200 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1966 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Utrecht NED
Held 23 – 24 August 1966
Status Medal
Competitors 27
Countries 19
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Yury Gromak URS 2:16.8
(1 h1)		 2:12.9
(1 F)
🥈 Jaime Monzo ESP 2:15.7
(1 h3)		 2:15.7
(2 F)
🥉 Joachim Rother GDR 2:16.5
(1 h4)		 2:16.7
(3 F)
4 Bernard Vicente FRA 2:19.1
(2 h2)		 2:17.0
(4 F)
5 Viktor Mazanov URS 2:16.4
(2 h3)		 2:17.2
(5 F)
6 Roland Kunze GDR 2:17.9
(1 h2)		 2:17.3
(6 F)
7 József Csikány HUN 2:18.3
(3 h3)		 2:18.5
(7 F)
8 Danijel Vrhovšek YUG 2:19.3
(2 h4)		 2:19.2
(8 F)
9 Philippe Pouzin FRA 2:19.6
(2 h1)		 —
=10 Neale Jackson GBR 2:19.9
(3 h1)		 —
=10 Ernst Küppers GER 2:19.9
(3 h2)		 —
12 Ezio Della Savia ITA 2:21.1
(4 h2)		 —
13 Henri van Osch NED 2.21.2
(5 h2)		 —
14 Franco Chino ITA 2:21.3
(4 h1)		 —
15 Hans Ljungberg SWE 2:21.6
(4 h3)		 —
16 Ivan Ferák TCH 2:21.7
(5 h3)		 —
17 Jesús Cabrera ESP 2:21.8
(3 h4)		 —
18 Lars Kraus Jensen DEN 2:22.3
(4 h4)		 —
19 Herman Verbauwen BEL 2:22.6
(6 h3)		 —
20 Gerhard Wiegand AUT 2.23.0
(5 h4)		 —
21 Roddy Jones GBR 2.23.8
(6 h4)		 —
22 Yuliyan Rusev BUL 2:26.9
(5 h1)		 —
23 Herbert Grunberger GER 2.28.7
(7 h4)		 —
24 Anthony Brophy IRL 2.29.0
(7 h3)		 —
25 Peter Höhn SUI 2:29.6
(6 h1)		 —
26 Gerald Evard SUI 2.34.1
(6 h2)		 —
27 Behçet Kurtiç TUR 2.34.2
(8 h4)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yury Gromak URS 2:16.8
2 Philippe Pouzin FRA 2:19.6
3 Neale Jackson GBR 2:19.9
4 Franco Chino ITA 2:21.3
5 Yuliyan Rusev BUL 2:26.9
6 Peter Höhn SUI 2:29.6

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Roland Kunze GDR 2:17.9
2 Bernard Vicente FRA 2:19.1
3 Ernst Küppers GER 2:19.9
4 Ezio Della Savia ITA 2:21.1
5 Henri van Osch NED 2.21.2
6 Gerald Evard SUI 2.34.1

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jaime Monzo ESP 2:15.7
2 Viktor Mazanov URS 2:16.4
3 József Csikány HUN 2:18.3
4 Hans Ljungberg SWE 2:21.6
5 Ivan Ferák TCH 2:21.7
6 Herman Verbauwen BEL 2:22.6
7 Anthony Brophy IRL 2.29.0

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Joachim Rother GDR 2:16.5
2 Danijel Vrhovšek YUG 2:19.3
3 Jesús Cabrera ESP 2:21.8
4 Lars Kraus Jensen DEN 2:22.3
5 Gerhard Wiegand AUT 2.23.0
6 Roddy Jones GBR 2.23.8
7 Herbert Grunberger GER 2.28.7
8 Behçet Kurtiç TUR 2.34.2

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yury Gromak URS 2:12.9
2 Jaime Monzo ESP 2:15.7
3 Joachim Rother GDR 2:16.7
4 Bernard Vicente FRA 2:17.0
5 Viktor Mazanov URS 2:17.2
6 Roland Kunze GDR 2:17.3
7 József Csikány HUN 2:18.5
8 Danijel Vrhovšek YUG 2:19.2