2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	18 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	36
Nations:	33
Win Value:	2:02.28
Gold:	Nic Fink
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Arno Kamminga
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Will Licon
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 December 2021.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:02.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			2:03.17	Q
2	3	5			2:03.24	Q
3	4	5			2:03.87	Q
4	4	3			2:04.06	Q
5	4	4			2:04.47	Q
6	2	3			2:04.61	Q
7	2	5			2:04.72	Q
8	2	7			2:04.83	Q
9	4	2			2:04.88
10	3	4			2:04.99
11	3	3			2:05.11
12	2	6			2:05.31
12	4	6			2:05.31
14	4	7			2:06.33
15	3	8			2:06.44	NR
16	3	2			2:07.01
17	2	2			2:07.18
18	3	1			2:07.19	NR
19	4	9			2:07.62
20	3	7			2:08.40
21	2	9			2:09.40	NR
22	2	0			2:09.53
23	2	1			2:11.13
24	3	9			2:11.15	NR
25	2	8			2:12.18
26	3	0			2:12.71	NR
27	4	8			2:13.19
28	1	4			2:13.75	NR
29	1	2			2:15.28
30	1	6			2:15.82
31	1	5			2:17.39	NR
32	1	3			2:17.65
33	1	7			2:18.78	NR
34	1	1			2:20.01
35	1	8			2:33.59
	3	6			DSQ
	4	0			DNS
	4	1

Final

The final was held at 18:00.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			2:02.28
	4			2:02.42
	6			2:02.84
4	5			2:02.91
5	8			2:03.48
6	3			2:03.61
7	2			2:05.42
8	7			2:06.29

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. 18 December 2021.
2. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190103EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
3. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results