swimming at the 2008 summer olympics - men 's 200 metre breaststroke 

Statements about this table:
hugues duboscq finish just 0.02 second behind paolo bossini
the bottom 2 finisher by time be the 2 entrant in the outer lanes (1 and 8)
the largest gap between any 2 adjacently - finish competitor be between last place and second - to - last
scott spann have the fastest overall time in the 200 breaststroke
kosuke kitajima finish just 0.02 second behind scott spann
paolo bossini of the italy be the only entrant from north america
the bottom 2 finisher by time be the 2 entrant in the outer lanes (2 and7)
the largest gap between any 2 adjacently - finish competitor be between first place and second - to - last
rank
lane
name
nationality
time
1
3
kosuke kitajima
japan
2:08.61
2
2
scott spann
united states
2:09.08
3
4
paolo bossini
italy
2:09.95
4
5
hugues duboscq
france
2:09.97
rank
lane
name
nationality
time
5
7
andrew bree
ireland
2:10.16
6
6
william diering
south africa
2:10.21
7
1
igor borysik
ukraine
2:10.99
8
8
glenn snyders
new zealand
2:12.07