Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200m breaststroke
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The heats for the men's 200 metre breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships
took place in the morning and evening of 30 July, with the final in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico
in Rome, Italy
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2009 World Aquatics Championships
The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won...
took place in the morning and evening of 30 July, with the final in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico
Foro Italico
Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti...
in Rome, Italy
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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Records
| World record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:07.51 |  Kosuke KitajimaKosuke Kitajima is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:... |
Tokyo |
8 June 2008 |
| Championship record | |||
| 2:09.42 | Kosuke Kitajima Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:... |
Barcelona  |
24 July 2003 |
Heats
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Shanteau Eric Shanteau Eric Lee Shanteau is an American Olympic swimmer. He lives and trains in Austin, Texas.-College:... |
2:08.55 | 9 | 4 | CR | |
| 2 | Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008... |
2:08.71 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 3 | Loris Facci Loris Facci Loris Facci is a breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event at the 2007 World Championships. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*... |
2:08.85 | 8 | 3 | NR | |
| 4 | Marco Koch | 2:09.06 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Henrique Barbosa | 2:09.22 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov is a Kazakhstani swimmer, who won the bronze medal over 200 m breaststroke at the 2006 Short Course World Championships.-Achievements:*2006 FINA Short Course World Championships - bronze medal... |
2:09.26 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 7 | Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, tying Australia's Christian Sprenger.-External links:*... |
2:09.28 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | Edoardo Giorgetti Edoardo Giorgetti Edoardo Giorgetti is an Italian breaststroke swimmer.In 2006, Giorgetti was Junior World Champion in 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, and in 4×100 m medley relay.... |
2:09.29 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 9 | Kristopher Gilchrist Kristopher Gilchrist Kristopher Jon "Kris" Gilchrist is a British breaststroke swimmer.Gilchrist represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke swimming events.... |
2:09.31 | 7 | 2 | NR | |
| 10 | Yuta Suenaga | 2:09.33 | 8 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Hugues Duboscq Hugues Duboscq Hugues Duboscq is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He has won three Olympic bronze medals.... |
2:09.45 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:... |
2:09.82 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 13 | Neil Versfeld | 2:09.86 | 9 | 2 | AF | |
| 14 | Grigory Falko Grigory Falko Grigory Falko is an Olympic and national-record-holding breaststroke swimmer from Russia. He swam for Russia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He ha swam for Russia at:*Olympics: 2004, 2008... |
2:10.23 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 15 | Igor Borysik Igor Borysik Ihor Borysyk is a Ukrainian swimmer. He was born in Simferopol.-External links:*... |
2:10.39 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 16 | Brenton Rickard Brenton Rickard Brenton Scott Rickard is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games... |
2:10.54 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 17 | Naoya Tomita | 2:10.85 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 18 | Vladislav Polyakov Vladislav Polyakov Vlad Polyakov is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Kazakhstan. He swam for his native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.... |
2:11.09 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 19 | Maxim Podoprigora Maxim Podoprigora Maxim Podoprigora is an Austrian Olympic swimmer.He is Jewish, and was born in Kyiv, Ukraine.He studied at the University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria... |
2:11.17 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 20 | Chris Christensen Chris Christensen Chris Christensen is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the disciplines 200 metre breaststroke and the 200 metre individual medley. His swimming club is West-Swim Esbjerg.-References:... |
2:11.41 | 6 | 2 | NR | |
| 21 | Richard Webb | 2:11.78 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 22 | Paul Kornfeld Paul Kornfeld (swimmer) Paul Kornfeld is an American college swimming champion who, while attending Stanford University, won the 2008 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship in the 100 yard and the 200 yard breaststroke. He has also been named the Pacific-10 Conference swimmer of the year.-External links:*... |
2:11.87 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 23 | Valerii Dymo | 2:12.08 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 24 | Johannes Neumann | 2:12.12 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 25 | Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Jakob Sveinsson is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Iceland who started swimming for S.C. Ægir in 1991. He swam for Iceland at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics.... |
