The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 30 to 31 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 30 July 2024 (Heats and Semis) 31 July 2024 (Final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:05.85 OR | ||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Qin Haiyang (CHN) |
2:05.48 | Fukuoka, Japan | 28 July 2023 |
| Olympic record |  Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS) |
2:06.38 | Tokyo, Japan | 29 July 2021 |
The following record was established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July | Final | Léon Marchand |  France |
2:05.85 | OR |
Qualification
editEach National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT).[2] For this event, the OQT was 2:09.68. World Aquatics then considered athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT.[2][3] Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 2:10.33 for this event.[2] In total, 18 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, 6 athletes qualified through universality places and one athlete qualified through achieving the OCT.[3]
Competition format
editThe competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.
Schedule
editAll times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2024 | 13:00 | Heats |
| 19:37 | Semifinals | |
| 31 July 2024 | 17:30 | Final |
Results
editHeats
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Semifinals
editThe swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Léon Marchand | France |
2:08.11 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Zac Stubblety-Cook | Australia |
2:08.57 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Dong Zhihao |  China |
2:08.99 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Caspar Corbeau |  Netherlands |
2:09.52 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Ippei Watanabe |  Japan |
2:09.62 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Josh Matheny |  United States |
2:09.70 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Yu Hanaguruma | Japan |
2:09.72 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Joshua Yong | Australia |
2:09.89 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lyubomir Epitropov |  Bulgaria |
2:09.93 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Matthew Fallon | United States |
2:09.96 | |
| 2 | 8 | Qin Haiyang | China |
2:09.96 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Cho Sung-jae |  South Korea |
2:10.03 | |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Erik Persson |  Sweden |
2:10.11 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Denis Petrashov |  Kyrgyzstan |
2:10.19 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Anton McKee |  Iceland |
2:10.42 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Miguel de Lara |  Mexico |
2:11.28 |
Final
edit| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Léon Marchand | France |
2:05.85 | OR, ER |
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5 | Zac Stubblety-Cook | Australia |
2:06.79 | |
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6 | Caspar Corbeau | Netherlands |
2:07.90 | |
| 4 | 3 | Dong Zhihao | China |
2:08.46 | |
| 5 | 1 | Yu Hanaguruma | Japan |
2:08.79 | |
| 6 | 2 | Ippei Watanabe | Japan |
2:08.83 | |
| 7 | 7 | Josh Matheny | United States |
2:09.52 | |
| 8 | 8 | Joshua Yong | Australia |
2:11.44 |
| Name | 50 metre split | 100 metre split | 150 metre split | Time | Stroke rate (strokes/min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Léon Marchand | 00:28.42 | 01:00.59 | 01:33.12 | 2:05.85 | 39.2 |
| Zac Stubblety-Cook | 00:29.30 | 01:01.56 | 01:34.30 | 2:06.79 | 41.1 |
| Caspar Corbeau | 00:29.19 | 01:01.40 | 01:34.77 | 2:07.90 | 34.3 |
| Dong Zhihao | 00:29.05 | 01:02.24 | 01:36.16 | 2:08.46 | 44.8 |
| Ippei Watanabe | 00:29.44 | 01:02.44 | 01:35.37 | 2:08.83 | 33.9 |
| Josh Matheny | 00:29.17 | 01:02.01 | 01:35.73 | 2:09.52 | 48.6 |
| Joshua Yong | 00:29.72 | 01:02.66 | 01:36.92 | 2:11.44 | 36.0 |
References
edit- ^ "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ a b Entries list - Swimming, World Aquatics, archived from the original on 12 July 2024, retrieved 18 December 2024
- ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ Bodard, Simon; Decron, Nathan; Dernoncourt, Eric; Hui, Pierre; Jambu, Clément; Loisel, Camille; Pla, Robin; Raineteau, Yannis. "Jeux Olympiques 2024: Analyses de course des Finales" (PDF). French Swimming Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.