| Men's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | ||||||||||||
| Date | 20 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:59.76 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 20 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Craig Beardsley (USA) |
1:58.21 | Irvine, United States | 30 July 1980 |
| Olympic record |  Mike Bruner (USA) |
1:59.23 | Montreal, Canada | 18 July 1976 |
Results
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sergey Fesenko |  Soviet Union |
1:59.76 | |
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Philip Hubble |  Great Britain |
2:01.20 | |
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Roger Pyttel |  East Germany |
2:01.39 | |
| 4 | Peter Morris | Great Britain |
2:02.27 | |
| 5 | Mikhail Gorelik | Soviet Union |
2:02.44 | |
| 6 | Cees Vervoorn | Netherlands |
2:02.52 | |
| 7 | Pär Arvidsson |  Sweden |
2:02.61 | |
| 8 | Steve Poulter | Great Britain |
2:02.93 |
References
- ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 451, 468. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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