Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which was established in 1924. The competition was held from Tuesday August 7, 1928, to Thursday August 9, 1928.

Twenty-one swimmers from twelve nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hilde Schrader  Germany	Mietje Baron  Netherlands	Charlotte Mühe  Germany

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	3:11.2	Charlotte Mühe	Berlin (GER)	July 15, 1928
Olympic Record	3:27.6	Agnes Geraghty	Paris (FRA)	July 16, 1924

In the first heat Hilde Schrader set a new Olympic record with 3:11.6 minutes. In the second semi-final she equalized the standing world record with 3:11.2 minutes.

Results

Heats

Tuesday August 7, 1928: The fastest three in each heat advanced.

Heat 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Hilde Schrader (GER)	3:11.6	QQ OR
2	Agnes Geraghty (USA)	3:18.8	QQ
3	Brita Hazelius (SWE)	3:21.6	QQ
4	Cornelia van Gelder (NED)
5	Margery Hinton (GBR)
6	Róża Kajzer (POL)

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Charlotte Mühe (GER)	3:14.2	QQ
2	Mietje Baron (NED)	3:20.2	QQ
3	Margaret Hoffman (USA)	3:21.6	QQ
4	Hedwig Bienenfeld (AUT)
5	Dora Gibbs (GBR)
6	Virginie Rausch (LUX)

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Else Jacobsen (DEN)	3:17.6	QQ
2	Elfriede Zimmermann (GER)	3:18.6	QQ
3	Marianne Gustafsson (SWE)	3:27.0	QQ
4	Dorothy Prior (CAN)
5	Mabel Hamblen (GBR)

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Margaretha van Norden (NED)	3:27.2	QQ
2	Jane Fauntz (USA)	3:29.0	QQ
3	Doris Thompson (AUS)	3:33.6	QQ
4	Alice Stoffel (FRA)

Semifinals

Wednesday August 8, 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Mietje Baron (NED)	3:15.4	QF
2	Charlotte Mühe (GER)	3:16.8	QF
	Else Jacobsen (DEN)	3:16.8	QF
4	Agnes Geraghty (USA)
5	Elfriede Zimmermann (GER)
6	Marianne Gustafsson (SWE)

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Hilde Schrader (GER)	3:11.2	QF =WR
2	Brita Hazelius (SWE)	3:21.4	QF
3	Margaret Hoffman (USA)	3:22.4	QF
4	Margaretha van Norden (NED)
5	Doris Thompson (AUS)
6	Jane Fauntz (USA)

Final

Thursday August 9, 1928:

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Hilde Schrader (GER)	3:12.6
2	Mietje Baron (NED)	3:15.2
3	Charlotte Mühe (GER)	3:17.6
4	Else Jacobsen (DEN)	3:19.0
5	Margaret Hoffman (USA)	3:19.2
6	Brita Hazelius (SWE)	3:23.0

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 October 2008.