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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	18 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscine olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	40 from 26 countries

The United States’ Bill Forrester had won this event at the 1975 World Championships, but East German Roger Pyttel was second and he had twice broken the world record in early June 1976. The second was the current mark, 1:59.63, which was the first time anyone had broken two minutes for the 200 fly.

This was the first swimming final of the Montréal Olympics and the American strategy was to let Pyttel set the pace, stay close to him, and then outsprint him on the final lap. However, the American trio of Forrester, Mike Bruner and Steve Gregg, runner-up at the 1973 Worlds, did not quite comply, as Forrester led to the 100 mark in 57.41, with Bruner second, Pyttel third, and Gregg, a strong finisher, back in fifth. Bruner took the lead at 150 metres, followed by Pyttel, with Gregg gaining water quickly. Bruner held on for the victory, Gregg closing quickly for silver, and Forrester completing the American sweep, as all three broke two minutes, led by Bruner’s world record of 1:59.23.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	408	Mike Bruner	USA	2:01.35 (1 h5)	1:59.23 (1)	Gold
2	417	Steve Gregg	USA	2:00.24 (1 h3)	1:59.54 (2)	Silver
3	413	Bill Forrester	USA	2:01.95 (1 h4)	1:59.96 (3)	Bronze
4	150	Roger Pyttel	GDR	2:00.28 (1 h6)	2:00.02 (4)
5	166	Michael Kraus	FRG	2:01.91 (1 h2)	2:00.46 (5)
6	–	Brian Brinkley	GBR	2:01.93 (2 h3)	2:01.49 (6)
7	–	Jorge Delgado	ECU	2:01.70 (2 h5)	2:01.95 (7)
8	–	Aleksandr Manachinsky	URS	2:02.91 (2 h6)	2:04.61 (8)
9	375	Mikhail Gorelik	URS	2:02.96 (3 h5)	–
10	67	George Nagy	CAN	2:03.33 (2 h4)	–
11	352	Pär Arvidsson	SWE	2:03.79 (3 h6)	–
12	158	Peter Broscienski	FRG	2:04.17 (4 h6)	–
13	82	Jorge Jaramillo	COL	2:04.30 (2 h2)	–
14	74	Bruce Rogers	CAN	2:04.51 (4 h5)	–
15	267	Hideaki Hara	JPN	2:04.68 (3 h3)	–
16	311	John Coutts	NZL	2:05.05 (5 h6)	–
17	22	Jeff Van de Graaf	AUS	2:05.58 (3 h2)	–
18	–	Hartmut Flöckner	GDR	2:05.71 (3 h4)	–
19	133	Sean Maher	GBR	2:05.95 (1 h1)	–
20	211	András Hargitay	HUN	2:06.20 (2 h1)	–
21	220	Csaba Sós	HUN	2:06.71 (3 h1)	–
22	65	Doug Martin	CAN	2:06.81 (4 h2)	–
23	353	Anders Bellbring	SWE	2:07.03 (4 h3)	–
24	330	John Daly	PUR	2:07.13 (5 h3)	–
25	202	Ronald Woutering	NED	2:07.31 (6 h6)	–
26	270	Shinsuke Kayama	JPN	2:07.46 (4 h1)	–
