Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Swimming events at the
1976 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
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m women
4×200 m men
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The Men's 200 metre Backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 24 July.[1]

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Mark Kerry  Australia 2:03.54 Q
2 Daryl Skilling  Canada 2:07.77
3 Igor Omelchenk'o  Soviet Union 2:07.95
4 Santiago Esteva  Spain 2:08.63
5 Carlos Berrocal  Puerto Rico 2:11.14
6 Ryszard Żugaj  Poland 2:12.53
7 António de Melo  Portugal 2:26.65

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Dan Harrigan  United States 2:02.25 Q, OR
2 Leif Ericsson  Sweden 2:07.57
3 Lutz Wanja  East Germany 2:08.02
4 Reinhold Becker  West Germany 2:09.54
5 Ivan Mikolutsky  Soviet Union 2:09.78
6 Nenad Miloš  Yugoslavia 2:11.25
7 Chiang Jin Choon  Malaysia 2:21.04

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Zoltán Verrasztó  Hungary 2:05.93 Q
2 Jim Carter  Great Britain 2:08.05
3 Steve Hardy  Canada 2:08.56
4 Krasimir Stoykov  Bulgaria 2:09.67
5 Ignacio Álvarez  Mexico 2:11.08
6 Karim Ressang  Netherlands 2:11.25

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Peter Rocca  United States 2:03.31 Q
2 Mark Tonelli  Australia 2:05.10 Q
3 Mike Scarth  Canada 2:07.16
4 José Urueta  Mexico 2:09.74
5 Predrag Miloš  Yugoslavia 2:12.21
6 Thomas Hofer  Switzerland 2:12.75

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 John Naber  United States 2:02.01 Q, OR
2 Miloslav Roľko  Czechoslovakia 2:05.33 Q
3 Róbert Rudolf  Hungary 2:06.37 Q
4 Rômulo Arantes Filho  Brazil 2:07.38
5 Conrado Porta  Argentina 2:09.75
6 Peter Lerpiniere  Great Britain 2:09.88
7 Gerardo Rosario  Philippines 2:13.89

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
John Naber  United States 1:59.19 WR
Peter Rocca  United States 2:00.55
Dan Harrigan  United States 2:01.35
4 Mark Tonelli  Australia 2:03.17
5 Mark Kerry  Australia 2:04.07
6 Miloslav Roľko  Czechoslovakia 2:05.81
7 Róbert Rudolf  Hungary 2:07.30
8 Zoltán Verrasztó  Hungary 2:08.23

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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