Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the Olympiad
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 27 July 2021 (heats) 28 July 2021 (semifinals) 29 July 2021 (final) |
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Competitors | 40 from 34 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:06.38 OR | ||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics |
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Qualification | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4×100 m | men | women | |
4×200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4×100 m | men | mixed | women |
Marathon | |||
10 km | men | women | |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 29 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's twenty-sixth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1908.
Contents
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
2:06.12 | Gwangju, South Korea | 26 July 2019 | [2] |
Olympic record | ![]() |
2:07.22 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9 August 2016 | [3][4] |
The following record was established during the competition:
Date | Event | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Record |
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July 29 | Final | Zac Stubblety-Cook | ![]() |
2:06.38 | OR |
Qualification
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The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 2:10.35. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 2:14.26. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[5]
Competition format
The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best eight times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[6]
Schedule
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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27 July | 19:38 | Heats |
28 July | 11:21 | Semifinals |
29 July | 10:44 | Final |
Results
Heats
The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[7]
Semifinals
The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[8]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Zac Stubblety-Cook | ![]() |
2:07.35 | Q |
2 | 2 | 8 | James Wilby | ![]() |
2:07.91 | Q |
3 | 1 | 4 | Arno Kamminga | ![]() |
2:07.99 | Q |
4 | 1 | 5 | Nic Fink | ![]() |
2:08.00 | Q |
5 | 2 | 5 | Matti Mattsson | ![]() |
2:08.22 | Q, NR |
6 | 1 | 6 | Ryuya Mura | ![]() |
2:08.27 | Q |
7 | 2 | 3 | Anton Chupkov | ![]() |
2:08.54 | Q |
8 | 1 | 3 | Erik Persson | ![]() |
2:08.76 | Q |
9 | 2 | 2 | Kirill Prigoda | ![]() |
2:08.88 | |
10 | 2 | 7 | Shoma Sato | ![]() |
2:09.04 | |
11 | 2 | 6 | Dmitriy Balandin | ![]() |
2:09.22 | |
12 | 1 | 7 | Antoine Viquerat | ![]() |
2:09.97 | |
1 | 8 | Ross Murdoch | ![]() |
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14 | 1 | 2 | Matthew Wilson | ![]() |
2:10.10 | |
15 | 1 | 1 | Lyubomir Epitropov | ![]() |
2:10.33 | |
16 | 2 | 1 | Andrius Šidlauskas | ![]() |
2:10.69 |
Final
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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4 | Zac Stubblety-Cook | ![]() |
2:06.38 | OR |
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3 | Arno Kamminga | ![]() |
2:07.01 | |
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2 | Matti Mattsson | ![]() |
2:07.13 | NR |
4 | 1 | Anton Chupkov | ![]() |
2:07.24 | |
5 | 6 | Nic Fink | ![]() |
2:07.93 | |
6 | 5 | James Wilby | ![]() |
2:08.19 | |
7 | 7 | Ryuya Mura | ![]() |
2:08.42 | |
8 | 8 | Erik Persson | ![]() |
2:08.88 |
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