The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Tuesday July 15, 1924, on Wednesday July 16, 1924, and on Thursday July 17, 1924.

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Date	July 15–17
Competitors	28 from 16 nations
Medalists
Bob Skelton  United States Joseph De Combe  Belgium Bill Kirschbaum  United States
← 1920 1928 →

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Despite Erich Rademacher from Germany being arguably the fastest breaststroker in the world at the time, and holding the world record in the event, he was not able to compete due to Germany's role in WWI. Despite this, he would establish his dominance in the event by beating the world record several times, which was over 5 seconds faster than the Olympic record set in this event.^[2]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

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World Record	2:50.4	Erich Rademacher	Magdeburg (GER)	April 7, 1924
Olympic Record	3:01.8	Walter Bathe	Stockholm (SWE)	July 12, 1912

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In the first heat Bob Skelton set a new Olympic record with 2:56.0 minutes.