2:12.39 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 26 | Scott Dickens Scott Dickens Scott Dickens is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the breaststroke events. He claimed two medals at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... |
2:12.57 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 27 | Tales Cerdeira | 2:12.62 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 28 | Istvan Mate | 2:12.64 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 29 | William Diering | 2:12.84 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 30 | Andrew Bree Andrew Bree Andrew Patrick Bree is a breaststroke swimmer from Helen's Bay, Co. Down Northern Ireland. He is a 2-time Irish Olympian, having swum at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics.... |
2:12.90 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 31 | Laurent Carnol | 2:13.00 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 32 | Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal , is an Indian swimmer. He contested in the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals in both events.-Career:... |
2:13.22 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Alejandro Jacobo | 2:13.37 | 6 | 9 | NR | |
| 34 | Slawomir Wolniak Slawomir Wolniak Sławomir Wolniak is a National Record holding swimmer from Poland who specializes in the breaststroke. He is a four-time Polish national champion, having captured the 50m and 100m breaststrokes in 2007, and the 100m and 200m breaststroke in 2009.He is a member of Poland's swim team for the 2009... |
2:13.83 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 35 | Tomas Klobucnik | 2:14.33 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 36 | Tom Be'eri Tom Be'eri Tom Beeri is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Biography:He is Jewish.He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.-References:... |
2:14.59 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Sławomir Kuczko | 2:14.74 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 38 | Malick Fall Malick Fall Malick Fall is a former Senegal international football forward.-Career:Born in Matam, Fall moved to France as a youth and played for several clubs in Ligue 2, including Amiens SC, SC Abbeville and Angers SCO.... |
2:15.00 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 39 | Hocine Haciane Hocine Haciane Hocine Haciane is a swimmer who represented Andorra at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, then in Beijing in 2008. He was also the flag bearer for Andorra.-References:***... |
2:15.37 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 40 | Gal Nevo Gal Nevo Gal Nevo is an Israeli swimmer who holds three Israeli records in the 200m IM, 400m IM and 200m butterfly. He represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Biography:Nevo is Jewish.... |
2:15.49 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Carlos Almeida | 2:15.58 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 42 | Joshua Arreguin | 2:16.57 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 43 | Nguyen Huu Viet | 2:16.85 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 44 | Zhang Guoying | 2:17.07 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 45 | Eetu Karvonen | 2:18.61 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 46 | Wang Wei-Wen | 2:19.55 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 47 | Dmitriy Shvetsov | 2:20.14 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 48 | Jorge Mario Murillo Valdez | 2:20.53 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 49 | Dmitrii Aleksandrov | 2:20.65 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 50 | Wang Shuai | 2:20.78 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 51 | Indra Gunawan | 2:20.81 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 52 | Tan Jinwen Mark | 2:21.42 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 53 | Wael Koubrousli | 2:21.65 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 54 | Daniel Velez | 2:22.19 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 55 | Matthew Charles Smith | 2:22.20 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 56 | Benjamin Guzman Blanco | 2:22.25 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 57 | Ivan Demyanenko | 2:23.95 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 58 | Edgar Crespo | 2:24.08 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 59 | Agnishwar Jayaprakash | 2:24.49 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 60 | Maximilian Siedentopf | 2:24.70 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 61 | Ng Jia Hao | 2:25.77 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 62 | Abdulrahman Albader | 2:26.18 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 63 | Juan Guerra | 2:26.19 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 64 | Eli Ebenezer Wong | 2:26.83 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 65 | Mubarak Al Besher | 2:28.36 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 66 | Renato Prono Fernandez | 2:30.13 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 67 | Rainui Teriipaia | 2:30.75 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 68 | Pedro Luna Llamosas | 2:31.76 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 69 | Diguan Pigot | 2:32.15 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 70 | Rafael Alfaro | 2:32.74 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 71 | Timur Kartabaev | 2:33.69 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 72 | Andrea Agius | 2:35.06 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 73 | Hemra Nurmyradov | 2:36.00 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 74 | Vincent Perry | 2:37.18 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 75 | Cheung Ho Yan Kevin | 2:38.31 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 76 | Ian Bond Wolongkatop Nakmai | 2:39.41 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 77 | Pablo Navarrete | 2:40.57 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 78 | Serdar Mopyyev | 2:48.47 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 79 | Hussain Mubah | 3:10.54 | 1 | 6 | ||
