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

Swimming at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mwomen
200 mmen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mwomen
200 mmen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place between October 13 and October 15.[1] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Gold Ian O'Brien
 Australia
Silver Georgy Prokopenko
 Soviet Union
Bronze Chet Jastremski
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Ian O'Brien  Australia 2:31.4 Q, OR
2 Tom Trethewey  United States 2:33.4 Q
3 Klaus Katzur  United Team of Germany 2:36.7 Q
4 Farid Zablith Filho  Brazil 2:45.2
5 Wieger Mensonides  Netherlands 2:47.4
6 Huỳnh Văn Hải  Vietnam 2:51.6

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Egon Henninger  United Team of Germany 2:30.1 Q, OR
2 Georgy Prokopenko  Soviet Union 2:30.3 Q
3 Ferenc Lenkei  Hungary 2:38.6 Q
4 Peter Tonkin  Australia 2:39.3
5 Hemmie Vriens  Netherlands 2:40.8
6 Amman Jalmaani  Philippines 2:44.7
7 Elliot Chenaux  Puerto Rico 2:52.5

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Wayne Anderson  United States 2:31.5 Q
2 Osamu Tsurumine  Japan 2:34.1 Q
3 Rolando Landrito  Philippines 2:41.9
4 Gian Corrado Gross  Italy 2:42.8
5 Jin Jang-rim  South Korea 2:48.6

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Kenjiro Matsumoto  Japan 2:33.8 Q
2 Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union 2:35.6 Q
3 Willi Messner  United Team of Germany 2:36.0 Q
4 Neil Nicholson  Great Britain 2:36.6 Q
5 Gershon Shefa  Israel 2:40.6
6 Cesare Caramelli  Italy 2:40.9
7 Miguel Angel Navarro  Argentina 2:49.7

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Chet Jastremski  United States 2:30.5 Q
2 Yoshiaki Shikiishi  Japan 2:32.3 Q
3 Aleksandr Tutakayev  Soviet Union 2:36.9 Q
4 John Oravainen  Australia 2:38.7 Q
5 Nazario Padrón  Spain 2:40.5
6 Rudolf Brack  Switzerland 2:46.0
7 Cheah Tong Kim  Malaysia 2:46.2
8 Charles Fox  Northern Rhodesia 2:49.1

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Chet Jastremski  United States 2:32.1 Q
2 Wayne Anderson  United States 2:32.6 Q
3 Egon Henninger  United Team of Germany 2:33.3 Q
4 Osamu Tsurumine  Japan 2:33.3 Q
5 Tom Trethewey  United States 2:34.5
6 Willi Messner  United Team of Germany 2:35.5
7 Klaus Katzur  United Team of Germany 2:37.3
8 Ferenc Lenkei  Hungary 2:37.5

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ian O'Brien  Australia 2:28.7 Q, OR
2 Georgy Prokopenko  Soviet Union 2:29.7 Q
3 Aleksandr Tutakayev  Soviet Union 2:30.5 Q
4 Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union 2:33.5 Q
5 Kenjiro Matsumoto  Japan 2:34.3
6 Yoshiaki Shikiishi  Japan 2:34.5
7 John Oravainen  Australia 2:39.6
8 Neil Nicholson  Great Britain 2:39.9

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ian O'Brien  Australia 2:27.8 WR
2 Georgy Prokopenko  Soviet Union 2:28.2
3 Chet Jastremski  United States 2:29.6
4 Aleksandr Tutakayev  Soviet Union 2:31.0
5 Egon Henninger  United Team of Germany 2:31.1
6 Osamu Tsurumine  Japan 2:33.6
7 Wayne Anderson  United States 2:35.0
8 Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union 2:38.1

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2016.