Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
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Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez | ||||||||||||
Dates | 21 October 1968 (heats) 22 October 1968 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:28.27 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics was held from 21 to 22 October 1968 at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
2:27.4 | Tallinn, Soviet Union | 3 April 1968 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
2:27.8 | Tokyo, Japan | 15 October 1964 |
Competition format
[edit]The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best eight times in the heats advance to the final.
Schedule
[edit]All times are Central Time Zone (UTC-6)[2]
Date | Time | Round |
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21 October | 10:00 | Heats |
22 October | 17:00 | Final |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note |
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1 | 3 | Bill Mahony | ![]() |
2:36.4 | |
2 | 6 | Ian O'Brien | ![]() |
2:36.8 | |
4 | Theo Bolkart | ![]() |
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4 | 5 | Thomas Aretz | ![]() |
2:39.0 | |
5 | 8 | José Sylvio Fiolo | ![]() |
2:42.1 | |
6 | 1 | Nicolas Gilliard | ![]() |
2:44.0 | |
7 | 7 | Rafael Hernández Rojas | ![]() |
2:44.8 | |
8 | 2 | Eduardo Moreno | ![]() |
2:46.7 |
Heat 2
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | 5 | Philip Long | ![]() |
2:33.1 | Q |
2 | 6 | Egon Henninger | ![]() |
2:34.2 | Q |
3 | 3 | Michael Günther | ![]() |
2:40.7 | |
4 | 7 | Alberto Forelli | ![]() |
2:41.7 | |
5 | 4 | Roger Roberts | ![]() |
2:42.2 | |
6 | 2 | Leiknir Jónsson | ![]() |
2:48.8 |
Heat 3
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | 2 | Vladimir Kosinsky | ![]() |
2:31.9 | Q |
2 | 5 | Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() |
2:35.5 | |
3 | 6 | Ken Merten | ![]() |
2:37.0 | |
4 | 8 | Liam Ball | ![]() |
2:39.8 | |
5 | 1 | José Durán | ![]() |
2:40.3 | |
6 | 3 | Józef Klukowski | ![]() |
2:41.6 | |
7 | 4 | Gershon Shefa | ![]() |
2:42.6 | |
8 | 7 | Abel Muñoz | ![]() |
3:02.8 |
Heat 4
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | 2 | Brian Job | ![]() |
2:31.5 | Q |
2 | 4 | Nikolay Pankin | ![]() |
2:33.1 | Q |
3 | 7 | Osamu Tsurumine | ![]() |
2:33.9 | |
4 | 6 | Ladislau Koszta | ![]() |
2:36.4 | |
5 | 5 | Osvaldo Boretto | ![]() |
2:38.8 | |
6 | 8 | Stuart Roberts | ![]() |
2:39.1 | |
7 | 1 | Slavko Kurbanović | ![]() |
2:39.9 | |
8 | 3 | Yohan Kende | ![]() |
2:44.3 |
Heat 5
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | 3 | Felipe Muñoz | ![]() |
2:31.1 | Q |
2 | 2 | Yevhen Mykhailov | ![]() |
2:32.8 | Q |
3 | 5 | Klaus Katzur | ![]() |
2:36.2 | |
4 | 7 | Thomas Johnsson | ![]() |
2:38.0 | |
5 | 6 | Amman Jalmaani | ![]() |
2:42.6 | |
6 | 4 | Ivan Gomina | ![]() |
2:45.0 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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4 | Felipe Muñoz | ![]() |
2:28.7 | |
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3 | Vladimir Kosinsky | ![]() |
2:29.2 | |
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5 | Brian Job | ![]() |
2:29.9 | |
4 | 7 | Nikolay Pankin | ![]() |
2:30.3 | |
5 | 6 | Yevgeny Mikhaylov | ![]() |
2:32.8 | |
6 | 8 | Egon Henninger | ![]() |
2:33.2 | |
7 | 2 | Philip Long | ![]() |
2:33.6 | |
8 | 1 | Osamu Tsurumine | ![]() |
2:34.9 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.