27	129	Gordon Hewit	GBR	2:07.60 (5 h1)	–
28	104	Miguel Lang-Lenton	ESP	2:08.51 (5 h5)	–
29	291	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	2:08.88 (4 h4)	–
30	242	Adi Prag	ISR	2:09.91 (5 h2)	–
31	400	Anatoly Smirnov	URS	2:10.50 (6 h5)	–
32	–	Edwin Borja	PHI	2:10.61 (7 h6)	–
33	438	Hugo Cuenca	VEN	2:11.06 (6 h1)	–
34	33	François Deley	BEL	2:12.99 (7 h5)	–
35	–	Julio Abreu	PAR	2:13.54 (8 h5)	–
36	243	Steven Newkirk	ISV	2:17.84 (6 h2)	–
37	324	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	2:20.51 (5 h4)	–
38	315	Carlos González	PAN	2:20.92 (6 h3)	–
DQ	185	Lawrence Kwoh	HKG	– (DQ h1)	–
DQ	19	Ross Seymour	AUS	– (DQ h4)	–
DNS	336	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	216	Tamás Mikola	HUN	– (DNS h3)	–
DNS	171	Folkert Meeuw	FRG	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	304	John Ebito	NGR	– (DNS h6)	–

Round One

Date	18 July 1976 — 11:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Steve Gregg	USA	2:00.24	QOR
2	4	Roger Pyttel	GDR	2:00.28	Q
3	4	Mike Bruner	USA	2:01.35	Q
4	5	Jorge Delgado	ECU	2:01.70	Q
5	4	Michael Kraus	FRG	2:01.91	Q
6	3	Brian Brinkley	GBR	2:01.93	Q
7	4	Bill Forrester	USA	2:01.95	Q
8	5	Aleksandr Manachinsky	URS	2:02.91	Q
9	3	Mikhail Gorelik	URS	2:02.96
10	3	George Nagy	CAN	2:03.33
11	3	Pär Arvidsson	SWE	2:03.79
12	6	Peter Broscienski	FRG	2:04.17
13	2	Jorge Jaramillo	COL	2:04.30
14	6	Bruce Rogers	CAN	2:04.51
15	2	Hideaki Hara	JPN	2:04.68
16	2	John Coutts	NZL	2:05.05
17	6	Jeff Van de Graaf	AUS	2:05.58
18	5	Hartmut Flöckner	GDR	2:05.71
19	5	Sean Maher	GBR	2:05.95
20	4	András Hargitay	HUN	2:06.20
21	6	Csaba Sós	HUN	2:06.71
22	3	Doug Martin	CAN	2:06.81
23	6	Anders Bellbring	SWE	2:07.03
24	7	John Daly	PUR	2:07.13
25	7	Ronald Woutering	NED	2:07.31
26	2	Shinsuke Kayama	JPN	2:07.46
27	3	Gordon Hewit	GBR	2:07.60
28	7	Miguel Lang-Lenton	ESP	2:08.51
29	7	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	2:08.88
30	7	Adi Prag	ISR	2:09.91
31	2	Anatoly Smirnov	URS	2:10.50
32	1	Edwin Borja	PHI	2:10.61
33	7	Hugo Cuenca	VEN	2:11.06
34	1	François Deley	BEL	2:12.99
35	8	Julio Abreu	PAR	2:13.54
36	1	Steven Newkirk	ISV	2:17.84
37	1	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	2:20.51
38	1	Carlos González	PAN	2:20.92
DQ	1	Lawrence Kwoh	HKG	–
DQ	6	Ross Seymour	AUS	–
DNS	5	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	–
DNS	5	Tamás Mikola	HUN	–
DNS	2	Folkert Meeuw	FRG	–
