Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Men's 200 metre breaststroke; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez
Dates	21 October 1968 (heats); 22 October 1968 (final)
Competitors	36 from 23 nations
Winning time	2:28.27
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

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	Tallinn, 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	10:00	Heats
22 October	17:00	Final

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time
1	3	Bill Mahony	Canada	2:36.4
2	6	Ian O'Brien	Australia	2:36.8
2	4	Theo Bolkart	West Germany	2:36.8
4	5	Thomas Aretz	West Germany	2:39.0
5	8	José Sylvio Fiolo	Brazil	2:42.1
6	1	Nicolas Gilliard	Switzerland	2:44.0
7	7	Rafael Hernández Rojas	Mexico	2:44.8
8	2	Eduardo Moreno	Mexico	2:46.7

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	5	Philip Long	United States	2:33.1	Q
2	6	Egon Henninger	East Germany	2:34.2	Q
3	3	Michael Günther	West Germany	2:40.7
4	7	Alberto Forelli	Argentina	2:41.7
5	4	Roger Roberts	Great Britain	2:42.2
6	2	Leiknir Jónsson	Iceland	2:48.8

Heat 3

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

Heat 4

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

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	3	Felipe Muñoz	Mexico	2:31.1	Q
2	2	Yevhen Mykhailov	Soviet Union	2:32.8	Q
3	5	Klaus Katzur	East Germany	2:36.2
4	7	Thomas Johnsson	Sweden	2:38.0
5	6	Amman Jalmaani	Philippines	2:42.6
6	4	Ivan Gomina	Colombia	2:45.0

Final

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