The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.
The competition was held from Thursday to Saturday, 13 to 15 August 1936.
Twenty-five swimmers from eleven nations competed.
In the first heat of the first round Tetsuo Hamuro set a new Olympic record with 2:42.5 minutes.
He bettered his own Olympic record in the final with 2:41.5 minutes.