Swimming at the 1928 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 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Monday to Wednesday, 6 to 8 August 1928.
Twenty-one swimmers from 13 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World Record2:48.0 Erich RademacherBrussels 11 March 1927
Olympic Record2:56.0 Robert SkeltonParis 15 July 1924

In the third heat Erich Rademacher set a new Olympic record with 2:52.0 minutes. In the fourth heat Yoshiyuki Tsuruta bettered the record to 2:50.0 minutes. Tsuruta improved the record in the semi-finals with 2:49.2 minutes and in the final with 2:48.8 minutes.

Results

Heats

Monday 6 August 1928: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
12:56.6
22:57.4
33:00.0
4Unknown
5Unknown

Heat 2

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
12:56.4
22:56.6
32:57.4
42:58.2
52:58.6

Heat 3

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
12:52.0,
23:04.2
33:05.0
4Unknown

Heat 4

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
12:50.0,
23:02.6
33:04.0
4Unknown
5Unknown
6Unknown

Semifinals

Tuesday 7 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced.

Semifinal 1

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
12:49.2,
22:53.0
32:53.2
4Unknown
5Unknown

Semifinal 2

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
12:56.6
22:57.2
32:57.8
4Unknown

Final

Wednesday 8 August 1928:
RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
2:48.8
2:50.6
2:56.4
42:56.6
52:56.8
62:57.2