The men's 200 metre breaststroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 24 July.
Heats Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Graham Smith 2:22.24 Q 2 Arvydas Juozaitis 2:22.59 Q 3 Anders Norling 2:24.61 4 Peter Lang 2:24.96 5 Tuomo Kerola 2:25.87 6 Julio Abreu 2:35.22 - Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro - DQ
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Rick Colella 2:21.08 Q, OR 2 Nikolay Pankin 2:22.82 Q 3 Giorgio Lalle 2:23.63 4 David Leigh 2:25.58 5 Tateki Shinya 2:26.16 6 Gustavo Lozano 2:31.89 - Carlos Nazario - DQ
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 John Hencken 2:21.23 Q 2 Walter Kusch 2:22.95 Q 3 Nobutaka Taguchi 2:24.12 4 Dave Heinbuch 2:25.29 5 Steffen Kriechbaum 2:25.73 6 Paul Jarvie 2:30.15 7 Henrique Vicêncio 2:41.97
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 David Wilkie 2:18.29 Q, OR 2 Charles Keating 2:22.22 Q 3 Aigars Kudis 2:23.45 4 Ove Wisløff 2:23.49 5 Orlando Catinchi 2:26.27 6 Cezary Śmiglak 2:27.41 7 Zdravko Divjak 2:34.07 - Paul Naisby - DQ
Final Rank Athlete Country Time Notes David Wilkie 2:15.11 WR John Hencken 2:17.26 Rick Colella 2:19.20 4 Graham Smith 2:19.42 5 Charles Keating 2:20.79 6 Arvydas Juozaitis 2:21.87 7 Nikolay Pankin 2:22.21 8 Walter Kusch 2:22.36
References
External links Official Olympic Report