The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place on 16 and 18 October. This

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

event used the

butterfly stroke The butterfly (colloquially shortened to fly) is a List of swimming styles, swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the "dolphin kick"). While other styles like ...

. Because an

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is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Results

Heats

Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

Key: WR = World record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 Metre Butterfly Men's butterfly 200 metre Men's events at the 1964 Summer Olympics