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Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games:
Women's 200 metres Breaststroke
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Host City: Berlin, Germany
Venue(s): Swimming Stadium, Imperial Sports Field, Berlin
Date Started: August 8, 1936
Date Finished: August 11, 1936
| Gold: |  Hideko Maehata |
| Silver: |  Martha Genenger |
| Bronze: |  Inge Sørensen |
Summary
Hideko Maehata of Japan entered the Olympic Games as a strong favourite to become the first Asian woman to claim an Olympic title. She had held the world record since 1933. Maehata was severely challenged in the final by a fourteen year old German by the name of Martha Geneger. For 150m the two women fought stroke-for-stroke for the lead but the superior stamina of the Japanese pulled her through for the victory. Inge Sørensen of Denmark, the bronze medallist, was twelve years and 24 days old and the youngest Olympic medallist in an individual event.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideko Maehata | 22 | Japan | JPN | Gold | |
| 2 | Martha Genenger | 24 | Germany | GER | Silver | |
| 3 | Inge Sørensen | 12 | Denmark | DEN | Bronze | |
| 4T | Hanni Hölzner | 23 | Germany | GER | ||
| 4T | Jopie Waalberg | 16 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 6 | Doris Storey | 16 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 7 | Jenny Kastein | 23 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 4 h2 r2/3 | Kerstin Isberg | 22 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | Trude Wollschläger | 23 | Germany | GER | ||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | Valborg Christensen | 19 | Denmark | DEN | ||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | Margaret Gomm | 15 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | Unoko Tsuboi | 18 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | Maria Lenk | 21 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 7 h2 r2/3 | Dorothy Schiller | 20 | United States | USA | ||
| 4 h2 r1/3 | Anja Lappalainen | 18 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 4 h3 r1/3 | Iris Cummings | 15 | United States | USA | ||
| 4 h4 r1/3 | Edel Nielsen | 24 | Denmark | DEN | ||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | Ann Govednik | 20 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 h3 r1/3 | Eliška Boubelová | 20 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 5 h4 r1/3 | Jo Stroomberg | 17 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 6 h1 r1/3 | Vera Kingston | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 6 h3 r1/3 | Tenny Wyss | 20 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 7 h1 r1/3 | Joan Langdon | 13 | Canada | CAN |
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