Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates27 July (heats and semifinals)
28 July (final)
Competitors44 from 40 nations
Winning time2:05.48 WR
Medalists
gold medal Qin Haiyang  China
silver medal Zac Stubblety-Cook  Australia
bronze medal Matt Fallon  United States

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2023.

Records

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

World record Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS) 2:05.95 Adelaide, Australia 19 May 2022
Competition record Anton Chupkov (RUS) 2:06.12 Gwangju, South Korea 26 July 2019

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
28 July Final Qin Haiyang China 2:05.48 WR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 27 July at 11:28.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia 2:08.98 Q
2 3 6 Caspar Corbeau Netherlands 2:09.29 Q
3 5 5 Matt Fallon United States 2:09.32 Q
4 3 2 Aleksas Savickas Lithuania 2:09.66 Q
5 3 4 Qin Haiyang China 2:09.86 Q
6 4 3 Josh Matheny United States 2:09.90 Q
7 4 6 Dong Zhihao China 2:10.06 Q
8 4 5 Ippei Watanabe Japan 2:10.11 Q
9 5 6 Anton McKee Iceland 2:10.29 Q
10 5 3 Arno Kamminga Netherlands 2:10.47 Q
11 3 3 Erik Persson Sweden 2:10.51 Q
11 5 7 Antoine Marc France 2:10.51 Q
13 4 8 Lyubomir Epitropov Bulgaria 2:10.76 Q
14 5 2 Matti Mattsson Finland 2:11.00 Q
15 3 5 Shoma Sato Japan 2:11.03 Q
16 4 9 Maksym Ovchinnikov Ukraine 2:11.71 Q
17 4 7 Dawid Wiekiera Poland 2:11.92
18 2 5 Darragh Greene Ireland 2:12.21
19 3 1 Christopher Rothbauer Austria 2:12.29
20 3 0 Adam John Chillingworth Hong Kong 2:12.30
21 2 2 Ron Polonsky Israel 2:12.34
22 4 2 Miguel de Lara Mexico 2:12.40
23 5 1 Greg Butler Great Britain 2:12.52
24 5 8 Noah De Schryver Belgium 2:12.63
25 5 9 Berkay Ömer Öğretir Turkey 2:12.65
26 3 7 Cho Sung-jae South Korea 2:12.77
27 5 0 Amro Al-Wir Jordan 2:12.90
28 4 1 Carles Coll Martí Spain 2:13.09
29 2 3 Joshua Gilbert New Zealand 2:13.59
30 4 0 Brayden Taivassalo Canada 2:13.81
31 3 9 Maximillian Wei Ang Singapore 2:14.63
32 2 6 Daniils Bobrovs Latvia 2:15.95
33 2 7 Tyler Christianson Panama 2:17.43
34 2 4 Phạm Thanh Bảo Vietnam 2:17.89
35 2 9 Liam Davis Zimbabwe 2:18.45
36 2 1 Constantin Malachi Moldova 2:18.87
37 2 8 Julio Horrego Honduras 2:20.70
38 2 0 Adriel Sanes U.S. Virgin Islands 2:22.20
39 1 3 Luis Sebastian Weekes Barbados 2:22.94
40 1 5 Jonathan Chung Yee Mauritius 2:23.21
41 1 4 Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly Qatar 2:24.01
42 1 6 Andrej Stojanovski North Macedonia 2:25.40
43 1 2 Bransly Dirksz Aruba 2:28.73
4 4 Léon Marchand France Did not start
3 8 Denis Petrashov Kyrgyzstan Disqualified

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 27 July at 20:43.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia 2:07.27 Q
2 2 3 Qin Haiyang China 2:07.70 Q
3 2 5 Matt Fallon United States 2:07.90 Q
4 2 6 Dong Zhihao China 2:08.47 Q, WJ
5 1 4 Caspar Corbeau Netherlands 2:08.49 Q
6 1 3 Josh Matheny United States 2:09.04 Q
7 2 2 Anton McKee Iceland 2:09.19 Q
8 1 6 Ippei Watanabe Japan 2:09.50 Q
9 2 7 Erik Persson Sweden 2:09.89
10 1 1 Matti Mattsson Finland 2:09.93
11 1 5 Aleksas Savickas Lithuania 2:10.16
12 1 2 Arno Kamminga Netherlands 2:10.57
13 1 7 Antoine Marc France 2:10.66
14 2 8 Shoma Sato Japan 2:10.72
15 2 1 Lyubomir Epitropov Bulgaria 2:11.28
16 1 8 Maksym Ovchinnikov Ukraine 2:11.95

Final

The final will start on 28 July at 21:24.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Qin Haiyang China 2:05.48 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia 2:06.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Matt Fallon United States 2:07.74
4 6 Dong Zhihao China 2:08.04 WJ
5 2 Caspar Corbeau Netherlands 2:08.42
6 8 Ippei Watanabe Japan 2:08.78
7 1 Anton McKee Iceland 2:09.50
8 7 Josh Matheny United States 2:10.41