200 m Breaststroke, Men

Competition 1970 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Barcelona ESP
Held 9 – 10 September 1970
Status Medal
Competitors 22
Countries 16
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Klaus Katzur GDR 2:29.6
(2 h4)
2:26.0
(1 F)
🥈 Nikolay Pankin URS 2:30.4
(1 h3)
2:26.1
(2 F)
🥉 Walter Kusch GER 2:28.6
(1 h4)
2:28.2
(3 F)
4 Egon Henninger GDR 2:29.7
(1 h2)
2:29.2
(4 F)
5 Vladimir Kosinsky URS 2:30.8
(2 h3)
2:29.4
(5 F)
6 Roger-Philippe Menu FRA 2:31.6
(3 h3)
2:30.8
(6 F)
7 Thomas Aretz GER 2:30.3
(1 h1)
2:31.4
(7 F)
8 Steffen Kriechbaum AUT 2:29.7
(2 h2)
2:31.8
(8 F)
9 Pedro Balcells ESP 2:33.5
(2 h1)
10 Ladislau Koszta ROU 2:34.5
(3 h2)
11 Angel Chakarov BUL 2:35.4
(3 h4)
12 Manuel Garriga ESP 2:35.7
(4 h3)
13 Pavel Pejša TCH 2:36.2
(4 h4)
14 Ernst May AUT 2:36.4
(5 h4)
15 Cezary Śmiglak POL 2.37.2
(3 h1)
16 Slavko Kurbanović YUG 2:38.0
(4 h1)
17 András Hargitay HUN 2:38.6
(6 h4)
18 Theodoros Koutoumanis GRE 2:39.3
(4 h2)
19 Leiknir Jónsson ISL 2:39.4
(5 h3)
20 David Wilkie GBR 2:40.0
(6 h3)
21 Jean-Pierre Dubey SUI 2.41.1
(7 h3)
22 István Szentirmay HUN 2:43.5
(5 h1)
DNS Faruk MorkalDNS TUR
(DNS h1)
DNS Thomas JohnssonDNS SWE
(DNS h2)
DNS Thomas LanarasDNS GRE
(DNS h2)
DNS Göran ErikssonDNS SWE
(DNS h4)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Thomas Aretz GER 2:30.3
2 Pedro Balcells ESP 2:33.5
3 Cezary Śmiglak POL 2.37.2
4 Slavko Kurbanović YUG 2:38.0
5 István Szentirmay HUN 2:43.5
DNS Faruk MorkalDNS TUR

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Egon Henninger GDR 2:29.7
2 Steffen Kriechbaum AUT 2:29.7
3 Ladislau Koszta ROU 2:34.5
4 Theodoros Koutoumanis GRE 2:39.3
DNS Thomas JohnssonDNS SWE
DNS Thomas LanarasDNS GRE

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nikolay Pankin URS 2:30.4
2 Vladimir Kosinsky URS 2:30.8
3 Roger-Philippe Menu FRA 2:31.6
4 Manuel Garriga ESP 2:35.7
5 Leiknir Jónsson ISL 2:39.4
6 David Wilkie GBR 2:40.0
7 Jean-Pierre Dubey SUI 2.41.1

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Walter Kusch GER 2:28.6
2 Klaus Katzur GDR 2:29.6
3 Angel Chakarov BUL 2:35.4
4 Pavel Pejša TCH 2:36.2
5 Ernst May AUT 2:36.4
6 András Hargitay HUN 2:38.6
DNS Göran ErikssonDNS SWE

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Klaus Katzur GDR 2:26.0
2 Nikolay Pankin URS 2:26.1
3 Walter Kusch GER 2:28.2
4 Egon Henninger GDR 2:29.2
5 Vladimir Kosinsky URS 2:29.4
6 Roger-Philippe Menu FRA 2:30.8
7 Thomas Aretz GER 2:31.4
8 Steffen Kriechbaum AUT 2:31.8