| Event: | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Games: | 1968 Summer |
| Venue: | Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez |
| Dates: | 21 October 1968 (heats) 22 October 1968 (final) |
| Competitors: | 36 |
| Nations: | 23 |
| Win Value: | 2:28.27 |
| Gold: | Felipe Muñoz |
| Goldnoc: | MEX |
| Silver: | Vladimir Kosinsky |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | Brian Job |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1964 |
| Next: | 1972 |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics was held from 21 to 22 October 1968 at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best eight times in the heats advance to the final.
All times are Central Time Zone (UTC-6)[2]
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 October | 10:00 | Heats | |
| 22 October | 17:00 | Final |
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2:36.4 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | 2:36.8 | ||||
| 4 | ||||||
| 4 | 5 | 2:39.0 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 2:42.1 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 2:44.0 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 2:44.8 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 2:46.7 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 2:33.1 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | 2:34.2 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 2:40.7 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 2:41.7 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 2:42.2 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 2:48.8 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2:31.9 | ||||
| 2 | 5 | 2:35.5 | ||||
| 3 | 6 | 2:37.0 | ||||
| 4 | 8 | 2:39.8 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 2:40.3 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 2:41.6 | ||||
| 7 | 4 | 2:42.6 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 3:02.8 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2:31.5 | ||||
| 2 | 4 | 2:33.1 | ||||
| 3 | 7 | 2:33.9 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | 2:36.4 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 2:38.8 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 2:39.1 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:39.9 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | 2:44.3 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2:31.1 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 2:32.8 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 2:36.2 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 2:38.0 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 2:42.6 | ||||
| 6 | 4 | 2:45.0 |
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2:28.7 | |||||
| 3 | 2:29.2 | |||||
| 5 | 2:29.9 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 2:30.3 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 2:32.8 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 2:33.2 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 2:33.6 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:34.9 |