Elite Swimmers of the 2:07 Club: Dominating the 200m Breaststroke

Swimming under 2:07.00 for the 200m breaststroke long course is considered an impressive achievement and is quite rare. It requires a combination of factors, including exceptional physical fitness, technical skill, mental toughness, and dedicated training.

To put this achievement into perspective, it is worth noting that the world record for this event is 2:05.48, set by Haiyang Qin at the World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023. This means that swimming under 2:07.00 would put a swimmer in the same league as some of the world’s best swimmers and Olympic champions. To date this has only been done 20 times and by the 8 swimmers listed below. Most recently to be added to the list is the Chinese swimmer Haiyang Qin with a world record of 2:05.48 and then French swimmer Leon Marchand with his 2:06.59 performance at the 2023 French Elite Championships.

Total Swims under 2:07.00

1. Anton Chupkov – 5 Times  (2:06.12, 2:06.80, 2:06.83, 2:06.96, 2:06.99)
2. Zac Stubblety-Cook – 5 Times (2:05.95, 2:06.26, 2:06.38, 2:04.40, 2:06.72)
3. Shoma Sato 2:06.40 – 3 Times (2:06.40, 2:06.74, 2:06.78)
4. Haiyang Qin – Once 2:05.48
5. Leon Marchand – Once (2:06.59)
6. Matthew Wilson – 2 Times (2:06.67, 2:06.68)
7. Ippei Watanabe – 2 Times (2:06.67, 2:06.73)
8. Arno Kamminga – Once (2:06.85)

Look through of the stroke counts and splits of the 200m Breaststroke swimmers under 2:07.

1. Haiyang Qin 2:05.48
2. Zac Stubblety-Cook 2:05.95
3. Anton Chupkov 2:06.12
4. Shoma Sato 2:06.40
5. Leon Marchand 2:06.59
6. Matthew Wilson 2:06.67/Ippei Watanabe 2:06.67
7. Arno Kamminga 2:06.85

Men's 200m Breaststroke - Long Course
	Haiyang Qin	Leon Marchand	Zac Stubblety-Cook	Anton Chupkov	Shoma Sato	Matt Fallon	Matthew Wilson	Ippei Watanabe	Arno Kamminga	Akihiro Yamaguchi
Height:	6ft 183cm	6ft 2 in 187cm	5ft 11in 181cm	6ft 2in 1.88cm	5ft 9.7in 177cm		6ft 1in 186cm	6ft 4in 193cm	6ft 0.5in 184cm	5ft 9in 175cm
Weight:	165lb 75kg	170lb 77kg	158lb 72kg	157lb 71kg	161lb 73kg		176lb 80kg	168lb 76kg		148lb 67kg
Country:	China	France	Australia	Russia	Japan	USA	Australia	Japan	Netherlands	Japan
DOB:	1999-01-04	2002-05-17	1999-01-04	1997-02-22	2001-11-08	2002-10-03	1998-12-08	1997-03-18	1995-10-22	1994-09-11
Meet:	World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023	Olympic Games Paris 2024	2022 Australian Swimming Championships	18th FINA World Championships 2019	2021 Japan Swim (Olympic Trials)	2024 U.S. Olympic Trials	18th FINA World Championships 2019	10th Tokyo Swimming Championships 2017	Rotterdam Qualification Meet 2020	67th Japan National Sports Festival - Swimming Com
1st 50m Split
Strokes	14		15	12		15	15	14	17	16
Split Time:	28.53	28.82	29.43	29.73	28.88	29.19	28.80	28.95	28.81	29.16
50m PB:	26.20	28.82	28.15	27.40	28.04	28.23	27.51	27.95	26.88	28.14
Time off 50m PB:	2.33	0.00	1.28	2.33	0.84	0.96	1.29	1.00	1.93	1.02
Percentage of 50m PB:	108.893%	100.000%	104.547%	108.504%	102.996%	103.401%	104.689%	103.578%	107.180%	103.625%
2nd 50m Split
Strokes	16		17	13		17	17	16	18	16
Split Time:	32.19	32.17	32.46	32.49	32.01	32.31	31.97	32.38	32.03	32.56
100m Time:	1:00.72	1:00.59	1:01.89	1:02.22	1:00.89	1:01.50	1:00.77	1:01.33	1:00.84	1:01.72
3rd 50m Split
Strokes	17		18	16		18	18	17	19	17
Split Time:	32.64	32.53	32.43	32.01	32.50	32.50	32.91	32.69	32.69	33.06
150m Times:	1:33.36	1:33.12	1:34.32	1:34.23	1:33.39	1:34.00	1:33.68	1:34.02	1:33.53	1:34.78
4th 50m Split
Strokes	21		21	24		24	21	22	22	21
Split Time:	32.12	32.73	31.63	31.89	33.01	32.54	32.99	32.65	33.32	32.23
Total Time:	2:05.48	2:05.85	2:05.95	2:06.12	2:06.40	2:06.54	2:06.67	2:06.67	2:06.85	2:07.01

Current World Record: 2:05.48

Here is a look at the World Record held by Haiyang Qin World Record at the 2023 World Championships.

Previous World Record 2:05.95

Zac Stubblety-Cook set at the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships.

Note: Elite Swimmers of the 2:07 Club: Dominating the 200m Breaststroke Update: July 2023

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