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

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 31, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
August 1, 2012 (final)
Competitors34 from 28 nations
Winning time2:07.28 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Michael Jamieson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Ryo Tateishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
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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]

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 recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Christian Sprenger  (AUS)2:07.31 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009 [11] [12]
Olympic recordFlag of Japan.svg  Kosuke Kitajima  (JPN)2:07.64 Beijing, China 14 August 2008 [13]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 1Final Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:07.28 WR

Results

Heats

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Men's 200m Breaststroke heat 5 Men's 200m Breaststroke heat 5.JPG
Men's 200m Breaststroke heat 5
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:08.71Q
236 Michael Jamieson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:08.98Q, NR
353 Andrew Willis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:09.33Q
444 Ryo Tateishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.37Q
554 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.43Q
643 Clark Burckle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.55Q
735 Scott Weltz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.67Q
852 Giedrius Titenis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:10.36Q
947 Vyacheslav Sinkevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:10.48Q
1032 Glenn Snyders Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:10.55Q, NR
1155 Marco Koch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:10.61Q
1256 Laurent Carnol Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:10.83Q
1324 Scott Dickens Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:10.95Q
1442 Tales Cerdeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:11.05Q
1557 Brenton Rickard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:11.41Q
1645 Christian vom Lehn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:11.66Q
1738 Matti Mattsson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:11.81 NR
1851 Lennart Stekelenburg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:12.02
1946 Henrique Barbosa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:12.05
2041 Ákos Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.42
2125 Sławomir Kuczko Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:12.51
2231 Igor Borysik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:12.61
2322 Tomáš Klobučník Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:13.40
2448 Yannick Käser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:13.49
2537 Choi Kyu-woong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:13.57
2623 Christian Schurr Voight Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:14.16
2733 Panagiotis Samilidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:14.82
2814 Irakli Bolkvadze Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2:15.86 NR
2927 Hunor Mate Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:15.98
3026 Nuttapong Ketin Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:16.07
3121 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:16.72
3215 Dmitrii Aleksandrov Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:17.92
3358 Chen Cheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:19.83
13 Tsilavina Ramanantsoa Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar DSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Michael Jamieson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:08.20Q, NR
23 Clark Burckle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.11Q
35 Ryo Tateishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.13Q
41 Tales Cerdeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:09.77
56 Giedrius Titenis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:09.95
68 Christian vom Lehn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:10.50
72 Glenn Snyders Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:11.14
87 Laurent Carnol Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:11.17

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:08.32Q
25 Andrew Willis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:08.47Q
36 Scott Weltz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08.99Q
43 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.03Q
58 Brenton Rickard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:09.31Q
62 Vyacheslav Sinkevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:09.90
77 Marco Koch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:10.73
81 Scott Dickens Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:11.71

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Daniel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2.07.28 WR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Michael Jamieson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2.07.43 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Ryo Tateishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:08.29
42 Kosuke Kitajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:08.35
56 Scott Weltz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.02
67 Clark Burckle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.25
78 Brenton Rickard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:09.28
83 Andrew Willis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:09.44

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