1:29.54 (6)	30.19 (6)	31.21 (6)	31.00 (5)
7	–	Frank Richardson	NCA	2:12.33	31.65 (7)	1:05.50 (7)	1:39.58 (7)	33.85 (7)	34.08 (7)	32.75 (7)

Heat #4

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	–	Andrey Krylov	URS	1:51.42	27.18 (3)	55.33 (1)	1:23.70 (1)	28.15 (1)	28.37 (1)	27.72 (1)	Q
2	–	Graham Windeatt	AUS	1:54.35	27.79 (4)	56.73 (4)	1:25.67 (2)	28.94 (2)	28.94 (2)	28.68 (2)
3	–	James Hett	CAN	1:55.58	26.85 (1)	56.03 (2)	1:26.11 (4)	29.18 (4)	30.08 (4)	29.47 (3)
4	–	Ali Gharbi	TUN	1:55.82	27.14 (2)	56.21 (3)	1:25.94 (3)	29.07 (3)	29.73 (3)	29.88 (4)
5	–	Steven Newkirk	ISV	1:59.95	28.43 (5)	58.02 (5)	1:28.74 (5)	29.59 (5)	30.72 (5)	31.21 (6)
6	–	José Gomes Pereira	POR	2:03.03	28.94 (6)	59.96 (6)	1:31.91 (6)	31.02 (6)	31.95 (6)	31.12 (5)
DNS	–	Brett Naylor	NZL	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #5

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	–	Peter Nocke	FRG	1:52.16	26.52 (1)	55.19 (1)	1:23.68 (1)	28.67 (3)	28.49 (1)	28.48 (2)	Q
2	–	Gordon Downie	GBR	1:52.47	26.89 (2)	55.34 (2)	1:24.17 (2)	28.45 (2)	28.83 (2)	28.30 (1)	Q
3	–	Steve Badger	CAN	1:53.86	27.11 (3)	55.52 (3)	1:24.56 (3)	28.41 (1)	29.04 (3)	29.30 (3)
4	–	Andre in het Veld	NED	1:57.60	27.60 (4)	57.41 (4)	1:27.97 (5)	29.81 (5)	30.56 (5)	29.63 (4)
5	–	John McConnochie	NZL	1:57.77	27.96 (5)	57.42 (5)	1:27.51 (4)	29.46 (4)	30.09 (4)	30.26 (5)
6	–	Mark Crocker	HKG	2:00.81	28.15 (6)	58.75 (6)	1:29.76 (6)	30.60 (6)	31.01 (6)	31.05 (6)
7	–	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	2:02.65	28.27 (7)	59.35 (7)	1:31.43 (7)	31.08 (7)	32.08 (7)	31.22 (7)

Heat #6

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	–	Jim Montgomery	USA	1:51.77	26.47 (1)	54.96 (1)	1:23.73 (1)	28.49 (1)	28.77 (1)	28.04 (1)	Q
2	–	Bill Sawchuk	CAN	1:54.07	27.22 (=2)	55.89 (2)	1:25.01 (2)	28.67 (2)	29.12 (2)	29.06 (2)
3	–	Rainer Strohbach	GDR	1:55.25	27.22 (=2)	55.93 (3)	1:25.61 (3)	28.71 (3)	29.68 (3)	29.64 (3)
4	–	Paolo Revelli	ITA	1:57.25	27.57 (4)	56.79 (4)	1:26.63 (4)	29.22 (4)	29.84 (4)	30.62 (4)
5	–	Andy Knowles	BAH	2:00.18	28.14 (6)	58.04 (6)	1:29.02 (6)	29.90 (6)	30.98 (6)	31.16 (5)
6	–	Lutz Löscher	GDR	2:01.00	27.91 (5)	57.43 (5)	1:28.91 (5)	29.52 (5)	31.48 (7)	32.09 (7)
7	–	Gianni Versari	PAN	2:02.25	28.76 (7)	59.34 (7)	1:30.18 (7)	30.58 (7)	30.84 (5)	32.07 (6)
DNS	–	John Ebito	NGR	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #7

