Men 200m Buttefly Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Sunday, 18th October

Men 200m Buttefly Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Sunday, 18th October - Gold Medal: Kevin Berry, Australia

Final		time		gap	L	Y	100m
1. Kevin Berry	Australia	2:06.6	WR		5	19	1:00.4
2. Carl Robie	United States	2:07.5	PB	+0.9s	4	19	1:00.4
3. Fred Schmidt	United States	2:09.3		+2.7s	6	20	1:00.2
4. Philip Riker	United States	2:11.0		+4.4s	3	18	1:01.7
5. Valentin Kuzmin	Soviet Union	2:11.3		+4.7s	7	23	1:02.8
6. Yoshinori Kadonaga	Japan	2:12.6		+6.0s	1	17	1:03.0
7. Brett Hill	Australia	2:12.8		+6.2s	2	20	1:03.2
8. Daniel Sherry	Canada	2:14.6		+8.0s	8	18	1:02.4

35 Competitors from 21 Nations. Yoyogi National Gymansium.
1968 Men 200m Buttefly	Men 200m Buttefly History	1968 Men 200m Buttefly

World Record: Kevin Berry, Australia 2:06.9 Sydney, Australia 29th March 1964

Olympic Record: Michael Troy, United States 2:12.8 Rome, Italy 3nd September 1960

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index Tokyo 1964	index Swimming Tokyo 1964


Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 200m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 200m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 400m Medley	Women 400m Medley
Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay

Since 1961 Kevin Berry (AUS) and Carl Robie (USA) had traded the world record back-and-forth, each setting the mark four times. On the eve of the Tokyo Olympics, Berry held the record with 2:06.9 that he had set in Sydney at the Australian Trials. They both made the final easily, but neither led at the beginning, as American Fred Schmidt took it to 100 metres in 1:00.2, with Berry and Robie both clocking 1:00.4 in second. By 150 metres, Schmidt had faded behind the favored duo, with Berry leading off the final wall, and he pulled away on the last lap to win gold in 2:06.6, breaking his own world mark, with Robie in second, recording a personal best with 2:07.5, and Schmidt holding on for bronze.

Semi-Finals (1/2) - Saturday, 17th October

Best 8 times advanced to Final.

Semi 1		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Carl Robie	United States	2:09.3	OR		4	19	1.	1:02.3
2. Fred Schmidt	United States	2:11.5		+2.2s	6	20	4.	1:02.5
3. Brett Hill	Australia	2:11.9		+2.6s	3	20	5.	1:02.3
3. Valentin Kuzmin	Soviet Union	2:11.9		+2.6s	1	23	5.	1:01.3
5. Kosuke Sato	Japan	2:13.4		+4.1s	5	22	9.	1:02.5
6. Werner Freitag	UT Germany	2:13.5		+4.2s	8	18	10.	1:05.1
7. Luis Nicolao	Argentina	2:13.7		+4.4s	2	20	11.	1:01.4
8. John Stark	Australia	2:18.4		+9.1s	7	16	16.	1:03.5

Semi 2		time	gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Kevin Berry	Australia	2:09.8	+0.5s	4	19	2.	1:03.7
2. Philip Riker	United States	2:09.9	+0.6s	5	18	3.	1:03.8
3. Yoshinori Kadonaga	Japan	2:12.3	+3.0s	6	17	7.	1:03.9
4. Daniel Sherry	Canada	2:12.9	+3.6s	3	18	8.	1:03.5
5. Atsushi Obayashi	Japan	2:14.1	+4.8s	2	21	12.	1:02.4
6. David Gerrard	New Zealand	2:15.4	+6.1s	1	19	13.	1:02.1
7. Brian Jenkins	Great Britain	2:15.5	+6.2s	7	21	14.	1:04.8
8. Giampiero Fossati	Italy	2:18.1	+8.8s	8	20	15.	1:05.5

Heats - Friday, 16th October

Best 16 times advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2).

