The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
, took place from 30 July to 3 August at the
Empire Pool. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft)
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-sized pool employing the
breaststroke. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the
1924 Summer Olympics in
Paris
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. It was also the first appearance of the event since the outbreak of
World War II
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. A total of 22 competitors from 14 nations participated in the event.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
The following records were established during the competition:
Hungarian Éva Székely set her Olympic record in the event using the
butterfly stroke, which was allowed at the time.
At the
1956 Summer Olympics, a new
100m butterfly event was created. The technique was disallowed in the 200m breaststroke event that year and in all future Olympic Games.
Results
Heats
The four fastest swimmers in each heat and the next four fastest swimmers overall advanced to the semifinals on 31 July.
[OCXIVO, p. 590.]
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Semifinals
The three fastest swimmers in each heat and the next two fastest overall advanced to the final on 3 August.
[OCXIVO, p. 590.]
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
Sources
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References
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Women's breaststroke 200 metre
1948 in women's swimming
Women's events at the 1948 Summer Olympics