Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	27 July (heats and semifinals) 28 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	44
Nations:	40
Win Value:	2:05.48
Gold:	Qin Haiyang
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Zac Stubblety-Cook
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Matt Fallon
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2023.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

The following new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 27 July at 11:28.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	4	2:08.98	Q
2	3	6	2:09.29	Q
3	5	5	2:09.32	Q
4	3	2	2:09.66	Q
5	3	4	2:09.86	Q
6	4	3	2:09.90	Q
7	4	6	2:10.06	Q
8	4	5	2:10.11	Q
9	5	6	2:10.29	Q
10	5	3	2:10.47	Q
11	3	3	2:10.51	Q
11	5	7	2:10.51	Q
13	4	8	2:10.76	Q
14	5	2	2:11.00	Q
15	3	5	2:11.03	Q
16	4	9	2:11.71	Q
17	4	7	2:11.92
18	2	5	2:12.21
19	3	1	2:12.29
20	3	0	2:12.30
21	2	2	2:12.34
22	4	2	2:12.40
23	5	1	2:12.52
24	5	8	2:12.63
25	5	9	2:12.65
26	3	7	2:12.77
27	5	0	2:12.90
28	4	1	2:13.09
29	2	3	2:13.59
30	4	0	2:13.81
31	3	9	2:14.63
32	2	6	2:15.95
33	2	7	2:17.43
34	2	4	2:17.89
35	2	9	2:18.45
36	2	1	2:18.87
37	2	8	2:20.70
38	2	0	2:22.20
39	1	3	2:22.94
40	1	5	2:23.21
41	1	4	2:24.01
42	1	6	2:25.40
43	1	2	2:28.73
	4	4	Did not start
	3	8	Disqualified

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 27 July at 20:43.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	2:07.27	Q
2	2	3	2:07.70	Q
3	2	5	2:07.90	Q
4	2	6	2:08.47	Q, WJ
5	1	4	2:08.49	Q
6	1	3	2:09.04	Q
7	2	2	2:09.19	Q
8	1	6	2:09.50	Q
9	2	7	2:09.89
10	1	1	2:09.93
11	1	5	2:10.16
12	1	2	2:10.57
13	1	7	2:10.66
14	2	8	2:10.72
15	2	1	2:11.28
16	1	8	2:11.95

Final

The final will start on 28 July at 21:24.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	5	2:05.48	WR
	4	2:06.40
	3	2:07.74
4	6	2:08.04	WJ
5	2	2:08.42
6	8	2:08.78
7	1	2:09.50
8	7	2:10.41

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152446/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010103EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 27 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230727085206/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010103EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 27 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 27 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230727115812/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010103EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 27 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 27 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231122064643/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 22 November 2023 . omegatiming.com.