Heat 5		time	gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Brett Hill	Australia	2:12.8	+2.8s	3	20	5.	1:02.7
2. Fred Schmidt	United States	2:13.3	+3.3s	6	20	7.	1:01.7
3. Yoshinori Kadonaga	Japan	2:14.5	+4.5s	4	17	8.	1:03.8
4. Giampiero Fossati	Italy	2:17.2	+7.2s	2	20	16.	1:03.8
5. Ralph Hutton	Canada	2:20.8	+10.8s	7	16	24.	1:05.9
6. Gustav Ocampo	Peru	2:31.4	+21.4s	1	17	31.	1:08.4

Heat 4		time	gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Philip Riker	United States	2:12.6	+2.6s	3	18	4.	1:00.0
2. Brian Jenkins	Great Britain	2:15.5	+5.5s	7	21	12.	1:05.1
3. Oleg Fotin	Soviet Union	2:17.3	+7.3s	1	19	17.	1:06.9
4. Gabriel Altamirano Tames	Mexico	2:17.9	+7.9s	4	18	19.	1:04.1
5. Wolfgang Platzeck	UT Germany	2:18.7	+8.7s	6	20	22.	1:05.7
6. Volker Deckardt	Austria	2:21.3	+11.3s	5	20	25.	1:06.7
7. Dirk Langerhorst	Netherlands	2:22.5	+12.5s	2	18	26.	1:05.9

Heat 3		time	gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Luis Nicolao	Argentina	2:15.0	+5.0s	1	20	9.	1:04.8
2. John Stark	Australia	2:15.3	+5.3s	6	16	11.	1:04.8
3. Valentin Kuzmin	Soviet Union	2:15.5	+5.5s	3	23	12.	1:05.1
4. Werner Freitag	UT Germany	2:16.9	+6.9s	2	18	15.	1:05.6
5. Juan Alanis Guerrero	Mexico	2:23.9	+13.9s	7	18	27.	1:06.1
6. Bernard Cheng-Wah Chan	Malaysia	2:26.6	+16.6s	5	18	29.	1:08.3
-. Karl Eriksson	Sweden	DNS		4	20	-.

Heat 2		time	gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Kevin Berry	Australia	2:11.0	+1.0s	6	19	2.	1:03.1
2. Kosuke Sato	Japan	2:12.4	+2.4s	4	22	3.	1:02.1
3. Daniel Sherry	Canada	2:12.9	+2.9s	3	18	6.	1:04.0
2. Atsushi Obayashi	Japan	2:15.1	+5.1s	1	21	10.	1:03.6
4. David Gerrard	New Zealand	2:16.3	+6.3s	7	19	14.	1:04.5
5. Avraham Melamed	Israel	2:20.7	+10.7s	1	20	23.	1:07.1
6. Carlos Canepa	Peru	2:24.9	+14.9s	2	21	28.	1:06.5
7. Joaquin Pujol Simon	Spain	2:28.3	+18.3s	5	18	30.	1:08.0

Heat 1		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Carl Robie	United States	2:10.0	OR		2	19	1.	1:01.9
2. Antonello Rastrelli	Italy	2:17.3		+7.3s	7	19	17.	1:06.6
3. Hermann Lotter	UT Germany	2:18.2		+8.2s	5	24	20.	1:05.9
4. Victor Manuel Fonseca	Portugal	2:18.3		+8.3s	6	18	21.	1:06.5
5. Narong Chokumnuay	Thailand	2:32.5		+22.5s	4	20	32.	1:09.0
-. Jean Pommat	France	DNS			3	20	-.
-. John Thurley	Great Britain	DNS			5	16	-.

