| Swimming at the 1976 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 for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event took place on 18 July. [1]
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Maher |  | 2:05.95 | |
| 2 | András Hargitay |  | 2:06.20 | |
| 3 | Csaba Sós | | 2:06.71 | |
| 4 | Shinsuke Kayama |  | 2:07.46 | |
| 5 | Gordon Hewit | | 2:07.60 | |
| 6 | Hugo Cuenca |  | 2:11.06 | |
| - | Lawrence Kwoh |  | - | DQ |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Kraus |  | 2:01.91 | Q |
| 2 | Jorge Jaramillo |  | 2:04.30 | |
| 3 | Jeff Van de Graaf |  | 2:05.58 | |
| 4 | Doug Martin |  | 2:06.81 | |
| 5 | Adi Prag |  | 2:09.91 | |
| 6 | Steven Newkirk |  | 2:17.84 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Gregg |  | 2:00.24 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Brian Brinkley | | 2:01.93 | Q |
| 3 | Hideaki Hara | | 2:04.68 | |
| 4 | Anders Bellbring |  | 2:07.03 | |
| 5 | John Daly |  | 2:07.13 | |
| 6 | Carlos González |  | 2:20.92 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Forrester | | 2:01.95 | Q |
| 2 | George Nagy | | 2:03.33 | |
| 3 | Hartmut Flöckner |  | 2:05.71 | |
| 4 | Ricardo Marmolejo |  | 2:08.88 | |
| 5 | Paulo Frischknecht |  | 2:20.51 | |
| - | Ross Seymour | | - | DQ |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Bruner | | 2:01.35 | Q |
| 2 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. |  | 2:01.70 | Q |
| 3 | Mikhail Gorelik |  | 2:02.96 | |
| 4 | Bruce Rogers | | 2:04.51 | |
| 5 | Miguel Lang-Lenton |  | 2:08.51 | |
| 6 | Anatoly Smirnov | | 2:10.50 | |
| 7 | François Deley |  | 2:12.99 | |
| 8 | Julio Abreu |  | 2:13.54 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Pyttel | | 2:00.28 | Q |
| 2 | Oleksandr Manachynskiy | | 2:02.91 | Q |
| 3 | Pär Arvidsson | | 2:03.79 | |
| 4 | Peter Broscienski | | 2:04.17 | |
| 5 | John Coutts |  | 2:05.05 | |
| 6 | Ronald Woutering |  | 2:07.31 | |
| 7 | Edwin Borja |  | 2:10.61 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mike Bruner | | 1:59.23 | WR |
 | Steve Gregg | | 1:59.54 | |
 | Bill Forrester | | 1:59.96 | |
| 4 | Roger Pyttel | | 2:00.02 | |
| 5 | Michael Kraus | | 2:00.46 | |
| 6 | Brian Brinkley | | 2:01.49 | |
| 7 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. | | 2:01.95 | |
| 8 | Oleksandr Manachynskiy | | 2:04.61 |
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