Men 200m Breaststroke Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Wednesday, 23rd August - Gold Medal: Nick Nevid, United States |
Final | | time | | gap | L | ag | 50m | 100m | 150m | 1. Nick Nevid | United States | 2:16.37 | CR | | 8 | _ | 30.96s | 1:06.24 | 1:41.88 | 2. Arsens Miskarovs | Soviet Union | 2:16.42 | | +0.05s | 1 | 17 | 31.52s | 1:06.97 | 1:42.81 | 3. Walter Kusch | West Germany | 2:20.16 | | +3.79s | 3 | 24 | 32.39s | 1:08.72 | 1:44.92 | 4. Duncan Goodhew | Great Britain | 2:20.49 | | +4.12s | 2 | 21 | 31.59s | 1:07.23 | 1:43.91 | 5. Robertas Zulpa | Soviet Union | 2:20.53 | | +4.16s | 5 | 18 | 32.21s | 1:08.16 | 1:44.99 | 6. Alban Vermes | Hungary | 2:20.81 | NR | +4.44s | 7 | 21 | 32.78s | 1:09.16 | 1:45.02 | 7. Graham Smith | Canada | 2:20.91 | | +4.54s | 6 | 20 | 32.75s | 1:08.95 | 1:44.64 | 8. Jeff Freeman | United States | 2:22.13 | | +5.76s | 4 | _ | 32.50s | 1:09.56 | 1:46.29 |
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World Record: David Wilkie, Great Britain 2:15.11 (31.24s, 1:06.49, 1:40.84) | Championship Record: David Wilkie, Great Britain 2:18.23 (31.74s, 1:07.60, 1:42.46) 1975 |
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Heats - Wednesday, 23rd August | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
Heat 4 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 3. Walter Kusch | West Germany | 2:21.30 | | +0.67s | - | 24 | 1. | 9. Shigehiro Takahashi | Japan | 2:22.39 | | +1.76s | - | 17 | 2. | 10.Jurgen Bruin | West Germany | 2:22.59 | | +1.96s | - | _ | 3. | 11.Greg Wurzbach | Canada | 2:23.79 | | +3.16s | - | _ | 4. |
Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 6. Alban Vermes | Hungary | 2:22.08 | | +1.45s | - | 21 | 1. | 7. Arsens Miskarovs | Soviet Union | 2:22.14 | | +1.51s | - | 17 | 2. | 8. Nick Nevid | United States | 2:22.34 | | +1.71s | - | _ | 3. |
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Heat 2 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 1. Jeff Freeman | United States | 2:20.63 | | - | - | _ | 1. | 2. Robertas Zulpa | Soviet Union | 2:20.78 | | +0.15s | - | 18 | 2. | 12.Hiroshi Kabatani | Japan | 2:24.15 | | +3.52s | - | - | 3. | 26.Ronald Hond | Netherlands | 2:32.51 | | +11.88s | - | _ | | 6. |
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Heat 1 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 4. Graham Smith | Canada | 2:21.43 | | +0.80s | - | 20 | 1. | 5. Duncan Goodhew | Great Britain | 2:21.69 | | +1.06s | - | 21 | 2. | 13.Glen Christiansen | Sweden | 2:24.76 | | +4.13s | - | 21 | 3. |
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Heat - | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 14.Steffen Kriechbaum | Austria | 2:26.90 | | +6.27s | - | 31 | | 15.Olivier Borios | France | 2:26.48 | | +5.85s | - | 19 | | 16.Gregor Arnicke | East Germany | 2:27.41 | | +6.78s | - | _ | | 17.Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:27.70 | | +7.07s | - | 18 | | 18.Lindsay Spencer | Australia | 2:28.30 | | +7.67s | - | 16 | | 19.Paul Naisby | Great Britain | 2:28.98 | | +8.35s | - | 23 | | 20.Giorgio Lalle | Italy | 2:29.00 | | +8.37s | - | 21 | | 21.Falk Becker | East Germany | 2:29.50 | | +8.87s | - | _ | | 22.Ron Kehrmann | Israel | 2:30.96 | | +10.33s | - | _ | | 23.Miguel Santisteban | Mexico | 2:30.97 | | +10.34s | - | 18 | | 24.Kun Hantiyo Prastiasto | Indonesia | 2:31.76 | NR | +11.13s | - | _ | | 25.Andres Aguilar | Costa Rica | 2:32.07 | NR | +11.44s | - | 17 | | 27.Luis Bajana | Ecuador | 2:33.13 | | +12.50s | - | _ | | 28.Helmuth Levy | Colombia | 2:33.78 | | +13.15s | - | 19 | | 29.Roberto Neiger | Switzerland | 2:33.93 | | +13.30s | - | _ | | 30.Hedi Ben Hassen | Tunisia | 2:43.70 | | +23.07s | - | _ | | -. Orlando Catinchi | Puerto Rico | DNS | | - | - | 21 | |
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