Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
| Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin | ||||||||||||
| Date |
8 August (heats) 9 August (semifinals) 11 August (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:03.6 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 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 | |
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics, took place on August 8–11, at the Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. 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] 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. Fourteen-year-old German silver medalist Martha Genenger broke the Olympic record in her heat on August 8, 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 |  | 3:00.4 s | Tokyo, Japan | 30 September 1933 |
| Olympic record |  | 3:06.3 s | Los Angeles, United States | 9 August 1932 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 | Heat 2 | Martha Genenger | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3:02.9 | OR | |
| August 8 | Heat 3 | Hideko Maehata | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3:01.9 | OR |
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.[4]
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inge Sørensen |  |
3:06.7 | Q |
| 2 | Kerstin Isberg |  |
3:08.7 | Q |
| 3 | Jopie Waalberg |  |
3:10.4 | Q |
| 4 | Hanni Hölzner | |
3:11.0 | q |
| 5 | Dorothy Schiller | .svg.png){kind=small} |
3:17.4 | q |
| 6 | Vera Kingston |  |
3:21.7 | |
| 7 | Joan Langdon | .svg.png){kind=small} |
3:24.3 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martha Genenger | |
3:02.9 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Jenny Kastein | |
3:07.8 | Q |
| 3 | Unoko Tsuboi | |
3:15.0 | Q |
| 4 | Anja Lappalainen |  |
3:19.1 | |
| 5 | Ann Govednik | |
3:25.3 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideko Maehata | |
3:01.9 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Valborg Christensen | |
3:07.8 | Q |
| 3 | Margaret Gomm | |
3:15.7 | Q |
| 4 | Iris Cummings | |
3:21.9 | |
| 5 | Eliška Boubelová |  |
3:25.8 | |
| 6 | Tenny Wyss |  |
3:31.3 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trude Wollschläger | |
3:08.5 | Q |
| 2 | Doris Storey | |
3:10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Maria Lenk | .svg.png){kind=small} |
3:17.2 | Q |
| 4 | Edel Nielsen | |
3:21.3 | |
| 5 | Jo Stroomberg | |
3:22.5 |
Semifinals
The three fastest swimmers of both semifinals and the best fourth-place finisher advanced to the final on 11 August.[4]
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideko Maehata | |
3:03.1 | Q |
| 2 | Inge Sørensen | |
3:06.0 | Q |
| 3 | Hanni Hölzner | |
3:08.8 | Q |
| 4 | Jopie Waalberg | |
3:09.7 | Q |
| 5 | Trude Wollschläger | |
3:10.3 | |
| 6 | Maria Lenk | |
3:17.7 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martha Genenger | |
3:02.8 | Q |
| 2 | Jenny Kastein | |
3:09.2 | Q |
| 3 | Doris Storey | |
3:09.8 | Q |
| 4 | Kerstin Isberg | |
3:11.4 | |
| 5 | Valborg Christensen | |
3:14.1 | |
| 6 | Unoko Tsuboi | |
3:18.4 | |
| 7 | Dorothy Schiller | |
3:18.5 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Hideko Maehata | |
3:03.6 | |
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Martha Genenger | |
3:04.2 | |
 |
Inge Sørensen | |
3:07.8 | |
| 4 | Hanni Hölzner | |
3:09.5 | |
| 4 | Jopie Waalberg | |
3:09.5 | |
| 6 | Doris Storey | |
3:09.7 | |
| 7 | Jenny Kastein | |
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 2 "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ Sherwani, Sabey (August 24, 2008). "Who is the youngest Olympic gold medallist?". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ Vinson, Maribel Y. (July 19, 1936). "Women in Sports". The New York Times. Arthur Hays Sulzberger. p. S2.
- 1 2 Limpert 1937, p. 972.
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