| Men 200m Butterfly Swimming V World Championship 1986 Madrid, Spain - Friday, 22nd August - Gold Medal: Michael Gros, West Germany | 
| Final |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | pts |  | 1. Michael Gross |   West Germany | 1:56.53 |   | CR | 4 | 22 | 931  |  | 2. Anthony Mosse |   New Zealand | 1:58.36 |   | +1.83s | 6 | 21 | 889  |  | 3. Benny Nielsen |   Denmark | 1:59.09 |   | +2.56s | 2 | 20 | 872  |  | 4. Marcel Gery |   Czechoslovakia | 1:59.46 |   | +2.93s | 5 | 21 | 864  |  | 5. Tom Ponting |   Canada | 1:59.52 |   | +2.99s | 3 | 21 | 863  |  | 6. Rene Schaffgans |   West Germany | 2:00.99 |   | +4.46s | 1 |   | 832  |  | 7. Vlastimil Cerny |   Canada | 2:01.05 |   | +4.52s | 7 | 23 | 831  |  | 8. Wojciech Wyzga |   Poland | 2:01.32 |   | +4.79s | 8 | 20 | 825  |   
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| Final |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 9. Pablo Morales |   United States | 2:00.05 |   |   | 5 | 21 |  | 10.Chris Rives |   United States | 2:00.93 |   | +0.88s | 3 |   |  | 11.Gerard De Kort |   Netherlands | 2:01.55 |   | +1.50s | 4 | 22 |  | 12.Harri Garmendia |   Spain | 2:02.23 |   | +2.18s | 6 | 20 |  | 13.Nick Hodgson |   Great Britain | 2:02.79 |   | +2.74s | 2 | 21 |  | 14.Ross Anderson |   New Zealand | 2:03.72 |   | +3.67s | 7 | 17 |  | 15.Joao Santos |   Portugal | 2:03.96 |   | +3.91s | 8 | 22 |  | 16.Jose Luis Ballester |   Spain | 2:04.69 |   | +4.64s | 1 | 17 |   
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Heats - Friday, 22nd August | 
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 to Final B. | 
| Heat 6 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 1. Michael Gross |   West Germany | 1:59.29 |   |   | - | 22 | 1.  |  | 2. Marcel Gery |   Czechoslovakia | 1:59.90 |   | +0.61s | - | 21 | 2.  |  | 16.Jose Luis Ballester |   Spain | 2:04.12 |   | +4.83s | - | 17 | 3.  |   
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| Heat 5 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 4. Anthony Mosse |   New Zealand | 2:00.73 |   | +1.44s | - | 21 | 1.  |  | 13.Nicholas Hodgson |   Great Britain | 2:03.11 |   | +3.82s | - | 21 | 2.  |   
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| Heat 4 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 5. Benny Nielsen |   Denmark | 2:00.99 |   | +1.70s | - | 20 | 1.  |  | 10.Pablo Morales |   United States | 2:01.68 |   | +2.39s | - | 21 | 2.  |   
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| Heat 3 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 3. Tom Ponting |   Canada | 2:00.57 |   | +1.28s | - | 21 | 1.  |  | 12.Harri Garmendia |   Spain | 2:02.21 |   | +2.92s | - | 20 | 2.?  |  | 14.Frank Drost |   Netherlands | 2:03.57 |   | +4.28s | - | 23 | 3.  |  | 15.Ross Anderson |   New Zealand | 2:03.72 |   | +4.43s | - | 17 | 4.  |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 6. Vlastimil Cerny |   Canada | 2:01.44 |   | +2.15s | - | 23 | 1.  |  | 11.Chris Rives |   United States | 2:02.09 |   | +2.80s | - |   | 2.  |  | 18.Christophe Bordeau |   France | 2:04.42 |   | +5.13s | - | 18 | 3.?  |  | 23.Jose Umana |   Venezuela | 2:06.57 |   | +7.28s | - |   | 4.  |  | 25.Tibor Rezmanj |   Yugoslavia | 2:07.54 |   | +8.25s | - |   | 5.  |  | 27.Anthony Nesty |   Surinam | 2:08.12 |   | +8.83s | - | 18 | 5?  |  | 31.Carlos Romo |   Mexico | 2:11.89 |   | +12.60s | - | 19 | 6.  |  | 33.Samir Bouchlaghem |   Tunisia | 2:12.88 |   | +13.59s | - |   | 6?  |  | 38.Shih-Hung Lee |   Chinese Taipei | 2:21.02 |   | +21.73s | - |   | 7.  |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 7. Rene Schaffgans |   West Germany | 2:01.53 |   | +2.24s | - |   | 1.  |  | 8. Wojciech Wyzga |   Poland | 2:01.60 |   | +2.31s | - | 20 | 2.  |  | 9. Gerard De Kort |   Netherlands | 2:01.65 |   | +2.36s | - | 22 | 3.  |  | 26.Alberto Peralta |   Cuba | 2:07.89 |   | +8.60s | - |   | 4.  |  | 29.Marcus Mattioli |   Brazil | 2:08.74 |   | +9.45s | - | 25 | 5.  |   
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| 17.Joao Santos |   Portugal | 2:04.37 |   | +5.08s | - | 22 |  | 19.Theophile David |   Switzerland | 2:04.80 |   | +5.51s | - | 22 |  | 20.Carlos Scanavino |   Uruguay | 2:05.58 |   | +6.29s | - | 22 |  | 21.Ricardo Jimenez |   Venezuela | 2:05.75 |   | +6.46s | - |   |  | 22.Jan Larsen |   Denmark | 2:06.34 |   | +7.05s | - | 18 |  | 24.Steve Poulter |   Great Britain | 2:06.99 |   | +7.70s | - | 25 |  | 28.Hiroshi Miura |   Japan | 2:08.73 |   | +9.44s | - | 20 |  | 30.Eduardo De Poll |   Brazil | 2:11.49 |   | +12.20s | - |   |  | 32.Juan Cabrera |   Dominicana | 2:12.46 |   | +13.17s | - |   |  | 34.Darryl Smith |   Zimbabwe | 2:13.72 |   | +14.43s | - |   |  | 35.Ahmet Nakkas |   Turkey | 2:14.01 |   | +14.72s | - | 23 |  | 36.Cheng-I Chen |   Chinese Taipei | 2:15.95 |   | +16.66s | - |   |  | 37.Mark Millar |   Ireland | 2:18.63 |   | +19.34s | - |   |   
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