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 to Thursday, 7 to 9 August 1928.
Twenty-one swimmers from twelve nations competed.
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) 15 July 1928 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
Heats
Tuesday 7 August 1928: The fastest three in each heat advanced.
Heat 1
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 3:11.6 , 2 3:18.8 3 3:21.6 4 Unknown 5 Unknown 6 Unknown
Heat 2
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 3:14.2 2 3:20.2 3 3:21.6 4 Unknown 5 Unknown 6 Unknown
Heat 3
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 3:17.6 2 3:18.6 3 3:27.0 4 Unknown 5 Unknown
Heat 4
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 3:27.2 2 3:29.0 3 3:33.6 4 Unknown
Semifinals
Wednesday 8 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced.
Semifinal 1
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 3:15.4 2 3:16.8 3:16.8 4 Unknown 5 Unknown 6 Unknown
Semifinal 2
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 3:11.2 , = 2 3:21.4 3 3:22.4 4 Unknown 5 Unknown 6 Unknown
Final
Thursday 9 August 1928:
Rank Swimmer Nation Time 3:12.6 3:15.2 3:17.6 4 3:19.0 5 3:19.2 6 3:23.0
References
External links Olympic Report