The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2019.[1][2]
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Location | Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||
| Dates | 25 July (heats and semifinals) 26 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 54 from 46 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:06.12 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Ippei Watanabe (JPN) |
2:06.67 | Tokyo, Japan | 29 January 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record |  Anton Chupkov (RUS) |
2:06.96 | Budapest, Hungary | 28 July 2017 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July | Semifinal 1 | Anton Chupkov | Russia |
2:06.83 | CR |
| Semifinal 2 | Matthew Wilson |  Australia |
2:06.67 | =WR | |
| 26 July | Final | Anton Chupkov | Russia |
2:06.12 | WR |
Results edit
Heats edit
The heats were held on 25 July at 11:08.[3]
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were held on 25 July at 20:44.[4]
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Anton Chupkov | Russia |
2:06.83 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Andrew Wilson |  United States |
2:07.86 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Erik Persson |  Sweden |
2:08.00 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Kazuki Kohinata | Japan |
2:08.42 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ross Murdoch |  Great Britain |
2:08.51 | |
| 6 | 2 | Josh Prenot | United States |
2:08.77 | |
| 7 | 7 | Qin Haiyang |  China |
2:09.11 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anton Sveinn McKee |  Iceland |
2:10.68 |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Matthew Wilson | Australia |
2:06.67 | Q, =WR |
| 2 | 3 | Zac Stubblety-Cook | Australia |
2:07.95 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ippei Watanabe | Japan |
2:08.04 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Dmitriy Balandin |  Kazakhstan |
2:08.19 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Marco Koch |  Germany |
2:08.28 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Arno Kamminga |  Netherlands |
2:08.48 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | James Wilby | Great Britain |
2:08.52 | |
| 8 | 8 | Mykyta Koptyelov |  Ukraine |
2:09.96 |
Final edit
The final was held on 26 July at 21:26.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Anton Chupkov | Russia |
2:06.12 | WR |
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4 | Matthew Wilson | Australia |
2:06.68 | |
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7 | Ippei Watanabe | Japan |
2:06.73 | |
| 4 | 6 | Zac Stubblety-Cook | Australia |
2:07.36 | |
| 5 | 8 | Marco Koch | Germany |
2:07.60 | |
| 6 | 3 | Andrew Wilson | United States |
2:08.10 | |
| 7 | 1 | Dmitriy Balandin | Kazakhstan |
2:08.25 | |
| 8 | 2 | Erik Persson | Sweden |
2:08.39 |