The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 8 December 2016.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordMarco Koch2:00.44Berlin20 November 2016Championship recordDániel Gyurta2:01.35Istanbul14 December 2012

The following records were established during the competition: Date Event Name Nation Time Record 8 December Final Marco Koch 2:01.21 CR

Results Heats The heats were held at 11:27.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 4 Marco Koch 2:03.69 Q 2 5 4 Andrew Willis 2:03.88 Q 3 7 5 Mikhail Dorinov 2:04.19 Q 4 7 6 Josh Prenot 2:04.52 Q 5 7 3 Ilya Khomenko 2:04.63 Q6 5 5 Nic Fink 2:04.69 Q 6 3 Yukihiro Takahashi Q 8 5 6 Erik Persson 2:04.93 Q 9 6 4 Thiago Simon 2:04.96 10 5 3 Ross Murdoch 2:05.11 11 7 2 Mao Feilian 2:05.15 12 6 6 Kozuki Kohinata 2:05.53 13 5 0 Carlos Claverie 2:05.84 NR 14 5 1 Yan Zibei 2:06.54 15 6 8 Dávid Verrasztó 2:06.73 16 7 1 Jonas Coreelman 2:06.83 NR 17 6 2 Ilya Shymanovich 2:07.91 18 6 5 Felipe França Silva 2:08.05 19 7 0 Christopher Rothbauer 2:08.51 20 6 1 Johannes Dietrich 2:09.78 21 6 7 Jean Dencausse 2:09.87 22 5 8 Andrius Šidlauskas 2:11.20 23 4 7 Lee Hsuan-yen 2:11.34 24 7 7 Roman Trussov 2:11.42 25 6 9 Daniils Bobrovs 2:11.44 26 5 9 Chao Man Hou 2:11.47 27 7 9 Alaric Basson 2:12.19 28 4 6 Youssef Elkamash 2:12.44 NR 29 6 0 Radomyos Matjiur 2:12.63 NR 30 3 4 Jordy Groters 2:12.68 NR 31 4 4 Khoo Chien Yin Lionel 2:13.53 32 4 9 Viktor Vilbergsson 2:14.52 33 7 8 Jorge Murillo 2:14.66 34 2 3 Marc Rojas 2:15.12 35 3 1 Arnoldo Herrera 2:15.28 36 3 3 Arya Nasimi Shad 2:15.29 NR 37 3 2 Jarryd Baxter 2:15.34 38 3 0 Pedro Pinotes 2:15.39 NR 39 3 8 Rafael Alfaro 2:15.71 40 3 6 Jose Solis Rosales 2:16.02 NR 41 4 0 Denis Petrashov 2:16.13 42 1 3 James Deiparine 2:16.99 43 3 5 Sultan Bukeev 2:17.30 44 2 2 Darren Chan Chin Wah 2:17.43 NR 45 2 4 James Lawson 2:17.48 46 3 9 Ryan Maskelyne 2:17.57 NR 47 2 6 Felipe Quiroz Uteau 2:18.50 NR 48 1 5 Christopher Cheong 2:19.38 49 2 5 Fausto Huerta 2:21.40 50 2 0 Alberto Batungbacal 2:21.97 51 2 1 Deni Baholli 2:22.42 NR 52 2 7 Brandon Schuster 2:22.58 NR 53 4 5 Tsui Hoi Tung Ronald 2:22.75 54 4 3 Jason Block 2:24.03 55 2 9 Samuele Rossi 2:29.00 NR 56 2 8 Rainier Rafaela 2:33.75 NR 57 1 4 Miguel Mena 2:34.57 NR 4 1 Azad Al-Barazi 4 8 Gregory Penny 3 7 Julian Fletcher 4 2 Richard Funk 5 2 Martin Liivamägi 5 7 Martin Allikvee

Final The final was held at 18:30.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Marco Koch 2:01.21 CR 5 Andrew Willis 2:02.71 3 Mikhail Dorinov 2:03.09 4 7 Nic Fink 2:03.79 5 6 Josh Prenot 2:03.96 6 8 Erik Persson 2:04.83 7 2 Ilya Khomenko 2:04.97 8 1 Yukihiro Takahashi 2:05.40

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