DNS	8	John Ebito	NGR	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Sean Maher	GBR	2:05.95	28.04 (1)	1:00.40 (3)	1:33.49 (2)	32.36 (4)	33.09 (3)	32.46 (1)
2	4	András Hargitay	HUN	2:06.20	28.34 (=3)	1:00.13 (1)	1:33.42 (1)	31.79 (1)	33.29 (4)	32.78 (2)
3	6	Csaba Sós	HUN	2:06.71	28.52 (5)	1:00.60 (4)	1:33.67 (4)	32.08 (3)	33.07 (2)	33.04 (3)
4	2	Shinsuke Kayama	JPN	2:07.46	28.34 (=3)	1:00.85 (5)	1:33.65 (3)	32.51 (5)	32.80 (1)	33.81 (5)
5	3	Gordon Hewit	GBR	2:07.60	28.24 (2)	1:00.30 (2)	1:33.89 (5)	32.06 (2)	33.59 (6)	33.71 (4)
6	7	Hugo Cuenca	VEN	2:11.06	30.25 (6)	1:02.91 (6)	1:36.35 (6)	32.66 (6)	33.44 (5)	34.71 (6)
DQ	1	Lawrence Kwoh	HKG	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Michael Kraus	FRG	2:01.91	27.90 (1)	58.65 (1)	1:30.30 (1)	30.75 (1)	31.65 (1)	31.61 (1)	Q
2	2	Jorge Jaramillo	COL	2:04.30	28.03 (2)	59.72 (2)	1:31.78 (2)	31.69 (2)	32.06 (2)	32.52 (3)
3	6	Jeff Van de Graaf	AUS	2:05.58	28.80 (3)	1:00.82 (3)	1:33.40 (3)	32.02 (4)	32.58 (3)	32.18 (2)
4	3	Doug Martin	CAN	2:06.81	28.92 (4)	1:00.93 (4)	1:33.85 (4)	32.01 (3)	32.92 (4)	32.96 (4)
5	7	Adi Prag	ISR	2:09.91	29.44 (5)	1:01.76 (5)	1:35.46 (5)	32.32 (5)	33.70 (5)	34.45 (5)
6	1	Steven Newkirk	ISV	2:17.84	30.97 (6)	1:05.98 (6)	1:41.76 (6)	35.01 (6)	35.78 (6)	36.08 (6)
DNS	5	Hsu Tung-Hsiung	TPE	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Steve Gregg	USA	2:00.24	28.01 (3)	58.39 (1)	1:28.98 (1)	30.38 (1)	30.59 (1)	31.26 (1)	QOR
2	3	Brian Brinkley	GBR	2:01.93	27.75 (1)	58.64 (2)	1:30.11 (2)	30.89 (2)	31.47 (2)	31.82 (2)	Q
3	2	Hideaki Hara	JPN	2:04.68	27.98 (2)	1:00.07 (3)	1:32.25 (3)	32.09 (5)	32.18 (3)	32.43 (3)
4	6	Anders Bellbring	SWE	2:07.03	29.30 (5)	1:01.26 (5)	1:33.89 (5)	31.96 (4)	32.63 (4)	33.14 (4)
5	7	John Daly	PUR	2:07.13	28.59 (4)	1:00.30 (4)	1:33.25 (4)	31.71 (3)	32.95 (5)	33.88 (5)
6	1	Carlos González	PAN	2:20.92	30.12 (6)	1:05.29 (6)	1:42.82 (6)	35.17 (6)	37.53 (6)	38.10 (6)
DNS	5	Tamás Mikola	HUN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Bill Forrester	USA	2:01.95	27.37 (1)	57.86 (1)	1:29.19 (1)	30.49 (1)	31.33 (1)	32.76 (2)	Q
2	3	George Nagy	CAN	2:03.33	27.69 (3)	58.90 (2)	1:30.92 (2)	31.21 (2)	32.02 (2)	32.41 (1)
3	5	Hartmut Flöckner	GDR	2:05.71	27.68 (2)	59.18 (3)	1:31.95 (3)	31.50 (3)	32.77 (3)	33.76 (4)
4	7	Ricardo Marmolejo	MEX	2:08.88	29.29 (4)	1:01.79 (4)	1:35.37 (4)	32.50 (4)	33.58 (4)	33.51 (3)
5	1	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	2:20.51	29.75 (5)	1:05.69 (5)	1:43.25 (5)	35.94 (5)	37.56 (5)	37.26 (5)
