Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Felipe Muñoz Mexico 2:28.7
2 Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union 2:29.2
3 Brian Job United States 2:29.9
4 Nikolay Pankin Soviet Union 2:30.3
5 Yevgeny Mikhaylov Soviet Union 2:32.8
6 Egon Henninger East Germany 2:33.2
7 Philip Long United States 2:33.6
8 Osamu Tsurumine Japan 2:34.9
Results -- Final
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place between 21 and 22 October. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.