Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record

August 12	Heat 5	Paolo Bossini	Italy	2:08.98	OR

August 12	Heat 7	Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	2:08.68	OR

August 13	Semifinal 1	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	2:08.61	OR

August 14	Final	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	2:07.64	OR

Sentence(s)

Bossini set a Olympic record of 2:08.98, Gyurta took three-tenths of a second (0.30) off the record time.

final_sentence: Bossini set a Olympic record of 2:08.98, Gyurta took three-tenths of a second (0.30) off the record time.