Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the VII Olympiad
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| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 26–29 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
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Håkan Malmrot |
 Sweden
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Thor Henning |
Sweden
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Arvo Aaltonen |
 Finland
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event.
A total of 24 swimmers from 11 nations competed in the event, which was held from Thursday, August 26 to Sunday, August 29, 1920.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Thursday, August 26, 1920: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Saturday, August 28, 1920: The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final. Since both third-place swimmers had the same time, both advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Sunday, August 29, 1920:
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