Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Victory Ceremony
Dates 6 August (heats and semifinals)
7 August (final)
Competitors 52 from 44 nations
Winning time 2:07.76
Medalists
    Germany
    United States
    Hungary
2015 FINA
World Championships

Kazan, Russia
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Mixed 3 m 10 m
Team
High diving
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Team team
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Mixed relay
4×100 m freestyle medley
Synchronised swimming
Solo technical free
Duet technical free
Team technical free
combination
Mixed duet technical free
Water polo

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]

Records

Prior 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
Championship record  Dániel Gyurta (HUN) 2:07.23 Barcelona, Spain 2 August 2013

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:33.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Marco Koch  Germany 2:09.12 Q
2 6 3 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:09.35 Q
3 6 7 Mao Feilian  China 2:09.56 Q, NR
4 5 4 Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan 2:09.75 Q
5 4 5 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:09.81 Q
6 5 0 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:09.89 Q
7 6 5 Kevin Cordes  United States 2:09.94 Q
8 4 7 Anton Chupkov  Russia 2:09.97 Q
9 6 6 Ilya Khomenko  Russia 2:10.13 Q
10 4 2 Anton Sveinn McKee  Iceland 2:10.21 Q, NR
11 5 1 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:10.41 Q, NR
12 4 3 Nic Fink  United States 2:10.43 Q
13 4 4 Yasuhiro Koseki  Japan 2:10.47 Q
14 4 6 Christian vom Lehn  Germany 2:10.71 Q
15 5 7 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:11.00 Q
16 5 3 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 2:11.11 Q
17 5 2 Li Xiang  China 2:11.30
18 4 0 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:11.65
18 5 9 Yannick Käser   Switzerland 2:11.65 NR
20 6 0 Carlos Claverie  Venezuela 2:12.33
21 4 1 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 2:12.37
22 6 8 Thomas Dahlia  France 2:12.64
23 3 4 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 2:12.71
24 6 9 Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia 2:12.74
25 5 6 Ryo Tateishi  Japan 2:13.23
26 5 5 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 2:13.24
27 4 9 Richard Funk  Canada 2:13.33
28 6 1 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 2:14.24
29 6 2 Thiago Simon  Brazil 2:14.28
30 3 3 Vladislav Mustafin  Uzbekistan 2:14.31
31 2 3 Daniils Bobrovs  Latvia 2:14.85
32 3 1 Jorge Murillo  Colombia 2:14.92
33 4 8 Ayrton Sweeney  South Africa 2:14.98
34 2 4 Martin Allikvee  Estonia 2:15.09 NR
35 3 6 Marcin Stolarski  Poland 2:15.47
36 3 9 Diogo Carvalho  Portugal 2:15.58
37 3 7 Ilya Shymanovich  Belarus 2:16.02
38 5 8 Felipe França Silva  Brazil 2:16.13
39 2 5 Lee Hsuan-yen  Chinese Taipei 2:16.28
40 2 2 Ahmad Al-Bader  Kuwait 2:16.50
41 3 8 Christoph Meier  Liechtenstein 2:17.07
42 2 7 Irakli Bolkvadze  Georgia 2:17.30
43 3 0 Azad Al-Barazi  Syria 2:18.19
44 3 5 Sandeep Sejwal  India 2:18.68
45 2 6 Mauro Castillo  Mexico 2:19.07
46 2 8 Arya Nasimi Shad  Iran 2:20.22
47 1 4 Anton Zheltyakov  Azerbaijan 2:20.83
48 3 2 Radomyos Matjiur  Thailand 2:21.30
49 2 1 Julian Fletcher  Bermuda 2:21.39
50 2 0 Denis Petrashov  Kyrgyzstan 2:22.84
51 1 5 Adriel Sanes  Virgin Islands 2:24.91
52 1 3 Simanga Dlamini  Swaziland 2:45.73

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:29.[3]

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 1
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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

The final was held at 18:55.[4]

Koch wins gold
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Marco Koch  Germany 2:07.76
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 Kevin Cordes  United States 2:08.05
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

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