The men's 200 metre

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

was a swimming event held as part of the

swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Saturday August 8, 1936 to Saturday August 15, 1936. There was a total of 248 participants from 29 co ...

programme. 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 The butterfly (colloquially shortened to fly) is a List of swimming styles, swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the "dolphin kick"). While other styles like ...

was only developed in the early 1930s and was still regarded as a variant of breaststroke in 1936.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics. In the first heat of the first round

Tetsuo Hamuro was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. In 1935 he set a world record in the 200 m. Next year he won the gold medal in this event at the 1936 Olympics, setting a new Olympic record at 2:41.5. Hamuro swam the traditional breaststroke, while some of ...

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

Heats

Thursday 13 August 1936: The fastest three in each heat and the fastest from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5

Semifinals

Wednesday 14 August 1936: The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest fourth-placed advanced to the final. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2

Final

Saturday 15 August 1936:

References

External links

Olympic Report
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 Metre Breaststroke Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 1936 Summer Olympics