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200 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date	9 – 10 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	39 from 30 countries

Coming into 2016 the betting line favorite was 2015 World Champion Marco Koch of Germany, with Hungarian defending gold medalist Dániel Gyurta also formidable. Then American Josh Prenot, just out of college, won the US Olympic Trials in 2:07.17, an American record and the second fastest time in history, and brought himself into the conversation. By the start of the Rio Olympics, there was no obvious favorite.

Not discussed among even the medal contenders was Kazakh swimmer Dmitry Balandin, but he won the gold medal in major upset with Prenot taking silver, as Balandin set a national record of 2:07.46. Russian Anton Chupkov took the bronze in another surprise, posting another national record of 2:07.70. Koch finished seventh in the final, while Gyurta failed to even make the semi-finals.

Balandin, the 2014 Asian Games Champion, became the first swimmer in 20 years to win Olympic gold from lane eight, after Australian Kieren Perkins in the 1,500 freestyle. Balandin’s gold medal was the first ever medal for Kazakhstan in swimming.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Dmitry Balandin	KAZ	2:09.00 (3 h4)	2:08.20 (4 h1)	2:07.46 (1)	Gold
2	Josh Prenot	USA	2:09.91 (3 h5)	2:07.78 (2 h1)	2:07.53 (2)	Silver
3	Anton Chupkov	RUS	2:07.93 (1 h5)	2:08.08 (3 h2)	2:07.70 (3)	Bronze
4	Andrew Willis	GBR	2:08.92 (1 h4)	2:07.73 (1 h2)	2:07.78 (4)
5	Yasuhiro Koseki	JPN	2:08.61 (1 h3)	2:07.91 (3 h1)	2:07.80 (5)
6	Ippei Watanabe	JPN	2:09.63 (4 h4)	2:07.22 (1 h1)	2:07.87 (6)
7	Marco Koch	GER	2:08.98 (2 h4)	2:08.12 (4 h2)	2:08.00 (7)
8	Kevin Cordes	USA	2:09.30 (2 h5)	2:07.99 (2 h2)	2:08.34 (8)
9	Mao Feilian	CHN	2:09.80 (3 h3)	2:09.64 (5 h2)	–
10	Ilya Khomenko	RUS	2:08.94 (2 h3)	2:09.73 (5 h1)	–
11	Erik Persson	SWE	2:10.15 (4 h3)	2:10.12 (6 h1)	–
12	Li Xiang	CHN	2:10.17 (5 h3)	2:10.92 (6 h2)	–
13	Craig Benson	GBR	2:11.19 (4 h5)	2:10.93 (7 h2)	–
14	Luca Pizzini	ITA	2:11.26 (5 h5)	2:11.53 (7 h1)	–
15	Carlos Claverie	VEN	2:10.35 (6 h4)	2:11.56 (8 h1)	–
16	Matti Mattsson	FIN	2:10.09 (5 h4)	2:12.99 (8 h2)	–
17	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	2:11.28 (6 h3)	–	–
18	Anton McKee	ISL	2:11.39 (6 h5)	–	–
19	Nicholas Quinn	IRL	2:11.67 (1 h2)	–	–
20	Yannick Käser	SUI	2:11.77 (2 h2)	–	–
21	Laurent Carnol	LUX	2:11.94 (3 h2)	–	–
22	Giedrius Titenis	LTU	2:12.13 (7 h4)	–	–
23	Glenn Snyders	NZL	2:12.47 (1 h1)	–	–
24	Ashton Baumann	CAN	2:12.61 (7 h5)	–	–
25	Jarred Crous	RSA	2:12.64 (8 h4)	–	–
26	Cameron van der Burgh	RSA	2:12.67 (7 h3)	–	–
27	Panagiotis Samilidis	GRE	2:12.68 (8 h3)	–	–
28	Jorge Murillo	COL	2:12.81 (4 h2)	–	–
29	Tales Cerdeira	BRA	2:12.83 (5 h2)	–	–
30	Dávid Horváth	HUN	2:13.24 (2 h1)	–	–
31	Choi Gyu-Ung	KOR	2:13.36 (6 h2)	–	–
32	Basten Caerts	BEL	2:13.44 (3 h1)	–	–
33	Martin Allikvee	EST	2:13.66 (4 h1)	–	–
34	Lee Hsuan-Yen	TPE	2:14.84 (5 h1)	–	–
35	Dimitrios Koulouris	GRE	2:14.86 (7 h2)	–	–
36	Thiago Simon	BRA	2:15.01 (8 h5)	–	–
37	Dmytro Oseledets	UKR	2:15.19 (8 h2)	–	–
38	Denis Petrashov	KGZ	2:16.57 (6 h1)	–	–
39	Arya Nasimi Shad	IRI	2:20.18 (7 h1)	–	–

