<page_title> Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke </page_title> <section_title> Heats </section_title> <table> <cell> 1 <col_header> Place </col_header> </cell> <cell> Tetsuo Hamuro (JPN) <col_header> Swimmer </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2:42.5 <col_header> Time </col_header> </cell> <cell> QQ OR <col_header> Qual. </col_header> </cell> </table>
In the first heat, Tetsuo Hamuro set an Olympic record with 2:42.5.