Final		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Kevin Berry	Australia	2:06.6	WR		5	19	1.	1:00.4
2. Carl Robie	United States	2:07.5	PB	+0.9s	4	19	2.	1:00.4
3. Fred Schmidt	United States	2:09.3		+2.7s	6	20	3.	1:00.2
4. Philip Riker	United States	2:11.0		+4.4s	3	18	4.	1:01.7
5. Valentin Kuzmin	Soviet Union	2:11.3		+4.7s	7	23	5.	1:02.8
6. Yoshinori Kadonaga	Japan	2:12.6		+6.0s	1	17	6.	1:03.0
7. Brett Hill	Australia	2:12.8		+6.2s	2	20	7.	1:03.2
8. Daniel Sherry	Canada	2:14.6		+8.0s	8	18	8.	1:02.4
Semis		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Carl Robie	United States	2:09.3	OR		4	19	1.	1:02.3
1. Kevin Berry	Australia	2:09.8		+0.5s	4	19	2.	1:03.7
2. Philip Riker	United States	2:09.9		+0.6s	5	18	3.	1:03.8
2. Fred Schmidt	United States	2:11.5		+2.2s	6	20	4.	1:02.5
3. Brett Hill	Australia	2:11.9		+2.6s	3	20	5.	1:02.3
3. Valentin Kuzmin	Soviet Union	2:11.9		+2.6s	1	23	5.	1:01.3
3. Yoshinori Kadonaga	Japan	2:12.3		+3.0s	6	17	7.	1:03.9
4. Daniel Sherry	Canada	2:12.9		+3.6s	3	18	8.	1:03.5
5. Kosuke Sato	Japan	2:13.4		+4.1s	5	22	9.	1:02.5
6. Werner Freitag	UT Germany	2:13.5		+4.2s	8	18	10.	1:05.1
7. Luis Nicolao	Argentina	2:13.7		+4.4s	2	20	11.	1:01.4
5. Atsushi Obayashi	Japan	2:14.1		+4.8s	2	21	12.	1:02.4
6. David Gerrard	New Zealand	2:15.4		+6.1s	1	19	13.	1:02.1
7. Brian Jenkins	Great Britain	2:15.5		+6.2s	7	21	14.	1:04.8
8. Giampiero Fossati	Italy	2:18.1		+8.8s	8	20	15.	1:05.5
8. John Stark	Australia	2:18.4		+9.1s	7	16	16.	1:03.5
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Carl Robie	United States	2:10.0	OR		2	19	1.	1:01.9
1. Kevin Berry	Australia	2:11.0		+1.0s	6	19	2.	1:03.1
2. Kosuke Sato	Japan	2:12.4		+2.4s	4	22	3.	1:02.1
1. Philip Riker	United States	2:12.6		+2.6s	3	18	4.	1:00.0
1. Brett Hill	Australia	2:12.8		+2.8s	3	20	5.	1:02.7
3. Daniel Sherry	Canada	2:12.9		+2.9s	3	18	6.	1:04.0
2. Fred Schmidt	United States	2:13.3		+3.3s	6	20	7.	1:01.7
3. Yoshinori Kadonaga	Japan	2:14.5		+4.5s	4	17	8.	1:03.8
1. Luis Nicolao	Argentina	2:15.0		+5.0s	1	20	9.	1:04.8
2. Atsushi Obayashi	Japan	2:15.1		+5.1s	1	21	10.	1:03.6
2. John Stark	Australia	2:15.3		+5.3s	6	16	11.	1:04.8
2. Brian Jenkins	Great Britain	2:15.5		+5.5s	7	21	12.	1:05.1
3. Valentin Kuzmin	Soviet Union	2:15.5		+5.5s	3	23	12.	1:05.1
4. David Gerrard	New Zealand	2:16.3		+6.3s	7	19	14.	1:04.5
4. Werner Freitag	UT Germany	2:16.9		+6.9s	2	18	15.	1:05.6
4. Giampiero Fossati	Italy	2:17.2		+7.2s	2	20	16.	1:03.8
3. Oleg Fotin	Soviet Union	2:17.3		+7.3s	1	19	17.	1:06.9
2. Antonello Rastrelli	Italy	2:17.3		+7.3s	7	19	17.	1:06.6
4. Gabriel Altamirano Tames	Mexico	2:17.9		+7.9s	4	18	19.	1:04.1
3. Hermann Lotter	UT Germany	2:18.2		+8.2s	5	24	20.	1:05.9
4. Victor Manuel Fonseca	Portugal	2:18.3		+8.3s	6	18	21.	1:06.5
5. Wolfgang Platzeck	UT Germany	2:18.7		+8.7s	6	20	22.	1:05.7
5. Avraham Melamed	Israel	2:20.7		+10.7s	1	20	23.	1:07.1
5. Ralph Hutton	Canada	2:20.8		+10.8s	7	16	24.	1:05.9
6. Volker Deckardt	Austria	2:21.3		+11.3s	5	20	25.	1:06.7
7. Dirk Langerhorst	Netherlands	2:22.5		+12.5s	2	18	26.	1:05.9
5. Juan Alanis Guerrero	Mexico	2:23.9		+13.9s	7	18	27.	1:06.1
6. Carlos Canepa	Peru	2:24.9		+14.9s	2	21	28.	1:06.5
6. Bernard Cheng-Wah Chan	Malaysia	2:26.6		+16.6s	5	18	29.	1:08.3
7. Joaquin Pujol Simon	Spain	2:28.3		+18.3s	5	18	30.	1:08.0
6. Gustav Ocampo	Peru	2:31.4		+21.4s	1	17	31.	1:08.4
5. Narong Chokumnuay	Thailand	2:32.5		+22.5s	4	20	32.	1:09.0
-. Karl Eriksson	Sweden	DNS			4	20	-.
-. Jean Pommat	France	DNS			3	20	-.
-. John Thurley	Great Britain	DNS			5	16	-.

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