| – | Nazih Mezayek | DSQ | 2 | 9 | ||
| – | Romanos Alyfantis Romanos Alyfantis Romanos Iasonas Alyfantis is a breaststroke swimmer from Greece. He won a silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.-References:... |
DSQ | 7 | 0 | ||
| – | Melquiades Alvarez Melquíades Álvarez Melquíades Álvarez Gónzalez-Posada was a Spanish Republican politician, founder and leader of the Reformist Republican Party , commonly known just as Reformist Party.... |
DSQ | 8 | 6 | ||
| – | Adam Klein Adam Klein George "Adam" Klein IV is an American swimmer. At the 2009 US National Championships and World Championship Trials, Klein placed second to Eric Shanteau in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:10.39, earning a place to compete at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome... |
DSQ | 9 | 7 | ||
| – | Glenn Snyders | DSQ | 9 | 8 |
Semifinals
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:... |
2:07.31 | 1 | 7 | WR | |
| 2 | Eric Shanteau Eric Shanteau Eric Lee Shanteau is an American Olympic swimmer. He lives and trains in Austin, Texas.-College:... |
2:07.42 | 2 | 4 | AM | |
| 3 | Brenton Rickard Brenton Rickard Brenton Scott Rickard is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games... |
2:07.89 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 4 | Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008... |
2:08.08 | 1 | 4 | ER | |
| 5 | Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, tying Australia's Christian Sprenger.-External links:*... |
2:08.35 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | Loris Facci Loris Facci Loris Facci is a breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event at the 2007 World Championships. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*... |
2:08.50 | 2 | 5 | NR | |
| 7 | Henrique Barbosa | 2:08.56 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Edoardo Giorgetti Edoardo Giorgetti Edoardo Giorgetti is an Italian breaststroke swimmer.In 2006, Giorgetti was Junior World Champion in 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, and in 4×100 m medley relay.... |
2:08.63 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | Hugues Duboscq Hugues Duboscq Hugues Duboscq is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He has won three Olympic bronze medals.... |
2:09.00 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Kristopher Gilchrist Kristopher Gilchrist Kristopher Jon "Kris" Gilchrist is a British breaststroke swimmer.Gilchrist represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke swimming events.... |
2:09.01 | 2 | 2 | NR | |
| 11 | Grigory Falko Grigory Falko Grigory Falko is an Olympic and national-record-holding breaststroke swimmer from Russia. He swam for Russia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He ha swam for Russia at:*Olympics: 2004, 2008... |
2:09.36 | 1 | 1 | NR | |
| 12 | Marco Koch | 2:09.44 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 13 | Neil Versfeld | 2:09.61 | 2 | 1 | AF | |
| 14 | Yuta Suenaga | 2:09.70 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov is a Kazakhstani swimmer, who won the bronze medal over 200 m breaststroke at the 2006 Short Course World Championships.-Achievements:*2006 FINA Short Course World Championships - bronze medal... |
2:10.15 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 16 | Igor Borysik Igor Borysik Ihor Borysyk is a Ukrainian swimmer. He was born in Simferopol.-External links:*... |
2:10.82 | 2 | 8 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008... |
2:07.64 | 6 | ER | ||
| Eric Shanteau Eric Shanteau Eric Lee Shanteau is an American Olympic swimmer. He lives and trains in Austin, Texas.-College:... |
2:07.65 | 5 | |||
| Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis Giedrius Titenis is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, tying Australia's Christian Sprenger.-External links:*... |
2:07.80 | 2 | |||
| Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:... |
2:07.80 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Brenton Rickard Brenton Rickard Brenton Scott Rickard is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games... |
2:08.23 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Edoardo Giorgetti Edoardo Giorgetti Edoardo Giorgetti is an Italian breaststroke swimmer.In 2006, Giorgetti was Junior World Champion in 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, and in 4×100 m medley relay.... |
2:08.86 | 8 | ||
| 7 | Henrique Barbosa | 2:09.35 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Loris Facci Loris Facci Loris Facci is a breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event at the 2007 World Championships. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*... |
2:10.26 | 7 |