Round One (9 August 2016 — 13:50)

Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Heat One (13:50)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Glenn Snyders	NZL	29.62 (3) 33.50 (1)	1:03.12 (2) 34.42 (4)	1:37.54 (2) 34.93 (4)	2:12.47	0.66
2	4	Dávid Horváth	HUN	30.33 (4) 34.19 (4)	1:04.52 (4) 34.39 (3)	1:38.91 (4) 34.33 (1)	2:13.24	0.70
3	3	Basten Caerts	BEL	29.31 (1) 33.58 (2)	1:02.89 (1) 34.30 (2)	1:37.19 (1) 36.25 (6)	2:13.44	0.65
4	6	Martin Allikvee	EST	30.62 (5) 33.95 (3)	1:04.57 (5) 34.55 (5)	1:39.12 (5) 34.54 (2)	2:13.66	0.69
5	2	Lee Hsuan-Yen	TPE	29.60 (2) 34.30 (5)	1:03.90 (3) 34.15 (1)	1:38.05 (3) 36.79 (7)	2:14.84	0.72
6	1	Denis Petrashov	KGZ	30.69 (6) 35.52 (6)	1:06.21 (6) 35.45 (6)	1:41.66 (6) 34.91 (3)	2:16.57	0.79
7	7	Arya Nasimi Shad	IRI	32.47 (7) 35.64 (7)	1:08.11 (7) 36.08 (7)	1:44.19 (7) 35.99 (5)	2:20.18	0.68

Heat Two (13:55)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Nicholas Quinn	IRL	29.56 (3) 33.35 (2)	1:02.91 (2) 33.63 (1)	1:36.54 (2) 35.13 (5)	2:11.67	0.72
2	8	Yannick Käser	SUI	30.44 (8) 33.37 (3)	1:03.81 (7) 33.92 (2)	1:37.73 (3) 34.04 (2)	2:11.77	0.79
3	7	Laurent Carnol	LUX	30.38 (7) 33.48 (4)	1:03.86 (8) 34.08 (4)	1:37.94 (4) 34.00 (1)	2:11.94	0.72
4	1	Jorge Murillo	COL	29.53 (2) 34.12 (8)	1:03.65 (3) 34.81 (7)	1:38.46 (6) 34.35 (3)	2:12.81	0.67
5	4	Tales Cerdeira	BRA	29.37 (1) 32.71 (1)	1:02.08 (1) 34.03 (3)	1:36.11 (1) 36.72 (8)	2:12.83	0.68
6	2	Choi Gyu-Ung	KOR	29.82 (4) 33.93 (7)	1:03.75 (=5) 34.64 (5)	1:38.39 (5) 34.97 (4)	2:13.36	0.67
7	5	Dimitrios Koulouris	GRE	30.03 (6) 33.72 (5)	1:03.75 (=5) 34.79 (6)	1:38.54 (7) 36.32 (6)	2:14.86	0.68
8	6	Dmytro Oseledets	UKR	29.94 (5) 33.76 (6)	1:03.70 (4) 35.14 (8)	1:38.84 (8) 36.35 (7)	2:15.19	0.66

Heat Three (14:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yasuhiro Koseki	JPN	28.90 (2) 33.05 (3)	1:01.95 (1) 33.08 (1)	1:35.03 (1) 33.58 (4)	2:08.61	0.66
2	3	Ilya Khomenko	RUS	29.19 (3) 32.97 (2)	1:02.16 (2) 33.37 (2)	1:35.53 (2) 33.41 (3)	2:08.94	0.65
3	6	Mao Feilian	CHN	29.98 (7) 33.11 (4)	1:03.09 (6) 33.93 (6)	1:37.02 (7) 32.78 (1)	2:09.80	0.73
4	7	Erik Persson	SWE	29.94 (6) 32.66 (1)	1:02.60 (4) 33.70 (4)	1:36.30 (3) 33.85 (5)	2:10.15	0.71
5	1	Li Xiang	CHN	29.47 (4) 33.69 (8)	1:03.16 (7) 33.68 (3)	1:36.84 (6) 33.33 (2)	2:10.17	0.70
6	5	Dániel Gyurta	HUN	29.66 (5) 33.22 (6)	1:02.88 (5) 33.73 (5)	1:36.61 (5) 34.67 (6)	2:11.28	0.71
7	2	Cameron van der Burgh	RSA	28.70 (1) 33.49 (7)	1:02.19 (3) 34.25 (7)	1:36.44 (4) 36.23 (8)	2:12.67	0.66
8	8	Panagiotis Samilidis	GRE	30.23 (8) 33.16 (5)	1:03.39 (8) 34.52 (8)	1:37.91 (8) 34.77 (7)	2:12.68	0.67

