Men 200m Breaststroke Swimming 4th Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Saturday, 18th July - Gold Medal: Frederick Holman, Great Britain

Men 200m Breaststroke Swimming 4th Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Saturday, 18th July - Gold Medal: Frederick Holman, Great Britain

Venue: White City Stadium. 100-metre Swimming Pool especialy constructed inside track and field oval.

Final 14:30		time	SF
1. Frederick Holman	Great Britain	3:09.2	1.
2. William Robinson	Great Britain	3:12.8	2.
3. Pontus Hanson	Sweden	3:14.6	3.
4. Toldi Ödön	Hungary	3:15.2	4.

First time this event was held in Olympic Games. 27 swimmers from 10 nations.

Men 200m Breaststroke History

1912 Men 200m Breaststroke

1920 Men 200m Breaststroke

1924 Men 200m Breaststroke

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Men 100m Freestyle	Men 100m Backstroke
Men 400m Freestyle	Men 200m Breaststroke
Men 1500m Freestyle	Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Pontus Hanson took the lead and held a 2 metre margin through 50 metres. At 100 metres, William Robinson (GBR) and Hanson were equal first. By 150 metres, Hanson had faded to last, but he would recover slightly to get the bronze medal. Fred Holman did not take the lead until the last lap but pulled away to win by 2 yards.

Semi-Finals - Thursday, 16th July.

First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final.

Semi 1		time
1. Frederick Holman	Great Britain	3:10.0	Q
2. Toldi Ödön	Hungary	3:16.4	Q
3. Erich Seidel	Germany	Unknown
4. József Fabinyi	Hungary	Unknown

Semi 2		time
1. William Robinson	Great Britain	3:11.8	Q
2. Pontus Hanson	Sweden	3:13.0	Q
3. Wilhelm Persson	Sweden	Unknown
4. Courbet Félicien	Belgium	Unknown

Heats - Wednesday, 15th July 14:30.

Winners of each of 7 Heats and Best 2nd place - Pontus Hanson (SWE) advanced to Semifinals.

Heat 1		time
1. Frederick Holman	Great Britain	3:10.6	Q
2. Richard Rösler	Germany	3:18.0
3. Max Gumpel	Sweden	Unknown
-. Imre Waizner	Hungary	DNS
-. G. Petit	Italy	DNS

Heat 2		time
1. Wilhelm Persson	Sweden	3:17.6	Q
2. András Baronyi	Hungary	3:18.0
3. Augustus Goessling	United States	Unknown
-. Herman Cederberg	Finland	Unknown
-. Frank Naylor	Great Britain	Unknown

Heat 3		time
1. Erich Seidel	Germany	3:17.2	Q
2. Hjalmar Johansson	Sweden	3:21.2
3. Arthur Davies	Great Britain	at 10 yards
4. Pierre Strauwen	Belgium	Unknown
-. G. Bowidon	France	DNS

Heat 4		time
1. Toldi Ödön	Hungary	3:14.4	Q
2. Pontus Hanson	Sweden	3:15.0	q
3. Sydney Gooday	Great Britain	at 2½ yards
4. Amilcare Beretta	Italy	Unknown
-. Georg Zacharias	Germany	DNS

Heat 5		time
1. William Robinson	Great Britain	3:13.0	Q
2. Per Fjästad	Sweden	3:31.4
3. John Henriksson	Finland	Unknown
-. Edward Cooke	Australasia	DNF
-. Al Gosnell	United States	DNS

Heat 6		time
1. Fabinyi József	Hungary	3:23.4	Q
2. Torsten Kumfeldt	Sweden	3:24.6
3. Harald Klem	Denmark	Unknown
-. Hugo Jonsson	Finland	DNF
-. A. Frick	France	DNS

Heat 7		time
1. Courbet Félicien	Belgium	3:16.4	Q
2. Percy Courtman	Great Britain	3:18.4
3. Adolf Andersson	Sweden	Unknown
-. Walter Brack	Germany	DNS
-. F. Negri	Italy	DNS

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