Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2019.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
25 July				2:06.83	CR
				2:06.67	=WR
26 July				2:06.12	WR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 25 July at 11:08.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			2:07.29	Q
2	6	4			2:08.22	Q
3	5	3			2:08.70	Q
4	4	2			2:08.87	Q
5	4	5			2:09.05	Q
5	6	3			2:09.05	Q
7	5	2			2:09.39	Q
8	6	6			2:09.61	Q
9	5	4			2:09.68	Q
9	6	5			2:09.68	Q
11	6	7			2:09.72	Q
12	4	3			2:09.86	Q
13	5	5			2:09.90	Q
14	4	6			2:09.92	Q
15	4	8			2:09.94	Q
16	6	0			2:10.32	Q
17	4	1			2:10.61
18	5	8			2:10.65
19	5	0			2:10.66
20	5	7			2:10.77
21	5	6			2:10.88
22	4	7			2:10.89
23	6	1			2:11.35
24	3	5			2:11.65	NR
25	3	7			2:11.78	NR
26	6	2			2:12.06
27	5	9			2:12.19
28	3	4			2:12.27
29	4	0			2:12.83
30	6	9			2:13.48
31	4	9			2:13.62
32	3	2			2:13.73
33	6	8			2:13.80
34	3	1			2:13.97
35	2	7			2:14.82	NR
36	3	9			2:14.90
37	2	6			2:15.18
38	3	0			2:15.48
39	2	2			2:15.61
40	3	8			2:15.68
41	3	6			2:15.91
42	2	4			2:17.07
43	2	3			2:17.41
44	2	9			2:17.57
45	3	3			2:17.79
46	2	1			2:18.23
47	1	3			2:18.64
48	1	4			2:20.33	NR
49	2	8			2:23.21
50	2	0			2:23.26
51	1	5			2:25.70
52	1	6			2:38.79
	2	5
	5	1

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 25 July at 20:44.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			2:06.83	Q
2	6			2:07.86	Q
3	5			2:08.00	Q
4	1			2:08.42
5	3			2:08.51
6	2			2:08.77
7	7			2:09.11
8	8			2:10.68

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			2:06.67	Q, =
2	3			2:07.95	Q
3	2			2:08.04	Q
4	7			2:08.19	Q
5	5			2:08.28	Q
6	6			2:08.48	NR
7	1			2:08.52
8	8			2:09.96

Final

The final was held on 26 July at 21:26.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			2:06.12
	4			2:06.68
	7			2:06.73
4	6			2:07.36
5	8			2:07.60
6	3			2:08.10
7	1			2:08.25
8	2			2:08.39

Notes and References

1. https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/fina_wch_gwangju_2019_-_comeptition_schedule_-_rev.18.06.2019.pdf Schedule
2. http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070103EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf Start list
3. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070103EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
4. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070103EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Semifinals results
5. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070103EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results