Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre backstroke
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The Men's 200 metre Backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics
was held in Montreal
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1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
was held in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
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Final
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | COUNTRY | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
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John Naber John Naber John Phillips Naber is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke and five-time Olympic medallist .-Career:... |
 USA |
1:59.19 WR |
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Peter Rocca Peter Rocca Peter Rocca is a former international backstroke swimmer from the United States. Peter broke onto the international swimming scene winning two gold medals in the Men's Backstroke events at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico... |
USA |
2:00.55 |
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Dan Harrigan Dan Harrigan Daniel Lee "Dan" Harrigan is a former American backstroke swimmer. He represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a bronze medal in the 200-meter backstroke, finishing behind compatriots John Naber and Peter Rocca.Harrigan studied architecture at North... |
USA |
2:01.35 |
| 4 | Mark Tonelli Mark Tonelli Mark Lyndon Tonelli is a former Australian backstroke, butterfly and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as a makeshift butterfly swimmer in the self-named Quietly Confident Quartet... |
 AUS |
2:03.17 |
| 5 | Mark Kerry Mark Kerry Marcus "Mark" Anthony Kerry is a former Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won three Olympic medals, including a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as the backstroker for the Quietly Confident Quartet... |
AUS |
2:04.07 |
| 6 | Milosiav Rolko |  CZE |
2:05.81 |
| 7 | Robert Rudolf |  HUN |
2:07.30 |
| 8 | Zoltán Verrasztó Zoltán Verrasztó Zoltán Verrasztó is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Hungary.He won two medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Verrasztó claimed silver in the men's 200 m backstroke, and bronze in the men's 400 m individual medley... |
HUN |
2:08.23 |