Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.[1] 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.
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Date | July 15–17 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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Despite Erich Rademacher from Germany being arguably the fastest breaststroker in the world at the time, and holding the world record in the event, he was not able to compete due to Germany's role in WWI. Despite this, he would establish his dominance in the event by beating the world record several times, which was over 5 seconds faster than the Olympic record set in this event.[2]