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Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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The competition used a two-round (heats and final) format. The advancement rule followed the format introduced in 1952. A swimmer's place in the heat was not used to determine advancement; instead, the fastest times from across all heats in a round were used. There were 5 heats of up to 8 swimmers
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This was the fourth appearance of the 200 metre backstroke event. It was first held in 1900. The event did not return until 1964; since then, it has been on the programme at every Summer Games. From 1904 to 1960, a men's 100 metre backstroke was held instead. In 1964, only the 200 metres was held.
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broke that record with 2:06.62 in the fifth heat. Matthes's final time of 2:02.82 is considered equal to his prior world record of 2:02.8. In all, six of the finalists beat the old Olympic record set in 1968; four were better than the record set in the heats.
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Brazil, Cambodia (then Khmer Republic), El Salvador, and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the event. Italy and the Netherlands each made their fourth appearance, the only two nations to have competed at each appearance of the event to that point.
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was the silver medalist in Munich. Matthes also defended his 1968 100 metre backstroke title, giving him the backstroke double a second time.
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of East Germany winning gold and the United States taking the other two medals, including one going to
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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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each. The top 8 swimmers advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties.
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Beginning in 1968 and ever since, both the 100 and 200 metre versions have been held.
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broke the Olympic record with a time of 2:07.51 in the second heat.
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is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
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Two of the 8 finalists from the 1968 Games returned: gold medalist
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of the United States. The American team also included
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Index

Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre backstroke

Olympia Schwimmhalle
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Roland Matthes
East Germany
Mike Stamm
United States
Mitch Ivey
United States
1968
1976
Swimming
1972 Summer Olympics
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