Men 200m Freestyle Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Sunday, 20th August - Gold Medal: Bill Forrester, United States |
Final | | time | | gap | L | pts | ag | 50m | 100m | 150m | 1. Bill Forrester | United States | 1:51.02 | CR | | 4 | 848 | 20 | 26.51s | 54.83s | 1:51.02 | 2. Rowdy Gaines | United States | 1:51.10 | | +0.08s | 3 | 846 | 19 | 26.79s | 54.90s | 1:51.10 | 3. Sergei Kopliakov | Soviet Union | 1:51.33 | | +0.31s | 2 | 841 | 19 | 26.86s | 55.03s | 1:51.33 | 4. Peter Szmidt | Canada | 1:51.94 | CWR | +0.92s | 6 | 827 | 17 | 26.93s | 55.55s | 1:51.94 | 5. Marcello Guarducci | Italy | 1:52.82 | | +1.80s | 5 | 808 | 22 | 26.75s | 55.26s | 1:52.82 | 6. Andrey Krylov | Soviet Union | 1:53.25 | | +2.23s | 8 | 799 | 22 | 27.00s | 55.39s | 1:53.25 | 7. Ron Mckeon | Australia | 1:53.26 | | +2.24s | 1 | 798 | 17 | 27.07s | 55.70s | 1:53.26 | 8. Andreas Schmidt | West Germany | 1:53.48 | | +2.46s | 7 | 794 | 18 | 26.05s | 55.07s | 1:53.48 |
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World Record: Bruce Furniss, United States 1:50.29 (26.43s, 54.47s, 1:22.55) | Championship Record: Tim Shaw, United States 1:51.04 (26.70s, 55.18s, 1:23.43) 1975 |
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Heats - Sunday, 20th August | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
Heat 7 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 4. Peter Szmidt | Canada | 1:52.65 | | +0.56s | - | 17 | 1. | 5. Sergei Kopliakov | Soviet Union | 1:52.69 | | +0.60s | - | 19 | 2. | 17.Arne Borgstrom | Norway | 1:53.71 | NR | +1.62s | - | 19 | 3. |
Heat 6 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 1. Bill Forrester | United States | 1:52.09 | | - | - | 20 | 1. | 14.Graeme Brewer | Australia | 1:53.58 | | +1.49s | - | 19 | 2. | 21.Bill Sawchuk | Canada | 1:55.02 | | +2.93s | - | 19 | 3. |
Heat 5 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 3. Rowdy Gaines | United States | 1:52.29 | | +0.20s | - | 19 | 1. | 13.Pelle Holmertz | Sweden | 1:53.56 | | +1.47s | - | 18 | 2. | 19.Rainer Strohbach | East Germany | 1:54.86 | | +2.77s | - | 20 | 3. |
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Heat 4 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 7. Andrey Krylov | Soviet Union | 1:53.18 | | +1.09s | - | 22 | 1. | 9. Jorge Delgado Jr | Ecuador | 1:53.28 | SA | +1.19s | - | 24 | 2. | 11.Per-Alvar Magnusson | Sweden | 1:53.39 | NR | +1.30s | - | 20 | 3. | 12.Fernando Canales | Puerto Rico | 1:53.54 | NR | +1.45s | - | 18 | 4. |
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Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 10.Frank Wennmann | West Germany | 1:53.30 | | +1.21s | - | _ | 1. | 15.Paolo Revelli | Italy | 1:53.62 | | +1.53s | - | 19 | 2. | 18.Pierre Andraca | France | 1:54.06 | NR | +1.97s | - | 19 | 3. | 22.Martin Smith | Great Britain | 1:55.16 | | +3.07s | - | 20 | 3. |
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Heat 2 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 6. Andreas Schmidt | West Germany | 1:53.08 | | +0.99s | - | 18 | 1. | 7. Ron McKeon | Australia | 1:53.18 | | +1.09s | - | 17 | 2. | 22.Detlev Grabs | East Germany | 1:55.16 | | +3.07s | - | 17 | 3. | 36.Gerard Smits | Netherlands | 1:57.44 | | +5.35s | - | _ | 4. | 37.Hidenori Ishii | Japan | 1:57.48 | | +5.39s | - | _ | 5. | 43.Jasper Nordsted | Denmark | 1:59.93 | | +7.84s | - | _ | 6. |
