Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
VenuePalau Sant Jordi
DatesAugust 1, 2013 (heats &
semifinals)
August 2, 2013 (final)
Competitors43 from 36 nations
Winning time2:07.23 CR
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Finland
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Barcelona Palau San Jordi

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 1–2 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record  Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:07.01 Gifu, Japan 15 September 2012 [3][4]
Competition record  Christian Sprenger (AUS) 2:07.31 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009 [5]

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
2 August Final Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:07.23 CR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 10:54.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 2 Marco Koch  Germany 2:09.39 Q
2 3 5 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:09.91 Q
3 5 4 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:09.94 Q
4 3 7 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:10.16 Q, NR
5 3 4 Akihiro Yamaguchi  Japan 2:10.17 Q
6 5 5 Ryo Tateishi  Japan 2:10.41 Q
7 3 3 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 2:10.70 Q
8 5 3 Vyacheslav Sinkevich  Russia 2:10.82 Q
9 3 6 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:10.94 Q
10 4 8 Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia 2:11.00 Q, NR
11 4 5 Kevin Cordes  United States 2:11.40 Q
12 3 2 Marat Amaltdinov  Russia 2:11.41 Q
13 4 3 Christian vom Lehn  Germany 2:11.45 Q
14 4 4 Michael Jamieson  Great Britain 2:11.47 Q
15 5 6 B.J. Johnson  United States 2:11.64 Q
16 5 7 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 2:11.71 Q
17 4 2 Mao Feilian  China 2:11.81
18 4 7 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:11.93
19 5 1 Mikolaj Machnik  Poland 2:11.98
20 3 1 Sławomir Kuczko  Poland 2:12.21
21 5 8 Dimitrios Koulouris  Greece 2:12.87
22 4 6 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 2:13.10
23 2 3 Carlos Almeida  Portugal 2:13.21 NR
24 3 0 Ashton Baumann  Canada 2:13.46
25 2 8 Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan 2:13.53
26 5 0 Jorge Murillo  Colombia 2:14.06
27 3 8 Ju Jang-Hun  South Korea 2:14.79
28 2 6 Gal Nevo  Israel 2:14.94
29 2 1 Anton Sveinn McKee  Iceland 2:15.12
30 2 5 Carlos Claverie  Venezuela 2:15.76 NR
31 4 1 Ihor Borysyk  Ukraine 2:15.84
32 2 4 Sandeep Sejwal  India 2:16.05
33 2 2 Jakub Maly  Austria 2:16.12
34 4 9 Pavel Kapylou  Belarus 2:16.68
35 4 0 Christian Schurr Voight  Mexico 2:17.62
36 2 7 Eladio Carrión  Puerto Rico 2:17.82
37 3 9 Irakli Bolkvadze  Georgia 2:18.23
38 2 0 Joshua Hall  Philippines 2:19.16
39 5 9 Nuttapong Ketin  Thailand 2:19.71
40 2 9 Damir Davletbaev  Kyrgyzstan 2:25.73
41 1 4 Eli Ebenezer Wong  Northern Mariana Islands 2:23.75
42 1 5 Alexandros Axiotis  Zambia 2:34.43
43 1 3 Ashraf Hassan  Maldives 2:55.19

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held at 18:54.[7]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:09.11 Q
2 6 Vyacheslav Sinkevich  Russia 2:09.47 Q
3 1 Michael Jamieson  Great Britain 2:09.62 Q
4 5 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:09.96 Q, NR
5 3 Ryo Tateishi  Japan 2:10.01 Q
6 8 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 2:11.21
7 2 Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia 2:11.56
8 7 Marat Amaltdinov  Russia 2:13.06

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:08.50 Q
2 4 Marco Koch  Germany 2:08.61 Q
3 3 Akihiro Yamaguchi  Japan 2:10.00 Q
4 7 Kevin Cordes  United States 2:10.03
5 1 Christian vom Lehn  Germany 2:10.12
6 6 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 2:10.17
7 8 B.J. Johnson  United States 2:10.79
8 2 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:11.73

Final

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The final was held at 19:32.[8]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:07.23 CR, ER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Marco Koch  Germany 2:08.54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:08.95 NR
4 3 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:09.13
5 2 Michael Jamieson  Great Britain 2:09.14
6 6 Vyacheslav Sinkevich  Russia 2:09.34
7 1 Akihiro Yamaguchi  Japan 2:09.57
8 8 Ryo Tateishi  Japan 2:10.28

References

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  1. ^ "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Akihiro Yamaguchi Drops World Record in Japan". Swimming World Magazine. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Akihiro Yamaguchi sets world record". ESPN. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  5. ^ Cowley, Michael (31 July 2009). "Gold for Schipper as Sprenger breaks world record". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  6. ^ Heats Results
  7. ^ Semifinals Results
  8. ^ Final Results
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