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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]
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]
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
| World record |  Hideko Maehata (JPN) | 3:00.4 min | Tokyo, Japan | 30 September 1933 | [4][5] |
| Olympic record |  Clare Dennis (AUS) | 3:06.3 min | Los Angeles, United States | 9 August 1932 | [5][6] |
The following records were established during the competition:
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Results
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Heats
The three fastest swimmers of each heat and the next two fastest swimmers overall (Hanni Hölzner and Dorothy Schiller) advanced to the semifinals on 9 August.[7]
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Semifinals
The three fastest swimmers of both semifinals and the best fourth-place finisher advanced to the final on 11 August.[7]
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
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