200 m Butterfly, Men

Competition 1985 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Sofia BUL
Held 10 August 1985
Status Medal
Competitors 26
Countries 17
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Michael Groß GER 2:00.29
(1 h4)		 1:56.65
(1 FA)
🥈 Benny Nielsen DEN 2:00.41
(1 h2)		 1:58.80
(2 FA)
🥉 Frank Drost NED 2:02.55
(2 h1)		 2:00.16
(3 FA)
4 Rene Schaffgans GER 2:02.49
(1 h1)		 2:00.36
(4 FA)
5 Marcel Géry TCH 2:01.79
(1 h3)		 2:00.54
(5 FA)
6 Harri Garmendia ESP 2:02.54
(2 h4)		 2:01.66
(6 FA)
7 Wojciech Wyżga POL 2:03.28
(3 h4)		 2:01.92
(7 FA)
8 Kristofer Stivenson GRE 2:01.85
(2 h2)		 2:02.08
(8 FA)
9 Aleksandr Prigoda URS 2:03.67
(2 h3)		 2:02.75
(1 FB)
10 Gérard de Kort NED 2:03.56
(3 h1)		 2:02.80
(2 FB)
11 Robert Pinter ROU 2:05.47
(4 h2)		 2:03.50
(3 FB)
12 Jan Larsen DEN 2:04.58
(3 h3)		 2:03.73
(4 FB)
13 Raik Hannemann GDR 2:05.37
(4 h4)		 2:04.48
(5 FB)
14 Vyacheslav Sinotin URS 2:05.09
(4 h1)		 2:04.77
(6 FB)
15 Christophe Bordeau FRA 2:05.36
(3 h2)		 2:04.93
(7 FB)
16 Théophile David SUI 2:05.08
(4 h3)		 2:05.81
(8 FB)
17 Thomas Lejdström SWE 2:05.84
(5 h1)		 —
18 Per Christian Solberg NOR 2:06.80
(5 h4)		 —
19 Marco Benedetti ITA 2:07.03
(5 h3)		 —
20 Karl-Erik Elias SWE 2:07.67
(6 h3)		 —
21 Petar Petrov BUL 2:07.89
(5 h2)		 —
22 Marek Izydorczyk POL 2:08.37
(6 h4)		 —
23 Juan Pablo Rodríguez ESP 2:09.00
(6 h2)		 —
24 Theodoros Gkriniazakis GRE 2:09.29
(7 h3)		 —
25 Aidan Towey IRL 2:09.33
(6 h1)		 —
26 Lionel Horter FRA 2:11.57
(7 h1)		 —
DNS Steve PoulterDNS GBR —
(DNS h2)		 —
DNS João SantosDNS POR —
(DNS h4)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Rene Schaffgans GER 2:02.49
2 Frank Drost NED 2:02.55
3 Gérard de Kort NED 2:03.56
4 Vyacheslav Sinotin URS 2:05.09
5 Thomas Lejdström SWE 2:05.84
6 Aidan Towey IRL 2:09.33
7 Lionel Horter FRA 2:11.57

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Benny Nielsen DEN 2:00.41
2 Kristofer Stivenson GRE 2:01.85
3 Christophe Bordeau FRA 2:05.36
4 Robert Pinter ROU 2:05.47
5 Petar Petrov BUL 2:07.89
6 Juan Pablo Rodríguez ESP 2:09.00
DNS Steve PoulterDNS GBR —

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Marcel Gery TCH 2:01.79
2 Aleksandr Prigoda URS 2:03.67
3 Jan Larsen DEN 2:04.58
4 Théophile David SUI 2:05.08
5 Marco Benedetti ITA 2:07.03
6 Karl-Erik Elias SWE 2:07.67
7 Theodoros Gkriniazakis GRE 2:09.29

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Michael Groß GER 2:00.29
2 Harri Garmendia ESP 2:02.54
3 Wojciech Wyżga POL 2:03.28
4 Raik Hannemann GDR 2:05.37
5 Per Christian Solberg NOR 2:06.80
6 Marek Izydorczyk POL 2:08.37
DNS João SantosDNS POR —

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Michael Groß GER 1:56.65
2 Benny Nielsen DEN 1:58.80
3 Frank Drost NED 2:00.16
4 Rene Schaffgans GER 2:00.36
5 Marcel Gery TCH 2:00.54
6 Harri Garmendia ESP 2:01.66
7 Wojciech Wyżga POL 2:01.92
8 Kristofer Stivenson GRE 2:02.08

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aleksandr Prigoda URS 2:02.75
2 Gérard de Kort NED 2:02.80
3 Robert Pinter ROU 2:03.50
4 Jan Larsen DEN 2:03.73
5 Raik Hannemann GDR 2:04.48
6 Vyacheslav Sinotin URS 2:04.77
7 Christophe Bordeau FRA 2:04.93
8 Théophile David SUI 2:05.81