Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 26 July. The heats and semifinals took place on 25 July, with the final being held on 26 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 2:10.16 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992Championship record 2:11.23 Perth, Australia 11 January 1991

The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 26 July 2001 Final Brendan Hansen 2:10.69 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Maxim Podoprigora 2:12.26 Q 2 Brendan Hansen 2:13.35 Q 3 Regan Harrison 2:13.50 Q 4 Kosuke Kitajima 2:13.56 Q 5 Ed Moses 2:13.58 Q 6 Dmitri Komornikov 2:13.73 Q 7 Davide Rummolo 2:14.33 Q 8 Martin Gustafsson 2:14.72 Q 9 Domenico Fioravanti 2:15.09 Q 10 Morgan Knabe 2:15.62 Q 11 Daniel Málek 2:15.64 Q 12 Ian Edmond 2:15.84 Q 13 José Couto 2:15.95 Q 14 Hugues Duboscq 2:16.51 Q 15 Yoshiaki Okita 2:16.80 Q 16 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson 2:17.09 Q 17 Simon Cowley 2:17.35 18 Elvin Chia 2:17.91 19 Vladimir Labzin 2:18.73 20 Jarno Pihlava 2:18.90 21 Valērijs Kalmikovs 2:19.23 22 Tam Chi Kin 2:19.78 23 Michael Williamson 2:20.09 24 Dov Malnik 2:20.52 25 Wickus Nienaber 2:21.85 26 Yang Shang-Hsuan 2:22.42 27 Chen Cho-Yi 2:22.51 28 Álvaro Fortuny 2:22.94 29 Sergey Voytsekhovich 2:23.71 30 Ansel Tjin A Tam 2:24.76 31 Malick Fall 2:26.70 32 Guillermo Henriquez 2:27.29 33 Jean Luc Razakarivony 2:27.52 34 Graham Smith 2:28.72 35 Baktash Gheidi 2:31.01 36 Abdul Hafiz Salleh 2:33.60 37 Rainui Teriipaia 2:34.76 38 Chan Wai Ma 2:36.06 39 Oday Mohammad 2:54.23 40 Iyad Housheya 2:54.65 – Juan José Madrigal DNS

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Maxim Podoprigora 2:11.65 Q 2 Kosuke Kitajima 2:12.21 Q 3 Regan Harrison 2:12.34 Q 4 Domenico Fioravanti 2:12.70 Q 5 Brendan Hansen 2:13.13 Q 6 Ed Moses 2:13.27 Q 7 Davide Rummolo 2:13.40 Q 8 Daniel Málek 2:13.75 Q 9 Morgan Knabe 2:14.11 10 José Couto 2:15.27 11 Martin Gustafsson 2:15.32 12 Hugues Duboscq 2:15.87 13 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson 2:16.61 14 Yoshiaki Okita 2:17.02 – Dmitri Komornikov DSQ – Ian Edmond DSQ

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Brendan Hansen 2:10.69 CR Maxim Podoprigora 2:11.09 Kosuke Kitajima 2:11.21 4 Domenico Fioravanti 2:11.31 5 Ed Moses 2:11.38 6 Regan Harrison 2:11.51 7 Davide Rummolo 2:12.89 8 Daniel Málek 2:13.19

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