Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke


The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 2. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Results

Heats

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Zoltán Verrasztó2:09.89
2Colin Cunningham2:11.06
3Bill Kennedy2:12.55
4Rafael Rocha2:15.81
5Ian MacKenzie2:16.36
6Sergio Hasbún2:27.93
7Mark Crocker2:33.64

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Mike Stamm2:07.51
2Neil Martin2:12.09
3Nenad Miloš2:12.99
4Lutz Wanja2:13.46
5Sarun Van2:24.42
6Chiang Jin Choon2:26.51

Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Brad Cooper2:07.90
2Tim McKee2:08.19
3Massimo Nistri2:12.85
4José Urueta2:13.85
5Lars Børgesen2:14.50
6Rômulo Arantes Filho2:18.15
7Gerardo Rosario2:23.53

Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Mitch Ivey2:09.32
2Jean-Paul Berjeau2:09.93
3Bob Schoutsen2:10.56
4Tadashi Honda2:11.11
5Róbert Rudolf2:13.64
6John Hawes2:15.34
7Norbert Verweyen2:15.94
8Predrag Miloš2:18.43

Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Roland Matthes2:06.62
2Lothar Noack2:08.80
3Anders Sandberg2:11.36
4Ejvind Pedersen2:12.30
5Helmut Podolan2:13.63
6Pierre Baehr2:14.65
7Bruce Featherston2:18.63
8Gustavo González2:19.74

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Roland Matthes2:02.82=WR
Mike Stamm2:04.09
Mitch Ivey2:04.33
4Brad Cooper2:06.59
5Tim McKee2:07.29
6Lothar Noack2:08.67
7Zoltán Verrasztó2:10.09
8Jean-Paul Berjeau2:11.77

Key: =WR = Equalled world record