Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates9 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
10 August 2016 (final)
Competitors39 from 30 nations
Winning time2:07.46 NR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josh Prenot  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anton Chupkov  Russia
Swimming at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 9–10 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

The winning margin was 0.07 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time this event for men was won by less than a tenth of a second at the Olympics.

Summary

Double Asian Games champion Dmitriy Balandin surprised the field from the outside to become Kazakhstan's first ever gold medalist in swimming.[2][3] Coming from behind in lane eight, he produced a late surge about the midway of the final leg to upset the pool for an unexpected Olympic triumph with a 2:07.46.[4][5] U.S. breaststroker Josh Prenot nearly charged to the front at the final stretch, before fading to a runner-up finish in 2:07.53, seven-hundredths of a second behind the Kazakh.[6] Meanwhile, Russia's Anton Chupkov claimed the final podium spot, putting up a time of 2:07.70.[7]

Great Britain's Andrew Willis improved upon his eighth-place feat from London 2012 to finish fourth with a 2:07.78, narrowly missing on a podium by eight-hundredths of a second.[8] Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki seized a comfortable lead throughout the majority of the race but slipped down the order on the home stretch to finish fifth in 2:07.80.[9] Koseki's teammate Ippei Watanabe posted a sixth-place time in 2:07.87, while defending World Champion Marco Koch of Germany (2:08.00) and Prenot's fellow countryman Kevin Cordes (2:08.34) rounded out the top eight.[7]

Earlier in the semifinals, Watanabe threw down a top-seeded time of 2:07.22 to slice 0.06 seconds off the existing Olympic record set by Hungary's defending champion Dániel Gyurta, who had narrowly missed the top sixteen field in the heats.[10][11]

Records

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

World record  Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:07.01 Gifu, Japan 15 September 2012 [12][13]
Olympic record  Dániel Gyurta (HUN) 2:07.28 London, United Kingdom 1 August 2012 [14]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
9 August Semifinal 1 Ippei Watanabe  Japan 2:07.22 OR

Competition format

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 3 Anton Chupkov  Russia 2:07.93 Q, NR
2 3 4 Yasuhiro Koseki  Japan 2:08.61 Q
3 4 5 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:08.92 Q
4 3 3 Ilya Khomenko  Russia 2:08.94 Q
5 4 4 Marco Koch  Germany 2:08.98 Q
6 4 6 Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan 2:09.00 Q
7 5 5 Kevin Cordes  United States 2:09.30 Q
8 4 3 Ippei Watanabe  Japan 2:09.63 Q
9 3 6 Mao Feilian  China 2:09.80 Q
10 5 4 Josh Prenot  United States 2:09.91 Q
11 4 2 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:10.09 Q
12 3 7 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:10.17 Q
13 3 1 Li Xiang  China 2:10.17 Q
14 4 1 Carlos Claverie  Venezuela 2:10.35 Q
15 5 6 Craig Benson  Great Britain 2:11.19 Q
16 5 1 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:11.26 Q
17 3 5 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:11.28
18 5 7 Anton Sveinn McKee  Iceland 2:11.39
19 2 3 Nicholas Quinn  Ireland 2:11.67
20 2 8 Yannick Käser  Switzerland 2:11.77
21 2 7 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:11.94
22 4 7 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 2:12.13
23 1 5 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 2:12.47
24 5 8 Ashton Baumann  Canada 2:12.61
25 4 8 Jarred Crous  South Africa 2:12.64
26 3 2 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 2:12.67
27 3 8 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 2:12.68
28 2 1 Jorge Murillo  Colombia 2:12.81
29 2 4 Tales Cerdeira  Brazil 2:12.83
30 1 4 Dávid Horváth  Hungary 2:13.24
31 2 2 Choi Kyu-woong  South Korea 2:13.36
32 1 3 Basten Caerts  Belgium 2:13.44
33 1 6 Martin Allikvee  Estonia 2:13.66
34 1 2 Lee Hsuan-yen  Chinese Taipei 2:14.84
35 2 5 Dimitrios Koulouris  Greece 2:14.86
36 5 2 Thiago Simon  Brazil 2:15.01
37 2 6 Dmytro Oseledets  Ukraine 2:15.19
38 1 1 Denis Petrashov  Kyrgyzstan 2:16.57
39 1 7 Arya Nasimi Shad  Iran 2:20.18

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Ippei Watanabe  Japan 2:07.22 Q, OR
2 2 Josh Prenot  United States 2:07.78 Q
3 4 Yasuhiro Koseki  Japan 2:07.91 Q
4 3 Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan 2:08.20 Q
5 5 Ilya Khomenko  Russia 2:09.73
6 7 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:10.12
7 8 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:11.53
8 1 Carlos Claverie  Venezuela 2:11.56

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:07.73 Q
2 6 Kevin Cordes  United States 2:07.99 Q
3 4 Anton Chupkov  Russia 2:08.08 Q
4 3 Marco Koch  Germany 2:08.12 Q
5 2 Mao Feilian  China 2:09.64
6 1 Li Xiang  China 2:10.92
7 8 Craig Benson  Great Britain 2:10.93
8 7 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:12.99

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan 2:07.46 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Josh Prenot  United States 2:07.53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Anton Chupkov  Russia 2:07.70 NR
4 5 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:07.78
5 6 Yasuhiro Koseki  Japan 2:07.80
6 4 Ippei Watanabe  Japan 2:07.87
7 1 Marco Koch  Germany 2:08.00
8 2 Kevin Cordes  United States 2:08.34

References

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  9. ^ McKirdy, Andrew (11 August 2016). "World champ Hoshi settles for bronze in 200 butterfly". The Japan Times. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Ippei Watanabe Lowers 200 Breast Olympic Record In Semi-Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Japan's Ippei Watanabe sets a new Olympic record". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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  14. ^ "2012 London Olympics: Hungary's Daniel Gyurta Breaks World Record in 200 Breast Victory; Kosuke Kitajima Misses Podium in Threepeat Bid; Scott Weltz, Clark Burckle Fifth-Sixth". Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
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