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200 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date	12 – 14 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Youyong Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	52 from 38 countries

Between the two Olympic Games of 2004 and 2008 breaststroke swimming had turned into a personal duel between the man who had won both Olympic titles in Athens, Kosuke Kitajima of Japan, and America’s Brendan Hansen who had beaten Kitajima in all their recent major championship clashes. Hansen was not in the same form as previous years and was not included in the US team for this event leaving Brenton Rickard of Australia as the most likely threat to the Japanese champion although in truth there was no one capable of challenging Kitajima. The Japanese swimmer cruised with little effort in his heat but then beat the Olympic record in both the semi-final and final to retain his title and seal his place amongst the greats of breaststroke swimming. No man had ever before retained both Olympic breaststroke titles.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	2:09.89 (4 h7)	2:08.61 (1 h1)	2:07.64 (1)	Gold
2	Brenton Rickard	AUS	2:11.00 (5 h6)	2:09.72 (2 h2)	2:08.88 (2)	Silver
3	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	2:09.42 (3 h7)	2:09.97 (4 h1)	2:08.94 (3)	Bronze
4	Mike Brown	CAN	2:09.84 (1 h6)	2:08.84 (1 h2)	2:09.03 (4)
5	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	2:08.68 (1 h7)	2:09.73 (3 h2)	2:09.22 (5)
6	Scott Spann	USA	2:10.61 (2 h5)	2:09.08 (2 h1)	2:09.76 (6)
7	Loris Facci	ITA	2:09.12 (2 h7)	2:09.75 (4 h2)	2:10.57 (7)
8	Paolo Bossini	ITA	2:08.98 (1 h5)	2:09.95 (3 h1)	2:11.48 (8)
9	Neil Versfeld	RSA	2:10.50 (4 h6)	2:10.06 (5 h2)	–
10	Eric Shanteau	USA	2:10.29 (2 h6)	2:10.10 (6 h2)	–
11	Andrew Bree	IRL	2:10.91 (1 h4)	2:10.16 (5 h1)	–
12	William Diering	RSA	2:10.39 (3 h6)	2:10.21 (6 h1)	–
13	Kris Gilchrist	GBR	2:11.13 (3 h5)	2:10.27 (7 h2)	–
14	Ihor Borysyk	UKR	2:11.08 (6 h7)	2:10.99 (7 h1)	–
15	Vlad Polyakov	KAZ	2:10.83 (5 h7)	2:11.87 (8 h2)	–
16	Glenn Snyders	NZL	2:11.19 (2 h4)	2:12.07 (8 h1)	–
=17	Alexander Dale Oen	NOR	2:11.30 (6 h6)	–	–
=17	Yuta Suenaga	JPN	2:11.30 (7 h7)	–	–
19	Thiago Pereira	BRA	2:11.40 (1 h3)	–	–
20	Tom Be'eri	ISR	2:11.44 (2 h3)	–	–
21	Hunor Mate	AUT	2:11.56 (3 h4)	–	–
22	Valeriy Dymo	UKR	2:11.65 (8 h7)	–	–
23	Grigory Falko	RUS	2:11.88 (4 h5)	–	–
24	Mihail Aleksandrov	BUL	2:11.94 (5 h5)	–	–
25	Yevgeny Ryzhkov	KAZ	2:12.44 (4 h4)	–	–
26	Christian Sprenger	AUS	2:12.56 (6 h5)	–	–
27	Melki Álvarez	ESP	2:12.59 (3 h3)	–	–
28	Julien Nicolardot	FRA	2:12.76 (5 h4)	–	–
29	Mathieu Bois	CAN	2:12.87 (7 h5)	–	–
30	Henrique Barbosa	BRA	2:12.99 (7 h6)	–	–
31	Edvinas Dautartas	LTU	2:13.11 (1 h1)	–	–
