Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Appearance
Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
---|---|---|
Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 2.[1] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | John Hencken |
Silver | David Wilkie |
Bronze | Nobutaka Taguchi |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Klaus Katzur | 2:26.32 | Q | |
2 | Bill Mahony | 2:26.71 | ||
3 | Roger-Philippe Menu | 2:30.05 | ||
4 | Guðjón Guðmundsson | 2:32.40 | ||
5 | Sokhon Yi | 2:34.77 | ||
6 | János Tóth | 2:37.40 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nobutaka Taguchi | 2:23.45 | Q | |
2 | Felipe Muñoz | 2:25.99 | Q | |
3 | Pedro Balcells | 2:29.29 | ||
4 | Robert Stoddart | 2:30.08 | ||
5 | Cezary Śmiglak | 2:34.51 | ||
6 | Morkal Faruk | 2:43.69 | ||
7 | Piero Ferracuti | 2:45.73 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Wilkie | 2:24.54 | Q | |
2 | Walter Kusch | 2:26.43 | Q | |
3 | Steffen Kriechbaum | 2:30.09 | ||
4 | Malcolm O'Connell | 2:31.21 | ||
5 | Jean-Pierre Dubey | 2:31.56 | ||
6 | Gustavo Salcedo | 2:32.81 | ||
7 | Osvaldo Boretto | 2:31.84 | DSQ |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rick Colella | 2:25.40 | Q | |
2 | Vladimir Kosinsky | 2:28.00 | ||
3 | Angel Chakarov | 2:30.27 | ||
4 | Andreas Hellmann | 2:32.60 | ||
5 | Liam Ball | 2:33.47 | ||
6 | Nigel Johnson | 2:34.37 | ||
7 | Karl Christian Koch | 2:38.47 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Igor Cherdakov | 2:26.21 | Q | |
2 | Brian Job | 2:26.91 | ||
3 | José Sylvio Fiolo | 2:30.21 | ||
4 | Rainer Hradetzky | 2:32.48 | ||
5 | Amman Jaalmani | 2:33.54 | ||
6 | Michele Di Pietro | 2:36.49 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Hencken | 2:24.88 | Q | |
2 | Nikolay Pankin | 2:26.71 | ||
3 | Paul Jarvie | 2:27.83 | ||
4 | Mike Whitaker | 2:33.47 | ||
5 | Rudi Vingerhoets | 2:36.89 | ||
6 | Gregor Betz | 2:36.96 | ||
7 | Alfredo Hunger | 2:37.20 | ||
8 | Alejandro Cabrera | 2:56.60 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Hencken | 2:21.55 | WR | ||
David Wilkie | 2:23.67 | |||
Nobutaka Taguchi | 2:23.88 | |||
4 | Rick Colella | 2:24.28 | ||
5 | Felipe Muñoz | 2:26.44 | ||
6 | Walter Kusch | 2:26.55 | ||
7 | Igor Cherdakov | 2:27.15 | ||
8 | Klaus Katzur | 2:27.44 |
Key: WR = World record
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2016.