Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the seventh appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Thursday to Saturday, 13 to 15 August 1936.
Twenty-five swimmers from eleven nations competed. Several of the swimmers used butterfly-swimming strokes; the butterfly stroke was only developed in the early 1930s and was still regarded as a variant of breaststroke in 1936.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Tetsuo Hamuro |
Erwin Sietas |
Reizo Koike |
Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 2:37.2 | New Haven (USA) | 28 March 1936 | |
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Olympic Record | 2:44.9 | Los Angeles (USA) | 12 August 1932 |
In the first heat of the first round Tetsuo Hamuro set a new Olympic record with 2:42.5 minutes. He bettered his own Olympic record in the final with 2:41.5 minutes.
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Thursday 13 August 1936: The fastest three in each heat and the fastest from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat 1
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 2:42.5 | QQ OR | |
2 | 2:44.6 | ||
3 | 2:48.5 | ||
4 | 2:50.2 | ||
5 | 3:02.6 |
Heat 2
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 2:45.8 | ||
2 | 2:46.4 | ||
3 | 2:54.4 | ||
4 | 2:57.6 | ||
5 | 3:09.8 | ||
6 | 3:10.2 |
Heat 3
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 2:48.8 | ||
2 | 2:52.6 | ||
3 | 2:55.7 | ||
4 | 2:56.8 | ||
5 | 2:58.9 | ||
— | DSQ |
Heat 4
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 2:52.0 | ||
2 | 2:54.7 | ||
3 | 2:55.7 | ||
— | DSQ |
Heat 5
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 2:43.8 | ||
2 | 2:47.4 | ||
3 | 2:48.5 | ||
4 | 2:56.5 |
Semifinals
[edit]Wednesday 14 August 1936: The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest fourth-placed advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 2:44.5 | ||
2 | 2:45.4 | ||
3 | 2:45.5 | ||
4 | 2:49.2 | ||
5 | 2:54.0 | ||
6 | 2:54.6 | ||
7 | 2:54.8 | ||
8 | 2:55.6 |
Semifinal 2
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 2:43.4 | ||
2 | 2:44.0 | ||
3 | 2:44.8 | ||
4 | 2:46.8 | ||
5 | 2:47.3 | ||
6 | 2:53.4 | ||
7 | 2:53.5 | ||
— | DSQ |
Final
[edit]Saturday 15 August 1936:
Place | Swimmer | Time |
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1 | 2:41.5 | |
2 | 2:42.9 | |
3 | 2:44.2 | |
4 | 2:45.2 | |
5 | 2:47.6 | |
6 | 2:47.8 | |
7 | 2:51.1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 December 2008.