Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place between 21 and 22 October. 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	Felipe Muñoz  Mexico
Silver	Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union
Bronze	Brian Job  United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	Bill Mahony	Canada	2:36.4
2	Ian O'Brien	Australia	2:36.8
	Theo Bolkart	West Germany
4	Thomas Aretz	West Germany	2:39.0
5	José Sylvio Fiolo	Brazil	2:42.1
6	Nicolas Gilliard	Switzerland	2:44.0
7	Rafael Hernández Rojas	Mexico	2:44.8
8	Eduardo Moreno	Mexico	2:46.7

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	Philip Long	United States	2:33.1
2	Egon Henninger	East Germany	2:34.2
3	Michael Günther	West Germany	2:40.7
4	Alberto Forelli	Argentina	2:41.7
5	Roger Roberts	Great Britain	2:42.2
6	Leiknir Jónsson	Iceland	2:48.8

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	Vladimir Kosinsky	Soviet Union	2:31.9
2	Nobutaka Taguchi	Japan	2:35.5
3	Ken Merten	United States	2:37.0
4	Liam Ball	Ireland	2:39.8
5	José Durán	Spain	2:40.3
6	Józef Klukowski	Poland	2:41.6
7	Gershon Shefa	Israel	2:42.6
8	Abel Muñoz	El Salvador	3:02.8

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	Brian Job	United States	2:31.5
2	Nikolay Pankin	Soviet Union	2:33.1
3	Osamu Tsurumine	Japan	2:33.9
4	Ladislau Koszta	Romania	2:36.4
5	Osvaldo Boretto	Argentina	2:38.8
6	Stuart Roberts	Great Britain	2:39.1
7	Slavko Kurbanović	Yugoslavia	2:39.9
8	Yohan Kende	Israel	2:44.3

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	Felipe Muñoz	Mexico	2:31.1
2	Yevhen Mykhailov	Soviet Union	2:32.8
3	Klaus Katzur	East Germany	2:36.2
4	Thomas Johnsson	Sweden	2:38.0
5	Amman Jalmaani	Philippines	2:42.6
6	Ivan Gomina	Colombia	2:45.0

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Felipe Muñoz	Mexico	2:28.7
	Vladimir Kosinsky	Soviet Union	2:29.2
	Brian Job	United States	2:29.9
4	Nikolay Pankin	Soviet Union	2:30.3
5	Yevgeny Mikhaylov	Soviet Union	2:32.8
6	Egon Henninger	East Germany	2:33.2
7	Philip Long	United States	2:33.6
8	Osamu Tsurumine	Japan	2:34.9