The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 6 August with the heats and the semifinals and 7 August with the final.[1]
Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Victory Ceremony | ||||||||||
Dates | 6 August (heats and semifinals) 7 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 52 from 44 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:07.76 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN) | 2:07.01 | Gifu, Gifu, Japan | 15 September 2012 |
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Competition record | Dániel Gyurta (HUN) | 2:07.23 | Barcelona, Spain | 2 August 2013 |
Results
editHeats
editThe heats were held at 10:33.[2]
Semifinals
editThe semifinals were held at 18:29.[3]
Semifinal 1
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Andrew Willis | Great Britain | 2:08.72 | Q |
2 | 5 | Dmitriy Balandin | Kazakhstan | 2:09.22 | Q |
3 | 6 | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:09.64 | Q, WJR |
4 | 7 | Nic Fink | United States | 2:10.04 | |
5 | 8 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 2:10.45 | |
6 | 3 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 2:10.51 | |
7 | 2 | Anton Sveinn McKee | Iceland | 2:10.79 | |
8 | 1 | Christian vom Lehn | Germany | 2:11.26 |
Semifinal 2
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | 2:08.03 | Q |
2 | 4 | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:08.34 | Q |
3 | 3 | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 2:08.53 | Q |
4 | 6 | Kevin Cordes | United States | 2:08.69 | Q |
5 | 5 | Mao Feilian | China | 2:09.54 | Q, NR |
6 | 2 | Ilya Khomenko | Russia | 2:09.86 | |
7 | 7 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:10.87 | |
8 | 8 | Luca Pizzini | Italy | 2:11.05 |
Final
editThe final was held at 18:55.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:07.76 | ||
6 | Kevin Cordes | United States | 2:08.05 | ||
3 | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 2:08.10 | ||
4 | 2 | Andrew Willis | Great Britain | 2:08.52 | |
5 | 4 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | 2:09.12 | |
6 | 7 | Dmitriy Balandin | Kazakhstan | 2:09.58 | |
7 | 8 | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:09.96 | |
8 | 1 | Mao Feilian | China | 2:10.02 |