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{{Infobox Olympic event
{{short description|None}}
| event = Men's 200 metre breaststroke
| games = 1968 Summer
| image =
| caption =
| venue = [[Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez]]
| dates = 21 October 1968 (heats)<br />22 October 2022 (final)
| competitors = 36
| nations = 23
| win_value = 2:28.27
| gold = [[Felipe Muñoz]]
| goldNOC = MEX
| silver = [[Vladimir Kosinsky]]
| silverNOC = URS
| bronze = [[Brian Job]]
| bronzeNOC = USA
| prev = [[Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|1964]]
| next = [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|1972]]
}}


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The '''men's 200 metre breaststroke''' event at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] took place between 21 and 22 October.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170316/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke |accessdate=9 November 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref> This [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] event used the [[breaststroke]]. Because an [[Olympic-size swimming pool]] is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
The '''men's 200 metre breaststroke''' event at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] was held from 21 to 22 October 1968 at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170316/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke |accessdate=9 November 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref>.


==Medalists==
==Records==
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

{{World Olympic Record
| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kosinsky]]|URS}}
| world_mark = 2:27.4
| world_place = [[Tallin]], [[Soviet Union]]
| world_date = 3 April 1968
| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|[[Ian O'Brien]]|AUS|1964 Summer}}
| olympic_mark = 2:27.8
| olympic_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| olympic_date = 15 October 1964
}}

==Competition format==

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best eight times in the heats advance to the final.

==Schedule==
<small>All times are [[Central Time Zone]] (UTC-6)</small><ref name=schedule/>


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Date
!Time
!Round
|-
|-
| 21 October|| 10:0 || Heats
|{{OlympicGoldMedalist|[[Felipe Muñoz]]|MEX|1968 Summer}}
|-style=background:lemonchiffon
|-
| 22 October|| '''17:00''' || '''Final'''
|{{OlympicSilverMedalist|[[Vladimir Kosinsky]]|URS|1968 Summer}}
|-
|{{OlympicBronzeMedalist|[[Brian Job]]|USA|1968 Summer}}
|}
|}


Revision as of 00:20, 27 May 2022

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAlberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez
Dates21 October 1968 (heats)
22 October 2022 (final)
Competitors36 from 23 nations
Winning time2:28.27
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Felipe Muñoz  Mexico
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brian Job  United States
← 1964
1972 →

Swimming at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics was held from 21 to 22 October 1968 at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez.[1].

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Vladimir Kosinsky (URS) 2:27.4 Tallin, Soviet Union 3 April 1968
Olympic record  Ian O'Brien (AUS) 2:27.8 Tokyo, Japan 15 October 1964

Competition format

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best eight times in the heats advance to the final.

Schedule

All times are Central Time Zone (UTC-6)[2]

Date Time Round
21 October 10:0 Heats
22 October 17:00 Final

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Bill Mahony  Canada 2:36.4
2 Ian O'Brien  Australia 2:36.8
Theo Bolkart  West Germany
4 Thomas Aretz  West Germany 2:39.0
5 José Sylvio Fiolo  Brazil 2:42.1
6 Nicolas Gilliard  Switzerland 2:44.0
7 Rafael Hernández Rojas  Mexico 2:44.8
8 Eduardo Moreno  Mexico 2:46.7

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Philip Long  United States 2:33.1
2 Egon Henninger  East Germany 2:34.2
3 Michael Günther  West Germany 2:40.7
4 Alberto Forelli  Argentina 2:41.7
5 Roger Roberts  Great Britain 2:42.2
6 Leiknir Jónsson  Iceland 2:48.8

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union 2:31.9
2 Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 2:35.5
3 Ken Merten  United States 2:37.0
4 Liam Ball  Ireland 2:39.8
5 José Durán  Spain 2:40.3
6 Józef Klukowski  Poland 2:41.6
7 Gershon Shefa  Israel 2:42.6
8 Abel Muñoz  El Salvador 3:02.8

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Brian Job  United States 2:31.5
2 Nikolay Pankin  Soviet Union 2:33.1
3 Osamu Tsurumine  Japan 2:33.9
4 Ladislau Koszta  Romania 2:36.4
5 Osvaldo Boretto  Argentina 2:38.8
6 Stuart Roberts  Great Britain 2:39.1
7 Slavko Kurbanović  Yugoslavia 2:39.9
8 Yohan Kende  Israel 2:44.3

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Felipe Muñoz  Mexico 2:31.1
2 Yevhen Mykhailov  Soviet Union 2:32.8
3 Klaus Katzur  East Germany 2:36.2
4 Thomas Johnsson  Sweden 2:38.0
5 Amman Jalmaani  Philippines 2:42.6
6 Ivan Gomina  Colombia 2:45.0

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Felipe Muñoz  Mexico 2:28.7
2 Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union 2:29.2
3 Brian Job  United States 2:29.9
4 Nikolay Pankin  Soviet Union 2:30.3
5 Yevgeny Mikhaylov  Soviet Union 2:32.8
6 Egon Henninger  East Germany 2:33.2
7 Philip Long  United States 2:33.6
8 Osamu Tsurumine  Japan 2:34.9

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference schedule was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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