Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 29.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
| Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
Medalists
| Gold | Mark Spitz United States |
| Silver | Steve Genter United States |
| Bronze | Werner Lampe West Germany |
Results
Heats
8 fastest swimmer from seven heats advanced to final.
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Wenden |  Australia | 1:56.66 | Q |
| 2 | Robert Nay | Australia | 1:57.69 | |
| 3 | Viktor Mazanov |  Soviet Union | 1:57.92 | |
| 4 | Hans Ljungberg |  Sweden | 1:59.42 | |
| 5 | Alfredo Machado | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil | 2:00.14 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Bure | Soviet Union | 1:56.15 | Q |
| 2 | Georgijs Kuļikovs | Soviet Union | 1:57.04 | |
| 3 | Pierre Caland |  France | 2:00.75 | |
| 4 | Michael Bailey |  Great Britain | 2:00.79 | |
| 5 | Zbigniew Pacelt | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Poland | 2:01.28 | |
| 6 | Arnaldo Cinquetti |  Italy | 2:01.78 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werner Lampe | West Germany | 1:55.97 | Q |
| 2 | Graham White | Australia | 1:58.60 | |
| 3 | John Mills | Great Britain | 2:00.17 | |
| 4 | Fritz Warncke |  Norway | 2:00.98 | |
| 5 | Kamal Kenawi Ali Moustafa | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Egypt | 2:05.30 | |
| 6 | Luis Ayesa | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Philippines | 2:05.97 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klaus Steinbach | West Germany | 1:55.80 | Q |
| 2 | Wilfried Hartung |  East Germany | 1:56.95 | |
| 3 | Gerardo Vera | .png.webp){kind=small} Venezuela | 1:57.33 | |
| 4 | Olaf, Baron von Schilling | West Germany | 2:00.27 | |
| 5 | Bernt Zarnowiecki | Sweden | 2:01.34 | |
| 6 | Riccardo Targetti | Italy | 2:02.58 | |
| 7 | Fawzi Burhma |  Kuwait | 2:33.75 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Tyler | United States | 1:56.04 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Bruch | East Germany | 1:58.49 | |
| 3 | Bruce Robertson |  Canada | 1:59.02 | |
| 4 | Marian Slavic | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania | 2:00.23 | |
| 5 | Colin Herring |  New Zealand | 2:00.29 | |
| 6 | Ian MacKenzie | Canada | 2:01.22 | |
| 7 | Hanspeter Würmli |  Switzerland | 2:03.14 | |
| 8 | Roberto Strauss |  Mexico | 2:03.57 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Genter | United States | 1:55.42 | Q |
| 2 | Brian Brinkley | Great Britain | 1:56.99 | |
| 3 | Peter Prijdekker |  Netherlands | 1:58.78 | |
| 4 | Ruy de Oliveira | Brazil | 2:00.48 | |
| 5 | Roberto Pangaro | Italy | 2:00.97 | |
| 6 | Sandro Rudan | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 2:05.88 | |
| 7 | Tomás Rengifo |  El Salvador | 2:08.67 | |
| 8 | Finnur Garðarsson |  Iceland | 2:08.88 |
Heat 7
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Spitz | United States | 1:55.29 | Q |
| 2 | Ralph Hutton | Canada | 1:56.84 | Q |
| 3 | Udo Poser | East Germany | 1:57.23 | |
| 4 | Rolf Pettersson | Sweden | 2:00.02 | |
| 5 | Mark Crocker | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hong Kong | 2:12.85 | |
| 6 | Samnang Prak |  Cambodia | 2:13.34 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mark Spitz | United States | 1:52.78 | WR |
 | Steve Genter | United States | 1:53.73 | |
 | Werner Lampe | West Germany | 1:53.99 | |
| 4 | Mike Wenden | Australia | 1:54.40 | |
| 5 | Fred Tyler | United States | 1:54.96 | |
| 6 | Klaus Steinbach | West Germany | 1:55.65 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Bure | Soviet Union | 1:57.24 | |
| 8 | Ralph Hutton | Canada | 1:57.56 |
Key: WR = World record
References
- "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
External links
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