2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:WFCU Centre
Dates:8 December (heats and final)
Competitors:59
Nations:45
Win Value:2:01.21 CR
Gold:Marco Koch
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Andrew Willis
Silvernoc:GBR
Bronze:Mikhail Dorinov
Bronzenoc:RUS
Prev:2014
Next:2018

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 8 December 2016.[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World recordMarco Koch2:00.44Berlin20 November 2016
Championship recordDániel Gyurta2:01.35Istanbul14 December 2012

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 11:27.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 2:03.69 Q
2 5 4 2:03.88 Q
3 7 5 2:04.19 Q
4 7 6 2:04.52 Q
5 7 3 2:04.63 Q
6 5 5 2:04.69 Q
6 3 Q
8 5 6 2:04.93 Q
9 6 4 2:04.96
10 5 3 2:05.11
11 7 2 2:05.15
12 6 6 2:05.53
13 5 0 2:05.84 NR
14 5 1 2:06.54
15 6 8 2:06.73
16 7 1 2:06.83 NR
17 6 2 2:07.91
18 6 5 2:08.05
19 7 0 2:08.51
20 6 1 2:09.78
21 6 7 2:09.87
22 5 8 2:11.20
23 4 7 2:11.34
24 7 7 2:11.42
25 6 9 2:11.44
26 5 9 2:11.47
27 7 9 2:12.19
28 4 6 2:12.44 NR
29 6 0 2:12.63 NR
30 3 4 2:12.68 NR
31 4 4 2:13.53
32 4 9 2:14.52
33 7 8 2:14.66
34 2 3 2:15.12
35 3 1 2:15.28
36 3 3 2:15.29 NR
37 3 2 2:15.34
38 3 0 2:15.39 NR
39 3 8 2:15.71
40 3 6 2:16.02 NR
41 4 0 2:16.13
42 1 3 2:16.99
43 3 5 2:17.30
44 2 2 2:17.43 NR
45 2 4 2:17.48
46 3 9 2:17.57 NR
47 2 6 2:18.50 NR
48 1 5 2:19.38
49 2 5 2:21.40
50 2 0 2:21.97
51 2 1 2:22.42 NR
52 2 7 2:22.58 NR
53 4 5 2:22.75
54 4 3 2:24.03
55 2 9 2:29.00 NR
56 2 8 2:33.75 NR
57 1 4 2:34.57 NR
4 1
4 8
3 7
4 2
5 2
5 7

Final

The final was held at 18:30.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 2:01.21 CR
5 2:02.71
3 2:03.09
4 7 2:03.79
5 6 2:03.96
6 8 2:04.83
7 2 2:04.97
8 1 2:05.40

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule . 2016-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161206122713/http://www.finawindsor2016.com/content/competition-schedule . 2016-12-06 . dead .
  2. Web site: Heats results . 2017-06-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170703221819/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000110000D00020B00FFFFFFFFFFFF02 . 2017-07-03 . dead .
  3. Web site: Final results . 2017-06-17 . 2019-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190214141436/http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000110000D00020B02FFFFFFFFFFFF02 . dead .