Heat Four (14:05)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Andrew Willis	GBR	29.67 (3) 33.00 (3)	1:02.67 (3) 33.61 (6)	1:36.28 (5) 32.64 (2)	2:08.92	0.69
2	4	Marco Koch	GER	29.85 (7) 32.85 (1)	1:02.70 (4) 33.21 (2)	1:35.91 (2) 33.07 (3)	2:08.98	0.74
3	6	Dmitry Balandin	KAZ	30.08 (8) 32.89 (2)	1:02.97 (5) 33.50 (4)	1:36.47 (6) 32.53 (1)	2:09.00	0.68
4	3	Ippei Watanabe	JPN	29.20 (1) 33.17 (5)	1:02.37 (1) 33.39 (3)	1:35.76 (1) 33.87 (4)	2:09.63	0.67
5	2	Matti Mattsson	FIN	29.46 (2) 33.07 (4)	1:02.53 (2) 33.56 (5)	1:36.09 (3) 34.00 (5)	2:10.09	0.71
6	1	Carlos Claverie	VEN	29.82 (5) 33.34 (=6)	1:03.16 (7) 33.03 (1)	1:36.19 (4) 34.16 (6)	2:10.35	0.69
7	7	Giedrius Titenis	LTU	29.84 (6) 33.70 (8)	1:03.54 (8) 33.91 (7)	1:37.45 (8) 34.68 (7)	2:12.13	0.69
8	8	Jarred Crous	RSA	29.68 (4) 33.34 (=6)	1:03.02 (6) 34.27 (8)	1:37.29 (7) 35.35 (8)	2:12.64	0.68

Heat Five (14:10)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Anton Chupkov	RUS	29.59 (4) 33.18 (2)	1:02.77 (3) 32.75 (1)	1:35.52 (1) 32.41 (1)	2:07.93	0.65
2	5	Kevin Cordes	USA	29.36 (2) 33.05 (1)	1:02.41 (1) 33.51 (3)	1:35.92 (2) 33.38 (3)	2:09.30	0.70
3	4	Josh Prenot	USA	29.95 (5) 33.28 (3)	1:03.23 (4) 33.35 (2)	1:36.58 (3) 33.33 (2)	2:09.91	0.73
4	6	Craig Benson	GBR	30.18 (7) 33.57 (6)	1:03.75 (7) 33.76 (5)	1:37.51 (5) 33.68 (4)	2:11.19	0.71
5	1	Luca Pizzini	ITA	29.52 (3) 33.96 (8)	1:03.48 (6) 33.80 (6)	1:37.28 (4) 33.98 (6)	2:11.26	0.64
6	7	Anton McKee	ISL	30.54 (8) 33.40 (5)	1:03.94 (8) 33.66 (4)	1:37.60 (8) 33.79 (5)	2:11.39	0.69
7	8	Ashton Baumann	CAN	29.98 (6) 33.31 (4)	1:03.29 (5) 34.27 (7)	1:37.56 (7) 35.05 (7)	2:12.61	0.68
8	2	Thiago Simon	BRA	29.04 (1) 33.67 (7)	1:02.71 (2) 34.82 (8)	1:37.53 (6) 37.48 (8)	2:15.01	0.73

Semi-Finals (9 August 2016 — 23:03)

Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Heat One (23:03)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	Ippei Watanabe	JPN	29.14 (3) 32.69 (1)	1:01.83 (3) 32.72 (2)	1:34.55 (1) 32.67 (2)	2:07.22	0.67	QOR
2	2	Josh Prenot	USA	29.43 (4) 32.72 (2)	1:02.15 (4) 32.53 (1)	1:34.68 (2) 33.10 (4)	2:07.78	0.75	Q
3	4	Yasuhiro Koseki	JPN	28.88 (1) 32.93 (4)	1:01.81 (2) 33.45 (7)	1:35.26 (4) 32.65 (1)	2:07.91	0.67	Q
4	3	Dmitry Balandin	KAZ	29.05 (2) 32.74 (3)	1:01.79 (1) 33.32 (4)	1:35.11 (3) 33.09 (3)	2:08.20	0.68	Q
5	5	Ilya Khomenko	RUS	29.57 (5) 32.98 (5)	1:02.55 (5) 33.23 (3)	1:35.78 (5) 33.95 (6)	2:09.73	0.64
6	7	Erik Persson	SWE	29.92 (8) 33.11 (6)	1:03.03 (7) 33.33 (5)	1:36.36 (=6) 33.76 (5)	2:10.12	0.71
7	8	Luca Pizzini	ITA	29.70 (7) 33.43 (8)	1:03.13 (8) 34.20 (8)	1:37.33 (8) 34.20 (7)	2:11.53	0.66
8	1	Carlos Claverie	VEN	29.69 (6) 33.31 (7)	1:03.00 (6) 33.36 (6)	1:36.36 (=6) 35.20 (8)	2:11.56	0.70

Heat Two (23:12)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Andrew Willis	GBR	29.04 (2) 33.00 (4)	1:02.04 (2) 32.87 (3)	1:34.91 (2) 32.82 (3)	2:07.73	0.69	Q
2	6	Kevin Cordes	USA	28.97 (1) 32.43 (1)	1:01.40 (1) 32.83 (2)	1:34.23 (1) 33.76 (6)	2:07.99	0.71	Q
3	4	Anton Chupkov	RUS	29.42 (5) 32.99 (=2)	1:02.41 (3) 33.12 (4)	1:35.53 (4) 32.55 (1)	2:08.08	0.65	Q
4	3	Marco Koch	GER	29.20 (3) 33.34 (6)	1:02.54 (4) 32.74 (1)	1:35.28 (3) 32.84 (4)	2:08.12	0.72	Q
5	2	Mao Feilian	CHN	29.71 (7) 33.42 (7)	1:03.13 (7) 33.70 (6)	1:36.83 (7) 32.81 (2)	2:09.64	0.72
6	1	Li Xiang	CHN	29.35 (4) 33.98 (8)	1:03.33 (8) 33.88 (7)	1:37.21 (8) 33.71 (5)	2:10.92	0.69
7	8	Craig Benson	GBR	29.78 (8) 32.99 (=2)	1:02.77 (5) 33.65 (5)	1:36.42 (5) 34.51 (7)	2:10.93	0.69
8	7	Matti Mattsson	FIN	29.62 (6) 33.16 (5)	1:02.78 (6) 34.03 (8)	1:36.81 (6) 36.18 (8)	2:12.99	0.72

Final (10 August 2016 — 22:03)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction
1	8	Dmitry Balandin	KAZ	29.43 (6) 31.96 (2)	1:01.39 (2) 32.76 (5)	1:34.15 (2) 33.31 (7)	2:07.46	0.68
2	3	Josh Prenot	USA	29.35 (4) 32.70 (4)	1:02.05 (3) 32.33 (1)	1:34.38 (3) 33.15 (5)	2:07.53	0.76
3	7	Anton Chupkov	RUS	29.85 (8) 32.51 (3)	1:02.36 (6) 32.86 (7)	1:35.22 (8) 32.48 (1)	2:07.70	0.65
4	5	Andrew Willis	GBR	29.50 (7) 32.88 (5)	1:02.38 (7) 32.68 (4)	1:35.06 (5) 32.72 (2)	2:07.78	0.71
5	6	Yasuhiro Koseki	JPN	29.00 (1) 31.86 (1)	1:00.86 (1) 32.88 (8)	1:33.74 (1) 34.06 (8)	2:07.80	0.68
6	4	Ippei Watanabe	JPN	29.41 (5) 32.94 (6)	1:02.35 (5) 32.77 (6)	1:35.12 (7) 32.75 (3)	2:07.87	0.68
7	1	Marco Koch	GER	29.25 (3) 33.06 (7)	1:02.31 (4) 32.65 (3)	1:34.96 (4) 33.04 (4)	2:08.00	0.70
8	2	Kevin Cordes	USA	29.10 (2) 33.39 (8)	1:02.49 (8) 32.60 (2)	1:35.09 (6) 33.25 (6)	2:08.34	0.70