Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the third appearance of the event, which was established in 1924. The competition was held on Saturday August 6, 1932 and on Tuesday August 9, 1932.

Swimming at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen

Eleven swimmers from seven nations competed.

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
Clare Dennis
 Australia		 Hideko Maehata
 Japan		 Else Jacobsen
 Denmark

Records

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

World record 3:03.4 Else Jacobsen Stockholm (SWE) May 11, 1932
Olympic record 3:11.2 Hilde Schrader Amsterdam (NED) August 8, 1928

In the first semi-final Clare Dennis set a new Olympic record with 3:08.2 minutes. In the final she bettered this record with 3:06.3 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

Saturday August 6, 1932: The fastest two in each semi-final and the fastest third-placed from across the semi-finals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Clare Dennis (AUS)3:08.2QQ OR
2 Margaret Hoffman (USA)3:14.7QQ
3 Dorothy Prior (CAN)3:33.2

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Else Jacobsen (DEN)3:12.1QQ
2 Ann Govednik (USA)3:15.9QQ
3 Cecelia Wolstenholme (GBR)3:24.5
4 Janet Sheather (CAN)3:46.1

Semifinal 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Hideko Maehata (JPN)3:10.7QQ
2 Margery Hinton (GBR)3:13.5QQ
3 Jane Cadwell (USA)3:20.0QQ
4 Maria Lenk (BRA)3:26.6

Final

Tuesday August 9, 1932:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Clare Dennis (AUS)3:06.3 OR
2 Hideko Maehata (JPN)3:06.4
3 Else Jacobsen (DEN)3:07.1
4 Margery Hinton (GBR)3:11.7
5 Margaret Hoffman (USA)3:11.8
6 Ann Govednik (USA)3:16.0
7 Jane Cadwell (USA)3:18.2

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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