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Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1936 Summer Olympics, took place from 8 to 11 August, at the (50 m) Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 23 competitors from 12 nations participated in the event.[1]
Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin | ||||||||||||
Date | 8 August (heats) 9 August (semifinals) 11 August (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:03.6 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The world record holder at the time, Japanese Hideko Maehata, won the event four years after losing the gold medal to Australian Clare Dennis by one tenth of a second. Twenty four-year-old German silver medalist Martha Genenger broke the Olympic record in her heat on 8 August, but Maebata broke it again in the next heat with a time of 3:01.9 seconds.[1] Danish Inge Sørensen won the bronze medal, becoming the youngest ever female Olympic medalist (12 years, 24 days).[2] Sørensen's compatriot Valborg Christensen was favoured to win a medal in this event, but she was eliminated after finishing fifth in her semifinal.[3]