Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
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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![]() |
Silver | Georgy Prokopenko![]() |
Bronze | Chet Jastremski![]() |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ian O'Brien | ![]() | 2:31.4 | Q, OR |
2 | Tom Trethewey | ![]() | 2:33.4 | Q |
3 | Klaus Katzur | ![]() | 2:36.7 | Q |
4 | Farid Zablith Filho | ![]() | 2:45.2 | |
5 | Wieger Mensonides | ![]() | 2:47.4 | |
6 | Huỳnh Văn Hải | ![]() | 2:51.6 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Egon Henninger | ![]() | 2:30.1 | Q, OR |
2 | Georgy Prokopenko | ![]() | 2:30.3 | Q |
3 | Ferenc Lenkei | ![]() | 2:38.6 | Q |
4 | Peter Tonkin | ![]() | 2:39.3 | |
5 | Hemmie Vriens | ![]() | 2:40.8 | |
6 | Amman Jalmaani | ![]() | 2:44.7 | |
7 | Elliot Chenaux | ![]() | 2:52.5 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wayne Anderson | ![]() | 2:31.5 | Q |
2 | Osamu Tsurumine | ![]() | 2:34.1 | Q |
3 | Rolando Landrito | ![]() | 2:41.9 | |
4 | Gian Corrado Gross | ![]() | 2:42.8 | |
5 | Jin Jang-rim | ![]() | 2:48.6 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenjiro Matsumoto | ![]() | 2:33.8 | Q |
2 | Vladimir Kosinsky | ![]() | 2:35.6 | Q |
3 | Willi Messner | ![]() | 2:36.0 | Q |
4 | Neil Nicholson | ![]() | 2:36.6 | Q |
5 | Gershon Shefa | ![]() | 2:40.6 | |
6 | Cesare Caramelli | ![]() | 2:40.9 | |
7 | Miguel Angel Navarro | ![]() | 2:49.7 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chet Jastremski | ![]() | 2:30.5 | Q |
2 | Yoshiaki Shikiishi | ![]() | 2:32.3 | Q |
3 | Aleksandr Tutakayev | ![]() | 2:36.9 | Q |
4 | John Oravainen | ![]() | 2:38.7 | Q |
5 | Nazario Padrón | ![]() | 2:40.5 | |
6 | Rudolf Brack | ![]() | 2:46.0 | |
7 | Cheah Tong Kim | ![]() | 2:46.2 | |
8 | Charles Fox | ![]() | 2:49.1 |
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chet Jastremski | ![]() | 2:32.1 | Q |
2 | Wayne Anderson | ![]() | 2:32.6 | Q |
3 | Egon Henninger | ![]() | 2:33.3 | Q |
4 | Osamu Tsurumine | ![]() | 2:33.3 | Q |
5 | Tom Trethewey | ![]() | 2:34.5 | |
6 | Willi Messner | ![]() | 2:35.5 | |
7 | Klaus Katzur | ![]() | 2:37.3 | |
8 | Ferenc Lenkei | ![]() | 2:37.5 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ian O'Brien | ![]() | 2:28.7 | Q, OR |
2 | Georgy Prokopenko | ![]() | 2:29.7 | Q |
3 | Aleksandr Tutakayev | ![]() | 2:30.5 | Q |
4 | Vladimir Kosinsky | ![]() | 2:33.5 | Q |
5 | Kenjiro Matsumoto | ![]() | 2:34.3 | |
6 | Yoshiaki Shikiishi | ![]() | 2:34.5 | |
7 | John Oravainen | ![]() | 2:39.6 | |
8 | Neil Nicholson | ![]() | 2:39.9 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ian O'Brien | ![]() | 2:27.8 | WR |
![]() | Georgy Prokopenko | ![]() | 2:28.2 | |
![]() | Chet Jastremski | ![]() | 2:29.6 | |
4 | Aleksandr Tutakayev | ![]() | 2:31.0 | |
5 | Egon Henninger | ![]() | 2:31.1 | |
6 | Osamu Tsurumine | ![]() | 2:33.6 | |
7 | Wayne Anderson | ![]() | 2:35.0 | |
8 | Vladimir Kosinsky | ![]() | 2:38.1 |
Key: WR = World record
References
- ^ "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.