Swimming at the 1932 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 1932 Summer Olympics programme.[1] 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

Gold Silver Bronze
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta
 Japan		 Reizo Koike
 Japan		 Teófilo Yldefonso
 Philippines

Records

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

World Record 2:44.0 British Guiana Leonard Spence New Haven (USA) April 1, 1932
Olympic Record 2:48.8 Japan Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Amsterdam (NED) 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 bettered the Olympic record with 2:44.9 minutes.

Results

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

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)2:46.2QQ OR
2 Jikirum Adjaluddin (PHI)2:49.9QQ
3 Ulysse Cartonnet (FRA)2:50.8qq
4 Basil Francis (USA)2:57.2
5 Sigfrid Heyner (SWE)3:00.7
6 Harry Forssell (BRA)3:14.6

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Reizo Koike (JPN)2:46.2QQ
2 Erwin Sietas (GER)2:51.0QQ
3 Justo José Caraballo (ARG)2:55.2
4 Edwin Moles (USA)2:56.8
5 Richard Wyndham (CAN)3:12.4

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Teófilo Yldefonso (PHI)2:53.7QQ
2 Walter Spence (CAN)2:56.5QQ
3 Alfred Schoebel (FRA)2:56.6
4 John Paulsen (USA)3:00.1
5 Pablo Zierold (MEX)3:15.2

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Toivo Reingoldt (FIN)2:53.6QQ
2 Shigeo Nakagawa (JPN)2:55.0QQ

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Reizo Koike (JPN)2:44.9QQ OR
2 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)2:45.4QQ
3 Jikirum Adjaluddin (PHI)2:50.2QQ
4 Ulysse Cartonnet (FRA)2:50.9
5 Toivo Reingoldt (FIN)2:54.9

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Erwin Sietas (GER)2:47.6QQ
2 Teófilo Yldefonso (PHI)2:48.4QQ
3 Shigeo Nakagawa (JPN)2:52.4QQ
4 Walter Spence (CAN)2:52.7

Final

Saturday August 13, 1932:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)2:45.4
2 Reizo Koike (JPN)2:46.6
3 Teófilo Yldefonso (PHI)2:47.1
4 Erwin Sietas (GER)2:48.0
5 Jikirum Adjaluddin (PHI)2:49.2
6 Shigeo Nakagawa (JPN)2:52.8

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  • Olympic Report
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 November 2008.
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