Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke Heats Heats

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | 2:15.71 |
| 4 | 3 | Marek Krawczyk | Poland | 2:16.08 |
| 4 | 4 | Valērijs Kalmikovs | Latvia | 2:16.21 |
| 5 | 4 | Roman Sloudnov | Russia | 2:16.26 |
| 5 | 5 | Tom Wilkens | United States | 2:16.30 |
| 5 | 8 | Aliaksandr Hukau | Belarus | 2:16.93 |
| 5 | 1 | Benno Kuipers | Netherlands | 2:17.03 |
| 6 | 6 | Adam Whitehead | Great Britain | 2:17.16 |
| 4 | 8 | Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson | Iceland | 2:17.86 |
| 7 | 8 | José Couto | Portugal | 2:18.08 |
| 4 | 1 | Andrew Bree | Ireland | 2:18.14 |
| 2 | 6 | Oleg Lisogor | Ukraine | 2:18.28 |
| 3 | 2 | Joe Kyong-Fan | South Korea | 2:19.16 |
| 3 | 5 | Li Tsung-Chueh | Chinese Taipei | 2:19.30 |
| 4 | 7 | Steven Ferguson | New Zealand | 2:19.31 |
| 4 | 6 | Tal Stricker | Israel | 2:19.33 |