32	Carlos Almeida	POR	2:13.34 (1 h2)	–	–
33	Chris Christensen	DEN	2:13.92 (8 h6)	–	–
34	Sergio García	ESP	2:14.30 (6 h4)	–	–
35	Maxim Podoprigora	AUT	2:14.43 (7 h4)	–	–
36	Sandeep Sejwal	IND	2:15.24 (2 h1)	–	–
37	James Kirton	GBR	2:15.25 (8 h4)	–	–
38	Jakob Sveinsson	ISL	2:15.58 (2 h2)	–	–
39	Jiří Jedlička	CZE	2:15.79 (4 h3)	–	–
40	Laurent Carnol	LUX	2:15.87 (3 h2)	–	–
41	Romanos Alyfantis	GRE	2:16.04 (5 h3)	–	–
42	Sofiane Daid	ALG	2:16.15 (6 h3)	–	–
43	Sin Su-Jong	KOR	2:16.21 (4 h2)	–	–
44	Lai Zhongjian	CHN	2:16.28 (7 h3)	–	–
45	Aleksey Zinovyev	RUS	2:16.40 (8 h5)	–	–
46	Martti Aljand	EST	2:16.52 (5 h2)	–	–
47	Miguel Molina	PHI	2:16.94 (6 h2)	–	–
48	Robin van Aggele	NED	2:17.14 (8 h3)	–	–
49	Wang Wei-Wen	TPE	2:17.20 (7 h2)	–	–
50	Leopoldo Andara	VEN	2:17.77 (3 h1)	–	–
51	Ömer Aslanoğlu	TUR	2:17.93 (4 h1)	–	–
52	Sergio Ferreyra	ARG	2:20.10 (5 h1)	–	–
DNS	Valentin Preda	ROU	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	12 August 2008
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	2:08.68	QOR
2	2	Paolo Bossini	ITA	2:08.98	QOR
3	2	Loris Facci	ITA	2:09.12	Q
4	5	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	2:09.42	Q
5	6	Mike Brown	CAN	2:09.84	Q
6	4	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	2:09.89	Q
7	3	Eric Shanteau	USA	2:10.29	Q
8	2	William Diering	RSA	2:10.39	Q
9	7	Neil Versfeld	RSA	2:10.50	Q
10	5	Scott Spann	USA	2:10.61	Q
11	7	Vlad Polyakov	KAZ	2:10.83	Q
12	7	Andrew Bree	IRL	2:10.91	Q
13	4	Brenton Rickard	AUS	2:11.00	Q
14	1	Ihor Borysyk	UKR	2:11.08	Q
15	3	Kris Gilchrist	GBR	2:11.13	Q
16	6	Glenn Snyders	NZL	2:11.19	Q
=17	5	Alexander Dale Oen	NOR	2:11.30
=17	3	Yuta Suenaga	JPN	2:11.30
19	3	Thiago Pereira	BRA	2:11.40
20	5	Tom Be'eri	ISR	2:11.44
21	1	Hunor Mate	AUT	2:11.56
22	8	Valeriy Dymo	UKR	2:11.65
23	4	Grigory Falko	RUS	2:11.88
24	8	Mihail Aleksandrov	BUL	2:11.94
25	5	Yevgeny Ryzhkov	KAZ	2:12.44
26	6	Christian Sprenger	AUS	2:12.56
27	4	Melki Álvarez	ESP	2:12.59
28	8	Julien Nicolardot	FRA	2:12.76
29	1	Mathieu Bois	CAN	2:12.87
30	1	Henrique Barbosa	BRA	2:12.99
31	4	Edvinas Dautartas	LTU	2:13.11
32	4	Carlos Almeida	POR	2:13.34
33	8	Chris Christensen	DEN	2:13.92
34	3	Sergio García	ESP	2:14.30
35	2	Maxim Podoprigora	AUT	2:14.43
36	6	Sandeep Sejwal	IND	2:15.24
37	4	James Kirton	GBR	2:15.25
38	3	Jakob Sveinsson	ISL	2:15.58
39	2	Jiří Jedlička	CZE	2:15.79
40	8	Laurent Carnol	LUX	2:15.87
41	8	Romanos Alyfantis	GRE	2:16.04
42	7	Sofiane Daid	ALG	2:16.15
43	5	Sin Su-Jong	KOR	2:16.21
44	6	Lai Zhongjian	CHN	2:16.28
45	7	Aleksey Zinovyev	RUS	2:16.40
46	6	Martti Aljand	EST	2:16.52
47	2	Miguel Molina	PHI	2:16.94
48	1	Robin van Aggele	NED	2:17.14
49	1	Wang Wei-Wen	TPE	2:17.20
50	2	Leopoldo Andara	VEN	2:17.77
51	5	Ömer Aslanoğlu	TUR	2:17.93
52	3	Sergio Ferreyra	ARG	2:20.10
DNS	7	Valentin Preda	ROU	–

