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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates27 July 2021 (heats)
28 July 2021 (semifinals)
29 July 2021 (final)
Competitors40 from 34 nations
Winning time2:06.38 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zac Stubblety-Cook  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arno Kamminga  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matti Mattsson  Finland
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 29 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's twenty-sixth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1908.

Summary

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Australia's Zac Stubblety-Cook came from behind to become his nation's first Olympic champion in this event since Ian O'Brien in 1964. Almost a body length behind Dutch early leader Arno Kamminga through the first 100 m of the race, Stubblety-Cook moved through the field in the penultimate lap. Still more than a second back at the final turn, Stubblety-Cook powered home to overtake the field and win gold in an Olympic record time of 2:06.38, only 0.1 of a second shy of his personal best time. Meanwhile, Kamminga shot out to an early lead, turning under world record pace at the 50 m mark. One and a quarter of a second ahead of world record pace at the 150 m mark, Kamminga faded over the closing stages of the race to take his second silver at these Games in 2:07.01.

Finland's Matti Mattson lowered his Finnish record by 1.1 seconds to claim a surprise bronze in 2:07.13. ROC's world record holder and defending bronze medallist Anton Chupkov (2:07.24) missed the podium by 11 one-hundredths to place fourth. The U.S.' Nic Fink (2:07.93) could not replicate his trials performance, falling to fifth. Great Britain's James Wilby was in second after the first lap but could not hang on with the leaders, placing sixth in 2:08.19. Japan's Ryuya Mura (2:08.42) and Sweden's Erik Persson (2:08.88) rounded out the field.

Records

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

World record  Anton Chupkov (RUS) 2:06.12 Gwangju, South Korea 26 July 2019 [2]
Olympic record  Ippei Watanabe (JPN) 2:07.22 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 August 2016 [3][4]

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record
July 29 Final Zac Stubblety-Cook  Australia 2:06.38 OR

Qualification

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The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 2:10.35. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 2:14.26. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[5]

Competition format

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The 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 eight times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[6]

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
27 July 19:38 Heats
28 July 11:21 Semifinals
29 July 10:44 Final

Results

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Heats

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The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[7]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 4 4 Zac Stubblety-Cook  Australia 2:07.37 Q
4 5 Arno Kamminga  Netherlands Q
3 3 2 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:08.44 Q
4 5 3 Nic Fink  United States 2:08.48 Q
5 5 4 Anton Chupkov  ROC 2:08.54 Q
6 5 6 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:08.76 Q
7 5 2 Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan 2:08.99 Q
8 4 3 Ryuya Mura  Japan 2:09.00 Q
9 4 2 Kirill Prigoda  ROC 2:09.21 Q
10 5 5 Matthew Wilson  Australia 2:09.29 Q
11 3 4 Shoma Sato  Japan 2:09.43 Q
12 3 8 Antoine Viquerat  France 2:09.54 Q
13 5 1 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 2:09.56 Q
14 4 8 Lyubomir Epitropov  Bulgaria 2:09.68 Q, NR
15 3 5 James Wilby  Great Britain 2:09.70 Q
16 3 6 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain 2:09.95 Q
17 4 6 Andrew Wilson  United States 2:09.97
18 2 3 Denis Petrashov  Kyrgyzstan 2:10.07 NR
19 3 7 Cho Sung-jae  South Korea 2:10.17
20 3 3 Marco Koch  Germany 2:10.18
21 4 7 Caspar Corbeau  Netherlands 2:10.21
22 4 1 Berkay Öğretir  Turkey 2:10.73
23 5 8 Darragh Greene  Ireland 2:11.09
24 2 4 Anton McKee  Iceland 2:11.64
25 2 5 Martin Allikvee  Estonia 2:12.60
26 2 2 Amro Al-Wir  Jordan 2:12.61
27 2 7 Ron Polonsky  Israel 2:12.71
28 3 1 Christopher Rothbauer  Austria 2:13.19
29 1 2 Tyler Christianson  Panama 2:13.41 NR
30 2 6 Jorge Murillo  Colombia 2:13.46
31 2 8 Daniils Bobrovs  Latvia 2:14.25
32 1 6 Ryan Maskelyne  Papua New Guinea 2:15.33 NR
33 2 1 Adriel Sanes  Virgin Islands 2:16.87
34 1 3 Josué Domínguez  Dominican Republic 2:17.34
35 1 4 Taichi Vakasama  Fiji 2:17.35
36 1 5 Izaak Bastian  Bahamas 2:17.40
37 1 7 Julio Horrego  Honduras 2:17.51
38 1 1 Arnoldo Herrera  Costa Rica 2:20.09
39 1 8 Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly  Qatar 2:23.22
5 7 Qin Haiyang  China DSQ

Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[8]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 4 Zac Stubblety-Cook  Australia 2:07.35 Q
2 2 8 James Wilby  Great Britain 2:07.91 Q
3 1 4 Arno Kamminga  Netherlands 2:07.99 Q
4 1 5 Nic Fink  United States 2:08.00 Q
5 2 5 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:08.22 Q, NR
6 1 6 Ryuya Mura  Japan 2:08.27 Q
7 2 3 Anton Chupkov  ROC 2:08.54 Q
8 1 3 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:08.76 Q
9 2 2 Kirill Prigoda  ROC 2:08.88
10 2 7 Shoma Sato  Japan 2:09.04
11 2 6 Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan 2:09.22
12 1 7 Antoine Viquerat  France 2:09.97
1 8 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain
14 1 2 Matthew Wilson  Australia 2:10.10
15 1 1 Lyubomir Epitropov  Bulgaria 2:10.33
16 2 1 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 2:10.69

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Zac Stubblety-Cook  Australia 2:06.38 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Arno Kamminga  Netherlands 2:07.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:07.13 NR
4 1 Anton Chupkov  ROC 2:07.24
5 6 Nic Fink  United States 2:07.93
6 5 James Wilby  Great Britain 2:08.19
7 7 Ryuya Mura  Japan 2:08.42
8 8 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:08.88

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ Lord, Craig (26 July 2019). "Anton Chupkov Cracks 200 Breast World Record Apart In 2:06.12 After Overhauling Matt Wilson In Last Lap Fightback". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Ippei Watanabe Lowers 200 Breast Olympic Record In Semi-Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Japan's Ippei Watanabe sets a new Olympic record". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.