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200 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date	15 – 17 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscine des Tourelles, Saint-Mandé
Participants	28 from 16 countries

In the absence of German world record holder Erich Rademacher and his German team-mate Sommer, the mantle of favourite fell on the Americans and in particular, Bob Skelton. Skelton started his tilt for an Olympic title by setting a new Olympic record in the opening heat of the event and was never challenged in the final. He finished clear of Joseph de Combe of Belgium but was six seconds adrift of Rademacher’s world record.

Frigyes Jung-Hollósi of Hungary, who failed to qualify from his heat, returned to Olympic competition twelve years later as part of the Hungarian rowing eight. Turner Chapman‘s role in Olympic history was forever relegated to a footnote when, as the Canadian lined up for his heat, officials ordered him to leave the arena, a victim of a dispute between the Canadian Olympic Committee and the national swimming authorities.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Bob Skelton	USA	2:56.0 (1 h1)	3:00.2 (1 h1)	2:56.6 (1)	Gold
2	Joseph De Combe	BEL	3:02.0 (1 h2)	3:00.2 (1 h2)	2:59.2 (2)	Silver
3	Bill Kirschbaum	USA	3:01.0 (1 h3)	3:02.6 (2 h1)	3:01.0 (3)	Bronze
4	Bengt Linders	SWE	3:03.4 (1 h5)	3:01.4 (2 h2)	3:02.2 (4)
5	Robert Wyss	SUI	3:03.6 (2 h5)	3:04.2 (3 h1)	3:05.6 (5)
6	Thor Henning	SWE	3:02.4 (2 h1)	3:05.0 (3 h2)	–
7	Frigyes Hollósi	HUN	3:06.4 (2 h4)	3:05.6 (4 h1)	–
8	Reggie Flint	GBR	3:05.2 (1 h4)	3:06.8 (5 h1)	–
9	Edward Maw	GBR	3:07.0 (2 h2)	3:07.0 (4 h2)	–
10	Zoltán Bitskey	HUN	3:05.4 (3 h1)	3:09.2 (5 h2)	–
11	Rudolf Piowatý	TCH	3:10.8 (2 h3)	3:11.8 (6 h1)	–
12	Henri Bouvier	FRA	3:07.8 (3 h4)	–	–
13	Clarrie Heard	NZL	3:09.0 (3 h5)	–	–
14	Tsunenobu Ishida	JPN	3:09.2 (4 h5)	–	–
15	Ivan Stedman	AUS	3:09.6 (4 h1)	–	–
16	Márton Sipos	HUN	3:09.8 (3 h2)	–	–
17	William Stoney	GBR	3:10.3 (5 h1)	–	–
18	Arvo Aaltonen	FIN	3:11.0 (4 h2)	–	–
=19	Marius Zwiller	FRA	3:11.2 (5 h2)	–	–
=19	Georges Vallerey, Sr.	FRA	3:11.2 (6 h1)	–	–
21	Bo Johnsson	SWE	3:12.2 (3 h3)	–	–
22	Viljo Wiklund	FIN	3:12.4 (4 h3)	–	–
23	Gerlacus Moes	NED	3:18.8 (4 h4)	–	–
24	Jaroslav Müller	TCH	3:22.0 (5 h5)	–	–
25	Luciano Trolli	ITA	3:23.0 (5 h3)	–	–
26	Emerico Biach	ITA	3:26.8 (5 h4)	–	–
27	Ivo Pavelić	YUG	3:28.4 (6 h4)	–	–
28	Mário da Silva Marques	POR	3:32.4 (6 h5)	–	–
DNS	John Faricy	USA	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	Bela Deak	YUG	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	15 July 1924 — 10:30
Format	Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Bob Skelton	USA	2:56.0	QOR
2	Bill Kirschbaum	USA	3:01.0	Q
3	Joseph De Combe	BEL	3:02.0	Q
4	Thor Henning	SWE	3:02.4	Q
5	Bengt Linders	SWE	3:03.4	Q
6	Robert Wyss	SUI	3:03.6	Q
7	Reggie Flint	GBR	3:05.2	Q
8	Zoltán Bitskey	HUN	3:05.4	q
9	Frigyes Hollósi	HUN	3:06.4	Q
10	Edward Maw	GBR	3:07.0	Q
11	Henri Bouvier	FRA	3:07.8
12	Clarrie Heard	NZL	3:09.0
13	Tsunenobu Ishida	JPN	3:09.2
14	Ivan Stedman	AUS	3:09.6
15	Márton Sipos	HUN	3:09.8
16	William Stoney	GBR	3:10.3
17	Rudolf Piowatý	TCH	3:10.8	Q
18	Arvo Aaltonen	FIN	3:11.0
=19	Georges Vallerey, Sr.	FRA	3:11.2
=19	Marius Zwiller	FRA	3:11.2
21	Bo Johnsson	SWE	3:12.2
22	Viljo Wiklund	FIN	3:12.4
23	Gerlacus Moes	NED	3:18.8
24	Jaroslav Müller	TCH	3:22.0
25	Luciano Trolli	ITA	3:23.0
26	Emerico Biach	ITA	3:26.8
27	Ivo Pavelić	YUG	3:28.4
28	Mário da Silva Marques	POR	3:32.4
DNS	Bela Deak	YUG	–
DNS	John Faricy	USA	–