Heat #1

Time	19:25

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Edvinas Dautartas	LTU	2:13.11	0.81	29.81 (1)	1:03.21 (1)	1:37.49 (1)	33.40 (1)	34.28 (1)	35.62 (1)
2	6	Sandeep Sejwal	IND	2:15.24	0.85	30.26 (2)	1:04.28 (2)	1:39.15 (2)	34.02 (2)	34.87 (3)	36.09 (4)
3	2	Leopoldo Andara	VEN	2:17.77	0.81	31.85 (5)	1:07.47 (5)	1:42.06 (4)	35.62 (5)	34.59 (2)	35.71 (2)
4	5	Ömer Aslanoğlu	TUR	2:17.93	0.77	31.08 (3)	1:05.76 (3)	1:41.90 (3)	34.68 (3)	36.14 (5)	36.03 (3)
5	3	Sergio Ferreyra	ARG	2:20.10	0.66	31.34 (4)	1:06.31 (4)	1:42.40 (5)	34.97 (4)	36.09 (4)	37.70 (5)

Heat #2

Time	19:29

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Carlos Almeida	POR	2:13.34	0.80	30.64 (1)	1:04.58 (1)	1:38.41 (1)	33.94 (1)	33.83 (1)	34.93 (3)
2	3	Jakob Sveinsson	ISL	2:15.58	0.87	30.67 (2)	1:05.01 (2)	1:39.92 (2)	34.34 (=2)	34.91 (4)	35.66 (5)
3	8	Laurent Carnol	LUX	2:15.87	0.78	31.33 (6)	1:06.19 (6)	1:41.01 (5)	34.86 (6)	34.82 (3)	34.86 (2)
4	5	Sin Su-Jong	KOR	2:16.21	0.80	31.74 (7)	1:06.40 (7)	1:41.47 (6)	34.66 (5)	35.07 (5)	34.74 (1)
5	6	Martti Aljand	EST	2:16.52	0.70	31.16 (4)	1:06.07 (5)	1:41.53 (7)	34.91 (7)	35.46 (7)	34.99 (4)
6	2	Miguel Molina	PHI	2:16.94	0.71	30.84 (3)	1:05.18 (3)	1:39.98 (3)	34.34 (=2)	34.80 (2)	36.96 (7)
7	1	Wang Wei-Wen	TPE	2:17.20	0.70	31.19 (5)	1:05.68 (4)	1:40.93 (4)	34.49 (4)	35.25 (6)	36.27 (6)
DNS	7	Valentin Preda	ROU	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #3

Time	19:33

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Thiago Pereira	BRA	2:11.40	0.88	29.96 (2)	1:03.08 (1)	1:36.68 (1)	33.12 (=1)	33.60 (1)	34.72 (2)
2	5	Tom Be'eri	ISR	2:11.44	0.78	30.20 (4)	1:03.32 (2)	1:37.10 (2)	33.12 (=1)	33.78 (2)	34.34 (1)
3	4	Melki Álvarez	ESP	2:12.59	0.89	30.44 (5)	1:03.90 (4)	1:37.78 (3)	33.46 (3)	33.88 (3)	34.81 (3)
4	2	Jiří Jedlička	CZE	2:15.79	0.88	30.03 (3)	1:03.86 (3)	1:38.79 (4)	33.83 (4)	34.93 (5)	37.00 (8)
5	8	Romanos Alyfantis	GRE	2:16.04	0.80	30.61 (6)	1:05.47 (7)	1:40.78 (7)	34.86 (=7)	35.31 (6)	35.26 (5)
6	7	Sofiane Daid	ALG	2:16.15	0.77	30.97 (7)	1:05.83 (8)	1:41.33 (8)	34.86 (=7)	35.50 (7)	34.82 (4)
7	6	Lai Zhongjian	CHN	2:16.28	0.72	31.15 (8)	1:05.38 (6)	1:40.15 (5)	34.23 (5)	34.77 (4)	36.13 (6)
8	1	Robin van Aggele	NED	2:17.14	0.79	29.80 (1)	1:04.47 (5)	1:40.21 (6)	34.67 (6)	35.74 (8)	36.93 (7)

