Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates20–21 August
Competitors38 from 25 nations
Winning time2:07.47
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Lithuania

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20–21 August.[1]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Akihiro Yamaguchi  Japan 2:07.01 Gifu 15 September 2012
European record Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:07.23 Barcelona 2 August 2013
Championship record Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:08.60 Debrecen 24 May 2012

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 10:01.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Marco Koch  Germany 2:09.11 Q
2 4 5 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:09.91 Q
3 2 2 Ilya Khomenko  Russia 2:10.78 Q
4 4 4 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain 2:11.15 Q
5 2 5 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 2:11.83 Q
6 4 7 Kirill Prigoda  Russia 2:11.92 Q
7 2 3 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:12.34 Q
8 3 5 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 2:12.40
9 3 3 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:12.44 Q
10 2 6 Grigory Falko  Russia 2:12.47
11 3 7 Mikolaj Machnik  Poland 2:12.56 Q
12 2 4 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:12.75 Q
13 4 3 Alexander Palatov  Russia 2:13.14
14 2 7 Dmytro Oseledets  Ukraine 2:13.35 Q
15 3 6 Thomas Dahlia  France 2:13.59 Q
16 3 0 Yannick Käser  Switzerland 2:13.87 Q
17 4 2 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:13.90 Q
18 4 1 Melquíades Álvarez  Spain 2:14.10 Q
19 3 2 Quentin Coton  France 2:14.21 Q
20 4 8 Igor Kozlovskij  Lithuania 2:14.36
21 2 9 Jeremy Desplanches  Switzerland 2:14.47
22 4 0 Nicholas Quinn  Ireland 2:14.82
23 1 3 Christoph Meier  Liechtenstein 2:14.97
24 3 8 Valeriy Dymo  Ukraine 2:15.79
25 1 7 Sverre Næss  Norway 2:15.82
26 1 1 Bogdan Knežević  Serbia 2:16.03 NR
27 3 1 Carlos Almeida  Portugal 2:16.10
28 1 8 Martin Allikvee  Estonia 2:16.22
29 3 9 Patrik Schwarzenbach  Switzerland 2:16.38
30 1 5 Martti Aljand  Estonia 2:16.71
31 1 6 Irakli Bolkvadze  Georgia 2:16.84
32 4 9 Gal Nevo  Israel 2:16.89
33 4 6 Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia 2:17.25
34 2 0 Antonin Svěcený  Czech Republic 2:17.59
35 1 4 Jakub Maly  Austria 2:18.35
36 1 2 Alpkan Örnek  Turkey 2:18.55
37 2 8 Maksym Shemberev  Ukraine 2:19.40
2 1 Dan Sweeney  Ireland DSQ

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held at 18:25.[3]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain 2:08.65 Q
2 4 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:08.93 Q
3 6 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:10.90 Q
4 3 Kirill Prigoda  Russia 2:11.26 Q
5 2 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:12.93
6 1 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:13.09
7 7 Thomas Dahlia  France 2:13.29
8 8 Quentin Coton  France 2:13.61

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Marco Koch  Germany 2:08.83 Q
2 5 Ilya Khomenko  Russia 2:10.00 Q
3 3 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 2:10.05 Q
4 6 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:11.89 Q
5 7 Dmytro Oseledets  Ukraine 2:12.27
6 2 Mikolaj Machnik  Poland 2:12.98
7 8 Melquíades Álvarez  Spain 2:14.62
8 1 Yannick Käser  Switzerland 2:14.67

Final

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The final was held at 18:46.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Marco Koch  Germany 2:07.47 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain 2:07.77
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 2:08.93
4 3 Andrew Willis  Great Britain 2:09.19
5 6 Ilya Khomenko  Russia 2:10.36
6 7 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:10.93
7 8 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:12.50
8 1 Kirill Prigoda  Russia 2:12.96

References

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