The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events

Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:...

 at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

2011 World Aquatics Championships

The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming...

 was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record Championship record	Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...		2:07.31	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	July 30, 2009

No new world or competition records were set during this competition.

Heats

55 swimmers participated in 8 heats.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	2	Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, tying Australia's Christian Sprenger.-External links:*...		2:10.33	Q
2	8	5	Christian vom Lehn Christian vom Lehn -References:*...		2:10.67	Q
3	8	3	Eric Shanteau Eric Shanteau Eric Lee Shanteau is an American Olympic swimmer. He lives and trains in Austin, Texas.-College:...		2:10.77	Q
4	6	4	Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008...		2:10.78	Q
5	7	3	Michael Jamieson		2:11.06	Q
6	7	4	Kosuke Kitajima Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...		2:11.17	Q
7	6	8	Michael Brown Mike Brown (swimmer) Mike Brown is a Canadian swimmer. He started swimming at age seven and is a student at the University of Calgary. His best finish at a world championships was at the 2005 championships in Montreal, Canada when he finished 2nd in the 200 m breaststroke. Brown won gold at the Commonwealth Games...		2:11.51	Q
8	7	6	Andrew Willis		2:11.59	Q
9	6	3	Melquiades Alvarez		2:11.86	Q
10	5	7	Glenn Snyders		2:12.38	Q
11	8	2	Neil Versfeld		2:12.54	Q
12	6	2	Laurent Carnol		2:12.56	Q
13	6	6	Lennart Stekelenburg Lennart Stekelenburg Lennart Stekelenburg is a Dutch swimmer who is specialized in breaststroke. He is the current national recordholder in the 50 m and 100 m breaststroke at the long course.-Swimming career:...		2:12.69	Q
14	6	7	Choi Kyu-Woong		2:12.69	Q
15	8	4	Naoya Tomita		2:12.73	Q
16	8	7	Akos Molnar		2:12.78	Q
17	8	8	Huang Chaosheng		2:13.02
18	7	7	Elliott Keefer		2:13.13
19	5	4	Igor Borysik Igor Borysik Ihor Borysyk is a Ukrainian swimmer. He was born in Simferopol.-External links:*...		2:13.17
20	8	1	Maksym Shemberev		2:13.18
21	7	5	Brenton Rickard Brenton Rickard Brenton Scott Rickard is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games...		2:13.51
22	7	1	Xue Ruipeng Xue Ruipeng Xue Ruipeng is a Chinese swimmer, who will compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2005 East Asian Games - 2nd 200m breast*2008 National Champions Tournament - 1st 200m breast...		2:13.54
23	8	6	Hugues Duboscq Hugues Duboscq Hugues Duboscq is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He has won three Olympic bronze medals....		2:13.56
24	5	6	Sławomir Kuczko		2:13.75
25	5	1	Jakob Sveinsson		2:13.84
26	6	1	Craig Calder		2:13.90
27	5	5	Andrew Dickens		2:14.36
28	4	6	Nuttapong Ketin		2:14.68
29	4	5	Carlos Almeida Carlos Almeida Carlos Domingues Bendinha de Almeida is an Angolan professional basketball shooting guard with Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto and a member of the Angola national basketball team. He is in height and 91 kg in weight...		2:14.86
30	7	2	Anton Lobanov		2:14.99
31	4	1	Jorge Murillo		2:15.41	NR
32	5	3	Hunor Mate		2:15.45
33	7	8	Vladislav Polyakov Vladislav Polyakov Vlad Polyakov is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Kazakhstan. He swam for his native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....		2:15.70
34	3	3	Tomas Klobucnik		2:16.53
35	4	4	Mattia Pesce		2:16.67
36	3	4	Edgar Crespo		2:17.38
37	4	7	Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid is a two-time Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Algeria. He swam for Algeria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He has swum for Algeria at the:*Olympics: 2004, 2008*All-Africa Games: 2003, 2007*Mediterranean Games: 2005...		2:18.32
38	3	7	Irakli Bolkvadze		2:18.42
39	4	2	Martti Aljand		2:18.65
40	4	3	David Oliver Mercado		2:18.72
41	4	8	Indra Gunawan		2:18.89
42	3	2	Azad Al-Barazi		2:19.71
43	3	5	Aleksandrov Dmitrii		2:21.51
44	3	8	Pedro Pinotes		2:21.65
45	3	6	Juan Guerra		2:22.82
46	2	3	Eli Ebenezer Wong		2:23.35
47	2	4	Genaro Britez		2:23.78
48	3	1	Timothy Ferris		2:23.96
49	2	5	Jordy Groters		2:24.60
50	2	7	Wael Koubrousli		2:27.08
51	2	6	Diguan Pigot		2:27.21
52	1	5	Benjamin Schulte		2:28.21
53	1	4	Andrew Rutherfurd		2:30.78
54	2	2	Tarco Liobet		2:30.98
55	1	3	Mamitina Ramanantsoa		2:35.35
–	5	8	Panagiotis Samildis			DNS
–	6	5	Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen Alexander Dale Oen is a Norwegian swimmer. He represents the club Vestkantsvømmerne. Dale Oen's gold at the 2008 European Championships made him the first Norwegian male to win a medal at a major international long course championship.Oen got his international breakthrough in 2005, placing seventh...			DNS

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Kosuke Kitajima Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...		2:08.81	Q
2	5	Daniel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008...		2:08.92	Q
3	4	Christian vom Lehn Christian vom Lehn -References:*...		2:09.44	Q
4	6	Andrew Willis		2:10.49	Q
5	1	Choi Kyu-Woong		2:11.27	Q
6	2	Glenn Snyders		2:11.68
7	8	Akos Molnar		2:12.07
8	7	Laurent Carnol		2:12.23

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Eric Shanteau Eric Shanteau Eric Lee Shanteau is an American Olympic swimmer. He lives and trains in Austin, Texas.-College:...		2:10.03	Q
2	3	Michael Jamieson		2:10.54	Q
3	4	Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, tying Australia's Christian Sprenger.-External links:*...		2:11.43	Q
4	6	Michael Brown Mike Brown (swimmer) Mike Brown is a Canadian swimmer. He started swimming at age seven and is a student at the University of Calgary. His best finish at a world championships was at the 2005 championships in Montreal, Canada when he finished 2nd in the 200 m breaststroke. Brown won gold at the Commonwealth Games...		2:11.63
5	1	Lennart Stekelenburg Lennart Stekelenburg Lennart Stekelenburg is a Dutch swimmer who is specialized in breaststroke. He is the current national recordholder in the 50 m and 100 m breaststroke at the long course.-Swimming career:...		2:11.72
6	8	Naoya Tomita		2:11.98
7	2	Melquiades Alvarez		2:12.15
8	7	Neil Versfeld		2:12.32

Final

The final was held at 19:33.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008...		2:08.41
	4	Kosuke Kitajima Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...		2:08.63
	3	Christian vom Lehn Christian vom Lehn -References:*...		2:09.06
4	6	Eric Shanteau Eric Shanteau Eric Lee Shanteau is an American Olympic swimmer. He lives and trains in Austin, Texas.-College:...		2:09.28
5	7	Michael Jamieson		2:10.67
6	8	Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, tying Australia's Christian Sprenger.-External links:*...		2:11.07
7	1	Choi Kyu-Woong		2:11.17	NR
8	2	Andrew Willis		2:11.29

External links

• 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre breaststroke start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.