The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Robertas Žulpa 2:17.83 Q 2 1 Arsens Miskarovs 2:19.57 Q 3 2 Albán Vermes 2:20.62 Q 4 2 Lindsay Spencer 2:21.08 Q 5 2 Gennady Utenkov 2:21.17 Q 6 3 Duncan Goodhew 2:21.25 Q 7 3 Peter Berggren 2:22.09 Q 8 1 Jörg Walter 2:23.19 Q 9 2 Pablo Restrepo 2:23.74 10 3 János Dzvonyár 2:24.43 11 1 Glen Christiansen 2:26.00 12 1 Peter Evans 2:26.62 13 1 Gustavo Torrijos 2:26.96 14 1 Albert Boonstra 2:27.21 15 3 Helmut Levy 2:27.94 16 3 Martii Järventaus 2:28.04 17 2 Andrey Aguilar 2:33.19 18 2 Trần Dương Tài 2:38.52 19 3 Djamel Yahiouche 2:41.65 2 Miguel Santisteban DSQ
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Robertas Žulpa 2:15.85 Albán Vermes 2:16.93 Arsens Miskarovs 2:17.28 4 Gennady Utenkov 2:19.64 5 Lindsay Spencer 2:19.68 6 Duncan Goodhew 2:20.92 7 Peter Berggren 2:21.39 8 Jörg Walter 2:22.39
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