Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place between October 13 and October 15.[1] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldIan O'Brien
 Australia
SilverGeorgy Prokopenko
 Soviet Union
BronzeChet Jastremski
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Ian O'Brien Australia2:31.4Q, OR
2Tom Trethewey United States2:33.4Q
3Klaus Katzur United Team of Germany2:36.7Q
4Farid Zablith Filho Brazil2:45.2
5Wieger Mensonides Netherlands2:47.4
6Huỳnh Văn Hải South Vietnam2:51.6

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Egon Henninger United Team of Germany2:30.1Q, OR
2Georgy Prokopenko Soviet Union2:30.3Q
3Ferenc Lenkei Hungary2:38.6Q
4Peter Tonkin Australia2:39.3
5Hemmie Vriens Netherlands2:40.8
6Amman Jalmaani Philippines2:44.7
7Elliot Chenaux Puerto Rico2:52.5

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Wayne Anderson United States2:31.5Q
2Osamu Tsurumine Japan2:34.1Q
3Rolando Landrito Philippines2:41.9
4Gian Corrado Gross Italy2:42.8
5Jin Jang-rim South Korea2:48.6

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Kenjiro Matsumoto Japan2:33.8Q
2Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union2:35.6Q
3Willi Messner United Team of Germany2:36.0Q
4Neil Nicholson Great Britain2:36.6Q
5Gershon Shefa Israel2:40.6
6Cesare Caramelli Italy2:40.9
7Miguel Angel Navarro Argentina2:49.7

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Chet Jastremski United States2:30.5Q
2Yoshiaki Shikiishi Japan2:32.3Q
3Aleksandr Tutakayev Soviet Union2:36.9Q
4John Oravainen Australia2:38.7Q
5Nazario Padrón Spain2:40.5
6Rudolf Brack Switzerland2:46.0
7Cheah Tong Kim Malaysia2:46.2
8Charles Fox Northern Rhodesia2:49.1

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Chet Jastremski United States2:32.1Q
2Wayne Anderson United States2:32.6Q
3Egon Henninger United Team of Germany2:33.3Q
4Osamu Tsurumine Japan2:33.3Q
5Tom Trethewey United States2:34.5
6Willi Messner United Team of Germany2:35.5
7Klaus Katzur United Team of Germany2:37.3
8Ferenc Lenkei Hungary2:37.5

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ian O'Brien Australia2:28.7Q, OR
2Georgy Prokopenko Soviet Union2:29.7Q
3Aleksandr Tutakayev Soviet Union2:30.5Q
4Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union2:33.5Q
5Kenjiro Matsumoto Japan2:34.3
6Yoshiaki Shikiishi Japan2:34.5
7John Oravainen Australia2:39.6
8Neil Nicholson Great Britain2:39.9

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Ian O'Brien Australia2:27.8WR
Georgy Prokopenko Soviet Union2:28.2
Chet Jastremski United States2:29.6
4Aleksandr Tutakayev Soviet Union2:31.0
5Egon Henninger United Team of Germany2:31.1
6Osamu Tsurumine Japan2:33.6
7Wayne Anderson United States2:35.0
8Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union2:38.1

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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