Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Table title:
Final
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Rank </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Lane </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Name </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Nationality </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Time </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Notes </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dmitriy Balandin </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Kazakhstan </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2:07.46 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > NR </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Josh Prenot </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > United States </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2:07.53 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Anton Chupkov </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Russia </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2:07.70 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > NR </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Andrew Willis </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Great Britain </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2:07.78 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Yasuhiro Koseki </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Japan </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2:07.80 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ippei Watanabe </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Japan </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2:07.87 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Marco Koch </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Germany </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2:08.00 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Kevin Cordes </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > United States </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2:08.34 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
In the 2016 Summer Olympics -- Men's 200 metre breastroke, was the race close?
Answer:
U.S. breaststroker, Josh Prenot, nearly charged to the front at the final stretch, before fading to a runner-up finish in 2:07.53, a 0.07 of a second behind the Kazakh.