Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place between October 13 and October 15.[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

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Gold Ian O'Brien
  Australia
Silver Georgy Prokopenko
  Soviet Union
Bronze Chet Jastremski
  United States

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Ian O'Brien   Australia 2:31.4 Q, OR
2 Tom Trethewey   United States 2:33.4 Q
3 Klaus Katzur   United Team of Germany 2:36.7 Q
4 Farid Zablith Filho   Brazil 2:45.2
5 Wieger Mensonides   Netherlands 2:47.4
6 Huỳnh Văn Hải   Vietnam 2:51.6

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Egon Henninger   United Team of Germany 2:30.1 Q, OR
2 Georgy Prokopenko   Soviet Union 2:30.3 Q
3 Ferenc Lenkei   Hungary 2:38.6 Q
4 Peter Tonkin   Australia 2:39.3
5 Hemmie Vriens   Netherlands 2:40.8
6 Amman Jalmaani   Philippines 2:44.7
7 Elliot Chenaux   Puerto Rico 2:52.5

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Wayne Anderson   United States 2:31.5 Q
2 Osamu Tsurumine   Japan 2:34.1 Q
3 Rolando Landrito   Philippines 2:41.9
4 Gian Corrado Gross   Italy 2:42.8
5 Jin Jang-rim   South Korea 2:48.6

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Kenjiro Matsumoto   Japan 2:33.8 Q
2 Vladimir Kosinsky   Soviet Union 2:35.6 Q
3 Willi Messner   United Team of Germany 2:36.0 Q
4 Neil Nicholson   Great Britain 2:36.6 Q
5 Gershon Shefa   Israel 2:40.6
6 Cesare Caramelli   Italy 2:40.9
7 Miguel Angel Navarro   Argentina 2:49.7

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Chet Jastremski   United States 2:30.5 Q
2 Yoshiaki Shikiishi   Japan 2:32.3 Q
3 Aleksandr Tutakayev   Soviet Union 2:36.9 Q
4 John Oravainen   Australia 2:38.7 Q
5 Nazario Padrón   Spain 2:40.5
6 Rudolf Brack   Switzerland 2:46.0
7 Cheah Tong Kim   Malaysia 2:46.2
8 Charles Fox   Northern Rhodesia 2:49.1

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Chet Jastremski   United States 2:32.1 Q
2 Wayne Anderson   United States 2:32.6 Q
3 Egon Henninger   United Team of Germany 2:33.3 Q
4 Osamu Tsurumine   Japan 2:33.3 Q
5 Tom Trethewey   United States 2:34.5
6 Willi Messner   United Team of Germany 2:35.5
7 Klaus Katzur   United Team of Germany 2:37.3
8 Ferenc Lenkei   Hungary 2:37.5

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ian O'Brien   Australia 2:28.7 Q, OR
2 Georgy Prokopenko   Soviet Union 2:29.7 Q
3 Aleksandr Tutakayev   Soviet Union 2:30.5 Q
4 Vladimir Kosinsky   Soviet Union 2:33.5 Q
5 Kenjiro Matsumoto   Japan 2:34.3
6 Yoshiaki Shikiishi   Japan 2:34.5
7 John Oravainen   Australia 2:39.6
8 Neil Nicholson   Great Britain 2:39.9

Final

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Ian O'Brien   Australia 2:27.8 WR
  Georgy Prokopenko   Soviet Union 2:28.2
  Chet Jastremski   United States 2:29.6
4 Aleksandr Tutakayev   Soviet Union 2:31.0
5 Egon Henninger   United Team of Germany 2:31.1
6 Osamu Tsurumine   Japan 2:33.6
7 Wayne Anderson   United States 2:35.0
8 Vladimir Kosinsky   Soviet Union 2:38.1

Key: WR = World record

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2016.