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

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]

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
Dániel Gyurta  Hungary
Michael Jamieson  Great Britain
Ryo Tateishi  Japan
Swimming at the
2012 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 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

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)2:07.31Rome, Italy30 July 2009[11][12]
Olympic record Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)2:07.64Beijing, China14 August 2008[13]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 1FinalDániel Gyurta Hungary2:07.28WR, OR

Results

Heats

[14]

Men's 200m Breaststroke heat 5
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Dániel Gyurta Hungary2:08.71Q
236Michael Jamieson Great Britain2:08.98Q, NR
353Andrew Willis Great Britain2:09.33Q
444Ryo Tateishi Japan2:09.37Q
554Kosuke Kitajima Japan2:09.43Q
643Clark Burckle United States2:09.55Q
735Scott Weltz United States2:09.67Q
852Giedrius Titenis Lithuania2:10.36Q
947Vyacheslav Sinkevich Russia2:10.48Q
1032Glenn Snyders New Zealand2:10.55Q, NR
1155Marco Koch Germany2:10.61Q
1256Laurent Carnol Luxembourg2:10.83Q
1324Scott Dickens Canada2:10.95Q
1442Tales Cerdeira Brazil2:11.05Q
1557Brenton Rickard Australia2:11.41Q
1645Christian vom Lehn Germany2:11.66Q
1738Matti Mattsson Finland2:11.81NR
1851Lennart Stekelenburg Netherlands2:12.02
1946Van Williams Great Britain2:12.05
2041Ákos Molnár Hungary2:12.42
2125Sławomir Kuczko Poland2:12.51
2231Igor Borysik Ukraine2:12.61
2322Tomáš Klobučník Slovakia2:13.40
2448Yannick Käser Switzerland2:13.49
2537Choi Kyu-woong South Korea2:13.57
2623Christian Schurr Voight Mexico2:14.16
2733Panagiotis Samilidis Greece2:14.82
2814Irakli Bolkvadze Georgia2:15.86NR
2927Hunor Mate Austria2:15.98
3026Nuttapong Ketin Thailand2:16.07
3121Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Iceland2:16.72
3215Dmitrii Aleksandrov Kyrgyzstan2:17.92
3358Chen Cheng China2:19.83
13Tsilavina Ramanantsoa MadagascarDSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Michael Jamieson Great Britain2:08.20Q, NR
23Clark Burckle United States2:09.11Q
35Ryo Tateishi Japan2:09.13Q
41Tales Cerdeira Brazil2:09.77
56Giedrius Titenis Lithuania2:09.95
68Christian vom Lehn Germany2:10.50
72Glenn Snyders New Zealand2:11.14
87Laurent Carnol Luxembourg2:11.17

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Dániel Gyurta Hungary2:08.32Q
25Andrew Willis Great Britain2:08.47Q
36Scott Weltz United States2:08.99Q
43Kosuke Kitajima Japan2:09.03Q
58Brenton Rickard Australia2:09.31Q
62Vyacheslav Sinkevich Russia2:09.90
77Marco Koch Germany2:10.73
81Scott Dickens Canada2:11.71

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Dániel Gyurta Hungary2:07.28WR
4Michael Jamieson Great Britain2:07.43NR
1Ryo Tateishi Japan2:08.29
42Kosuke Kitajima Japan2:08.35
56Scott Weltz United States2:09.02
67Clark Burckle United States2:09.25
78Brenton Rickard Australia2:09.28
83Andrew Willis Great Britain2:09.44

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