The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme.
[1] It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908.
Eighteen swimmers from eleven nations competed.
In the first heat Yoshiyuki Tsuruta improved his own Olympic record with 2:46.2 minutes.
In the first semi-final Reizo Koike bettered the Olympic record with 2:44.9 minutes.