Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's 200 metre breaststroke
|games = 1920 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
|dates = August 26–29
|competitors = 24
|nations = 11
|longnames =
|gold = Håkan Malmrot
|goldNOC = SWE
|silver = Thor Henning
|silverNOC = SWE
|bronze = Arvo Aaltonen
|bronzeNOC = FIN
|prev = 1912
|next = 1924
}}
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke |accessdate=29 August 2016 |work=Sports Reference}} It was the third appearance of the event.
A total of 24 swimmers from 11 nations competed in the event, which was held from Thursday, August 26 to Sunday, August 29, 1920.
Despite Erich Rademacher from Germany being one of the fastest breaststroker in the world at the time, he was not able to compete due to Germany's role in WWI. Despite this, he would establish his dominance in the event by laying consistent claim to the world record through most of the next decade.Barney, David E., and Robert K. Barney. "[https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=googlescholar&id=GALE%7CA176818711&v=2.1&it=r&sid=AONE&asid=535b6e53 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.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
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| World Record
| 2:56.6 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Percy Courtman | Garston (GBR) | July 28, 1914 |
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| Olympic Record
| 3:01.8 | {{flagicon|GER|empire}} Walter Bathe | July 12, 1912 |
Results
=Quarterfinals=
Thursday, August 26, 1920: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
==Heat 1==
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| Place ||width=220| Swimmer ||width=90| Time ||width=90| Qual. | |||
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| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Jack Howell|USA|1920 Summer}} | 3:09.8 | Q |
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| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Per Cederblom|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 3:12.2 | Q |
| 3 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Édouard Henry|BEL|1920 Summer}} | 3:18.0 | |
| 4 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Rex Lassam|GBR|1920 Summer}} | ||
| 5 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Sydney Gooday|CAN|1920 Summer}} |
==Heat 2==
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| Place ||width=220| Swimmer ||width=90| Time ||width=90| Qual. | |||
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| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Olle Dickson|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 3:16.0 | Q |
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| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Mike McDermott|USA|1920 Summer}} | 3:16.4 | Q |
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| 3 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neeckx|BEL|1920 Summer}} | 3:16.6 | q |
| 4 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Théodore Michel|LUX|1920 Summer}} | ||
| 5 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Émile Arbogast|FRA|1920 Summer}} | ||
| 6 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Ernest Parker|GBR|1920 Summer}} |
==Heat 3==
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| Place ||width=220| Swimmer ||width=90| Time ||width=90| Qual. | |||
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| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Håkan Malmrot|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 3:04.0 | Q |
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| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Arvo Aaltonen|FIN|1920 Summer}} | 3:11.6 | Q |
| 3 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Édouard Van Haelen|BEL|1920 Summer}} | 3:22.6 | |
| 4 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Stephen Ruddy|USA|1920 Summer}} | ||
| 5 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Eduard Stibor|TCH|1920 Summer}} | ||
| 6 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|George Robertson|GBR|1920 Summer}} |
==Heat 4==
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| Place ||width=220| Swimmer ||width=90| Time ||width=90| Qual. | |||
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| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Thor Henning|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 3:12.8 | Q |
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| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Ivan Stedman|AUS|1920 Summer}} | 3:18.8 | Q |
| 3 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|William Stoney|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 3:20.8 | |
| 4 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Herbert Taylor|USA|1920 Summer}} | ||
| 5 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Lucien Lebaillif|FRA|1920 Summer}} | ||
| 6 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Luis Balcells|ESP|1920 Summer}} | ||
| 7 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Félicien Courbet|BEL|1920 Summer}} |
=Semifinals=
Saturday, August 28, 1920: The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final. Since both third-place swimmers had the same time, both advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
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| Place ||width=220| Swimmer ||width=90| Time ||width=90| Qual. | |||
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| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Jack Howell|USA|1920 Summer}} | 3:10.8 | Q |
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| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Per Cederblom|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 3:14.6 | Q |
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| 3 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Thor Henning|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 3:16.0 | q |
| 4 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Olle Dickson|SWE|1920 Summer}} | ||
| 5 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neeckx|BEL|1920 Summer}} |
Semifinal 2
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| Place ||width=220| Swimmer ||width=90| Time ||width=90| Qual. | |||
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| bgcolor=lightblue
| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Håkan Malmrot|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 3:09.0 | Q |
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| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Arvo Aaltonen|FIN|1920 Summer}} | 3:12.4 | Q |
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| 3 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Ivan Stedman|AUS|1920 Summer}} | 3:16.0 | q |
| 4 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Mike McDermott|USA|1920 Summer}} |
=Final=
Sunday, August 29, 1920:
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| Place ||width=220| Swimmer ||width=90| Time | ||
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| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Håkan Malmrot|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 3:04.4 |
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| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Thor Henning|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 3:09.2 |
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| 3 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Arvo Aaltonen|FIN|1920 Summer}} | 3:12.2 |
| 4 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Jack Howell|USA|1920 Summer}} | |
| 5 | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Ivan Stedman|AUS|1920 Summer}} | |
| — | align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Per Cederblom|SWE|1920 Summer}} | DNF |
References
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Notes
- {{cite book | author = Belgium Olympic Committee | year = 1957 | title = Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report|language=fr}}
- {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 2 May 2008|language=pl}}
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