Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
DateJuly 15–17
Competitors28 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bob Skelton US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Joseph De Combe Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Bronze medal icon.svg Bill Kirschbaum US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
←  1920
1928  →

The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. [1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Tuesday July 15, 1924, on Wednesday July 16, 1924, and on Thursday July 17, 1924.

Despite Erich Rademacher from Germany being arguably the fastest breaststroker in the world at the time, and holding the world record in the event, he was not able to compete due to Germany's role in WWI. Despite this, he would establish his dominance in the event by beating the world record several times, which was over 5 seconds faster than the Olympic record set in this event. [2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record2:50.4 Flag of Germany.svg Erich Rademacher Magdeburg (GER)April 7, 1924
Olympic Record3:01.8 Flag of the German Empire.svg Walter Bathe Stockholm (SWE)July 12, 1912

In the first heat Bob Skelton set a new Olympic record with 2:56.0 minutes.

Results

Heats

Tuesday July 15, 1924: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Bob Skelton  (USA)2:56.0QQ OR
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Thor Henning  (SWE)3:02.4QQ
3Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Zoltán Bitskey  (HUN)3:05.4qq
4Flag of Australia.svg  Ivan Stedman  (AUS)3:09.6
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Stoney  (GBR)3:10.3
6Flag of France.svg  Georges Vallerey  (FRA)3:11.2

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joseph De Combe  (BEL)3:02.0QQ
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Maw (GBR)3:07.0QQ
3Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Márton Sipos  (HUN)3:09.8
4Flag of Finland.svg  Arvo Aaltonen  (FIN)3:11.0
5Flag of France.svg  Marius Zwiller  (FRA)3:11.2

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Bill Kirschbaum  (USA)3:01.0QQ
2Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Rudolf Piowatý  (TCH)3:10.8QQ
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Bo Johnsson  (SWE)3:12.2
4Flag of Finland.svg  Viljo Viklund  (FIN)3:12.4
5Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Luciano Trolli  (ITA)3:23.0

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Reginald Flint  (GBR)3:05.2QQ
2Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Frigyes Hollósi  (HUN)3:06.4QQ
3Flag of France.svg  Henri Bouvier  (FRA)3:07.8
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Gerlacus Moes  (NED)3:18.8
5Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Emerico Biach  (ITA)3:26.8
6Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Ivo Pavelić  (YUG)3:28.4

Heat 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Bengt Linders  (SWE)3:03.4QQ
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Robert Wyss  (SUI)3:03.6QQ
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  Clarrie Heard  (NZL)3:09.0
4Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tsunenobu Ishida  (JPN)3:09.2
5Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jaroslav Müller  (TCH)3:22.0
6Flag of Portugal.svg  Mário Marques  (POR)3:32.4

Semifinals

Wednesday July 16, 1924: The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Bob Skelton  (USA)3:00.2QF
2US flag 48 stars.svg  Bill Kirschbaum  (USA)3:02.6QF
3Flag of Switzerland.svg  Robert Wyss  (SUI)3:04.2qf
4Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Frigyes Hollósi  (HUN)3:05.6
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Reginald Flint  (GBR)3:06.8
6Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Rudolf Piowatý  (TCH)3:11.8

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joseph De Combe  (BEL)3:00.2QF
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Bengt Linders  (SWE)3:01.4QF
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Thor Henning  (SWE)3:05.0
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Maw (GBR)3:07.0
5Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Zoltán Bitskey  (HUN)3:09.2

Final

Thursday July 17, 1924:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Bob Skelton  (USA)2:56.6
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joseph De Combe  (BEL)2:59.2
3US flag 48 stars.svg  Bill Kirschbaum  (USA)3:01.0
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Bengt Linders  (SWE)3:02.2
5Flag of Switzerland.svg  Robert Wyss  (SUI)3:05.6

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References

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  2. ↑ Barney, David E., and Robert K. Barney. "A long night's journey into day: the Odyssey of the butterfly stroke in international swimming." Proceedings: International Symposium for Olympic Research, Oct. 2006, pp. 65+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A176818711/AONE?u=googlescholar&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=535b6e53. Accessed 12 Dec. 2023.
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