page_title: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
section_title: Heats
hierarchical_section_title: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke / Results / Heats
caption_attribution_description: English: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Men's 200m Breaststroke heat 5
context_page_description: The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.
  Hungary's Dániel Gyurta blasted the field with a stunning world record to become the country's third gold medalist in the event since József Szabó topped the podium in 1988 and Norbert Rózsa in 1996. Turning second at the halfway mark, he threw down a remarkable time of 2:07.28 on the final stretch to shave 0.03 seconds off the record set by Australia's Christian Sprenger in a since-banned high tech bodysuit from the 2009 World Championships. With the delight of a raucous home crowd, Great Britain's Michael Jamieson enjoyed the race of his life to snatch the silver in 2:07.43, moving him up to fourth in the event's all time rankings. Meanwhile, Japan's Ryo Tateishi powered home with a bronze in 2:08.29 to edge out Kosuke Kitajima by six-hundredths of a second, ending the defending champion's hopes for an Olympic three-peat bid.
  U.S. swimmer Scott Weltz finished fifth in 2:09.02 to hold off his teammate Clark Burckle by 23-hundredths of a second.
caption: Men's 200m Breaststroke heat 5
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