DQ	6	Ross Seymour	AUS	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	2	Folkert Meeuw	FRG	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Mike Bruner	USA	2:01.35	27.55 (1)	58.34 (1)	1:29.84 (1)	30.79 (2)	31.50 (1)	31.51 (2)	Q
2	5	Jorge Delgado	ECU	2:01.70	27.74 (2)	58.54 (2)	1:30.24 (2)	30.80 (3)	31.70 (2)	31.46 (1)	Q
3	3	Mikhail Gorelik	URS	2:02.96	28.06 (3)	58.84 (3)	1:30.85 (3)	30.78 (1)	32.01 (3)	32.11 (3)
4	6	Bruce Rogers	CAN	2:04.51	28.64 (4)	59.85 (4)	1:31.90 (4)	31.21 (4)	32.05 (4)	32.61 (4)
5	7	Miguel Lang-Lenton	ESP	2:08.51	29.29 (6)	1:01.94 (6)	1:35.54 (5)	32.65 (6)	33.60 (5)	32.97 (5)
6	2	Anatoly Smirnov	URS	2:10.50	28.85 (5)	1:01.44 (5)	1:35.56 (6)	32.59 (5)	34.12 (6)	34.94 (7)
7	1	François Deley	BEL	2:12.99	29.81 (7)	1:03.65 (8)	1:38.06 (8)	33.84 (8)	34.41 (8)	34.93 (6)
8	8	Julio Abreu	PAR	2:13.54	30.18 (8)	1:03.29 (7)	1:37.42 (7)	33.11 (7)	34.13 (7)	36.12 (8)

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Roger Pyttel	GDR	2:00.28	27.24 (1)	57.45 (1)	1:28.52 (1)	30.21 (1)	31.07 (1)	31.76 (1)	Q
2	5	Aleksandr Manachinsky	URS	2:02.91	27.89 (2)	58.40 (2)	1:30.11 (2)	30.51 (2)	31.71 (2)	32.80 (5)	Q
3	3	Pär Arvidsson	SWE	2:03.79	28.38 (3)	59.23 (3)	1:31.18 (3)	30.85 (3)	31.95 (4)	32.61 (4)
4	6	Peter Broscienski	FRG	2:04.17	28.46 (4)	1:00.24 (4)	1:32.36 (4)	31.78 (4)	32.12 (5)	31.81 (2)
5	2	John Coutts	NZL	2:05.05	28.85 (6)	1:00.66 (6)	1:32.60 (5)	31.81 (5)	31.94 (3)	32.45 (3)
6	7	Ronald Woutering	NED	2:07.31	28.63 (5)	1:00.57 (5)	1:33.59 (6)	31.94 (6)	33.02 (6)	33.72 (6)
7	1	Edwin Borja	PHI	2:10.61	29.63 (7)	1:02.66 (7)	1:36.19 (7)	33.03 (7)	33.53 (7)	34.42 (7)
DNS	8	John Ebito	NGR	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	18 July 1976 — 19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Mike Bruner	USA	1:59.23	27.32 (2)	58.10 (2)	1:28.49 (1)	30.78 (=3)	30.39 (2)	30.74 (2)	WR
2	4	Steve Gregg	USA	1:59.54	27.74 (5)	58.52 (5)	1:29.09 (4)	30.78 (=3)	30.57 (3)	30.45 (1)
3	1	Bill Forrester	USA	1:59.96	27.31 (1)	57.41 (1)	1:28.67 (3)	30.10 (1)	31.26 (5)	31.29 (5)
4	5	Roger Pyttel	GDR	2:00.02	27.48 (3)	58.45 (3)	1:28.54 (2)	30.97 (6)	30.09 (1)	31.48 (6)
5	2	Michael Kraus	FRG	2:00.46	27.89 (7)	58.51 (4)	1:29.52 (5)	30.62 (2)	31.01 (4)	30.94 (3)
6	7	Brian Brinkley	GBR	2:01.49	27.73 (4)	58.95 (7)	1:30.34 (6)	31.22 (8)	31.39 (6)	31.15 (4)
7	6	Jorge Delgado	ECU	2:01.95	27.79 (6)	58.63 (6)	1:30.37 (7)	30.84 (5)	31.74 (7)	31.58 (7)
8	8	Aleksandr Manachinsky	URS	2:04.61	28.00 (8)	59.00 (8)	1:31.03 (8)	31.00 (7)	32.03 (8)	33.58 (8)