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MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – FINALS
2012 World Champ: 2:01.35 – Daniel Gyurta – Hungary
2010 World Champ: 2:03.12 – Naoya Tomita – Japan
Meet Record: 2:01.35 – Daniel Gyuta – Hungary – 2012
World Record: 2:00.48 – Daniel Gyurta – Hungary – 2014
In what was no surprise Daniel Gyurta of Hungary took the men’s 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:01.49. Gyurta had complete control of the race turning at the 100 meter mark in a time of 58.73 and finishing in a time of 2:01.49. His time is over a second off his world record of 2:00.48 which he posted earlier this year.
Marco Koch of Germany collected the silver finishing in a time of 2:01.91 which was also off his season’s best of 2:01.28.
Russian Kirill Prigoda and Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan had a tremendous race for the bronze with only two hundredths between them at the 150 meter mark the two battled through the last 50 with Prigoda taking the final medal in a time of 2:02.38. Koseki finished fourth in a time of 2:02.45.
Tomas Klobucnik of Slovakia finished fifth in a time of 2:04.29 followed by Yuta Oshikiri of Japan who touched in a time of 2:05.09 and Felipe Silva of Brazil who rcorded a 2:06.74.