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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke; at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Date	6–8 August
Competitors	21 from 13 nations
Medalists

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	Erich Rademacher	Brussels (BEL)	11 March 1927
Olympic Record	2:56.0	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
	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta	Japan	2:48.8	OR
	Erich Rademacher	Germany	2:50.6
	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

"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.

External links

Olympic Report
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 October 2008.

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[SportsRef-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.

Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Freestyle
100 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
Breaststroke
200 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		women
4×200 m	men