The men's 200 metre breaststroke

Breaststroke

The breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on his or her chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to its stability and the ability to keep the head out of the water a large portion of the time. In most swimming classes, beginners learn...

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Swimming (sport)

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 event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Saturday August 6, 1932 to Saturday August 13, 1932. There was a total of 128 participants from 20 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's...

 programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Thursday August 11, 1932 to Saturday August 13, 1932.

Eighteen swimmers from eleven nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2:44.0	Leonard Spence	New Haven New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	April 1, 1932
Olympic Record	2:48.8	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta	Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...  (NED Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... )	August 8, 1928

In the first heat Yoshiyuki Tsuruta improved his own Olympic record with 2:46.2 minutes. In the first semi-final Reizo Koike

Reizo Koike

was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. He won silver medal for the Men's 200 meter breaststroke in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the bronze medal for the 200 meter breaststroke in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin...

bettered the Olympic record with 2:44.9 minutes.

Heats

Thursday August 11, 1932: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		2:46.2	QQ OR
2		2:49.9	QQ
3		2:50.8	qq
4		2:57.2
5		3:00.7
6		3:14.6

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		2:46.2	QQ
2		2:51.0	QQ
3		2:55.2
4		2:56.8
5		3:12.4

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		2:53.7	QQ
2		2:56.5	QQ
3		2:56.6
4		3:00.1
5		3:15.2

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		2:53.6	QQ
2		2:55.0	QQ

Semifinals

Friday August 12, 1932: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		2:44.9	QQ OR
2		2:45.4	QQ
3		2:50.2	QQ
4		2:50.9
5		2:54.9

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		2:47.6	QQ
2		2:48.4	QQ
3		2:52.4	QQ
4		2:52.7

Final

Saturday August 13, 1932:

Place	Swimmer	Time
1		2:45.4
2		2:46.6
3		2:47.1
4		2:48.0
5		2:49.2
6		2:52.8