Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
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The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place on 16 and 18 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.
| Men's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 16 October 1964 (heats) 17 October 1964 (semifinals) 18 October 1964 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:06.6 (WR) | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results
editHeats
editHeat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Robie |  United States |
2:10.0 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Atsushi Obayashi |  Japan |
2:15.1 | Q |
| 3 | Antonio Rastrelli |  Italy |
2:17.3 | |
| 4 | Hermann Lotter |  United Team of Germany |
2:18.2 | |
| 5 | Vítor da Fonseca |  Portugal |
2:18.3 | |
| 6 | Narong Chok-Umnuay |  Thailand |
2:32.5 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Berry |  Australia |
2:11.0 | Q |
| 2 | Kosuke Sato | Japan |
2:12.4 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Sherry |  Canada |
2:12.9 | Q |
| 4 | David Gerrard |  New Zealand |
2:16.3 | Q |
| 5 | Avraham Melamed |  Israel |
2:20.7 | |
| 6 | Carlos Canepa |  Peru |
2:24.9 | |
| 7 | Joaquín Pujol |  Spain |
2:28.3 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Nicolao |  Argentina |
2:15.0 | Q |
| 2 | John Stark | Australia |
2:15.3 | Q |
| 3 | Valentin Kuzmin |  Soviet Union |
2:15.5 | Q |
| 4 | Werner Freitag | United Team of Germany |
2:16.9 | Q |
| 5 | Juan Alanís |  Mexico |
2:23.9 | |
| 6 | Bernard Chan |  Malaysia |
2:26.6 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Riker | United States |
2:12.6 | Q |
| 2 | Brian Jenkins |  Great Britain |
2:15.5 | Q |
| 3 | Oleg Fotin | Soviet Union |
2:17.3 | |
| 4 | Gabriel Altamirano | Mexico |
2:17.9 | |
| 5 | Wolfgang Platzeck | United Team of Germany |
2:18.7 | |
| 6 | Volker Deckardt |  Austria |
2:21.3 | |
| 7 | Dick Langerhorst |  Netherlands |
2:22.5 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Hill | Australia |
2:12.8 | Q |
| 2 | Fred Schmidt | United States |
2:13.3 | Q |
| 3 | Yoshinori Kadonaga | Japan |
2:14.5 | Q |
| 4 | Giampiero Fossati | Italy |
2:17.2 | Q |
| 5 | Ralph Hutton | Canada |
2:20.8 | |
| 6 | Gustavo Ocampo | Peru |
2:31.4 |
Semifinals
editSemifinal 1
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Robie | United States |
2:09.3 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Fred Schmidt | United States |
2:11.5 | Q |
| 3 | Brett Hill | Australia |
2:11.9 | Q |
| 4 | Valentin Kuzmin | Soviet Union |
2:11.9 | Q |
| 5 | Kosuke Sato | Japan |
2:13.4 | |
| 6 | Werner Freitag | United Team of Germany |
2:13.5 | |
| 7 | Luis Nicolao | Argentina |
2:13.7 | |
| 8 | John Stark | Australia |
2:18.4 |
Semifinal 2
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Berry | Australia |
2:09.8 | Q |
| 2 | Phil Riker | United States |
2:09.9 | Q |
| 3 | Yoshinori Kadonaga | Japan |
2:12.3 | Q |
| 4 | Daniel Sherry | Canada |
2:12.9 | Q |
| 5 | Atsushi Obayashi | Japan |
2:14.1 | |
| 6 | David Gerrard | New Zealand |
2:15.4 | |
| 7 | Brian Jenkins | Great Britain |
2:15.5 | |
| 8 | Giampiero Fossati | Italy |
2:18.1 |
Final
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Kevin Berry | Australia |
2:06.6 | WR |
 |
Carl Robie | United States |
2:07.5 | |
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Fred Schmidt | United States |
2:09.3 | |
| 4 | Philip Riker | United States |
2:11.0 | |
| 5 | Valentin Kuzmin | Soviet Union |
2:11.3 | |
| 6 | Yoshinori Kadonaga | Japan |
2:12.6 | |
| 7 | Brett Hill | Australia |
2:12.8 | |
| 8 | Daniel Sherry | Canada |
2:14.6 |
Key: WR = World record
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2016.