Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates	25 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 26 July 2001 (final)
Competitors	40
Winning time	2 minutes 10.69 seconds
Medalists
Brendan Hansen    United States   Maxim Podoprigora    Austria   Kosuke Kitajima    Japan
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Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 26 July. The heats ^[1] and semifinals ^[2] took place on 25 July, with the final being held on 26 July. ^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:

World record	Mike Barrowman  (USA)	2:10.16	Barcelona, Spain	29 July 1992
Championship record	Mike Barrowman  (USA)	2:11.23	Perth, Australia	11 January 1991

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
26 July 2001	Final	Brendan Hansen	United States	2:10.69	CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maxim Podoprigora	Austria	2:12.26	Q
2	Brendan Hansen	United States	2:13.35	Q
3	Regan Harrison	Australia	2:13.50	Q
4	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	2:13.56	Q
5	Ed Moses	United States	2:13.58	Q
6	Dmitri Komornikov	Russia	2:13.73	Q
7	Davide Rummolo	Italy	2:14.33	Q
8	Martin Gustafsson	Sweden	2:14.72	Q
9	Domenico Fioravanti	Italy	2:15.09	Q
10	Morgan Knabe	Canada	2:15.62	Q
11	Daniel Málek	Czech Republic	2:15.64	Q
12	Ian Edmond	United Kingdom	2:15.84	Q
13	José Couto	Portugal	2:15.95	Q
14	Hugues Duboscq	France	2:16.51	Q
15	Yoshiaki Okita	Japan	2:16.80	Q
16	Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson	Iceland	2:17.09	Q
17	Simon Cowley	Australia	2:17.35
18	Elvin Chia	Malaysia	2:17.91
19	Vladimir Labzin	Estonia	2:18.73
20	Jarno Pihlava	Finland	2:18.90
21	Valērijs Kalmikovs	Latvia	2:19.23
22	Tam Chi Kin	Hong Kong	2:19.78
23	Michael Williamson	Ireland	2:20.09
24	Dov Malnik	Israel	2:20.52
25	Wickus Nienaber	Eswatini	2:21.85
26	Yang Shang-Hsuan	Chinese Taipei	2:22.42
27	Chen Cho-Yi	Chinese Taipei	2:22.51
28	Álvaro Fortuny	Guatemala	2:22.94
29	Sergey Voytsekhovich	Uzbekistan	2:23.71
30	Ansel Tjin A Tam	Suriname	2:24.76
31	Malick Fall	Senegal	2:26.70
32	Guillermo Henriquez	Dominican Republic	2:27.29
33	Jean Luc Razakarivony	Madagascar	2:27.52
34	Graham Smith	Bermuda	2:28.72
35	Baktash Gheidi	Iran	2:31.01
36	Abdul Hafiz Salleh	Malaysia	2:33.60
37	Rainui Teriipaia	Tahiti	2:34.76
38	Chan Wai Ma	Macau	2:36.06
39	Oday Mohammad	Iraq	2:54.23
40	Iyad Housheya	Palestine	2:54.65
–	Juan José Madrigal	Costa Rica	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maxim Podoprigora	Austria	2:11.65	Q
2	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	2:12.21	Q
3	Regan Harrison	Australia	2:12.34	Q
4	Domenico Fioravanti	Italy	2:12.70	Q
5	Brendan Hansen	United States	2:13.13	Q
6	Ed Moses	United States	2:13.27	Q
7	Davide Rummolo	Italy	2:13.40	Q
8	Daniel Málek	Czech Republic	2:13.75	Q
9	Morgan Knabe	Canada	2:14.11
10	José Couto	Portugal	2:15.27
11	Martin Gustafsson	Sweden	2:15.32
12	Hugues Duboscq	France	2:15.87
13	Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson	Iceland	2:16.61
14	Yoshiaki Okita	Japan	2:17.02
–	Dmitri Komornikov	Russia	DSQ
–	Ian Edmond	United Kingdom	DSQ

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Brendan Hansen	United States	2:10.69	CR
	Maxim Podoprigora	Austria	2:11.09
	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	2:11.21
4	Domenico Fioravanti	Italy	2:11.31
5	Ed Moses	United States	2:11.38
6	Regan Harrison	Australia	2:11.51
7	Davide Rummolo	Italy	2:12.89
8	Daniel Málek	Czech Republic	2:13.19

References

1. "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
2. "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
3. "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.