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

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

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

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

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

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

Heat 4

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Toivo Reingoldt (FIN) 2:53.6 QQ
2  Shigeo Nakagawa (JPN) 2:55.0 QQ

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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

Semifinal 2

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

Final

Saturday August 13, 1932:

Place Swimmer Time
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. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2016.