Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 12, 2008 (heats)
August 13, 2008 (semifinals)
August 14, 2008 (final)
Competitors53 from 39 nations
Winning time2:07.64 OR
Medalists
   Japan
   Australia
   France
Swimming events at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 12–14 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]

Japan's Kosuke Kitajima blasted a new Olympic record of 2:07.64 to strike another breaststroke double, and to defend his title in the event. He registered a straightforward triumph over Brenton Rickard, who earned a silver medal in an Australian record of 2:08.88. France's Hugues Duboscq added a second bronze and third overall to his collection in 2:08.94, finishing just ahead of Canada's Mike Brown by almost a tenth of a second (0.10) with a time of 2:09.03.[2][3]

Hungary's Dániel Gyurta, silver medalist in Athens four years earlier, finished outside the medals in fifth place at 2:09.22.[2] Earlier in the prelims, he established an Olympic record by winning the final of seven heats in 2:08.68.[4]

U.S. swimmer Scott Spann turned in another sub-2:10 barrier to earn a sixth spot in 2:09.76. Italian tandem Loris Facci (2:10.57) and Paolo Bossini (2:11.48) closed out the field.[2] Bossini set a new Olympic record of 2:08.98 to shave 0.46 seconds off Kitajima's mark in Athens, until Gyurta took three-tenths of a second (0.30) off the record time a few minutes later.[5]

Notable swimmers failed to reach the top 8 final, featuring American Eric Shanteau, who entered the Games while battling testicular cancer, and Kazakhstan's Vladislav Polyakov, who finished fifth in Athens four years earlier. Norway's Alexander Dale Oen, silver medalist in the 100 m breaststroke, placed seventeenth in 2:11.30, but missed the semifinals by 0.11 seconds.[4]

Records

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

World record  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 2:07.51 Tokyo, Japan 8 June 2008
Olympic record  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 2:09.44 Athens, Greece 18 August 2004

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 12 Heat 5 Paolo Bossini Italy 2:08.98 OR
August 12 Heat 7 Dániel Gyurta Hungary 2:08.68 OR
August 13 Semifinal 1 Kosuke Kitajima Japan 2:08.61 OR
August 14 Final Kosuke Kitajima Japan 2:07.64 OR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 6 Dániel Gyurta Hungary 2:08.68 Q, OR, EU
2 5 2 Paolo Bossini Italy 2:08.98 Q
3 7 2 Loris Facci Italy 2:09.12 Q
4 7 5 Hugues Duboscq France 2:09.42 Q
5 6 6 Mike Brown Canada 2:09.84 Q
6 7 4 Kosuke Kitajima Japan 2:09.89 Q
7 6 3 Eric Shanteau United States 2:10.29 Q
8 6 2 William Diering South Africa 2:10.39 Q, AF
9 6 7 Neil Versfeld South Africa 2:10.50 Q
10 5 5 Scott Spann United States 2:10.61 Q
11 7 7 Vladislav Polyakov Kazakhstan 2:10.83 Q
12 4 7 Andrew Bree Ireland 2:10.91 Q
13 6 4 Brenton Rickard Australia 2:11.00 Q
14 7 1 Igor Borysik Ukraine 2:11.08 Q
15 5 3 Kristopher Gilchrist Great Britain 2:11.13 Q
16 4 6 Glenn Snyders New Zealand 2:11.19 Q
17 6 5 Alexander Dale Oen Norway2:11.30
7 3 Yuta Suenaga Japan
19 3 3 Thiago Pereira Brazil 2:11.40
20 3 5 Tom Be'eri Israel 2:11.44 NR
21 4 1 Hunor Mate Austria 2:11.56
22 7 8 Valeriy Dymo Ukraine 2:11.65
23 5 4 Grigory Falko Russia 2:11.88
24 5 8 Mihail Alexandrov Bulgaria 2:11.94 NR
25 4 5 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Kazakhstan 2:12.44
26 5 6 Christian Sprenger Australia 2:12.56
27 3 4 Melquíades Álvarez Spain 2:12.59
28 4 8 Julien Nicolardot France 2:12.76
29 5 1 Mathieu Bois Canada 2:12.87
30 6 1 Henrique Barbosa Brazil 2:12.99
31 1 4 Edvinas Dautartas Lithuania 2:13.11
32 2 4 Carlos Almeida Portugal 2:13.34
33 6 8 Chris Christensen Denmark 2:13.92
34 4 3 Sergio García Spain 2:14.30
35 4 2 Maxim Podoprigora Austria 2:14.43
36 1 6 Sandeep Sejwal India 2:15.24
37 4 4 James Kirton Great Britain 2:15.25
38 2 3 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Iceland 2:15.58
39 3 2 Jiří Jedlička Czech Republic 2:15.79
40 2 8 Laurent Carnol Luxembourg 2:15.87
41 3 8 Romanos Alyfantis Greece 2:16.04
42 3 7 Sofiane Daid Algeria 2:16.15
43 2 5 Shin Su-jong South Korea 2:16.21
44 3 6 Lai Zhongjian China 2:16.28
45 5 7 Alexey Zinovyev Russia 2:16.40
46 2 6 Martti Aljand Estonia 2:16.52
47 2 2 Miguel Molina Philippines 2:16.94
48 3 1 Robin van Aggele Netherlands 2:17.14
49 2 1 Wang Wei-wen Chinese Taipei 2:17.20
50 1 2 Leopoldo Andara Venezuela 2:17.77 NR
51 1 5 Ömer Aslanoglu Turkey 2:17.93
52 1 3 Sergio Andres Ferreyra Argentina 2:20.10
53 2 7 Valentin Preda Romania DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Kosuke Kitajima Japan 2:08.61 Q, OR
2 2 Scott Spann United States 2:09.08 Q
3 4 Paolo Bossini Italy 2:09.95 Q
4 5 Hugues Duboscq France 2:09.97 Q
5 7 Andrew Bree Ireland 2:10.16 NR
6 6 William Diering South Africa 2:10.21
7 1 Igor Borysik Ukraine 2:10.99
8 8 Glenn Snyders New Zealand 2:12.07

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Mike Brown Canada 2:08.84 Q, NR
2 1 Brenton Rickard Australia 2:09.72 Q
3 4 Dániel Gyurta Hungary 2:09.73 Q
4 5 Loris Facci Italy 2:09.75 Q
5 3 Neil Versfeld South Africa 2:10.06 AF
6 6 Eric Shanteau United States 2:10.10
7 8 Kristopher Gilchrist Great Britain 2:10.27 NR
8 7 Vladislav Polyakov Kazakhstan 2:11.87

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Kosuke Kitajima Japan 2:07.64 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 Brenton Rickard Australia 2:08.88 OC
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 8 Hugues Duboscq France 2:08.94 NR
4 5 Mike Brown Canada 2:09.03
5 2 Dániel Gyurta Hungary 2:09.22
6 3 Scott Spann United States 2:09.76
7 7 Loris Facci Italy 2:10.57
8 1 Paolo Bossini Italy 2:11.48

References

  1. "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Lohn, John (13 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Kosuke Kitajima Wins 200 Breast Gold With Olympic Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  3. "Olympics: Kitajima seals double breaststroke gold". Guardian.co.uk. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 Lohn, John (12 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Olympic Record Tumbles Twice, Daniel Gyurta Paces Qualifying in 200 Breast". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  5. Lonsbrough, Anita (12 August 2008). "Records tumble in breastroke and relays". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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