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

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.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:31.4	Q,
2			2:33.4	Q
3			2:36.7	Q
4			2:45.2
5			2:47.4
6			2:51.6

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:30.1	Q,
2			2:30.3	Q
3			2:38.6	Q
4			2:39.3
5			2:40.8
6			2:44.7
7			2:52.5

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:31.5	Q
2			2:34.1	Q
3			2:41.9
4			2:42.8
5			2:48.6

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:33.8	Q
2			2:35.6	Q
3			2:36.0	Q
4			2:36.6	Q
5			2:40.6
6			2:40.9
7			2:49.7

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:30.5	Q
2			2:32.3	Q
3			2:36.9	Q
4			2:38.7	Q
5			2:40.5
6			2:46.0
7			2:46.2
8			2:49.1

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:32.1	Q
2			2:32.6	Q
3			2:33.3	Q
4			2:33.3	Q
5			2:34.5
6			2:35.5
7			2:37.3
8			2:37.5

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:28.7	Q,
2			2:29.7	Q
3			2:30.5	Q
4			2:33.5	Q
5			2:34.3
6			2:34.5
7			2:39.6
8			2:39.9

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			2:27.8	WR
			2:28.2
			2:29.6
4			2:31.0
5			2:31.1
6			2:33.6
7			2:35.0
8			2:38.1

Key: WR = World record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 October 2016 . Sports Reference.