Swimming at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

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Event:	Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Games:	2022 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	1 July
Location:	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Competitors:	15
Nations:	9
Win Value:	2:11.26
Gold:	Berkay Ömer Öğretir
Gold Nation:	TUR
Silver:	Antoine Marc
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze:	Alex Castejón
Bronze Nation:	ESP
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 1 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record		2:05.95	Adelaide, Australia	19 May 2022
Mediterranean Games record		2:09.69	Pescara, Italy	29 June 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:39.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			2:12.62	Q
2	3	5			2:12.73	Q
3	2	5			2:14.94	Q
4	1	6			2:15.24	Q
5	2	4			2:15.87	Q
6	1	4			2:16.22	Q
7	1	5			2:16.25	Q
8	2	3			2:16.58	Q
9	1	2			2:17.19
10	1	3			2:17.61
11	2	6			2:20.03
12	3	2			2:20.31
13	3	3			2:20.38
14	2	2			2:22.42
15	3	6			2:22.80
	2	7
	3	7

Final

The final was held at 18:35.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:11.26
	3			2:12.55
	5			2:12.60
4	2			2:13.28
5	6			2:13.64
6	7			2:15.38
7	1			2:15.50
8	8			2:15.90

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming – 200m Breaststroke Men – Preliminary – Results. Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. 1 July 2022.
2. Web site: Swimming – 200m Breaststroke Men – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. 1 July 2022.