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

The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. 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 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	Reizo Koike File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	Teófilo Yldefonso File:Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg Philippines

Records

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

World Record	2:44.0	Leonard Spence	New Haven (USA)	April 1, 1932
Olympic Record	2:48.8	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	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)	2:46.2	QQ OR
2	File:Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg Jikirum Adjaluddin (PHI)	2:49.9	QQ
3	File:Flag of France.svg Ulysse Cartonnet (FRA)	2:50.8	qq
4	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Basil Francis (USA)	2:57.2
5	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sigfrid Heyner (SWE)	3:00.7
6	File:Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Harry Forssell (BRA)	3:14.6

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Reizo Koike (JPN)	2:46.2	QQ
2	File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Erwin Sietas (GER)	2:51.0	QQ
3	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Justo José Caraballo (ARG)	2:55.2
4	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Edwin Moles (USA)	2:56.8
5	File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Richard Wyndham (CAN)	3:12.4

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	File:Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg Teófilo Yldefonso (PHI)	2:53.7	QQ
2	File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Walter Spence (CAN)	2:56.5	QQ
3	File:Flag of France.svg Alfred Schoebel (FRA)	2:56.6
4	File:US flag 48 stars.svg John Paulsen (USA)	3:00.1
5	File:Flag of Mexico (1916–1934).svg Pablo Zierold (MEX)	3:15.2

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	File:Flag of Finland.svg Toivo Reingoldt (FIN)	2:53.6	QQ
2	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg 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	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Reizo Koike (JPN)	2:44.9	QQ OR
2	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)	2:45.4	QQ
3	File:Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg Jikirum Adjaluddin (PHI)	2:50.2	QQ
4	File:Flag of France.svg Ulysse Cartonnet (FRA)	2:50.9
5	File:Flag of Finland.svg Toivo Reingoldt (FIN)	2:54.9

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Erwin Sietas (GER)	2:47.6	QQ
2	File:Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg Teófilo Yldefonso (PHI)	2:48.4	QQ
3	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigeo Nakagawa (JPN)	2:52.4	QQ
4	File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Walter Spence (CAN)	2:52.7

Final

Saturday August 13, 1932:

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)	2:45.4
2	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Reizo Koike (JPN)	2:46.6
3	File:Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg Teófilo Yldefonso (PHI)	2:47.1
4	File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Erwin Sietas (GER)	2:48.0
5	File:Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg Jikirum Adjaluddin (PHI)	2:49.2
6	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigeo Nakagawa (JPN)	2:52.8

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in polski). Retrieved 7 November 2008.