2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200 m chest (men)

sport	swim
discipline	200 meters chest
gender	Men
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	39 athletes from 30 countries
Competition phase	9/10 August 2016

The men's 200 meter chest competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on August 9 and 10, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 39 athletes from 30 countries took part.

There were five preliminary runs. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals that were held on the same day. Here too, the finalists qualify by setting the eight fastest times in both semifinals.

Abbreviations:
WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record, PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	Akihiro Yamaguchi ( Japan )	2: 07.01 min	Gifu , Japan	15th September 2012
Olympic record	Dániel Gyurta ( Hungary )	2: 07.28 min	London , UK	August 1, 2012

Title holder

Olympic champion	Dániel Gyurta ( Hungary )	2: 07.28 min	London 2012
World Champion	Marco Koch ( Germany )	2: 07.76 min	Kazan 2015
European champion	Ross Murdoch ( United Kingdom )	2: 08.33 min	London 2016
German champions	Marco Koch	2: 07.88 min	Berlin 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Glenn Snyders	New Zealand	2: 12.47 min
2	Horváth Dávid	Hungary	2: 13.24 min
3	Basten Caerts	Belgium	2: 13.44 min
4th	Martin Allikvee	Estonia	2: 13.66 min
5	Lee Hsuan-Yen	Chinese Taipei	2: 14.84 min
6th	Denis Petrashov	Kyrgyzstan	2: 16.57 min
7th	Arya Nasimi Shad	Iran	2: 20.18 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Nicholas Quinn	Ireland	2: 11.67 min
2	Yannick Käser	Switzerland	2: 11.77 min
3	Laurent Carnol	Luxembourg	2: 11.94 min
4th	Jorge Mario Murillo Valdés	Colombia	2: 12.81 min
5	Tales of Cerdeira	Brazil	2: 12.83 min
6th	Choi Kyu-Woong	South Korea	2: 13.36 min
7th	Dimitrios Koulouris	Greece	2: 14.86 min
8th	Dmytro Oseledets	Ukraine	2: 15.19 min

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	2: 08.61 min
2	Ilya Khomenko	Russia	2: 08.94 min
3	Mao Feilian	People's Republic of China	2: 9.80 min
4th	Erik Persson	Sweden	2: 10.15 min
5	Li Xiang	People's Republic of China	2: 10.17 min
6th	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	2: 11.28 min
7th	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	2: 12.67 min
8th	Panagiotis Samilidis	Greece	2: 12.68 min

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Andrew Willis	United Kingdom	2: 08.92 min
2	Marco Koch	Germany	2: 08.98 min
3	Dmitri Balandin	Kazakhstan	2: 09.00 min
4th	Ippei Watanabe	Japan	2: 09.63 min
5	Matti Mattsson	Finland	2: 10.09 min
6th	Carlos Claverie	Venezuela	2: 10.35 min
7th	Giedrius Titenis	Lithuania	2: 12.13 min
8th	Jarred Crous	South Africa	2: 12.64 min

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Anton Chupkov	Russia	2: 07.93 min
2	Kevin Cordes	United States	2: 9.30 min
3	Josh Prenot	United States	2: 09.91 min
4th	Craig Benson	United Kingdom	2: 11.19 min
5	Luca Pizzini	Italy	2: 11.26 min
6th	Anton Sveinn McKee	Iceland	2: 11.39 min
7th	Ashton Baumann	Canada	2: 12.61 min
8th	Thiago Teixeira Simon	Brazil	2: 15.01 min

Semifinals

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ippei Watanabe	Japan	2: 07.22 min
2	Josh Prenot	United States	2: 07.78 min
3	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	2: 07.91 min
4th	Dmitri Balandin	Kazakhstan	2: 08.20 min
5	Ilya Khomenko	Russia	2: 09.73 min
6th	Erik Persson	Sweden	2: 10.12 min
7th	Luca Pizzini	Italy	2: 11.53 min
8th	Carlos Claverie	Venezuela	2: 11.56 min

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Andrew Willis	United Kingdom	2: 07.73 min
2	Kevin Cordes	United States	2: 07.99 min
3	Anton Chupkov	Russia	2: 08.08 min	NO
4th	Marco Koch	Germany	2: 08.12 min
5	Mao Feilian	People's Republic of China	2: 09.64 min
6th	Li Xiang	People's Republic of China	2: 10.92 min
7th	Craig Benson	United Kingdom	2: 10.93 min
8th	Matti Mattsson	Finland	2: 12.99 min

final

August 11, 2016, 3:03 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Dmitri Balandin	Kazakhstan	2: 07.46 min	NO
2	Josh Prenot	United States	2: 07.53 min
3	Anton Chupkov	Russia	2: 07.70 min	NO
4th	Andrew Willis	United Kingdom	2: 07.78 min
5	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	2: 07.80 min
6th	Ippei Watanabe	Japan	2: 07.87 min
7th	Marco Koch	Germany	2: 08.00 min
8th	Kevin Cordes	United States	2: 08.34 min

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the semi-finals
• Result of the final