Swimming at the 1912 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 1912 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. Germany swept the medals in the event. The competition was held from Sunday July 7, 1912 to Friday July 12, 1912.

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueDjurgårdsbrunnsviken
DatesJuly 7–12
Competitors24 from 11 nations
Medalists
Walter Bathe  Germany
Wilhelm Lützow  Germany
Paul Malisch  Germany
Swimming at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmen
Breaststroke
200 mmen
400 mmen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen

Twenty-four swimmers from eleven nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record 3:00.8 Félicien Courbet Schaerbeek (BEL) October 2, 1910
Olympic Record 3:09.2 Frederick Holman London (GBR) July 18, 1908

The Germans also took the Olympic record, with Lützow breaking it in the first heat and Bathe then proceeding to set it even higher each of the three times he raced. His gold medal winning time in the final, 3:01.8, stood as the Olympic record at the end.

Results

Quarterfinals

The top two in each heat advanced along with the fastest loser overall.

Quarterfinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Wilhelm Lützow (GER)3:07.4QS OR
2 Thor Henning (SWE)3:14.0QS
3 Lennart Lindroos (FIN)3:16.6qs
4 Frank Schryver (ANZ)3:24.0

Quarterfinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Paul Malisch (GER)3:08.8QS
2 Arvo Aaltonen (FIN)3:13.0QS
3 Nils Andersson (SWE)3:20.6
4 Josef Wastl (AUT)3:25.6
5 Georgy Baimakov (RUS)3:29.0

Quarterfinal 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Carlyle Atkinson (GBR)3:12.0QS

Quarterfinal 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Walter Bathe (GER)3:03.4QS OR
2 Percy Courtman (GBR)3:09.8QS
3 Fredrik Löwenadler (SWE)3:22.2
— Mike McDermott (USA)DSQ

Quarterfinal 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Félicien Courbet (BEL)3:12.6QS
2 Pontus Hanson (SWE)3:14.2QS
— George Innocent (GBR)DSQ
 Audun Rusten (NOR)DSQ

Quarterfinal 6

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Oszkár Demján (HUN)3:07.8QS
2 Harald Julin (SWE)3:12.8QS
3 Herman Cederberg (FIN)3:18.6
4 Vilhelm Lindgrén (FIN)3:21.2
5 Sven Hanson (SWE)3:24.4
6 Oscar Hamrén (SWE)

Semifinals

The top two from each heat and the faster of the two third place swimmers advanced.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Paul Malisch (GER)3:09.6QF
2 Thor Henning (SWE)3:10.4QF
3 Harald Julin (SWE)3:10.6
4 Lennart Lindroos (FIN)3:11.6
5 Carlyle Atkinson (GBR)3:15.2
6 Arvo Aaltonen (FIN)3:17.0

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Walter Bathe (GER)3:02.2QF OR
2 Wilhelm Lützow (GER)3:04.4QF
3 Percy Courtman (GBR)3:09.4qf
4 Oszkár Demján (HUN)3:11.2
5 Félicien Courbet (BEL)3:11.6
— Pontus Hanson (SWE)DNF

Final
PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Walter Bathe (GER)3:01.8 OR
2 Wilhelm Lützow (GER)3:05.0
3 Paul Malisch (GER)3:08.0
4 Percy Courtman (GBR)3:08.8
— Thor Henning (SWE)DNF

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

Notes
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 January 2007.
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