The Men's 200 Breaststroke event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam July 23–24, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. PreliminaryWorlds 2003 results: Men's 200 Breast -- prelims. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-23; retrieved 2013-06-12. and SemifinalWorlds 2003 results: Men's 200 Breast -- semis. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-23; retrieved 2013-06-12. heats swam on 23 July, while the FinalWorlds 2003 results: Men's 200 Breast -- final. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-24; retrieved 2013-06-12. swam on 24 July.

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were: WR: 2:09.52 swum by Dmitri Komornikov (Russia) on June 14, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain CR: 2:10.69 swum by Brendan Hansen (USA) on July 26, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan

Results

Final Place Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Kosuke Kitajima 2:09.42 WR 2 Ian Edmond 2:10.92 3 Brendan Hansen 2:11.11 4 Jim Piper 2:11.55 5 Dmitry Komornikov 2:12.30 6 Andrey Ivanov 2:13.20 7 Mike Brown 2:13.30 8 Maxim Podoprigora 2:13.33

Semifinals Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 S2 L4 Kosuke Kitajima 2:09.73 q, CR 2 S1 L4 Ian Edmond 2:10.69 q 3 S1 L6 Brendan Hansen 2:11.33 q 4 S2 L6 Jim Piper 2:11.88 q 5 S2 L5 Dmitry Komornikov 2:12.74 q 6 S2 L3 Andrey Ivanov 2:12.86 q 7 S1 L1 Maxim Podoprigora 2:13.17 q 8 S1 L5 Mike Brown 2:13.19 q 9 S2 L7 Morgan Knabe 2:13.23 10 S2 L8 Martin Gustavsson 2:13.88 11 S1 L2 Yohan Bernard 2:14.23 12 S2 L1 Davide Rummolo 2:14.36 13 S1 L7 Domenico Fioravanti 2:14.60 14 S1 L3 Dániel Gyurta 2:14.84 15 S2 L2 Terence Parkin 2:14.96 16 S1 L8 Jakob Sveinsson 2:15.27

Preliminaries Rank Heat+Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 H8 L4 Kosuke Kitajima 2:10.66 q, CR 2 H9 L5 Ian Edmond 2:12.07 q 3 H9 L4 Dmitry Komornikov 2:13.35 q 4 H9 L6 Mike Brown 2:13.38 q 5 H7 L2 Andrey Ivanov 2:13.45 q 6 H8 L1 Dániel Gyurta 2:13.63 q 7 H9 L3 Jim Piper 2:13.65 q 8 H7 L5 Brendan Hansen 2:13.92 q 9 H9 L2 Terence Parkin 2:14.14 q 10 H8 L5 Yohan Bernard 2:14.53 q 11 H7 L3 Morgan Knabe 2:14.72 q 12 H8 L8 Domenico Fioravanti 2:14.78 q 13 H7 L4 Davide Rummolo 2:14.79 q 13 H8 L6 Maxim Podoprigora 2:14.79 q 15 H9 L8 Martin Gustavsson 2:14.96 q 16 H6 L4 Jakob Sveinsson 2:15.20 q 17 H9 L1 Andrew Bree 2:15.23 18 H8 L7 Taiki Kawagoe 2:15.24 19 H7 L1 Richárd Bodor 2:15.74 20 H8 L3 Regan Harrison 2:15.77 21 H7 L7 Hugues Duboscq 2:15.89 22 H6 L5 Reiner Schneider 2:16.01 23 H9 L7 Jarno Pihlava 2:16.05 24 H7 L8 Kamil Kasprowicz 2:16.43 25 H6 L1 Thiago Pereira 2:16.44 26 H6 L2 Daniel Málek 2:16.86 27 H6 L6 Marcelo Tomazini 2:16.88 28 H6 L3 Vlad Polyakov 2:17.18 29 H5 L4 Dov Malnik 2:17.84 30 H4 L4 Christopher Hansen 2:18.42 31 H4 L5 Mihail Alexandrov 2:19.29 32 H5 L2 Vladimir Kirjanovs 2:21.49 33 H3 L5 Wickus Nienaber 2:21.75 34 H5 L6 Tao Zhao 2:22.26 35 H4 L3 Lorenz Liechti 2:22.40 36 H4 L2 Hocine Haciane 2:22.51 37 H4 L1 Chi Kin Tam 2:22.94 38 H3 L4 Raphael Matthew Chua 2:24.25 39 H5 L8 Francisco Suriano 2:24.51 40 H5 L7 Maksim Shilov 2:24.67 41 H4 L8 Sergey Voytsekhovich 2:25.15 42 H4 L7 Álvaro Fortuny 2:26.14 43 H3 L3 Kevin Hensley 2:30.93 44 H2 L2 Youssef Hafdi 2:31.44 44 H3 L6 Marcos Burgos 2:31.44 46 H2 L6 Hei Meng Lao 2:31.90 47 H3 L7 Santiago Cavanagh 2:32.56 48 H2 L4 Grant Galant 2:34.05 49 H2 L5 Nam Nguyen Thanh 2:34.10 50 H3 L8 Baktash Gheidi 2:38.07 51 H2 L8 Chisela Kanchela 2:38.38 52 H2 L1 Joao Matias 2:39.21 53 H3 L1 Daniel Kang 2:41.51 54 H1 L5 Amar Shah 2:41.97 55 H2 L3 Chan Wai Ma 2:43.35 56 H2 L7 Iyad Houseya 2:55.75 - H1 L3 Omar Jasim DQ - H4 L6 Miguel Molina DQ - H5 L5 Malick Fall DQ - H5 L3 Haibo Wang DQ - H5 L1 Vladimir Labzin DQ - H6 L7 Sofiane Daid DQ - H6 L8 Valeriy Dymo DQ - H7 L6 Dave Denniston DQ - H8 L2 Thijs van Valkengoed DQ - - Jean-Luc Razakarivony DNS - - Ahmed Ouattara Zie DNS

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