Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date	26 July
Competitors	20 from 14 nations
Winning time	2:15.85
Medalists
Robertas Žulpa  Soviet Union Albán Vermes  Hungary Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	David Wilkie (GBR)	2:15.11	Montreal, Canada	18 July 1976
Olympic record	David Wilkie (GBR)	2:15.11	Montreal, Canada	18 July 1976

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Robertas Žulpa	Soviet Union	2:17.83	Q
2	1	Arsens Miskarovs	Soviet Union	2:19.57	Q
3	2	Albán Vermes	Hungary	2:20.62	Q
4	2	Lindsay Spencer	Australia	2:21.08	Q
5	2	Gennady Utenkov	Soviet Union	2:21.17	Q
6	3	Duncan Goodhew	Great Britain	2:21.25	Q
7	3	Peter Berggren	Sweden	2:22.09	Q
8	1	Jörg Walter	East Germany	2:23.19	Q
9	2	Pablo Restrepo	Colombia	2:23.74
10	3	János Dzvonyár	Hungary	2:24.43
11	1	Glen Christiansen	Sweden	2:26.00
12	1	Peter Evans	Australia	2:26.62
13	1	Gustavo Torrijos	Spain	2:26.96
14	1	Albert Boonstra	Netherlands	2:27.21
15	3	Helmut Levy	Colombia	2:27.94
16	3	Martii Järventaus	Finland	2:28.04
17	2	Andrey Aguilar	Costa Rica	2:33.19
18	2	Trần Dương Tài	Vietnam	2:38.52
19	3	Djamel Yahiouche	Algeria	2:41.65
	2	Miguel Santisteban	Mexico	DSQ

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Robertas Žulpa	Soviet Union	2:15.85
	Albán Vermes	Hungary	2:16.93
	Arsens Miskarovs	Soviet Union	2:17.28
4	Gennady Utenkov	Soviet Union	2:19.64
5	Lindsay Spencer	Australia	2:19.68
6	Duncan Goodhew	Great Britain	2:20.92
7	Peter Berggren	Sweden	2:21.39
8	Jörg Walter	East Germany	2:22.39