Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	15 February (heats and semifinals) 16 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	34
Nations:	32
Win Value:	2:07.94
Gold:	Dong Zhihao
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Caspar Corbeau
Silver Nation:	NED
Bronze:	Nic Fink
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 February 2024.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

The heats were started on 15 February at 10:28.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	3	2:09.15	Q
2	4	2	2:10.57	Q
3	3	3	2:10.73	Q
4	4	4	2:10.85	Q
5	2	5	2:10.94	Q
6	3	5	2:11.00	Q
7	3	4	2:11.13	Q
8	4	5	2:11.22	Q
9	2	4	2:11.27	Q
10	3	2	2:11.55	Q
11	2	2	2:11.98	Q
12	3	6	2:12.23	Q
13	4	6	2:12.34	Q
14	2	7	2:12.43	Q
15	4	3	2:12.50	Q
16	2	6	2:12.72	Q
17	4	1	2:13.10
18	3	1	2:13.83
19	4	7	2:14.28
20	4	8	2:14.71
21	3	8	2:15.25
22	2	8	2:16.10
23	3	0	2:16.98
24	4	0	2:17.45
25	3	7	2:18.58
26	2	0	2:18.89
27	4	9	2:19.60
28	1	6	2:20.80
29	1	5	2:21.94
30	2	9	2:22.66
31	2	1	2:22.90
32	1	4	2:32.02
33	3	9	2:26.00
34	1	3	2:29.27

The semifinals were held on 15 February at 19:43.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	2	2:08.78	Q
2	2	6	2:09.16	Q
3	1	5	2:09.34	Q
4	2	4	2:09.43	Q
4	2	5	2:09.43	Q
6	1	3	2:09.87	Q
7	2	3	2:10.04	Q
8	1	6	2:10.30	Q
9	1	8	2:10.77
10	1	7	2:10.81
11	1	4	2:10.89
12	1	2	2:11.82
13	1	1	2:11.87
14	2	7	2:12.14
15	2	8	2:12.58
16	2	1	2:12.59

The final was held on 16 February at 20:08.^[6]

Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213143640/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000103EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 15 February 2024. 15 February 2024. 15 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240215121011/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000103EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 15 February 2024. 15 February 2024. 15 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240215165839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000103EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 16 February 2024. 16 February 2024. 16 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240216171618/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.