Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 24 October.[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldCarl Robie
 United States
SilverMartyn Woodroffe
 Great Britain
BronzeJohn Ferris
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Martyn Woodroffe Great Britain2:11.6
2Yasuo Takada Japan2:13.3
3Avraham Melamed Israel2:15.4
4Ron Jacks Canada2:18.1
5Raúl Villagómez Mexico2:22.4
6Arturo Carranza El Salvador2:47.3

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Peter Feil Sweden2:11.9
2Gabriel Altamirano Mexico2:12.1
3Tom Arusoo Canada2:12.7
4Sergey Konov Soviet Union2:13.1
5Eduardo Orejuela Ecuador2:23.4

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1John Ferris United States2:10.6
2Folkert Meeuw West Germany2:11.1
3John Thurley Great Britain2:12.5
4Giampiero Fossati Italy2:18.2
5Jacek Krawczyk Poland2:22.1

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Mark Spitz United States2:10.6
2Satoshi Maruya Japan2:14.2
3Lutz Stoklasa West Germany2:16.4
4Tomas Becerra Colombia2:16.8
5Robert Cusack Australia2:19.4
6Angelo Tozzi Italy2:20.9
7José Ferraioli Puerto Rico2:23.4

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Viktor Sharygin Soviet Union2:10.9
2Carl Robie United States2:11.1
3Valentin Kuzmin Soviet Union2:11.5
4Dick Langerhorst Netherlands2:17.4
5Graham Dunn Australia2:17.5
6Ramiro Benavides Guatemala2:24.3
7Leroy Goff Philippines2:25.3

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Carl Robie United States2:08.7
Martyn Woodroffe Great Britain2:09.0
John Ferris United States2:09.3
4Valentin Kuzmin Soviet Union2:10.6
5Peter Feil Sweden2:10.9
6Folkert Meeuw West Germany2:11.5
7Viktor Sharygin Soviet Union2:11.9
8Mark Spitz United States2:13.5

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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