Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2007 FINA World Championships
Venue Rod Laver Arena
Dates29 March 2007(heats, semifinals)
30 March 2007 (final)
Competitors85
Winning time2:09.80
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2005
2009  

The men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March (heats and semifinals) and on the evening of 30 March (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 85 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 79 swam.

Contents

Existing records at the start of the event were:

Results

Finals

PlaceNameNationalityTimeNote
1 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.80
2 Brenton Rickard Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:10.99
3 Loris Facci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:11.03
4 Paolo Bossini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:11.38
5 Eric Shanteau Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.50
6 Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.62
7 Mike Brown Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.01
8 Grigory Falko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:12.16

Semifinals

RankSwimmerNationTimeNote
1 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10.30Q
2 Brenton Rickard Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:11.41Q
Paolo Bossini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Q
4 Loris Facci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:11.48Q
5 Eric Shanteau Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2:11.54Q
6 Mike Brown Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:11.61Q
7 Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.31Q
8 Grigory Falko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:12.44Q
9 Valeriy Dymo Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:12.78
10 Jim Piper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:13.40
11 Kris Gilchrist Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:13.44
12 Alexander Ovchinnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:13.45
13 Igor Borysik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:14.00
14 Lai Zhongjian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:14.44
15 Alexander Dale Oen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:14.63
16 Daisuke Kimura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan DQ

Heats

RankSwimmerNationTimeNote
1 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:11.07Q
2 Loris Facci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:12.07Q
3 Paolo Bossini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:12.20Q
4 Mike Brown Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.39Q
5 Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.61Q
6 Jim Piper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:12.94Q
7 Eric Shanteau Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2:13.00Q
8 Grigory Falko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:13.10Q
Igor Borysik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Q
10 Valeriy Dymo Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:13.11Q
11 Brenton Rickard Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:13.16Q
12 Kris Gilchrist Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:13.36Q
13 Alexander Ovchinnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:13.67Q
14 Daisuke Kimura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:13.86Q
15 Alexander Dale Oen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:14.00Q
16 LAI Zhongjian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:14.03Q
17 Sławomir Wolniak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:14.20
18 Robin van Aggele Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:14.66
19 Mihail Alexandrov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:14.74
20 Chris Christensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:14.76
21 Sławomir Kuczko Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:14.80
22 James Kirton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:14.93
23 Cameron van der Burgh Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:15.10
24 Romanos Alyfantis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:15.11
25 Jiri Jedlicka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:15.19
26 Sofiane Daid Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:15.54
27 Maxim Podoprigora Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:15.80
28 Shin Su-jong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:15.88
29 Richárd Bodor Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:15.89
30 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:16.18
31 Tom Beeri Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:16.32
32 Giedrius Titenis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:16.50
33 Henrique Barbosa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:16.89
34 Valentin Preda Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:16.97
35 Johannes Neumann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:17.72
36 Edvinas Dautartas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:17.74
37 Vasileios Demetis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:18.28
38 Glenn Snyders Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:18.72
39 Dimitri Waeber Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2:20.02
40 Wei Wen Wang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:20.54
41 ZHAO Tao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:21.64
42 Malick Fall Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2:21.74
43 Billy Arfianto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2:21.82
44 Andrey Morkovin Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2:22.58
45 Hsin Hung Chiang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:22.59
46 Jin Leonard Tan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:23.33
47 Diego Bonilla Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:23.50
48 Vidvuds Maculevics Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:23.53
49 Herry Yudhianto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2:24.47
50 Kevin Hensley Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Virgin Islands 2:25.63
51 Jin Wen Mark Tan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:26.54
52 Wael Kobrosly Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 2:26.62
53 Sobitjon Amilov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2:27.56
54 Gerard Bordado Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2:28.72
55 See Tuan Yap Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2:30.02
56 Hei Meng Lao Flag of Macau.svg  Macao 2:30.07
57 Moustafa Al-Saleh Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 2:30.81
58 Rainui Terupaia Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 2:31.47
59 Kirils Sanzarovecs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:32.18
60 Mohammad Alirezaei Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 2:33.11
61 Genaro Mathias Prono Britez Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2:34.44
62 Celestino Aguon Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 2:34.84
Eli Ebenezer Wong Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands
64 Melvin Chua Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2:35.06
65 Gavin Santos Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2:38.17
66 Guvanch Ataniyazov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 2:38.24
67 Eric Williams Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2:38.67
68 Alexander Rivero Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 2:39.54
69 Eric Arturo Medina Su Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2:41.90
Hong Nam Lei Flag of Macau.svg  Macao
71 Jehad Al Henidi Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 2:42.12
72 Timur Kartabaev Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:42.94
73 A. Aldhaheri Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2:44.66
74 Kevin Cheung Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2:47.26
75 Sadeq Damrah Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 2:50.15
76 Anthony Kpetonky Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 3:27.80
-- Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland DQ
-- Miguel Molina Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines DQ
-- Moro Abdul Fatawu Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana DQ
-- Brendan Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  USA DNS
-- Vanja Rogulj Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia DNS
-- Dean Kent Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DNS
-- Alwin de Prins Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg DNS
-- Chisela Kanchela Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia DNS
-- Amar Shah Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNS

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