Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
VenueCampclar Aquatic Center
LocationTarragona, Spain
Dates23 June
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Winning time2:09.91
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Spain
bronze medal    Spain
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 23 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]

Records

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

World record  Ippei Watanabe (JPN) 2:06.67 Tokyo, Japan 29 January 2017
Mediterranean Games record  Melquíades Álvarez (ESP) 2:09.69 Pescara, Italy 29 June 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:12.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:12.75 Q
2 2 3 Alex Castejón  Spain 2:13.96 Q
3 1 5 Joan Ballester  Spain 2:15.06 Q
4 1 2 Wassim Elloumi  Tunisia 2:15.81 Q
5 2 4 Edoardo Giorgetti  Italy 2:15.99 Q
6 2 6 Aljaž Kerč  Slovenia 2:16.52 Q
7 1 3 Youssef Elkamash  Egypt 2:16.69 Q
8 1 7 Ioannis Karpouzlis  Greece 2:17.24 Q
9 2 2 Berkay Öğretir  Turkey 2:17.92
10 2 5 Romanos Alyfantis  Greece 2:18.22
11 2 7 Moncef Balamane  Algeria 2:23.24
1 6 Tomás Veloso  Portugal DSQ

Final

The heats was held at 18:23.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:09.91
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Joan Ballester  Spain 2:13.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Alex Castejón  Spain 2:13.91
4 2 Edoardo Giorgetti  Italy 2:13.93
5 6 Wassim Elloumi  Tunisia 2:14.88
6 7 Aljaž Kerč  Slovenia 2:16.36
7 1 Youssef Elkamash  Egypt 2:17.57
8 8 Ioannis Karpouzlis  Greece 2:17.72

References

  1. ^ "2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. ^ Final results