Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
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Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the IV Olympiad
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The start of the final
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Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 15–18 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
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Freestyle | ||||
100 m | men | |||
400 m | men | |||
1500 m | men | |||
Backstroke | ||||
100 m | men | |||
Breaststroke | ||||
200 m | men | |||
Freestyle relay | ||||
4×200 m | men |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke was one of 6 swimming events on the Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only breaststroke event on the schedule. 1908 was the first appearance of the 200 metre breaststroke, as 1904 had seen the introduction of the stroke to Olympic competition with the 400 metre event.
Contents
Results
First round
The fastest swimmer in each heat and the fastest loser advanced, qualifying 8 swimmers for the semifinals.
Heat 1
Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
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1 | Frederick Holman | Great Britain | 3:10.6 |
2 | Richard Rösler | Germany | 3:18.0 |
3 | Max Gumpel | Sweden | Unknown |
Heat 2
Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
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1 | Wilhelm Persson | Sweden | 3:17.6 |
2 | András Baronyi | Hungary | 3:18.0 |
3 | Augustus Goessling | United States | Unknown |
4-5 | Herman Cederberg | Finland | Unknown |
Frank Naylor | Great Britain | Unknown |
Heat 3
Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
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1 | Erich Zeidel | Germany | 3:17.2 |
2 | Hjalmar Johansson | Sweden | 3:21.2 |
3 | Arthur Davies | Great Britain | Unknown |
4 | Pierre Strauwen | Belgium | Unknown |
Heat 4
Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
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1 | Ödön Toldi | Hungary | 3:14.4 |
2 | Pontus Hanson | Sweden | 3:15.0 |
3 | Sydney Gooday | Great Britain | Unknown |
4 | Amilcare Beretta | Italy | Unknown |
Heat 5
Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
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1 | William Robinson | Great Britain | 3:13.0 |
2 | Per Fjästad | Sweden | 3:31.4 |
3 | John Henrikssen | Finland | Unknown |
— | Edward Cooke | Australasia | Did not finish |
Heat 6
Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
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1 | József Fabinyi | Hungary | 3:23.4 |
2 | Torsten Kumfeldt | Sweden | 3:24.6 |
3 | Harald Klem | Denmark | Unknown |
— | Hugo Jonsson | Finland | Did not finish |
Heat 7
Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
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1 | Félicien Courbet | Belgium | 3:16.4 |
2 | Percy Courtman | Great Britain | 3:18.4 |
3 | Adolf Andersson | Sweden | Unknown |
Semifinals
The fastest two swimmers from each semifinal advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
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1 | Frederick Holman | Great Britain | 3:10.0 |
2 | Ödön Toldi | Hungary | 3:16.4 |
3 | Erich Zeidel | Germany | Unknown |
4 | József Fabinyi | Hungary | Unknown |
Semifinal 2
Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
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1 | William Robinson | Great Britain | 3:11.8 |
2 | Pontus Hanson | Sweden | 3:13.0 |
3 | Wilhelm Persson | Sweden | Unknown |
4 | Félicien Courbet | Belgium | Unknown |
Final
Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
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1 | Frederick Holman | Great Britain | 3:09.2 |
2 | William Robinson | Great Britain | 3:12.8 |
3 | Pontus Hanson | Sweden | 3:14.6 |
4 | Ödön Toldi | Hungary | 3:15.2 |
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