Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Appearance
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Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 7–9 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 21 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
The women's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the second appearance of the event, which was established in 1924. The competition was held from Tuesday to Thursday, 7 to 9 August 1928.
Twenty-one swimmers from twelve nations competed.
Records
[edit]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) | 15 July 1928 |
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Olympic Record | 3:27.6 | Agnes Geraghty | Paris (FRA) | 16 July 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
[edit]Heats
[edit]Tuesday 7 August 1928: The fastest three in each heat advanced.
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hilde Schrader | Germany | 3:11.6 | Q, OR |
2 | Agnes Geraghty | United States | 3:18.8 | Q |
3 | Brita Hazelius | Sweden | 3:21.6 | Q |
4 | Cornelia van Gelder | Netherlands | Unknown | |
5 | Margery Hinton | Great Britain | Unknown | |
6 | Róża Kajzer | Poland | Unknown |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Charlotte Mühe | Germany | 3:14.2 | Q |
2 | Mietje Baron | Netherlands | 3:20.2 | Q |
3 | Margaret Hoffman | United States | 3:21.6 | Q |
4 | Hedwig Bienenfeld | Austria | Unknown | |
5 | Dora Gibbs | Great Britain | Unknown | |
6 | Virginie Rausch | Luxembourg | Unknown |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Else Jacobsen | Denmark | 3:17.6 | Q |
2 | Elfriede Zimmermann | Germany | 3:18.6 | Q |
3 | Marianne Gustafsson | Sweden | 3:27.0 | Q |
4 | Dorothy Prior | Canada | Unknown | |
5 | Mabel Hamblen | Great Britain | Unknown |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Margaretha van Norden | Netherlands | 3:27.2 | Q |
2 | Jane Fauntz | United States | 3:29.0 | Q |
3 | Doris Thompson | Australia | 3:33.6 | Q |
4 | Alice Stoffel | France | Unknown |
Semifinals
[edit]Wednesday 8 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced.
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mietje Baron | Netherlands | 3:15.4 | Q |
2 | Charlotte Mühe | Germany | 3:16.8 | Q |
Else Jacobsen | Denmark | 3:16.8 | Q | |
4 | Agnes Geraghty | United States | Unknown | |
5 | Elfriede Zimmermann | Germany | Unknown | |
6 | Marianne Gustafsson | Sweden | Unknown |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hilde Schrader | Germany | 3:11.2 | Q, OR, =WR |
2 | Brita Hazelius | Sweden | 3:21.4 | Q |
3 | Margaret Hoffman | United States | 3:22.4 | Q |
4 | Margaretha van Norden | Netherlands | Unknown | |
5 | Doris Thompson | Australia | Unknown | |
6 | Jane Fauntz | United States | Unknown |
Final
[edit]Thursday 9 August 1928:
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
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Hilde Schrader | Germany | 3:12.6 | |
Mietje Baron | Netherlands | 3:15.2 | |
Charlotte Mühe | Germany | 3:17.6 | |
4 | Else Jacobsen | Denmark | 3:19.0 |
5 | Margaret Hoffman | United States | 3:19.2 |
6 | Brita Hazelius | Sweden | 3:23.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 October 2008.