Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 May 2016.[1][2]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates18 May
Competitors45 from 28 nations
Winning time2:08.33
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Italy
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Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Akihiro Yamaguchi   Japan 2:07.01 Gifu 15 September 2012
European record Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 2:07.23 Barcelona 2 August 2013
Championship record Marco Koch   Germany 2:07.47 Berlin 21 August 2014

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 18 May at 10:29.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Marco Koch   Germany 2:11.29 Q
2 4 5 Matti Mattsson   Finland 2:11.78 Q
3 3 4 Ross Murdoch   Great Britain 2:11.87 Q
4 5 3 Erik Persson   Sweden 2:12.21 Q
5 3 5 Anton Sveinn McKee   Iceland 2:12.25 Q
6 4 3 Mikhail Dorinov   Russia 2:12.76 Q
7 5 5 Craig Benson   Great Britain 2:12.79 Q
8 4 4 Andrew Willis   Great Britain 2:12.88
9 3 3 Luca Pizzini   Italy 2:12.92 Q
10 5 2 Dmytro Oseledets   Ukraine 2:13.33 Q
11 4 2 Max Pilger   Germany 2:13.64 Q
12 5 7 Yannick Käser   Switzerland 2:13.69 Q
13 4 0 Ronen Faor   Israel 2:13.72 Q
14 5 8 Johannes Dietrich   Austria 2:13.76 Q
15 5 6 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 2:13.82 Q
16 3 8 Dávid Horváth   Hungary 2:13.91 Q
17 4 6 Dimitrios Koulouris   Greece 2:14.19 Q
18 3 7 Luke Davies   Great Britain 2:14.30
19 4 9 Christopher Rothbauer   Austria 2:14.57
19 3 2 Laurent Carnol   Luxembourg 2:14.57
21 4 7 Jonas Coreelman   Belgium 2:14.81
22 2 4 Iliy Gladishev   Israel 2:14.91
23 2 3 Martin Allikvee   Estonia 2:14.97
24 3 6 Nicholas Quinn   Ireland 2:15.04
25 3 0 Daniils Bobrovs   Latvia 2:15.12
26 4 8 Valeriy Dymo   Ukraine 2:15.16
27 1 6 Maksym Shemberev   Azerbaijan 2:16.19
28 3 1 Patrik Schwarzenbach   Switzerland 2:16.34
29 2 0 Luchezar Shumkov   Bulgaria 2:16.50
30 2 9 Irakli Bolkvadze   Georgia 2:17.24
31 2 8 Martin Liivamägi   Estonia 2:17.26
32 2 6 Christoph Meier   Liechtenstein 2:17.29
33 2 7 Marko Blaževski   Macedonia 2:17.33
34 5 9 Andrius Šidlauskas   Lithuania 2:17.53
34 3 9 Alpkan Örnek   Turkey 2:17.53
36 2 2 Berkay Şendikici   Turkey 2:17.59
37 2 5 Eitan Yudashkin   Israel 2:17.92
38 5 0 Luca Pfyffer   Switzerland 2:18.20
39 2 1 Demir Atasoy   Turkey 2:18.28
40 4 1 Sverre Næss   Norway 2:19.24
41 1 3 Tomás Veloso   Portugal 2:19.59
42 5 1 Dan Sweeney   Ireland 2:21.16
43 1 5 Silver Hein   Estonia 2:22.49
44 1 7 Deni Baholli   Albania 2:27.60
1 2 Jørgen Braathen   Norway DSQ
1 4 Gal Nevo   Israel DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 18 May at 18:22.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Matti Mattson   Finland 2:10.10 Q
2 5 Erik Persson   Sweden 2:11.13 Q
3 1 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 2:11.22 Q
4 3 Mikhail Dorinov   Russia 2:11.25 Q
5 6 Luca Pizzini   Italy 2:11.54 Q
6 8 Dimitrios Koulouris   Greece 2:12.09
7 2 Max Pilger   Germany 2:13.82
8 7 Ronen Faor   Israel 2:14.84

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Ross Murdoch   Great Britain 2:09.72 Q
2 4 Marco Koch   Germany 2:09.82 Q
3 3 Anton Sveinn McKee   Iceland 2:10.91 Q
4 6 Craig Benson   Great Britain 2:11.93
5 2 Dmytro Oseledets   Ukraine 2:11.97
6 8 Dávid Horváth   Hungary 2:12.34
7 1 Johannes Dietrich   Austria 2:14.13
8 7 Yannick Käser   Switzerland 2:15.11

Final

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The final was held on 19 May at 18:46.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Ross Murdoch   Great Britain 2:08.33
  5 Marco Koch   Germany 2:08.40
  8 Luca Pizzini   Italy 2:10.39
4 2 Erik Persson   Sweden 2:10.50
5 3 Matti Mattson   Finland 2:10.69
6 7 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 2:11.15
7 1 Mikhail Dorinov   Russia 2:11.42
8 6 Anton Sveinn McKee   Iceland 2:11.73

References

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