Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Games:1924 Summer
Date:July 16–18
Competitors:15
Nations:8
Gold:Lucy Morton
Goldnoc:GBR
Silver:Agnes Geraghty
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Gladys Carson
Bronzenoc:GBR
Next:1928

The women's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the first appearance of the event, as women only swam freestyle events before this Games. The competition was held on Wednesday July 16, 1924 and on Friday July 18, 1924.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record3:20.4 Irene GilbertRotherham (GBR)June 18, 1923
Olympic Record-none--

In the first heat Agnes Geraghty set the first Olympic record with 3:27.6 minutes. This record was not bettered during this competition.

Results

Semifinals

Wednesday July 16, 1924: The fastest two in each semi-final and the fastest third-placed from across the semi-finals advanced.

Semifinal 1

Mietje Baron was disqualified, because she touched the wall with only one hand.

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time width=90Qual.
1 3:27.6 QF OR
2 3:32.8 QF
3 3:37.0 qf
4 3:48.4
(3:22.6) DSQ

Semifinal 2

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time width=90Qual.
1 3:29.4 QF
2 3:35.0 QF
3 3:39.2
4 3:39.8
5 3:48.0

Semifinal 3

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time width=90Qual.
1 3:30.0 QF
2 3:39.0 QF
3 3:41.2
4 3:43.0
5 3:43.6

Final

Friday July 18, 1924:

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time
1 3:33.2
2 3:34.0
3 3:35.4
4 3:37.6
5 3:38.0
6 3:39.2
7 3:47.6

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170028/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/SWI/womens-200-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 September 2016 . Sports Reference.