Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||
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| Qualification | |||
| Freestyle | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| 800 m | men | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women | |
| 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 | mixed | women |
| Marathon | |||
| 10 km | men | women | |
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]
Records
[edit]Prior 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
[edit]A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[2][3]
Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[2]
Time standards
[edit]The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[4]
The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:
| Men's events | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | OQT* | OCT^ |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:09.68 | 2:10.33 |
* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.
^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.
Competition format
[edit]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 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
[edit]All 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
[edit]Heats
[edit]
Semifinals
[edit]The 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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
- ^ Pelshaw, Anya (30 July 2024). "Tokyo Silver Medalist Arno Kamminga Scratches 200 Breast Semifinal Due To Injury". SwimSwam. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke - Heats results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke - Semifinals results" (PDF). Olympics. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke - Semifinals results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke - Finals results" (PDF). Olympics. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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