Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The women’s 200 metre breaststroke event included in the swimming competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place on October 11–12 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. In this event swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the ninth appearance of the event which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 27 competitors from 15 nations participated in the event.