2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	16 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	29
Win Value:	2:00.35
Gold:	Daiya Seto
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Nic Fink
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Qin Haiyang
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2022.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:39.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4			2:02.43	Q
2	5	5			2:02.75	Q
3	4	4			2:03.64	Q
4	4	5			2:03.81	Q
5	3	6			2:03.93	Q, NR
6	3	4			2:04.01	Q
7	5	6			2:04.08	Q
8	3	5			2:04.37	Q
9	4	6			2:04.57	NR
10	5	3			2:04.99
11	4	3			2:05.14
12	3	3			2:05.51
13	2	3			2:06.17
14	4	1			2:06.46	NR
15	4	2			2:06.62
16	5	8			2:06.72
17	5	1			2:07.12
18	1	4			2:07.31
19	3	8			2:08.12	NR
20	4	8			2:08.27
21	5	2			2:08.69
22	3	1			2:08.80
23	2	1			2:08.91
24	2	2			2:11.20
25	2	5			2:11.37
26	2	8			2:11.66
27	2	7			2:12.69
28	2	4			2:12.91
29	1	5			2:13.99
	1	3
	3	2
	3	7
	2	6
	4	7
	5	7

Final

The final was held at 19:51.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:00.35	AS
	5			2:01.60	AM
	6			2:02.22
4	3			2:02.53
5	7			2:03.19
6	2			2:03.33	NR
7	1			2:05.01
	8

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 12 December 2022. 12 December 2022.
2. Web site: Men's 200m Breaststroke – Heats – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 16 December 2022. 16 December 2022.
3. Web site: Men's 200m Breaststroke – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 16 December 2022. 16 December 2022.