Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Date6–8 August
Competitors21 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yoshiyuki Tsuruta  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erich Rademacher  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Teófilo Yldefonso  Philippines
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.[1] 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 (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record 2:48.0 Germany Erich Rademacher Brussels (BEL) 11 March 1927
Olympic Record 2:56.0 United States Robert Skelton Paris (FRA) 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[]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Walter Spence  Canada 2:56.6 Q
2 Erwin Sietas  Germany 2:57.4 Q
3 Louis Van Parijs  Belgium 3:00.0
4 William Rozier  France Unknown
5 Hugh Smith  Great Britain Unknown

Heat 2[]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Erik Harling  Sweden 2:56.4 Q
2 Karl Schäfer  Austria 2:56.6 Q
3 Teófilo Yldefonso  Philippines 2:57.4 q
4 Yuki Mawatari  Japan 2:58.2
5 Ernst Budig  Germany 2:58.6

Heat 3[]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Erich Rademacher  Germany 2:52.0 Q, OR
2 Thomas Blankenburg  United States 3:04.2 Q
3 Léon Tallon  France 3:05.0
4 Jack Aubin  Canada Unknown
— Joseph De Combe  Belgium DNF

Heat 4[]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta  Japan 2:50.0 Q, OR
2 Robert Wyss  Switzerland 3:02.6 Q
3 Leen Korpershoek  Netherlands 3:04.0
4 Reginald Flint  Great Britain Unknown
5 José Francesch  Spain Unknown
6 Tage Wissnell  Sweden Unknown

Semifinals[]

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

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta  Japan 2:49.2 Q, OR
2 Walter Spence  Canada 2:53.0 Q
3 Teófilo Yldefonso  Philippines 2:53.2 Q
4 Robert Wyss  Switzerland Unknown
5 Thomas Blankenburg  United States Unknown

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Erich Rademacher  Germany 2:56.6 Q
2 Erik Harling  Sweden 2:57.2 Q
3 Erwin Sietas  Germany 2:57.8 Q
4 Karl Schäfer  Austria Unknown

Final[]

Wednesday 8 August 1928:

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yoshiyuki Tsuruta  Japan 2:48.8 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erich Rademacher  Germany 2:50.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Teófilo Yldefonso  Philippines 2:56.4
4 Erwin Sietas  Germany 2:56.6
5 Erik Harling  Sweden 2:56.8
6 Walter Spence  Canada 2:57.2

References[]

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

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