Japan's Kosuke Kitajima blasted a new Olympic record of 2:07.64 to strike another breaststroke double, and to defend his title in the event. He registered a straightforward triumph over Brenton Rickard, who earned a silver medal in an Australian record of 2:08.88. France's Hugues Duboscq added a second bronze and third overall to his collection in 2:08.94, finishing just ahead of Canada's Mike Brown by almost a tenth of a second (0.10) with a time of 2:09.03.[2][3]
Hungary's Dániel Gyurta, silver medalist in Athens four years earlier, finished outside the medals in fifth place at 2:09.22.[2] Earlier in the prelims, he established an Olympic record by winning the final of seven heats in 2:08.68.[4]
U.S. swimmer Scott Spann turned in another sub-2:10 barrier to earn a sixth spot in 2:09.76. Italian tandem Loris Facci (2:10.57) and Paolo Bossini (2:11.48) closed out the field.[2] Bossini set a new Olympic record of 2:08.98 to shave 0.46 seconds off Kitajima's mark in Athens, until Gyurta took three-tenths of a second (0.30) off the record time a few minutes later.[5]
Notable swimmers failed to reach the top 8 final, featuring American Eric Shanteau, who entered the Games while battling testicular cancer, and Kazakhstan's Vladislav Polyakov, who finished fifth in Athens four years earlier. Norway's Alexander Dale Oen, silver medalist in the 100 m breaststroke, placed seventeenth in 2:11.30, but missed the semifinals by 0.11 seconds.[4]
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The men s 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 12 14 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China 1 Men s 200 metre breaststrokeat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueBeijing National Aquatics CenterDateAugust 12 2008 heats August 13 2008 semifinals August 14 2008 final Competitors53 from 39 nationsWinning time2 07 64 ORMedalistsKosuke Kitajima JapanBrenton Rickard AustraliaHugues Duboscq France 20042012 Japan s Kosuke Kitajima blasted a new Olympic record of 2 07 64 to strike another breaststroke double and to defend his title in the event He registered a straightforward triumph over Brenton Rickard who earned a silver medal in an Australian record of 2 08 88 France s Hugues Duboscq added a second bronze and third overall to his collection in 2 08 94 finishing just ahead of Canada s Mike Brown by almost a tenth of a second 0 10 with a time of 2 09 03 2 3 Hungary s Daniel Gyurta silver medalist in Athens four years earlier finished outside the medals in fifth place at 2 09 22 2 Earlier in the prelims he established an Olympic record by winning the final of seven heats in 2 08 68 4 U S swimmer Scott Spann turned in another sub 2 10 barrier to earn a sixth spot in 2 09 76 Italian tandem Loris Facci 2 10 57 and Paolo Bossini 2 11 48 closed out the field 2 Bossini set a new Olympic record of 2 08 98 to shave 0 46 seconds off Kitajima s mark in Athens until Gyurta took three tenths of a second 0 30 off the record time a few minutes later 5 Notable swimmers failed to reach the top 8 final featuring American Eric Shanteau who entered the Games while battling testicular cancer and Kazakhstan s Vladislav Polyakov who finished fifth in Athens four years earlier Norway s Alexander Dale Oen silver medalist in the 100 m breaststroke placed seventeenth in 2 11 30 but missed the semifinals by 0 11 seconds 4 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Semifinals 2 2 1 Semifinal 1 2 2 2 Semifinal 2 2 3 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords EditPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Kosuke Kitajima JPN 2 07 51 Tokyo Japan 8 June 2008 6 Olympic record nbsp Kosuke Kitajima JPN 2 09 44 Athens Greece 18 August 2004 The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time RecordAugust 12 Heat 5 Paolo Bossini nbsp Italy 2 08 98 ORAugust 12 Heat 7 Daniel Gyurta nbsp Hungary 2 08 68 ORAugust 13 Semifinal 1 Kosuke Kitajima nbsp Japan 2 08 61 ORAugust 14 Final Kosuke Kitajima nbsp Japan 2 07 64 ORResults EditHeats Edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 7 6 Daniel Gyurta nbsp Hungary 2 08 68 Q OR EU2 5 2 Paolo Bossini nbsp Italy 2 08 98 Q3 7 2 Loris Facci nbsp Italy 2 09 12 Q4 7 5 Hugues Duboscq nbsp France 2 09 42 Q5 6 6 Mike Brown nbsp Canada 2 09 