Men 200m Butterfly Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne, Australia - Saturday, 1st December - Gold Medal: William Yorzyk, United States |
Final | | time | gap | L | Y | 1. William Yorzyk | United States | 2:19.3 | | 4 | 23 | 2. Takashi Ishimoto | Japan | 2:23.8 | +4.5s | 3 | 21 | 3. Gyorgy Tumpek | Hungary | 2:23.9 | +4.6s | 5 | 27 | 4. Jack Nelson | United States | 2:26.6 | +7.3s | 1 | 25 | 5. John Marshall | Australia | 2:27.2 | +7.9s | 6 | 26 | 6. Eulalio Rios | Mexico | 2:27.3 | +8.0s | 7 | 21 | 7. Brian Wilkinson | Australia | 2:29.7 | +10.4s | 2 | 18 | 8. Alexandru Popescu | Romania | 2:31.0 | +11.7s | 8 | 21 |
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Heats - Friday, 30th November |
Best 8 times advanced to Final. |
Heat 1 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. William Yorzyk | United States | 2:18.6 | OR | 3 | 23 | 1. | 2. John Marshall | Australia | 2:26.8 | +8.2s | 4 | 26 | 4. | 3. Alexandru Popescu | Romania | 2:29.9 | +11.3s | 7 | 21 | 8. | 4. Rene Pirolley | France | 2:30.1 | +11.5s | 5 | 25 | 9. | 5. Jeno Acs | Hungary | 2:31.1 | +12.5s | 6 | 20 | 10. | 6. Walter Ocampo | Mexico | 2:41.4 | +22.8s | 2 | 27 | 13. |
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Heat 2 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Takashi Ishimoto | Japan | 2:24.2 | +5.6s | 5 | 21 | 3. | 2. Brian Wilkinson | Australia | 2:27.2 | +8.6s | 6 | 18 | 5. | 3. Eulalio Rios | Mexico | 2:28.1 | +9.5s | 4 | 21 | 6. | 4. Jack Nelson | United States | 2:29.4 | +10.8s | 3 | 25 | 7. | 5. Palsons Nabiula | Philippines | 3:03.2 | +44.6s | 2 | _ | 18. | 6. Shamsher Khan | India | 3:06.3 | +47.7s | 7 | _ | 19. |
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Heat 3 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Gyorgy Tumpek | Hungary | 2:23.3 | +4.7s | 4 | 27 | 2. | 2. Horst Weber | UT Germany | 2:34.4 | +15.8s | 6 | 17 | 11. | 3. Graham Symonds | Great Britain | 2:35.7 | +17.1s | 5 | 19 | 12. | 4. Agapito Lozada | Philippines | 2:43.5 | +24.9s | 8 | _ | 14. | 5. George Park | Canada | 2:47.2 | +28.6s | 3 | _ | 15. | 6. Shah Ghazi | Pakistan | 2:48.0 | +29.4s | 2 | _ | 16. | 7. Seow-Hor Fong | Malaya | 2:56.0 | +37.4s | 7 | 19 | 17. |
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