2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Swimming competition
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The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2022.[1]
Dates16 December (heats and final)
Competitors32 from 29 nations
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Location | Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||
| Dates | 16 December (heats and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 29 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:00.35 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Kirill Prigoda (RUS) | 2:00.16 | Hangzhou, China | 13 December 2018 |
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| Competition record | Kirill Prigoda (RUS) | 2:00.16 | Hangzhou, China | 13 December 2018 |
Results
Heats
The heats were started at 11:39.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Daiya Seto |  Japan | 2:02.43 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Nic Fink |  United States | 2:02.75 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Ippei Watanabe | Japan | 2:03.64 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Qin Haiyang |  China | 2:03.81 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Antoine Viquerat |  France | 2:03.93 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Erik Persson |  Sweden | 2:04.01 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Marco Koch |  Germany | 2:04.08 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Caio Pumputis |  Brazil | 2:04.37 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 6 | Matěj Zábojník |  Czech Republic | 2:04.57 | NR |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Anton McKee |  Iceland | 2:04.99 | |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Caspar Corbeau |  Netherlands | 2:05.14 | |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Charlie Swanson | United States | 2:05.51 | |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | James Dergousoff |  Canada | 2:06.17 | |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Adam Chillingworth |  Hong Kong | 2:06.46 | NR |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Denis Petrashov |  Kyrgyzstan | 2:06.62 | |
| 16 | 5 | 8 | David Schlicht |  Australia | 2:06.72 | |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Berkay Ogretir |  Turkey | 2:07.12 | |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | Adam Peaty |  Great Britain | 2:07.31 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Maximillian Ang |  Singapore | 2:08.12 | NR |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Josh Gilbert |  New Zealand | 2:08.27 | |
| 21 | 5 | 2 | Andrius Sidlauskas |  Lithuania | 2:08.69 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Christoffer Haarsaker |  Norway | 2:08.80 | |
| 23 | 2 | 1 | Jorge Murillo |  Colombia | 2:08.91 | |
| 24 | 2 | 2 | Kian Keylock |  South Africa | 2:11.20 | |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Daniils Bobrovs |  Latvia | 2:11.37 | |
| 26 | 2 | 8 | Cai Bing-rong |  Chinese Taipei | 2:11.66 | |
| 27 | 2 | 7 | Adriel Sanes |  United States Virgin Islands | 2:12.69 | |
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Jonathan Cook |  Philippines | 2:12.91 | |
| 29 | 1 | 5 | Liam Davis |  Zimbabwe | 2:13.99 | |
| 1 | 3 | Mohammed Al-Maher |  Saudi Arabia | Disqualified | ||
| 3 | 2 | Carl Aitkaci | France | |||
| 3 | 7 | Tomáš Klobučník |  Slovakia | |||
| 2 | 6 | Constantin Malachi |  Moldova | Did not start | ||
| 4 | 7 | Carles Coll |  Spain | |||
| 5 | 7 | Sun Jiajun | China | |||
Final
The final was held at 19:51.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 2:00.35 | AS |
 | 5 | Nic Fink | United States | 2:01.60 | AM |
 | 6 | Qin Haiyang | China | 2:02.22 | |
| 4 | 3 | Ippei Watanabe | Japan | 2:02.53 | |
| 5 | 7 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:03.19 | |
| 6 | 2 | Antoine Viquerat | France | 2:03.33 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:05.01 | |
| 8 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | Disqualified | ||