84 Q6 7 4 Kosuke Kitajima nbsp Japan 2 09 89 Q7 6 3 Eric Shanteau nbsp United States 2 10 29 Q8 6 2 William Diering nbsp South Africa 2 10 39 Q AF9 6 7 Neil Versfeld nbsp South Africa 2 10 50 Q10 5 5 Scott Spann nbsp United States 2 10 61 Q11 7 7 Vladislav Polyakov nbsp Kazakhstan 2 10 83 Q12 4 7 Andrew Bree nbsp Ireland 2 10 91 Q13 6 4 Brenton Rickard nbsp Australia 2 11 00 Q14 7 1 Igor Borysik nbsp Ukraine 2 11 08 Q15 5 3 Kristopher Gilchrist nbsp Great Britain 2 11 13 Q16 4 6 Glenn Snyders nbsp New Zealand 2 11 19 Q17 6 5 Alexander Dale Oen nbsp Norway 2 11 307 3 Yuta Suenaga nbsp Japan19 3 3 Thiago Pereira nbsp Brazil 2 11 4020 3 5 Tom Be eri nbsp Israel 2 11 44 NR21 4 1 Hunor Mate nbsp Austria 2 11 5622 7 8 Valeriy Dymo nbsp Ukraine 2 11 6523 5 4 Grigory Falko nbsp Russia 2 11 8824 5 8 Mihail Alexandrov nbsp Bulgaria 2 11 94 NR25 4 5 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov nbsp Kazakhstan 2 12 4426 5 6 Christian Sprenger nbsp Australia 2 12 5627 3 4 Melquiades Alvarez nbsp Spain 2 12 5928 4 8 Julien Nicolardot nbsp France 2 12 7629 5 1 Mathieu Bois nbsp Canada 2 12 8730 6 1 Henrique Barbosa nbsp Brazil 2 12 9931 1 4 Edvinas Dautartas nbsp Lithuania 2 13 1132 2 4 Carlos Almeida nbsp Portugal 2 13 3433 6 8 Chris Christensen nbsp Denmark 2 13 9234 4 3 Sergio Garcia nbsp Spain 2 14 3035 4 2 Maxim Podoprigora nbsp Austria 2 14 4336 1 6 Sandeep Sejwal nbsp India 2 15 2437 4 4 James Kirton nbsp Great Britain 2 15 2538 2 3 Jakob Johann Sveinsson nbsp Iceland 2 15 5839 3 2 Jiri Jedlicka nbsp Czech Republic 2 15 7940 2 8 Laurent Carnol nbsp Luxembourg 2 15 8741 3 8 Romanos Alyfantis nbsp Greece 2 16 0442 3 7 Sofiane Daid nbsp Algeria 2 16 1543 2 5 Shin Su jong nbsp South Korea 2 16 2144 3 6 Lai Zhongjian nbsp China 2 16 2845 5 7 Alexey Zinovyev nbsp Russia 2 16 4046 2 6 Martti Aljand nbsp Estonia 2 16 5247 2 2 Miguel Molina nbsp Philippines 2 16 9448 3 1 Robin van Aggele nbsp Netherlands 2 17 1449 2 1 Wang Wei wen nbsp Chinese Taipei 2 17 2050 1 2 Leopoldo Andara nbsp Venezuela 2 17 77 NR51 1 5 Omer Aslanoglu nbsp Turkey 2 17 9352 1 3 Sergio Andres Ferreyra nbsp Argentina 2 20 102 7 Valentin Preda nbsp Romania DNSSemifinals Edit Semifinal 1 Edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 3 Kosuke Kitajima nbsp Japan 2 08 61 Q OR2 2 Scott Spann nbsp United States 2 09 08 Q3 4 Paolo Bossini nbsp Italy 2 09 95 Q4 5 Hugues Duboscq nbsp France 2 09 97 Q5 7 Andrew Bree nbsp Ireland 2 10 16 NR6 6 William Diering nbsp South Africa 2 10 217 1 Igor Borysik nbsp Ukraine 2 10 998 8 Glenn Snyders nbsp New Zealand 2 12 07Semifinal 2 Edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 3 Mike Brown nbsp Canada 2 08 84 Q NR2 1 Brenton Rickard nbsp Australia 2 09 72 Q3 4 Daniel Gyurta nbsp Hungary 2 09 73 Q4 5 Loris Facci nbsp Italy 2 09 75 Q5 3 Neil Versfeld nbsp South Africa 2 10 06 AF6 6 Eric Shanteau nbsp United States 2 10 107 8 Kristopher Gilchrist nbsp Great Britain 2 10 27 NR8 7 Vladislav Polyakov nbsp Kazakhstan 2 11 87Final Edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 4 Kosuke Kitajima nbsp Japan 2 07 64 OR nbsp 6 Brenton Rickard nbsp Australia 2 08 88 OC nbsp 8 Hugues Duboscq nbsp France 2 08 94 NR4 5 Mike Brown nbsp Canada 2 09 035 2 Daniel Gyurta nbsp Hungary 2 09 226 3 Scott Spann nbsp United States 2 09 767 7 Loris Facci nbsp Italy 2 10 578 1 Paolo Bossini nbsp Italy 2 11 48References Edit Olympic Swimming Schedule USA Today 9 August 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2013 a b c Lohn John 13 August 2008 Olympics Swimming Kosuke Kitajima Wins 200 Breast Gold With Olympic Record Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 9 May 2013 Retrieved 17 May 2013 Olympics Kitajima seals double breaststroke gold Guardian co uk 13 August 2008 Retrieved 17 May 2013 a b Lohn John 12 August 2008 Olympics Swimming Olympic Record Tumbles Twice Daniel Gyurta Paces Qualifying in 200 Breast Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 8 June 2013 Retrieved 17 May 2013 Lonsbrough Anita 12 August 2008 Records tumble in breastroke and relays Guardian co uk Retrieved 17 May 2013 Lord Craig 8 June 2008 Kitajima Dons LZR For 2 07 51 WR 200m Breaststroke Swim News Retrieved 9 June 2008 External links EditOfficial Olympic 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