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.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Sergey Fesenko 2:00.20 Q 2 4 Philip Hubble 2:00.75 Q 3 2 Roger Pyttel 2:02.07 Q 4 4 Steve Poulter 2:02.18 Q 5 2 Cees Vervoorn 2:02.21 Q 6 3 Peter Morris 2:02.72 Q 7 3 Pär Arvidsson 2:03.14 Q 8 1 Mikhail Gorelik 2:03.15 Q 9 1 Paolo Revelli 2:03.44 10 3 Aleksandr Buchenkov 2:03.98 11 3 Rafael Vidal 2:04.23 12 2 Bogusław Zychowicz 2:04.33 13 2 Ove Nylén 2:04.64 14 4 Gábor Mészáros 2:05.01 15 4 Paul Moorfoot 2:05.69 16 4 David Cummins 2:06.47 17 3 Evangelos Koskinas 2:06.80 18 1 Marcus Mattioli 2:06.87 19 2 Andrey Aguilar 2:07.57 20 3 Cláudio Kestener 2:08.65 21 1 Enrique Ledesma 2:11.40 22 3 Djamel Yahiouche 2:12.65 23 1 Trương Ngọc Tơn 2:23.58 24 2 Raimundo Franisse 2:25.55 25 4 Saleh Marzouk 2:36.53 1 Djan Madruga DNS 2 César Ribeiro
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sergey Fesenko 1:59.76 Philip Hubble 2:01.20 Roger Pyttel 2:01.39 4 Peter Morris 2:02.27 5 Mikhail Gorelik 2:02.44 6 Cees Vervoorn 2:02.52 7 Pär Arvidsson 2:02.61 8 Steve Poulter 2:02.93
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