Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1936 Summer Olympics, took place from 8 to 11 August, at the (50 m) Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 23 competitors from 12 nations participated in the event.[1]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Victory ceremony
VenueOlympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin
Date8 August (heats)
9 August (semifinals)
11 August (final)
Competitors23 from 12 nations
Winning time3:03.6
Medalists
Hideko Maehata  Japan
Martha Genenger  Germany
Inge Sørensen  Denmark

The world record holder at the time, Japanese Hideko Maehata, won the event four years after losing the gold medal to Australian Clare Dennis by one tenth of a second. Twentyfour-year-old German silver medalist Martha Genenger broke the Olympic record in her heat on 8 August, but Maebata broke it again in the next heat with a time of 3:01.9 seconds.[1] Danish Inge Sørensen won the bronze medal, becoming the youngest ever female Olympic medalist (12 years, 24 days).[2] Sørensen's compatriot Valborg Christensen was favoured to win a medal in this event, but she was eliminated after finishing fifth in her semifinal.[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record Hideko Maehata (JPN)3:00.4 minTokyo, Japan30 September 1933[4][5]
Olympic record Clare Dennis (AUS)3:06.3 minLos Angeles, United States9 August 1932[5][6]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR
8 AugustHeat 2Martha Genenger Germany3:02.9OR
8 AugustHeat 3Hideko Maehata Japan3:01.9OR

Results

Heats

The three fastest swimmers of each heat and the next two fastest swimmers overall (Hanni Hölzner and Dorothy Schiller) advanced to the semifinals on 9 August.[7]

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Inge Sørensen Denmark 3:06.7Q
2 Kerstin Isberg Sweden 3:08.7Q
3 Jopie Waalberg Netherlands 3:10.4Q
4 Hanni Hölzner Germany 3:11.0q
5 Dorothy Schiller United States 3:17.4q
6 Vera Kingston Great Britain 3:21.7
7 Joan Langdon Canada 3:24.3

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Martha Genenger Germany 3:02.9Q, OR
2 Jenny Kastein Netherlands 3:07.8Q
3 Unoko Tsuboi Japan 3:15.0Q
4 Anja Lappalainen Finland 3:19.1
5 Ann Govednik United States 3:25.3

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Hideko Maehata Japan 3:01.9Q, OR
2 Valborg Christensen Denmark 3:07.8Q
3 Margaret Gomm Great Britain 3:15.7Q
4 Iris Cummings United States 3:21.9
5 Eliška Boubelová Czechoslovakia 3:25.8
6 Tenny Wyss Switzerland 3:31.3

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Trude Wollschläger Germany 3:08.5Q
2 Doris Storey Great Britain 3:10.8Q
3 Maria Lenk Brazil 3:17.2Q
4 Edel Nielsen Denmark 3:21.3
5 Jo Stroomberg Netherlands 3:22.5

Semifinals

The three fastest swimmers of both semifinals and the best fourth-place finisher advanced to the final on 11 August.[7]

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Hideko Maehata Japan 3:03.1Q
2 Inge Sørensen Denmark 3:06.0Q
3 Hanni Hölzner Germany 3:08.8Q
4 Jopie Waalberg Netherlands 3:09.7Q
5 Trude Wollschläger Germany 3:10.3
6 Margaret Gomm Great Britain 3:15.8
7 Maria Lenk Brazil 3:17.7

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Martha Genenger Germany 3:02.8Q
2 Jenny Kastein Netherlands 3:09.2Q
3 Doris Storey Great Britain 3:09.8Q
4 Kerstin Isberg Sweden 3:11.4
5 Valborg Christensen Denmark 3:14.1
6 Unoko Tsuboi Japan 3:18.4
7 Dorothy Schiller United States 3:18.5

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Hideko Maehata Japan 3:03.6
Martha Genenger Germany 3:04.2
Inge Sørensen Denmark 3:07.8
4 Hanni Hölzner Germany 3:09.5
4 Jopie Waalberg Netherlands 3:09.5
6 Doris Storey Great Britain 3:09.7
7 Jenny Kastein Netherlands 3:12.8

References

General

  • "Official Report of the Organising Committee of the Games of the XI Olympiad Berlin" (PDF). The Official Report: Volume 2. Wilhelm Limpert. 1937. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

Specific

  1. "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  2. Sherwani, Sabey (24 August 2008). "Who is the youngest Olympic gold medallist?". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  3. Vinson, Maribel Y. (19 July 1936). "Women in Sports". The New York Times. Arthur Hays Sulzberger. p. S2.
  4. "Japanese Natators Broke 11 Records". The Washington Post. Eugene Meyer. 24 December 1936. p. 16.
  5. Limpert 1937, p. 971.
  6. "Olympic Records Yesterday; Swimming". The New York Times. Arthur Hays Sulzberger. 9 August 1936. p. S1.
  7. Limpert 1937, p. 972.
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