Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 24 October. This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.Medalists
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
| 1 | Martyn Woodroffe | | 2:11.6 | |
| 2 | Yasuo Takada | | 2:13.3 | |
| 3 | Avraham Melamed | | 2:15.4 | |
| 4 | Ron Jacks | | 2:18.1 | |
| 5 | Raúl Villagómez | | 2:22.4 | |
| 6 | Arturo Carranza | | 2:47.3 | |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
| 1 | Peter Feil | | 2:11.9 | |
| 2 | Gabriel Altamirano | | 2:12.1 | |
| 3 | Tom Arusoo | | 2:12.7 | |
| 4 | Sergey Konov | | 2:13.1 | |
| 5 | Eduardo Orejuela | | 2:23.4 | |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
| 1 | John Ferris | | 2:10.6 | |
| 2 | Folkert Meeuw | | 2:11.1 | |
| 3 | John Thurley | | 2:12.5 | |
| 4 | Giampiero Fossati | | 2:18.2 | |
| 5 | Jacek Krawczyk | | 2:22.1 | |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
| 1 | Mark Spitz | | 2:10.6 | |
| 2 | Satoshi Maruya | | 2:14.2 | |
| 3 | Lutz Stoklasa | | 2:16.4 | |
| 4 | Tomas Becerra | | 2:16.8 | |
| 5 | Robert Cusack | | 2:19.4 | |
| 6 | Angelo Tozzi | | 2:20.9 | |
| 7 | José Ferraioli | | 2:23.4 | |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
| 1 | Viktor Sharygin | | 2:10.9 | |
| 2 | Carl Robie | | 2:11.1 | |
| 3 | Valentin Kuzmin | | 2:11.5 | |
| 4 | Dick Langerhorst | | 2:17.4 | |
| 5 | Graham Dunn | | 2:17.5 | |
| 6 | Ramiro Benavides | | 2:24.3 | |
| 7 | Leroy Goff | | 2:25.3 | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| Carl Robie | | 2:08.7 | |
| Martyn Woodroffe | | 2:09.0 | |
| John Ferris | | 2:09.3 | |
| 4 | Valentin Kuzmin | | 2:10.6 | |
| 5 | Peter Feil | | 2:10.9 | |
| 6 | Folkert Meeuw | | 2:11.5 | |
| 7 | Viktor Sharygin | | 2:11.9 | |
| 8 | Mark Spitz | | 2:13.5 | |