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	–	John Naber	USA	1:52.78	27.09 (1)	55.51 (1)	1:24.21 (1)	28.42 (1)	28.70 (1)	28.57 (1)	Q
2	–	Jorge Delgado	ECU	1:54.23	27.21 (2)	56.11 (2)	1:25.24 (2)	28.90 (3)	29.13 (2)	28.99 (2)
3	–	Frank Pfütze	GDR	1:55.57	27.64 (4)	56.85 (4)	1:26.49 (4)	29.21 (4)	29.64 (3)	29.08 (3)
4	–	Alan McClatchey	GBR	1:55.84	27.59 (3)	56.47 (3)	1:26.33 (3)	28.88 (2)	29.86 (5)	29.51 (5)
5	–	Anders Bellbring	SWE	1:57.20	28.20 (6)	58.12 (6)	1:27.78 (5)	29.92 (6)	29.66 (4)	29.42 (4)
6	–	Francisco Canales	PUR	1:59.62	28.51 (7)	58.45 (7)	1:28.74 (6)	29.94 (7)	30.29 (6)	30.88 (6)
7	–	Petar Georgiev	BUL	2:00.70	28.05 (5)	57.89 (5)	1:29.13 (7)	29.84 (5)	31.24 (7)	31.57 (7)
8	–	Patrick Novaretti	MON	2:04.29	28.80 (8)	59.66 (8)	1:32.08 (8)	30.86 (8)	32.42 (8)	32.21 (8)

Heat #8

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	–	Bruce Furniss	USA	1:50.93	26.66 (1)	54.95 (1)	1:23.26 (1)	28.29 (1)	28.31 (1)	27.67 (1)	QOR
2	–	Mark Kerry	AUS	1:54.86	27.21 (3)	56.58 (3)	1:25.97 (3)	29.37 (4)	29.39 (2)	28.89 (2)
3	–	Peter Dawson	AUS	1:55.16	26.86 (2)	55.62 (2)	1:25.40 (2)	28.76 (2)	29.78 (3)	29.76 (4)
4	–	Peter Pettersson	SWE	1:56.51	27.58 (4)	57.05 (4)	1:27.30 (4)	29.47 (5)	30.25 (5)	29.21 (3)
5	–	Guillermo García	MEX	1:58.20	28.02 (5)	57.22 (5)	1:27.42 (5)	29.20 (3)	30.20 (4)	30.78 (6)
6	–	Sigurður Ólafsson	ISL	2:01.18	28.45 (7)	58.81 (7)	1:30.69 (7)	30.36 (7)	31.88 (6)	30.49 (5)
7	–	Gerardo Rosario	PHI	2:02.81	28.18 (6)	58.46 (6)	1:30.48 (6)	30.28 (6)	32.02 (7)	32.33 (7)
DNS	–	Gerardo Vera	VEN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	19 July 1976 — 20:00

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	–	Bruce Furniss	USA	1:50.29	26.43 (2)	54.47 (2)	1:22.55 (2)	28.04 (3)	28.08 (3)	27.74 (4)	WR
2	–	John Naber	USA	1:50.50	26.50 (=3)	54.46 (1)	1:22.51 (1)	27.96 (1)	28.05 (2)	27.99 (5)
3	–	Jim Montgomery	USA	1:50.58	26.39 (1)	54.54 (3)	1:22.98 (4)	28.15 (4)	28.44 (5)	27.60 (2)
4	–	Andrey Krylov	URS	1:50.73	26.90 (7)	55.25 (6)	1:23.05 (5)	28.35 (6)	27.80 (1)	27.68 (3)
5	–	Klaus Steinbach	FRG	1:51.09	26.50 (=3)	54.72 (4)	1:22.89 (3)	28.22 (5)	28.17 (4)	28.20 (6)
6	–	Peter Nocke	FRG	1:51.71	26.74 (5)	55.46 (7)	1:24.12 (7)	28.72 (8)	28.66 (6)	27.59 (1)
7	–	Gordon Downie	GBR	1:52.78	26.85 (6)	54.87 (5)	1:23.74 (6)	28.02 (2)	28.87 (7)	29.04 (8)
8	–	Andrey Bogdanov	URS	1:53.33	27.07 (8)	55.57 (8)	1:24.80 (8)	28.50 (7)	29.23 (8)	28.53 (7)