Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 24 July.Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Graham Smith | | 2:22.24 | Q |
| 2 | Arvydas Juozaitis | | 2:22.59 | Q |
| 3 | Anders Norling | | 2:24.61 | |
| 4 | Peter Lang | | 2:24.96 | |
| 5 | Tuomo Kerola | | 2:25.87 | |
| 6 | Julio Abreu | | 2:35.22 | |
| - | Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro | | - | DQ |
Heat 2
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | John Hencken | | 2:21.23 | Q |
| 2 | Walter Kusch | | 2:22.95 | Q |
| 3 | Nobutaka Taguchi | | 2:24.12 | |
| 4 | Dave Heinbuch | | 2:25.29 | |
| 5 | Steffen Kriechbaum | | 2:25.73 | |
| 6 | Paul Jarvie | | 2:30.15 | |
| 7 | Henrique Vicêncio | | 2:41.97 | |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Wilkie | | 2:18.29 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Charles Keating | | 2:22.22 | Q |
| 3 | Aigars Kudis | | 2:23.45 | |
| 4 | Ove Wisløff | | 2:23.49 | |
| 5 | Orlando Catinchi | | 2:26.27 | |
| 6 | Cezary Śmiglak | | 2:27.41 | |
| 7 | Zdravko Divjak | | 2:34.07 | |
| - | Paul Naisby | | - | DQ |
Final
