The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Thursday 11 August 1932 to Saturday 13 August 1932.
Eighteen swimmers from eleven nations competed.
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
World record 2:44.0 Leonard Spence New Haven (USA) 1 April 1932 Olympic record 2:48.8 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Amsterdam (NED) 8 August 1928
In the first heat Yoshiyuki Tsuruta improved his own Olympic record with 2:46.2 minutes. In the first semi-final Reizo Koike bettered the Olympic record with 2:44.9 minutes.
Results
Heats
Thursday 11 August 1932: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.
Heat 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 2:46.2 QQ OR 2 2:49.9 QQ 3 2:50.8 qq 4 2:57.2 5 3:00.7 6 3:14.6
Heat 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 2:46.2 QQ 2 2:51.0 QQ 3 2:55.2 4 2:56.8 5 3:12.4
Heat 3
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 2:53.7 QQ 2 2:56.5 QQ 3 2:56.6 4 3:00.1 5 3:15.2
Heat 4
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 2:53.6 QQ 2 2:55.0 QQ
Semifinals
Friday 12 August 1932: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 2:44.9 QQ OR 2 2:45.4 QQ 3 2:50.2 QQ 4 2:50.9 5 2:54.9
Semifinal 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 2:47.6 QQ 2 2:48.4 QQ 3 2:52.4 QQ 4 2:52.7
Final
Saturday 13 August 1932:
Place Swimmer Time 1 2:45.4 2 2:46.6 3 2:47.1 4 2:48.0 5 2:49.2 6 2:52.8
References
External links Olympic Report