1912 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200 m chest (men)
sport | swim | ||||||||
discipline | 200 m chest | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 24 athletes from 11 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Djurgårdsbrunnsviken | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 7-10, 1912 | ||||||||
Winning time | 3: 01.8 min ( OR ) | ||||||||
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Swimming competitions at the 1912 Olympics |
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100 m freestyle | Men | Women |
400 m freestyle | Men | |
1500 m freestyle | Men | |
100 m back | Men | |
200 m chest | Men | |
400 m chest | Men | |
4 × 100 m freestyle | Women | |
4 × 200 m freestyle | Men |
The swimming competition over 200m breaststroke men at the 1912 Summer Olympics took place between 7 July and 10 July 1912th The venue was the swimming stadium at Djurgårdsbrunnsviken .
After its premiere at the 1908 Games, the competition was part of the Olympic program for the second time. 24 athletes from 11 countries took part.
In the breaststroke the European athletes were dominant at this time. With the world record holder Félicien Courbet (Belgium), the winner of the ASA Championships 1907-1909 and 1912 Percy Courtman (Great Britain) and Harald Julin (Sweden), winners of the ASA Championships 1910, the most successful swimmers of the last few years were at the start. Only Ödön Toldi (Hungary), winner of the ASA Championships 1911, was missing.
Of them, however, only Courtman reached the final. The competition was determined by the swimmers from Germany, who celebrated a triple success in the end. Olympic champion Walter Bathe improved the Olympic record by a total of 5.6 seconds in each of his three races. The world record remained untouched.
Records
Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.
World record | 3: 00.8 min | Félicien Courbet | Schaerbeek (Belgium) | October 2, 1910 |
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Olympic record | 3: 09.2 min | Frederick Holman | London (Great Britain) | July 18, 1908 |
The following new records were set:
Olympic record | 3: 01.8 min | Walter Bathe | final | July 10, 1912 |
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3: 02.2 min | Walter Bathe | Semi-final 2 | July 9, 1912 | |
3: 03.4 min | Walter Bathe | Forward 4 | July 7, 1912 | |
3: 07.4 min | Wilhelm Lützow | Forward 1 | July 7, 1912 |
Results
First round
The six preliminary runs took place on Sunday, July 7th, 1912, from 1:50 p.m. For the semi-finals, the two fastest of each heat qualified as well as the fastest third placed of all heats.
Forward 1
Lützow and Henning were tied for over 150 meters. In a tough final sprint, the German managed to break away and in the end easily won in a new Olympic record time. |
Forward 2
Malisch determined the lead and won by a safe margin. |
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Forward 3
Atkinson had no opponent. |
Forward 4
Bathe won clearly and improved the Olympic record set by his compatriot Lützow by 4.0 seconds. |
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Forward 5
Courbet and Hanson fought an uphill battle. Initially the Swede was in the lead, but after the turnaround the Belgian took the lead and won in the final sprint. Towards the end of the race, Innocent came close to Hanson again. |
Forward 6
Demján won the race without much effort. |
Semifinals
The semi-finals took place on Tuesday, July 9, 1912, from 8:15 p.m. The two fastest of each run and the fastest third placed in both semifinals qualified for the final.
Semi-final 1
At the first turn, Henning was in the lead. Malisch passed him on the last track and won in the final sprint. Julin fought for second place. |
Semi-final 2
Bathe was in the lead from the start of the race and improved his own Olympic record from the lead by 1.2 seconds, closely followed by his compatriot Lützow. |
final
The final took place on Wednesday, July 10, 1912 at 7:30 p.m.
space | Surname | country | time | Note |
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1. | Walter Bathe | GER | 3: 01.8 min | OR |
2. | Wilhelm Lützow | GER | 3: 05.0 min | |
3. | Paul Malisch | GER | 3: 08.0 min | |
4th | Percy Courtman | GBR | 3: 08.8 min | |
- | Thor Henning | SWE | DNF |
Bathe, the fastest of the heats and the semi-finals, took the lead from the start. Lützow stayed with him. In the final sprint, Bathe certainly won with a new Olympic record. In the battle for third place, Malisch and Henning were side by side at 50 meters, Courtman a little behind. The health-weakened Swede had to give up the race after the turn. In an exciting final sprint, Malisch prevailed against the British and secured a three-fold German success.
literature
- The Swedish Olympic Committee: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 - Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1912, pp. 722f
- Results at SportsReference.com