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Bob Skelton	USA	2:56.0	QOR
2	Thor Henning	SWE	3:02.4	Q
3	Zoltán Bitskey	HUN	3:05.4	q
4	Ivan Stedman	AUS	3:09.6
5	William Stoney	GBR	3:10.3
6	Georges Vallerey, Sr.	FRA	3:11.2

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Joseph De Combe	BEL	3:02.0	Q
2	Edward Maw	GBR	3:07.0	Q
3	Márton Sipos	HUN	3:09.8
4	Arvo Aaltonen	FIN	3:11.0
5	Marius Zwiller	FRA	3:11.2
DNS	Bela Deak	YUG	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Bill Kirschbaum	USA	3:01.0	Q
2	Rudolf Piowatý	TCH	3:10.8	Q
3	Bo Johnsson	SWE	3:12.2
4	Viljo Wiklund	FIN	3:12.4
5	Luciano Trolli	ITA	3:23.0
DNS	John Faricy	USA	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Reggie Flint	GBR	3:05.2	Q
2	Frigyes Hollósi	HUN	3:06.4	Q
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

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Bengt Linders	SWE	3:03.4	Q
2	Robert Wyss	SUI	3:03.6	Q
3	Clarrie Heard	NZL	3:09.0
4	Tsunenobu Ishida	JPN	3:09.2
5	Jaroslav Müller	TCH	3:22.0
6	Mário da Silva Marques	POR	3:32.4

Semi-Finals

Date	16 July 1924 — 15:00
Format	Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
=1	Bob Skelton	USA	3:00.2	Q
=1	Joseph De Combe	BEL	3:00.2	Q
3	Bengt Linders	SWE	3:01.4	Q
4	Bill Kirschbaum	USA	3:02.6	Q
5	Robert Wyss	SUI	3:04.2	q
6	Thor Henning	SWE	3:05.0
7	Frigyes Hollósi	HUN	3:05.6
8	Reggie Flint	GBR	3:06.8
9	Edward Maw	GBR	3:07.0
10	Zoltán Bitskey	HUN	3:09.2
11	Rudolf Piowatý	TCH	3:11.8

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Bob Skelton	USA	3:00.2	Q
2	Bill Kirschbaum	USA	3:02.6	Q
3	Robert Wyss	SUI	3:04.2	q
4	Frigyes Hollósi	HUN	3:05.6
5	Reggie Flint	GBR	3:06.8
6	Rudolf Piowatý	TCH	3:11.8

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Joseph De Combe	BEL	3:00.2	Q
2	Bengt Linders	SWE	3:01.4	Q
3	Thor Henning	SWE	3:05.0
4	Edward Maw	GBR	3:07.0
5	Zoltán Bitskey	HUN	3:09.2

Final

Date	17 July 1924 — 15:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	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