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Men's 200 m breaststroke - Swimming |  | ||||
 Men's 200 m breaststroke 1956
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| Final | |||||||||
 | Masaru Furukawa |  | JPN | 2.34,7 | OR | ||||
 | Masahiro Yoshimura | | JPN | 2.36,7 | |||||
 | Kharis Yunichev |  | URS | 2.36,8 | |||||
| 4. | Terry Gathercole |  | AUS | 2.38,7 | |||||
| 5. | Igor Zasyeda | | URS | 2.39,0 | |||||
| 6. | Knud Gleie |  | DEN | 2.40,0 | |||||
| 7. | Manuel Sanguily |  | CUB | 2.42,0 | |||||
| Hughes Broussard |  | FRA | dq | ||||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Masaru Furukawa | | JPN | 2.36,1 | OR | ||||
| 2. | Knud Gleie | | DEN | 2.36,4 | q | ||||
| 3. | Fridrikh Dossaev | | URS | 2.43,9 | |||||
| 4. | Louis Kozma |  | BEL | 2.48,4 | |||||
| 5. | Shamsher Khan |  | IND | 3.17,0 | |||||
| Parsons Naibula |  | PHI | dq | ||||||
| Octavio Mobiglia |  | BRA | dq | ||||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Igor Zasyeda | | URS | 2.40,1 | q | ||||
| 2. | Terry Gathercole | | AUS | 2.40,2 | q | ||||
| 3. | Manuel Sanguily | | CUB | 2.41,8 | q | ||||
| 4. | Rene Kohn |  | LUX | 2.50,9 | |||||
| 5. | Istvan Szivos Sr. |  | HUN | 3.18,7 | |||||
| Herbert Klein |  | GER | dq | ||||||
| Alvaro Gomez |  | COL | dq | ||||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Masahiro Yoshimura | | JPN | 2.38,6 | q | ||||
| 2. | Kharis Yunichev | | URS | 2.41,2 | q | ||||
| 3. | Hughes Broussard | | FRA | 2.43,0 | q | ||||
| 4. | Gilbert Desmit | | BEL | 2.43,5 | |||||
| 5. | Christopher Walkden |  | GBR | 2.47,1 | |||||
| 6. | Robert Hughes |  | USA | 2.52,2 | |||||
| Ghulam Rasul |  | PAK | dq | ||||||
Men's 200 m breaststroke - Swimming - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics
Event Format: Swimmers competed in preliminary heats and final. The eight swimmers with the best time in the preliminary heats advanced to the final. The winner of the final was the Gold Medal winner. Event facts: Men's 200 m breaststroke competition was held at the Swimming Stadium and 21 athletes participated in the event. |
| These results for Men's 200 m breaststroke - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database |
