Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates:	August 1, 2013 (heats &<br>semifinals) August 2, 2013 (final)
Competitors:	43
Nations:	36
Win Value:	2:07.23 CR
Gold:	Dániel Gyurta
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Marco Koch
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Matti Mattsson
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 1–2 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

The following new records were set during this competition.

The heats were held at 10:54.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	2	2:09.39	Q
2	3	5	2:09.91	Q
3	5	4	2:09.94	Q
4	3	7	2:10.16	Q, NR
5	3	4	2:10.17	Q
6	5	5	2:10.41	Q
7	3	3	2:10.70	Q
8	5	3	2:10.82	Q
9	3	6	2:10.94	Q
10	4	8	2:11.00	Q, NR
11	4	5	2:11.40	Q
12	3	2	2:11.41	Q
13	4	3	2:11.45	Q
14	4	4	2:11.47	Q
15	5	6	2:11.64	Q
16	5	7	2:11.71	Q
17	4	2	2:11.81
18	4	7	2:11.93
19	5	1	2:11.98
20	3	1	2:12.21
21	5	8	2:12.87
22	4	6	2:13.10
23	2	3	2:13.21	NR
24	3	0	2:13.46
25	2	8	2:13.53
26	5	0	2:14.06
27	3	8	2:14.79
28	2	6	2:14.94
29	2	1	2:15.12
30	2	5	2:15.76	NR
31	4	1	2:15.84
32	2	4	2:16.05
33	2	2	2:16.12
34	4	9	2:16.68
35	4	0	2:17.62
36	2	7	2:17.82
37	3	9	2:18.23
38	2	0	2:19.16
39	5	9	2:19.71
40	2	9	2:25.73
41	1	4	2:23.75
42	1	5	2:34.43
43	1	3	2:55.19

The semifinals were held at 18:54.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	2:09.11	Q
2	6	2:09.47	Q
3	1	2:09.62	Q
4	5	2:09.96	Q, NR
5	3	2:10.01	Q
6	8	2:11.21
7	2	2:11.56
8	7	2:13.06

The final was held at 19:32.^[5]