Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 31, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
August 1, 2012 (final)
Competitors34 from 28 nations
Winning time2:07.28 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dániel Gyurta  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Jamieson  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ryo Tateishi  Japan
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Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
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 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Hungary's Dániel Gyurta blasted the field with a stunning world record to become the country's third gold medalist in the event since József Szabó topped the podium in 1988 and Norbert Rózsa in 1996. Turning second at the halfway mark, he threw down a remarkable time of 2:07.28 on the final stretch to shave 0.03 seconds off the record set by Australia's Christian Sprenger in a since-banned high tech bodysuit from the 2009 World Championships.[2][3] With the delight of a raucous home crowd, Great Britain's Michael Jamieson enjoyed the race of his life to snatch the silver in 2:07.43, moving him up to fourth in the event's all time rankings.[4][5] Meanwhile, Japan's Ryo Tateishi powered home with a bronze in 2:08.29 to edge out Kosuke Kitajima (2:08.35) by six-hundredths of a second, ending the defending champion's hopes for an Olympic three-peat bid.[6][7]

U.S. swimmer Scott Weltz finished fifth in 2:09.02 to hold off his teammate Clark Burckle (2:09.25) by 23-hundredths of a second.[8] Australia's Brenton Rickard (2:09.28), the reigning silver medalist, and Great Britain's home favorite Andrew Willis (2:09.44) rounded out the championship field.[7][9]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster featuring Lithuania's Giedrius Titenis, a top eight finalist in the 100 m breaststroke; and Luxembourg's Laurent Carnol, who became the nation's first ever semifinalist in swimming.[10]

Records

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

World record  Christian Sprenger (AUS) 2:07.31 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009 [11][12]
Olympic record  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 2:07.64 Beijing, China 14 August 2008 [13]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 1 Final Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:07.28 WR

Results

Heats

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Men's 200m Breaststroke heat 5
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:08.71 Q
2 3 6 Michael Jamieson  Great Britain 2:08.98 Q, NR
3 5 3 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:09.33 Q
4 4 4 Ryo Tateishi  Japan 2:09.37 Q
5 5 4 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:09.43 Q
6 4 3 Clark Burckle  United States 2:09.55 Q
7 3 5 Scott Weltz  United States 2:09.67 Q
8 5 2 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 2:10.36 Q
9 4 7 Vyacheslav Sinkevich  Russia 2:10.48 Q
10 3 2 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 2:10.55 Q, NR
11 5 5 Marco Koch  Germany 2:10.61 Q
12 5 6 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:10.83 Q
13 2 4 Scott Dickens  Canada 2:10.95 Q
14 4 2 Tales Cerdeira  Brazil 2:11.05 Q
15 5 7 Brenton Rickard  Australia 2:11.41 Q
16 4 5 Christian vom Lehn  Germany 2:11.66 Q
17 3 8 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:11.81 NR
18 5 1 Lennart Stekelenburg  Netherlands 2:12.02
19 4 6 Henrique Barbosa  Brazil 2:12.05
20 4 1 Ákos Molnár  Hungary 2:12.42
21 2 5 Sławomir Kuczko  Poland 2:12.51
22 3 1 Igor Borysik  Ukraine 2:12.61
23 2 2 Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia 2:13.40
24 4 8 Yannick Käser  Switzerland 2:13.49
25 3 7 Choi Kyu-woong  South Korea 2:13.57
26 2 3 Christian Schurr Voight  Mexico 2:14.16
27 3 3 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 2:14.82
28 1 4 Irakli Bolkvadze  Georgia 2:15.86 NR
29 2 7 Hunor Mate  Austria 2:15.98
30 2 6 Nuttapong Ketin  Thailand 2:16.07
31 2 1 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson  Iceland 2:16.72
32 1 5 Dmitrii Aleksandrov  Kyrgyzstan 2:17.92
33 5 8 Chen Cheng  China 2:19.83
1 3 Tsilavina Ramanantsoa  Madagascar DSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Michael Jamieson  Great Britain 2:08.20 Q, NR
2 3 Clark Burckle  United States 2:09.11 Q
3 5 Ryo Tateishi  Japan 2:09.13 Q
4 1 Tales Cerdeira  Brazil 2:09.77
5 6 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 2:09.95
6 8 Christian vom Lehn  Germany 2:10.50
7 2 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 2:11.14
8 7 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:11.17

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:08.32 Q
2 5 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:08.47 Q
3 6 Scott Weltz  United States 2:08.99 Q
4 3 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:09.03 Q
5 8 Brenton Rickard  Australia 2:09.31 Q
6 2 Vyacheslav Sinkevich  Russia 2:09.90
7 7 Marco Koch  Germany 2:10.73
8 1 Scott Dickens  Canada 2:11.71

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Daniel Gyurta  Hungary 2:07.28 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Michael Jamieson  Great Britain 2:07.43 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Ryo Tateishi  Japan 2:08.29
4 2 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:08.35
5 6 Scott Weltz  United States 2:09.02
6 7 Clark Burckle  United States 2:09.25
7 8 Brenton Rickard  Australia 2:09.28
8 3 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:09.44

References

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  15. ^ FINAL