Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 12, 2008 (heats)
August 13, 2008 (semifinals)
August 14, 2008 (final)
Competitors53 from 39 nations
Winning time2:07.64 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kosuke Kitajima  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brenton Rickard  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hugues Duboscq  France
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Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 12–14 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]

Japan's Kosuke Kitajima blasted a new Olympic record of 2:07.64 to strike another breaststroke double, and to defend his title in the event. He registered a straightforward triumph over Brenton Rickard, who earned a silver medal in an Australian record of 2:08.88. France's Hugues Duboscq added a second bronze and third overall to his collection in 2:08.94, finishing just ahead of Canada's Mike Brown by almost a tenth of a second (0.10) with a time of 2:09.03.[2][3]

Hungary's Dániel Gyurta, silver medalist in Athens four years earlier, finished outside the medals in fifth place at 2:09.22.[2] Earlier in the prelims, he established an Olympic record by winning the final of seven heats in 2:08.68.[4]

U.S. swimmer Scott Spann turned in another sub-2:10 barrier to earn a sixth spot in 2:09.76. Italian tandem Loris Facci (2:10.57) and Paolo Bossini (2:11.48) closed out the field.[2] Bossini set a new Olympic record of 2:08.98 to shave 0.46 seconds off Kitajima's mark in Athens, until Gyurta took three-tenths of a second (0.30) off the record time a few minutes later.[5]

Notable swimmers failed to reach the top 8 final, featuring American Eric Shanteau, who entered the Games while battling testicular cancer, and Kazakhstan's Vladislav Polyakov, who finished fifth in Athens four years earlier. Norway's Alexander Dale Oen, silver medalist in the 100 m breaststroke, placed seventeenth in 2:11.30, but missed the semifinals by 0.11 seconds.[4]

Records[]

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

World record  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 2:07.51 Tokyo, Japan 8 June 2008 [6]
Olympic record  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 2:09.44 Athens, Greece 18 August 2004 -

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 12 Heat 5 Paolo Bossini  Italy 2:08.98 OR
August 12 Heat 7 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:08.68 OR
August 13 Semifinal 1 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:08.61 OR
August 14 Final Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:07.64 OR

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 6 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:08.68 Q, OR, EU
2 5 2 Paolo Bossini  Italy 2:08.98 Q
3 7 2 Loris Facci  Italy 2:09.12 Q
4 7 5 Hugues Duboscq  France 2:09.42 Q
5 6 6 Mike Brown  Canada 2:09.84 Q
6 7 4 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:09.89 Q
7 6 3 Eric Shanteau  United States 2:10.29 Q
8 6 2 William Diering  South Africa 2:10.39 Q, AF
9 6 7 Neil Versfeld  South Africa 2:10.50 Q
10 5 5 Scott Spann  United States 2:10.61 Q
11 7 7 Vladislav Polyakov  Kazakhstan 2:10.83 Q
12 4 7 Andrew Bree  Ireland 2:10.91 Q
13 6 4 Brenton Rickard  Australia 2:11.00 Q
14 7 1 Igor Borysik  Ukraine 2:11.08 Q
15 5 3 Kristopher Gilchrist  Great Britain 2:11.13 Q
16 4 6 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 2:11.19 Q
17 6 5 Alexander Dale Oen  Norway 2:11.30
7 3 Yuta Suenaga  Japan
19 3 3 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 2:11.40
20 3 5 Tom Be'eri  Israel 2:11.44 NR
21 4 1 Hunor Mate  Austria 2:11.56
22 7 8 Valeriy Dymo  Ukraine 2:11.65
23 5 4 Grigory Falko  Russia 2:11.88
24 5 8 Mihail Alexandrov  Bulgaria 2:11.94 NR
25 4 5 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov  Kazakhstan 2:12.44
26 5 6 Christian Sprenger  Australia 2:12.56
27 3 4 Melquíades Álvarez  Spain 2:12.59
28 4 8 Julien Nicolardot  France 2:12.76
29 5 1 Mathieu Bois  Canada 2:12.87
30 6 1 Henrique Barbosa  Brazil 2:12.99
31 1 4 Edvinas Dautartas  Lithuania 2:13.11
32 2 4 Carlos Almeida  Portugal 2:13.34
33 6 8 Chris Christensen  Denmark 2:13.92
34 4 3 Sergio García  Spain 2:14.30
35 4 2 Maxim Podoprigora  Austria 2:14.43
36 1 6 Sandeep Sejwal  India 2:15.24
37 4 4 James Kirton  Great Britain 2:15.25
38 2 3 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson  Iceland 2:15.58
39 3 2 Jiří Jedlička  Czech Republic 2:15.79
40 2 8 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:15.87
41 3 8 Romanos Alyfantis  Greece 2:16.04
42 3 7 Sofiane Daid  Algeria 2:16.15
43 2 5 Shin Su-jong  South Korea 2:16.21
44 3 6 Lai Zhongjian  China 2:16.28
45 5 7 Alexey Zinovyev  Russia 2:16.40
46 2 6 Martti Aljand  Estonia 2:16.52
47 2 2 Miguel Molina  Philippines 2:16.94
48 3 1 Robin van Aggele  Netherlands 2:17.14
49 2 1 Wang Wei-wen  Chinese Taipei 2:17.20
50 1 2 Leopoldo Andara  Venezuela 2:17.77 NR
51 1 5 Ömer Aslanoglu  Turkey 2:17.93
52 1 3 Sergio Andres Ferreyra  Argentina 2:20.10
2 7 Valentin Preda  Romania DNS

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:08.61 Q, OR
2 2 Scott Spann  United States 2:09.08 Q
3 4 Paolo Bossini  Italy 2:09.95 Q
4 5 Hugues Duboscq  France 2:09.97 Q
5 7 Andrew Bree  Ireland 2:10.16 NR
6 6 William Diering  South Africa 2:10.21
7 1 Igor Borysik  Ukraine 2:10.99
8 8 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 2:12.07

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Mike Brown  Canada 2:08.84 Q, NR
2 1 Brenton Rickard  Australia 2:09.72 Q
3 4 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:09.73 Q
4 5 Loris Facci  Italy 2:09.75 Q
5 3 Neil Versfeld  South Africa 2:10.06 AF
6 6 Eric Shanteau  United States 2:10.10
7 8 Kristopher Gilchrist  Great Britain 2:10.27 NR
8 7 Vladislav Polyakov  Kazakhstan 2:11.87

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Kosuke Kitajima  Japan 2:07.64 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Brenton Rickard  Australia 2:08.88 OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Hugues Duboscq  France 2:08.94 NR
4 5 Mike Brown  Canada 2:09.03
5 2 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:09.22
6 3 Scott Spann  United States 2:09.76
7 7 Loris Facci  Italy 2:10.57
8 1 Paolo Bossini  Italy 2:11.48

References[]

  1. ^ "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Lohn, John (13 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Kosuke Kitajima Wins 200 Breast Gold With Olympic Record". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Olympics: Kitajima seals double breaststroke gold". Guardian.co.uk. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b Lohn, John (12 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Olympic Record Tumbles Twice, Daniel Gyurta Paces Qualifying in 200 Breast". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  5. ^ Lonsbrough, Anita (12 August 2008). "Records tumble in breastroke and relays". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  6. ^ Lord, Craig (8 June 2008). "Kitajima Dons LZR For 2:07.51 WR 200m Breaststroke". Swim News. Retrieved 9 June 2008.

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