Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Danube Arena
Location Budapest, Hungary
Dates 27 July (heats and semifinals)
28 July (final)
Competitors 40 from 35 nations
Winning time 2:06.96
Medalists
gold medal  Anton Chupkov   Russia
silver medal  Yasuhiro Koseki   Japan
bronze medal  Ippei Watanabe   Japan

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2017.

Records

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

World record Ippei Watanabe (JPN) 2:06.67 Tokyo, Japan 29 January 2017
Competition record Dániel Gyurta (HUN) 2:07.23 Barcelona, Spain 2 August 2013

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
27 July Semifinal Anton Chupkov Russia 2:07.14 CR
28 July Final Anton Chupkov Russia 2:06.96 CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 27 July at 10:28.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Anton Chupkov Russia 2:08.23 Q
2 3 3 Ross Murdoch Great Britain 2:08.98 Q
3 4 4 Ippei Watanabe Japan 2:09.30 Q
4 4 6 Qin Haiyang China 2:09.39 Q, WJ
5 3 4 Kevin Cordes United States 2:09.47 Q
6 3 6 Luca Pizzini Italy 2:09.86 Q
7 5 6 Nic Fink United States 2:09.90 Q
8 5 2 Matthew Wilson Australia 2:09.98 Q
9 4 2 Mao Feilian China 2:10.01 Q
10 5 5 Dmitriy Balandin Kazakhstan 2:10.18 Q
11 3 5 Erik Persson Sweden 2:10.21 Q
12 5 4 Yasuhiro Koseki Japan 2:10.38 Q
13 5 3 Marco Koch Germany 2:10.40 Q
14 4 3 Ilya Khomenko Russia 2:10.43 Q
15 3 7 Arno Kamminga Netherlands 2:11.00 Q
4 8 Yannick Käser Switzerland Q, NR
17 3 2 Dániel Gyurta Hungary 2:11.28
18 5 7 James Wilby Great Britain 2:11.51
19 5 1 Carlos Claverie Venezuela 2:11.71
20 3 1 Nicholas Quinn Ireland 2:12.15
21 5 8 Giedrius Titenis Lithuania 2:12.37
22 4 7 Matti Mattsson Finland 2:12.66
23 5 0 Miguel de Lara Mexico 2:13.35
24 4 9 Ilya Shymanovich Belarus 2:13.46
25 4 0 Christopher Rothbauer Austria 2:13.61
26 4 1 Thiago Simon Brazil 2:14.23
27 3 8 Laurent Carnol Luxembourg 2:14.87
28 2 7 Chao Man Hou Macau 2:15.41
29 2 4 Lee Hsuan-yen Chinese Taipei 2:15.94
30 3 9 Daniils Bobrovs Latvia 2:16.86
31 2 6 Youssef El-Kamash Egypt 2:17.43
32 2 2 Denis Petrashov Kyrgyzstan 2:18.43
33 5 9 Kim Jae-youn South Korea 2:18.65
34 3 0 Jorge Murillo Colombia 2:19.05
35 2 1 Adriel Sanes U.S. Virgin Islands 2:20.92
36 2 0 Amro Al-Wir Jordan 2:23.09
37 2 8 Arnoldo Herrera Costa Rica 2:24.57
38 1 3 Santiago Saint-Upery Uruguay 2:26.35
39 1 4 Felipe Gomes Malawi 2:28.94
40 1 5 Otto Borgards El Salvador 2:30.73
2 3 Wassim Elloumi Tunisia DNS
2 5 Ayrton Sweeney South Africa DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 27 July at 18:14.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ross Murdoch Great Britain 2:07.72 Q
2 7 Yasuhiro Koseki Japan 2:07.80 Q
3 1 Ilya Khomenko Russia 2:08.58 Q
4 6 Matthew Wilson Australia 2:08.64 Q
5 3 Luca Pizzini Italy 2:08.95
6 2 Dmitriy Balandin Kazakhstan 2:09.69
7 5 Qin Haiyang China 2:10.14
8 8 Yannick Käser Switzerland 2:12.19

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Anton Chupkov Russia 2:07.14 Q, CR, ER
2 5 Ippei Watanabe Japan 2:07.44 Q
3 3 Kevin Cordes United States 2:08.40 Q
4 6 Nic Fink United States 2:08.80 Q
5 7 Erik Persson Sweden 2:09.58
6 1 Marco Koch Germany 2:09.61
7 2 Mao Feilian China 2:09.63
8 8 Arno Kamminga Netherlands 2:09.94 NR

Final

The final was held on 28 July at 18:55.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Anton Chupkov Russia 2:06.96 CR, ER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Yasuhiro Koseki Japan 2:07.29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Ippei Watanabe Japan 2:07.47
4 3 Ross Murdoch Great Britain 2:08.12
5 8 Nic Fink United States 2:08.56
6 2 Kevin Cordes United States 2:08.68
7 7 Ilya Khomenko Russia 2:09.18
8 1 Matthew Wilson Australia 2:10.37