| Men 200m Breastroke Swimming World Championship 1982 Guayaquil, Ecuador - 5th August - Gold Medal: Victor Davis, Canada      | 
| Final 05.08 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | pts |  | 1. Victor Davis |   Canada | 2:14.77 | WR |   | 4 | 18 | 873  |  | 2. Robertas Zulpa |   Soviet Union | 2:16.68 |   | +1.91s | 3 | 22 | 837  |  | 3. John Moffet |   United States | 2:18.54 |   | +3.77s | 1 | 18 | 804  |  | 4. Gennady Utenkov |   Soviet Union | 2:19.22 |   | +4.45s | 8 | 22 | 792  |  | 5. Pablo Restrepo |   Colombia | 2:19.47 | SA | +4.70s | 5 | 22 | 788  |  | 6. Glenn Mills |   United States | 2:19.80 |   | +5.03s | 6 | 20 | 782  |  | 7. Adrian Moorhouse |   Great Britain | 2:19.85 |   | +5.08s | 2 | 18 | 781  |  | 8. Etienne Dagon |   Switzerland | 2:20.21 | NR | +5.44s | 7 | 21 | 775  |   
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| Final B |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 9. Alban Vermes |   Hungary | 2:19.70 |   | - | 3 | 25 |  | 10.Glenn Beringen |   Australia | 2:21.04 |   | +0.34s | 5 | 17 |  | 11.Raffaele Avagnano |   Italy | 2:21.52 |   | +1.82s | 4 | 18 |  | 12.Alexandre Yokochi |   Portugal | 2:24.10 |   | +4.40s | 6 | 17 |  | 13.John Clark |   Canada | 2:24.60 |   | +4.90s | 7 | _ |  | 14.Peter Evans |   Australia | 2:26.15 |   | +6.45s | 2 | 21 |  | 15.Luiz Carvalho |   Brazil | 2:27.22 |   | +7.52s | 1 | 20 |  | -. Peter Lang |   West Germany | DSQ |   | - | 8 | 24 |   
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| Best 8 times advanced to Final>. Next 8 times to Final B. | 
| Heat - |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 1. Victor Davis |   Canada | 2:18.69 |   |   | - | 18 |  | 2. Pablo Restrepo |   Colombia | 2:19.93 | SA | +1.24s | - | 22 |  | 3. Robertas Zulpa |   Soviet Union | 2:20.15 |   | +1.46s | - | 22 |  | 4. Glenn Mills |   United States | 2:20.21 |   | +1.52s | - | 20 |  | 5. Adrian Moorhouse |   Great Britain | 2:20.26 |   | +1.57s | - | 18 |  | 6. Etienne Dagon |   Switzerland | 2:20.43 | NR | +1.74s | - | 21 |  | 7. John Moffet |   United States | 2:20.68 |   | +1.99s | - | 18 |  | 8. Gennady Utenkov |   Soviet Union | 2:20.77 |   | +2.08s | - | 22 |  | 9. Raffaele Avagnano |   Italy | 2:21.32 |   | +2.63s | - | 18 |  | 10.Glenn Beringen |   Australia | 2:21.57 |   | +2.88s | - | 17 |  | 11.Alban Vermes |   Hungary | 2:21.70 |   | +3.01s | - | 25 |  | 12.Alexandre Yokochi |   Portugal | 2:22.59 |   | +3.90s | - | 17 |  | 13.Peter Evans |   Australia | 2:23.35 |   | +4.66s | - | 21 |  | 14.John Clark |   Canada | 2:24.45 |   | +5.76s | - |   |  | 15.Luiz Carvalho |   Brazil | 2:26.08 |   | +7.39s | - | 20 |  | 16.Peter Lang |   West Germany | 2:26.56 |   | +7.87s | - | 24 |  | 17.Shigehiro Takahashi |   Japan | 2:26.92 |   | +8.23s | - | 21 |  | 18.Enrique Romero |   Spain | 2:27.19 |   | +8.50s | - | 18 |  | 19.Gustavo Torrijos |   Spain | 2:27.23 |   | +8.54s | - | 19 |  | 20.Ron Kehrmann |   Israel | 2:27.46 |   | +8.77s | - |   |  | 21.Peter Berggren |   Sweden | 2:27.48 |   | +8.79s | - | 20 |  | 22.Enrique Leite |   Uruguay | 2:28.54 | NR | +9.85s | - |   |  | 23.Felix Morf |   Switzerland | 2:29.23 |   | +10.54s | - | 20 |  | 24.Brian Farlow |   US Virgin Islands | 2:34.31 |   | +15.62s | - | 17 |  | 25.Frank Torres |   Puerto Rico | 2:38.19 |   | +19.50s | - |   |  | 26.Semmir Al-Hadhoud |   Kuwait | 2:49.33 |   | +30.64s | - |   |  | -. Gerald Morken |   West Germany | DSQ | NR |   | - | 22 |  | -. Oscar Ortigosa |   Peru | DSQ |   |   | - | 16 |  | -. Andres Aguilar |   Costa Rica | DSQ |   |   | - | 21 |  | -. Lain Campbell |   Great Britain | DSQ |   |   | - |   |   
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