Heat #4

Time	19:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	7	Andrew Bree	IRL	2:10.91	0.79	29.96 (1)	1:02.83 (1)	1:36.58 (1)	32.87 (1)	33.75 (2)	34.33 (3)	Q
2	6	Glenn Snyders	NZL	2:11.19	0.77	30.06 (2)	1:03.28 (=2)	1:37.33 (2)	33.22 (3)	34.05 (3)	33.86 (2)	Q
3	1	Hunor Mate	AUT	2:11.56	0.75	30.39 (7)	1:04.34 (7)	1:37.96 (5)	33.95 (7)	33.62 (1)	33.60 (1)
4	5	Yevgeny Ryzhkov	KAZ	2:12.44	0.73	30.33 (6)	1:03.28 (=2)	1:37.35 (3)	32.95 (2)	34.07 (4)	35.09 (5)
5	8	Julien Nicolardot	FRA	2:12.76	0.73	30.30 (5)	1:03.82 (4)	1:37.91 (4)	33.52 (4)	34.09 (5)	34.85 (4)
6	3	Sergio García	ESP	2:14.30	0.87	30.25 (4)	1:04.18 (6)	1:38.91 (7)	33.93 (6)	34.73 (7)	35.39 (6)
7	2	Maxim Podoprigora	AUT	2:14.43	0.76	30.47 (8)	1:04.45 (8)	1:38.95 (8)	33.98 (8)	34.50 (6)	35.48 (7)
8	4	James Kirton	GBR	2:15.25	0.75	30.12 (3)	1:03.86 (5)	1:38.83 (6)	33.74 (5)	34.97 (8)	36.42 (8)

Heat #5

Time	19:41

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	2	Paolo Bossini	ITA	2:08.98	0.89	29.71 (4)	1:02.60 (1)	1:35.43 (1)	32.89 (1)	32.83 (1)	33.55 (1)	QOR
2	5	Scott Spann	USA	2:10.61	0.69	29.59 (2)	1:02.86 (3)	1:36.97 (3)	33.27 (3)	34.11 (4)	33.64 (2)	Q
3	3	Kris Gilchrist	GBR	2:11.13	0.89	29.57 (1)	1:02.81 (2)	1:36.46 (2)	33.24 (2)	33.65 (2)	34.67 (5)	Q
4	4	Grigory Falko	RUS	2:11.88	0.71	30.03 (7)	1:03.34 (=4)	1:37.30 (4)	33.31 (4)	33.96 (3)	34.58 (4)
5	8	Mihail Aleksandrov	BUL	2:11.94	0.74	29.66 (3)	1:03.39 (6)	1:37.62 (5)	33.73 (7)	34.23 (5)	34.32 (3)
6	6	Christian Sprenger	AUS	2:12.56	0.68	29.78 (5)	1:03.44 (7)	1:37.72 (6)	33.66 (6)	34.28 (6)	34.84 (6)
7	1	Mathieu Bois	CAN	2:12.87	0.71	29.84 (6)	1:03.34 (=4)	1:37.83 (7)	33.50 (5)	34.49 (7)	35.04 (7)
8	7	Aleksey Zinovyev	RUS	2:16.40	0.82	30.81 (8)	1:05.06 (8)	1:40.35 (8)	34.25 (8)	35.29 (8)	36.05 (8)

