2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Men's 200 metre breaststroke ; at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates	13 December (heats and final)
Competitors	46 from 40 nations
Winning time	2:00.16 WR
Medalists
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The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2018.^[1]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Marco Koch	Germany	2:00.44	Berlin	20 November 2016
Championship record	Marco Koch	Germany	2:01.21	Windsor	8 December 2016

The following new records were set during this competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
13 December	Final	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	2:00.16	WR, CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:05.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	6	Qin Haiyang	China	2:01.64	Q, NR
2	5	4	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	2:01.82	Q
3	4	4	Marco Koch	Germany	2:02.83	Q
4	5	1	Josh Prenot	United States	2:03.23	Q
5	4	5	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	2:03.41	Q
6	4	3	Erik Persson	Sweden	2:03.51	Q, NR
7	3	4	Mikhail Dorinov	Russia	2:03.84	Q
8	5	5	Arno Kamminga	Netherlands	2:03.88	Q
9	5	8	Andrew Wilson	United States	2:04.02
10	3	7	Anton Sveinn McKee	Iceland	2:04.37	NR
11	3	3	Yukihiro Takahashi	Japan	2:04.68
12	3	2	Tomáš Klobučník	Slovakia	2:04.85
12	5	3	Ilya Shymanovich	Belarus	2:04.85
14	3	5	Caio Pumputis	Brazil	2:05.00
15	4	0	Andrius Šidlauskas	Lithuania	2:05.99	NR
16	5	2	Martin Allikvee	Estonia	2:06.23
17	4	1	Thibaut Capitaine	France	2:06.38
18	4	6	Yan Zibei	China	2:07.10
19	3	1	Luca Pizzini	Italy	2:07.28
20	3	6	Dávid Horváth	Hungary	2:07.49
21	2	4	Darragh Greene	Ireland	2:07.60	NR
22	2	3	Carlos Claverie	Venezuela	2:07.83
23	4	2	Yannick Käser	Switzerland	2:08.00
24	4	7	Ayrton Sweeney	South Africa	2:08.15
25	3	8	Berkay Omer Ogretir	Turkey	2:08.32	NR
26	5	7	Giedrius Titenis	Lithuania	2:08.44
27	2	2	Lyubomir Epitropov	Bulgaria	2:08.51
28	3	9	Maximilian Pilger	Germany	2:08.73
29	2	8	David Schlicht	Australia	2:09.12
30	5	9	Cai Bing Rong	Chinese Taipei	2:09.30
31	4	9	Mykyta Koptielov	Ukraine	2:10.26
32	2	5	Raphaël Stacchiotti	Luxembourg	2:10.37
33	5	0	Denis Petrashov	Kyrgyzstan	2:11.27
34	3	0	George Schroder	New Zealand	2:11.45
35	4	8	Daniils Bobrovs	Latvia	2:11.63
36	2	1	Phạm Thanh Bảo	Vietnam	2:11.79	NR
37	1	4	Adriel Sanes	United States Virgin Islands	2:13.65
38	1	5	Arnoldo Herrera	Costa Rica	2:13.81	NR
39	2	0	Amro Al-Wir	Jordan	2:13.83	NR
40	2	6	Taichi Vakasama	Fiji	2:13.84	NR
41	2	7	Alberto Batungbacal	Philippines	2:16.67
42	2	9	Liam Davis	Zimbabwe	2:17.01
43	1	7	Felipe Gomes	Malawi	2:19.33	NR
44	1	2	Nkosi Dunwoody	Barbados	2:22.54
45	1	3	Vali Israfilov	Azerbaijan	2:23.04
46	1	6	Alejandro Panting	Honduras	2:23.60

Final

The final was held at 19:00.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	2:00.16	WR
	4	Qin Haiyang	China	2:01.15	AS
	3	Marco Koch	Germany	2:01.42
4	2	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	2:02.18
5	6	Josh Prenot	United States	2:03.12
6	1	Mikhail Dorinov	Russia	2:03.20
7	8	Arno Kamminga	Netherlands	2:03.72
8	7	Erik Persson	Sweden	2:04.15

References

^ "Competition Schedule". Omega Timing. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
^ "Heats results". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
^ "Final results". Archived from the original on 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2018-12-19.

[1] "Competition Schedule". Omega Timing. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[2] "Heats results". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-19.

[3] "Final results". Archived from the original on 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2018-12-19.

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