Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
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
editGold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|
Tetsuo Hamuro Japan |
Erwin Sietas Germany |
Reizo Koike Japan |
Records
editThese were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 2:37.2 | Jack Kasley | New Haven (USA) | 28 March 1936 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Olympic Record | 2:44.9 | Reizo Koike | 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
editHeats
editThursday 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. |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tetsuo Hamuro (JPN) | 2:42.5 | QQ OR |
2 | Erwin Sietas (GER) | 2:44.6 | |
3 | Ray Kaye (USA) | 2:48.5 | |
4 | Jikirum Adjaluddin (PHI) | 2:50.2 | |
5 | Julius Edgar Arp (BRA) | 3:02.6 |
Heat 2
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Saburo Ito (JPN) | 2:45.8 | |
2 | Jochen Balke (GER) | 2:46.4 | |
3 | Jack Kasley (USA) | 2:54.4 | |
4 | Erik Skou (DEN) | 2:57.6 | |
5 | Percy Belvin (BER) | 3:09.8 | |
6 | Albert Puddy (CAN) | 3:10.2 |
Heat 3
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
---|---|---|---|
1 | John Higgins (USA) | 2:48.8 | |
2 | Arsad Alpad (PHI) | 2:52.6 | |
3 | Finn Jensen (DEN) | 2:55.7 | |
4 | Antônio Luiz dos Santos (BRA) | 2:56.8 | |
5 | Mohamed Hassanein (EGY) | 2:58.9 | |
— | Jorge Berroeta (CHI) | DSQ |
Heat 4
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Leonard Spence (BER) | 2:52.0 | |
2 | Gerald Clawson (CAN) | 2:54.7 | |
3 | Felix Erbert (TCH) | 2:55.7 | |
— | Carlos Reed (CHI) | DSQ |
Heat 5
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Reizo Koike (JPN) | 2:43.8 | |
2 | Teófilo Yldefonso (PHI) | 2:47.4 | |
3 | Arthur Heina (GER) | 2:48.5 | |
4 | Hans Malmström (DEN) | 2:56.5 |
Semifinals
editWednesday 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 | Reizo Koike (JPN) | 2:44.5 | |
2 | Jochen Balke (GER) | 2:45.4 | |
3 | Saburo Ito (JPN) | 2:45.5 | |
4 | Ray Kaye (USA) | 2:49.2 | |
5 | Jikirum Adjaluddin (PHI) | 2:54.0 | |
6 | Arsad Alpad (PHI) | 2:54.6 | |
7 | Finn Jensen (DEN) | 2:54.8 | |
8 | Gerald Clawson (CAN) | 2:55.6 |
Semifinal 2
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tetsuo Hamuro (JPN) | 2:43.4 | |
2 | John Higgins (USA) | 2:44.0 | |
3 | Erwin Sietas (GER) | 2:44.8 | |
4 | Teófilo Yldefonso (PHI) | 2:46.8 | |
5 | Arthur Heina (GER) | 2:47.3 | |
6 | Jack Kasley (USA) | 2:53.4 | |
7 | Felix Erbert (TCH) | 2:53.5 | |
— | Leonard Spence (BER) | DSQ |
Final
editSaturday 15 August 1936:
Place | Swimmer | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | Tetsuo Hamuro (JPN) | 2:41.5 |
2 | Erwin Sietas (GER) | 2:42.9 |
3 | Reizo Koike (JPN) | 2:44.2 |
4 | John Higgins (USA) | 2:45.2 |
5 | Saburo Ito (JPN) | 2:47.6 |
6 | Jochen Balke (GER) | 2:47.8 |
7 | Teófilo Yldefonso (PHI) | 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.