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

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place between October 11 and 13.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Left-right:Bennett, Graef, Dilley
GoldJed Graef
 United States
SilverGary Dilley
 United States
BronzeBob Bennett
 United States

Results

Heats

Five heats were held; the fastest sixteen swimmers advanced to the Semifinals. The swimmers that advanced are highlighted.

Heat One

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Bob BennettUnited States2:16.1
2Isagi OsumiJapan2:17.3
3Ralph HuttonCanada2:17.8
4Henri van OschNetherlands2:19.1
5Lars Kraus JensenDenmark2:23.3
6Herman VerbauwenBelgium2:24.9
7Michael EuMalaysia2:35.8

Heat Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Shigeo FukushimaJapan2:14.7
2Viktor MazanovSoviet Union2:16.8
3Jürgen DietzeGermany2:20.4
4Jan WeetelingNetherlands2:20.4
5John ByromAustralia2:27.0
6Ákos GulyásHungary2:30.5
7Eliot ChenauxPuerto Rico2:33.1

Heat Three

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Jed GraefUnited States2:14.5
2Keisuke ItoJapan2:16.7
3Chiaffredo RoraItaly2:17.8
4Jesús CabreraSpain2:19.7
5Pedro DizArgentina2:24.9
6Gerhard WielandAustria2:25.9
7Augusto FerreroPeru2:29.9

Heat Four

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Ezio Della SaviaItaly2:16.6
2Ernst-Joachim KüppersGermany2:17.9
3Ivan FerákCzechoslovakia2:20.0
4Friedrich SudaAustria2:20.7
5Ron JacksCanada2:21.3
6Geoffrey ThwaitesGreat Britain2:22.0
7Chan Kam HongHong Kong2:46.0

Heat Five

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Gary DilleyUnited States2:14.2
2Peter ReynoldsAustralia2:15.9
3József CsikányHungary2:18.3
4Wolfgang WagnerGermany2:18.5
5Carlos van der MaathArgentina2:19.6
6Robert ChristopheFrance2:22.5

Semifinals

Two heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Finals. The swimmers that advanced are highlighted.

Semifinal One

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Gary DilleyUnited States2:13.8
2Shigeo FukushimaJapan2:14.1
3Ralph HuttonCanada2:15.8
4Bob BennettUnited States2:16.3
5Isagi OsumiJapan2:17.0
6József CsikányHungary2:17.5
7Keisuke ItoJapan2:17.6
8Henri van OschNetherlands2:19.7

Semifinal Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Jed GraefUnited States2:13.7
2Ernst-Joachim KüppersGermany2:15.4
3Viktor MazanovSoviet Union2:15.4
4Peter ReynoldsAustralia2:15.6
5Chiaffredo RoraItaly2:16.7
6Ezio Della SaviaItaly2:18.4
7Wolfgang WagnerGermany2:20.2
8Carlos van der MaathArgentina2:21.3

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Jed Graef United States2:10.3WR
Gary Dilley United States2:10.5
Bob Bennett United States2:13.1
4Shigeo Fukushima Japan2:13.2
5Ernst-Joachim Küppers United Team of Germany2:15.7
6Viktor Mazanov Soviet Union2:15.9
7Ralph Hutton Canada2:15.9
8Peter Reynolds Australia2:16.6

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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