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

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 6 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 2:11.19 |
| 6 | 5 | Alexander Dale Oen | Norway | 2:11.30 |
| 7 | 3 | Yuta Suenaga | Japan | 2:11.30 |
| 3 | 3 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2:11.40 |
| 3 | 5 | Tom Be`eri | Israel | 2:11.44 |
| 4 | 1 | Hunor Mate | Austria | 2:11.56 |
| 7 | 8 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 2:11.65 |
| 5 | 4 | Grigory Falko | Russia | 2:11.88 |
| 5 | 8 | Mihail Alexandrov | Bulgaria | 2:11.94 |
| 4 | 5 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov | Kazakhstan | 2:12.44 |
| 5 | 6 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 2:12.56 |
| 3 | 4 | Melquíades Álvarez | Spain | 2:12.59 |
| 4 | 8 | Julien Nicolardot | France | 2:12.76 |
| 5 | 1 | Mathieu Bois | Canada | 2:12.87 |
| 6 | 1 | Henrique Barbosa | Brazil | 2:12.99 |
| 1 | 4 | Edvinas Dautartas | Lithuania | 2:13.11 |
| 2 | 4 | Carlos Almeida | Portugal | 2:13.34 |