Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:July 28, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 29, 2011 (final)
Competitors:57
Nations:48
Win Value:2:08.41
Gold:Dániel Gyurta
Goldnoc:HUN
Silver:Kosuke Kitajima
Silvernoc:JPN
Bronze:Christian vom Lehn
Bronzenoc:GER
Prev:2009
Next:2013

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.

Records

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

Results

Heats

55 swimmers participated in 8 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 2 2:10.33 Q
2 8 5 2:10.67 Q
3 8 3 2:10.77 Q
4 6 4 2:10.78 Q
5 7 3 2:11.06 Q
6 7 4 2:11.17 Q
7 6 8 2:11.51 Q
8 7 6 2:11.59 Q
9 6 3 2:11.86 Q
10 5 7 2:12.38 Q
11 8 2 2:12.54 Q
12 6 2 2:12.56 Q
13 6 6 2:12.69 Q
14 6 7 2:12.69 Q
15 8 4 2:12.73 Q
16 8 7 2:12.78 Q
17 8 8 2:13.02
18 7 7 2:13.13
19 5 4 2:13.17
20 8 1 2:13.18
21 7 5 2:13.51
22 7 1 2:13.54
23 8 6 2:13.56
24 5 6 2:13.75
25 5 1 2:13.84
26 6 1 2:13.90
27 5 5 2:14.36
28 4 6 2:14.68
29 4 5 2:14.86
30 7 2 2:14.99
31 4 1 2:15.41 NR
32 5 3 2:15.45
33 7 8 2:15.70
34 3 3 2:16.53
35 4 4 2:16.67
36 3 4 2:17.38
37 4 7 2:18.32
38 3 7 2:18.42
39 4 2 2:18.65
40 4 3 2:18.72
41 4 8 2:18.89
42 3 2 2:19.71
43 3 5 2:21.51
44 3 8 2:21.65 NR
45 3 6 2:22.82
46 2 3 2:23.35
47 2 4 2:23.78
48 3 1 2:23.96
49 2 5 2:24.60
50 2 7 2:27.08
51 2 6 2:27.21
52 1 5 2:28.21
53 1 4 2:30.78
54 2 2 2:30.98
55 1 3 2:35.35
5 8 DNS
6 5 DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:56.[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 2:08.81 Q
2 5 2:08.92 Q
3 4 2:09.44 Q
4 6 2:10.49 Q
5 1 2:11.27 Q
6 2 2:11.68
7 8 2:12.07
8 7 2:12.23

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 2:10.03 Q
2 3 2:10.54 Q
3 4 2:11.43 Q
4 6 2:11.63
5 1 2:11.72
6 8 2:11.98
7 2 2:12.15
8 7 2:12.32

Final

The final was held at 19:33.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 2:08.41
4 2:08.63
3 2:09.06
4 6 2:09.28
5 7 2:10.67
6 8 2:11.07
7 1 2:11.17 NR
8 2 2:11.29

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke (heats). Omega Timing. 2011-07-28.
  2. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke (semifinals). Omega Timing. 2011-07-28.
  3. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120522224351/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Individual)_125_Heat1_Men_200_Breast.pdf. 2012-05-22.