Heat #6

Time	19:45

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Mike Brown	CAN	2:09.84	0.74	29.50 (4)	1:02.34 (1)	1:35.71 (1)	32.84 (1)	33.37 (1)	34.13 (4)	Q
2	3	Eric Shanteau	USA	2:10.29	0.76	30.08 (7)	1:03.07 (5)	1:36.46 (2)	32.99 (2)	33.39 (=2)	33.83 (=1)	Q
3	2	William Diering	RSA	2:10.39	0.65	29.41 (3)	1:03.00 (4)	1:36.56 (3)	33.59 (7)	33.56 (4)	33.83 (=1)	Q
4	7	Neil Versfeld	RSA	2:10.50	0.66	29.87 (6)	1:03.20 (6)	1:36.59 (=5)	33.33 (5)	33.39 (=2)	33.91 (3)	Q
5	4	Brenton Rickard	AUS	2:11.00	0.91	29.35 (2)	1:02.46 (2)	1:36.58 (4)	33.11 (3)	34.12 (=6)	34.42 (5)	Q
6	5	Alexander Dale Oen	NOR	2:11.30	0.74	29.23 (1)	1:02.47 (3)	1:36.59 (=5)	33.24 (4)	34.12 (=6)	34.71 (6)
7	1	Henrique Barbosa	BRA	2:12.99	0.76	29.66 (5)	1:03.31 (7)	1:37.32 (7)	33.65 (8)	34.01 (5)	35.67 (8)
8	8	Chris Christensen	DEN	2:13.92	0.82	30.89 (8)	1:04.41 (8)	1:39.04 (8)	33.52 (6)	34.63 (8)	34.88 (7)

Heat #7

Time	19:49

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	2:08.68	0.80	29.91 (=5)	1:02.94 (3)	1:35.78 (1)	33.03 (3)	32.84 (=1)	32.90 (1)	QOR
2	2	Loris Facci	ITA	2:09.12	0.85	29.78 (4)	1:03.03 (4)	1:35.87 (3)	33.25 (4)	32.84 (=1)	33.25 (2)	Q
3	5	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	2:09.42	0.74	29.51 (1)	1:02.33 (1)	1:35.84 (2)	32.82 (1)	33.51 (3)	33.58 (3)	Q
4	4	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	2:09.89	0.73	29.60 (3)	1:02.45 (2)	1:36.04 (4)	32.85 (2)	33.59 (5)	33.85 (4)	Q
5	7	Vlad Polyakov	KAZ	2:10.83	0.76	29.53 (2)	1:03.27 (5)	1:36.92 (5)	33.74 (8)	33.65 (6)	33.91 (6)	Q
6	1	Ihor Borysyk	UKR	2:11.08	0.86	30.09 (7)	1:03.44 (7)	1:37.00 (6)	33.35 (5)	33.56 (4)	34.08 (7)	Q
7	3	Yuta Suenaga	JPN	2:11.30	0.80	29.91 (=5)	1:03.32 (6)	1:37.02 (7)	33.41 (=6)	33.70 (7)	34.28 (8)
8	8	Valeriy Dymo	UKR	2:11.65	0.77	30.23 (8)	1:03.64 (8)	1:37.77 (8)	33.41 (=6)	34.13 (8)	33.88 (5)

Semi-Finals

Date	13 August 2008
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	3	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	2:08.61	QOR
2	3	Mike Brown	CAN	2:08.84	Q
3	2	Scott Spann	USA	2:09.08	Q
4	1	Brenton Rickard	AUS	2:09.72	Q
5	4	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	2:09.73	Q
6	5	Loris Facci	ITA	2:09.75	Q
7	4	Paolo Bossini	ITA	2:09.95	Q
8	5	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	2:09.97	Q
9	2	Neil Versfeld	RSA	2:10.06
10	6	Eric Shanteau	USA	2:10.10
11	7	Andrew Bree	IRL	2:10.16
12	6	William Diering	RSA	2:10.21
13	8	Kris Gilchrist	GBR	2:10.27
14	1	Ihor Borysyk	UKR	2:10.99
15	7	Vlad Polyakov	KAZ	2:11.87
16	8	Glenn Snyders	NZL	2:12.07

