Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Swimming at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mwomen
Butterfly
100 mwomen
200 mmen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place between 30 November and 6 December.[1] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Gold Masaru Furukawa
 Japan
Silver Masahiro Yoshimura
 Japan
Bronze Kharis Yunichev
 Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Three heats were held; the swimmers with the fastest eight times advanced to the Finals. The athletes that advanced are highlighted.

Heat One

Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Masaru Furukawa Japan 2:36.1
2 Knud Gleie Denmark 2:36.4
3 Farid Dosayev Soviet Union 2:43.9
4 Louis Kozma Belgium 2:48.4
5 Shamsher Khan India 3:19.0
– Octávio Mobiglia Brazil DSQ
– Palsons Naibula Philippines DSQ

Heat Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Igor Zaseda Soviet Union 2:40.1
2 Terry Gathercole Australia 2:40.2
3 Manuel Sanguily Cuba 2:41.8
4 Ren Kohn Luxembourg 2:50.9
5 István Szívós Hungary 3:18.7
– Álvaro Gómez Colombia DSQ
– Herbert Klein Germany DSQ

Heat Three

Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Masahiro Yoshimura Japan 2:38.6
2 Kharis Yunichev Soviet Union 2:41.2
3 Hugues Broussard France 2:43.0
4 Gilbert Desmit Belgium 2:43.5
5 Christopher Walkden Great Britain 2:47.1
6 Robert Hughes United States 2:52.2
– Ghulam Rasul Pakistan DSQ

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Masaru Furukawa  Japan 2:34.7
2 Masahiro Yoshimura  Japan 2:36.7
3 Kharis Yunichev  Soviet Union 2:36.8
4 Terry Gathercole  Australia 2:38.7
5 Igor Zaseda  Soviet Union 2:39.0
6 Knud Gleie  Denmark 2:40.0
7 Manuel Sanguily  Cuba 2:42.0
Hugues Broussard  France DSQ

A loophole in the rules allowed swimmers to swim below the surface of the water, which was quicker and more efficient, with Furukawa spending 75% of the race underwater. Underwater swimming was banned in early 1957.[2]

Key: DSQ = Disqualified

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 407. ISBN 0140066322.
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