Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Date	July 15–17
Competitors	28 from 16 nations
Medalists
Bob Skelton  United States Joseph De Combe  Belgium Bill Kirschbaum  United States

Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men		women
400 m	men		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men		women
Breaststroke
200 m	men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m			women
4×200 m	men

The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Tuesday July 15, 1924, on Wednesday July 16, 1924, and on Thursday July 17, 1924.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2:50.4	Erich Rademacher	Magdeburg (GER)	April 7, 1924
Olympic Record	3:01.8	Walter Bathe	Stockholm (SWE)	July 12, 1912

In the first heat Bob Skelton set a new Olympic record with 2:56.0 minutes.

Results

Heats

Tuesday July 15, 1924: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Bob Skelton (USA)	2:56.0	QQ OR
2	Thor Henning (SWE)	3:02.4	QQ
3	Zoltán Bitskey (HUN)	3:05.4	qq
4	Ivan Stedman (AUS)	3:09.6
5	William Stoney (GBR)	3:10.3
6	Georges Vallerey (FRA)	3:11.2

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Joseph De Combe (BEL)	3:02.0	QQ
2	Edward Maw (GBR)	3:07.0	QQ
3	Márton Sipos (HUN)	3:09.8
4	Arvo Aaltonen (FIN)	3:11.0
5	Marius Zwiller (FRA)	3:11.2

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Bill Kirschbaum (USA)	3:01.0	QQ
2	Rudolf Piowatý (TCH)	3:10.8	QQ
3	Bo Johnsson (SWE)	3:12.2
4	Viljo Viklund (FIN)	3:12.4
5	Luciano Trolli (ITA)	3:23.0

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Reginald Flint (GBR)	3:05.2	QQ
2	Frigyes Hollósi (HUN)	3:06.4	QQ
3	Henri Bouvier (FRA)	3:07.8
4	Gerlacus Moes (NED)	3:18.8
5	Emerico Biach (ITA)	3:26.8
6	Ivo Pavelić (YUG)	3:28.4

Heat 5

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Bengt Linders (SWE)	3:03.4	QQ
2	Robert Wyss (SUI)	3:03.6	QQ
3	Clarrie Heard (NZL)	3:09.0
4	Tsunenobu Ishida (JPN)	3:09.2
5	Jaroslav Müller (TCH)	3:22.0
6	Mário Marques (POR)	3:32.4

Semifinals

Wednesday July 16, 1924: The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Bob Skelton (USA)	3:00.2	QF
2	Bill Kirschbaum (USA)	3:02.6	QF
3	Robert Wyss (SUI)	3:04.2	qf
4	Frigyes Hollósi (HUN)	3:05.6
5	Reginald Flint (GBR)	3:06.8
6	Rudolf Piowatý (TCH)	3:11.8

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Joseph De Combe (BEL)	3:00.2	QF
2	Bengt Linders (SWE)	3:01.4	QF
3	Thor Henning (SWE)	3:05.0
4	Edward Maw (GBR)	3:07.0
5	Zoltán Bitskey (HUN)	3:09.2

Final

Thursday July 17, 1924:

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Bob Skelton (USA)	2:56.6
2	Joseph De Combe (BEL)	2:59.2
3	Bill Kirschbaum (USA)	3:01.0
4	Bengt Linders (SWE)	3:02.2
5	Robert Wyss (SUI)	3:05.6

References

• Olympic Report
• Sports Reference - Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke