Men's Olympic 200-meter Breaststroke Through the Years
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
200-meter Breaststroke
| Year | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Frederick Holman, GBR | 3:09.2 | WR |
| 1912 | Walter Bathe, GER | 3:01.8 | OR |
| 1920 | Hakan Malmroth, SWE | 3:04.4 | |
| 1924 | Robert Skelton, USA | 2:56.6 | |
| 1928 | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, JPN | 2:48.8 | OR |
| 1932 | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, JPN | 2:45.4 | |
| 1936 | Tetsuo Hamuro, JPN | 2:41.5 | OR |
| 1948 | Joseph Verdeur, USA | 2:39.3 | OR |
| 1952 | John Davies, AUS | 2:34.4 | OR |
| 1956 | Masaru Furukawa, JPN | 2:34.7* | OR |
| 1960 | Bill Mulliken, USA | 2:37.4 | |
| 1964 | Ian O'Brien, AUS | 2:27.8 | WR |
| 1968 | Felipe Muñoz, MEX | 2:28.7 | |
| 1972 | John Hencken, USA | 2:21.55 | WR |
| 1976 | David Wilkie, GBR | 2:15.11 | WR |
| 1980 | Robertas Zhulpa, USSR | 2:15.85 | |
| 1984 | Victor Davis, CAN | 2:13.34 | WR |
| 1988 | József Szabó, HUN | 2:13.52 | |
| 1992 | Mike Barrowman, USA | 2:10.16 | WR |
| 1996 | Norbert Rozsa, HUN | 2:12.57 | |
| 2000 | Domenico Fioravanti, ITA | 2:10.87 | |
| 2004 | Kosuke Kitajima, JPN | 2:09.44 | OR |
| 2008 | Kosuke Kitajima, JPN | 2:07.64 | OR |
*In 1956, the butterfly stroke and breaststroke were separated into two different events.
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