Heat #1

Time	10:52

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	2:08.61	0.77	29.16 (1)	1:01.50 (1)	1:34.33 (1)	32.34 (1)	32.83 (1)	34.28 (6)	QOR
2	2	Scott Spann	USA	2:09.08	0.71	29.29 (3)	1:02.06 (2)	1:35.56 (2)	32.77 (2)	33.50 (5)	33.52 (1)	Q
3	4	Paolo Bossini	ITA	2:09.95	0.92	29.96 (7)	1:02.77 (5)	1:36.08 (4)	32.81 (3)	33.31 (2)	33.87 (=2)	Q
4	5	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	2:09.97	0.74	29.23 (2)	1:02.20 (3)	1:35.76 (3)	32.97 (4)	33.56 (6)	34.21 (5)	Q
5	7	Andrew Bree	IRL	2:10.16	0.79	29.76 (5)	1:02.75 (4)	1:36.21 (5)	32.99 (5)	33.46 (3)	33.95 (4)
6	6	William Diering	RSA	2:10.21	0.66	29.63 (4)	1:02.87 (6)	1:36.34 (6)	33.24 (=6)	33.47 (4)	33.87 (=2)
7	1	Ihor Borysyk	UKR	2:10.99	0.85	29.84 (6)	1:03.08 (7)	1:36.68 (7)	33.24 (=6)	33.60 (7)	34.31 (7)
8	8	Glenn Snyders	NZL	2:12.07	0.79	29.99 (8)	1:03.61 (8)	1:37.69 (8)	33.62 (8)	34.08 (8)	34.38 (8)

Heat #2

Time	10:58

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Mike Brown	CAN	2:08.84	0.78	29.48 (2)	1:02.16 (2)	1:35.20 (1)	32.68 (1)	33.04 (1)	33.64 (4)	Q
2	1	Brenton Rickard	AUS	2:09.72	0.86	29.26 (1)	1:02.05 (1)	1:35.63 (2)	32.79 (2)	33.58 (6)	34.09 (7)	Q
3	4	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	2:09.73	0.81	29.97 (6)	1:03.33 (6)	1:36.49 (4)	33.36 (6)	33.16 (3)	33.24 (2)	Q
4	5	Loris Facci	ITA	2:09.75	0.85	30.36 (8)	1:03.74 (7)	1:36.83 (7)	33.38 (7)	33.09 (2)	32.92 (1)	Q
5	2	Neil Versfeld	RSA	2:10.06	0.69	29.66 (3)	1:02.85 (4)	1:36.21 (3)	33.19 (4)	33.36 (4)	33.85 (6)
6	6	Eric Shanteau	USA	2:10.10	0.74	30.08 (7)	1:03.32 (5)	1:36.71 (6)	33.24 (5)	33.39 (5)	33.39 (3)
7	8	Kris Gilchrist	GBR	2:10.27	0.85	29.80 (4)	1:02.83 (3)	1:36.52 (5)	33.03 (3)	33.69 (7)	33.75 (5)
8	7	Vlad Polyakov	KAZ	2:11.87	0.77	29.96 (5)	1:03.75 (8)	1:37.70 (8)	33.79 (8)	33.95 (8)	34.17 (8)

Final Round

Date	14 August 2008 — 10:02

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Kosuke Kitajima	JPN	2:07.64	0.69	29.04 (1)	1:01.13 (1)	1:34.05 (1)	32.09 (1)	32.92 (1)	33.59 (2)	OR
2	6	Brenton Rickard	AUS	2:08.88	0.88	29.09 (2)	1:01.57 (2)	1:34.92 (3)	32.48 (2)	33.35 (5)	33.96 (5)
3	8	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	2:08.94	0.78	29.17 (3)	1:01.71 (3)	1:34.89 (2)	32.54 (3)	33.18 (4)	34.05 (6)
4	5	Mike Brown	CAN	2:09.03	0.77	29.43 (4)	1:02.05 (4)	1:35.21 (4)	32.62 (4)	33.16 (3)	33.82 (4)
5	2	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	2:09.22	0.80	29.86 (8)	1:02.94 (8)	1:35.89 (5)	33.08 (8)	32.95 (2)	33.33 (1)
6	3	Scott Spann	USA	2:09.76	0.74	29.48 (6)	1:02.22 (5)	1:36.06 (7)	32.74 (5)	33.84 (8)	33.70 (3)
7	7	Loris Facci	ITA	2:10.57	0.84	29.64 (7)	1:02.49 (7)	1:36.08 (8)	32.85 (6)	33.59 (=6)	34.49 (7)
8	1	Paolo Bossini	ITA	2:11.48	0.84	29.46 (5)	1:02.33 (6)	1:35.92 (6)	32.87 (7)	33.59 (=6)	35.56 (8)