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Heat 1 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 2. Marcello Guarducci | Italy | 1:52.23 | | +0.14s | - | 22 | 1. | 15.David Dunne | Great Britain | 1:53.62 | | +1.53s | - | 22 | 2. | 19.Kees Vervoorn | Netherlands | 1:54.86 | | +2.77s | - | 18 | 3. | 26.Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 1:55.69 | NR | +3.60s | - | 18 | 4. | 41.Paulo Frischknecht | Portugal | 1:58.94 | | +6.85s | - | 17 | 5. | 42.David Cummins | Ireland | 1:59.17 | | +7.08s | - | 16 | 6. |
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Heat - | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 24.Bent Brask | Norway | 1:55.18 | | +3.09s | - | 20 | | 25.Borut Petric | Yugoslavia | 1:55.53 | | +3.44s | - | 17 | | 27.Amir Ganiel | Israel | 1:55.78 | NR | +3.69s | - | _ | | 28.Rui Abreu | Portugal | 1:56.13 | NR | +4.04s | - | 17 | | 29.Marcus Mattioli | Brazil | 1:56.16 | | +4.07s | - | 17 | | 30.Hiroshi Sakamoto | Japan | 1:57.04 | NR | +4.95s | - | 18 | | 31.Jorge Fernandes | Brazil | 1:57.16 | | +5.07s | - | 16 | | 32.Fabien Noel | France | 1:57.20 | | +5.11s | - | 19 | | 33.Petar Georgiev | Bulgaria | 1:57.29 | NR | +5.20s | - | 19 | | 34.Ali Gharbi | Tunisia | 1:57.30 | | +5.21s | - | 23 | | 35.Dariusz Broda | Poland | 1:57.34 | | +5.25s | - | _ | | 38.Bill Chao | Taiwan | 1:57.94 | | +5.85s | - | _ | | 39.Nir Shamir | Israel | 1:58.45 | | +6.36s | - | _ | | 40.Jens Bronnum | Denmark | 1:58.81 | | +6.72s | - | _ | | 44.Diego Quiroga | Ecuador | 2:00.17 | | +8.08s | - | 17 | | 45.Scott Newkirk | US Virgin Islands | 2:01.63 | | +9.54s | - | 17 | | 46.Murat Ozuak | Turkey | 2:02.42 | | +10.33s | - | _ | | 47.Dariusz Gil | Poland | 2:03.69 | | +11.60s | - | _ | | 48.Habib Soukni | Tunisia | 2:06.65 | | +14.56s | - | _ | | -. Barry Salisbury | New Zealand | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Brett Naylor | New Zealand | DNS | | - | - | 21 | | -. Ari Wiren | Finland | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Ilkka Lahtl | Finland | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Zafer Atamar | Turkey | DNS | | - | - | _ | |
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Heat - | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 24.Bent Brask | Norway | 1:55.18 | | +3.09s | - | 20 | | 25.Borut Petric | Yugoslavia | 1:55.53 | | +3.44s | - | 17 | | 27.Amir Ganiel | Israel | 1:55.78 | NR | +3.69s | - | _ | | 28.Rui Abreu | Portugal | 1:56.13 | NR | +4.04s | - | 17 | | 29.Marcus Mattioli | Brazil | 1:56.16 | | +4.07s | - | 17 | | 30.Hiroshi Sakamoto | Japan | 1:57.04 | NR | +4.95s | - | 18 | | 31.Jorge Fernandes | Brazil | 1:57.16 | | +5.07s | - | 16 | | 32.Fabien Noel | France | 1:57.20 | | +5.11s | - | 19 | | 33.Petar Georgiev | Bulgaria | 1:57.29 | NR | +5.20s | - | 19 | | 34.Ali Gharbi | Tunisia | 1:57.30 | | +5.21s | - | 23 | | 35.Dariusz Broda | Poland | 1:57.34 | | +5.25s | - | _ | | 38.Bill Chao | Taiwan | 1:57.94 | | +5.85s | - | _ | | 39.Nir Shamir | Israel | 1:58.45 | | +6.36s | - | _ | | 40.Jens Bronnum | Denmark | 1:58.81 | | +6.72s | - | _ | | 44.Diego Quiroga | Ecuador | 2:00.17 | | +8.08s | - | 17 | | 45.Scott Newkirk | US Virgin Islands | 2:01.63 | | +9.54s | - | 17 | | 46.Murat Ozuak | Turkey | 2:02.42 | | +10.33s | - | _ | | 47.Dariusz Gil | Poland | 2:03.69 | | +11.60s | - | _ | | 48.Habib Soukni | Tunisia | 2:06.65 | | +14.56s | - | _ | | -. Barry Salisbury | New Zealand | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Brett Naylor | New Zealand | DNS | | - | - | 21 | | -. Ari Wiren | Finland | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Ilkka Lahtl | Finland | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Zafer Atamar | Turkey | DNS | | - | - | _ | |
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