| 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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