The men’s 200 breaststroke final went off in true Olympic upset fashion. Swimming in lane eight, Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Balandin surged ahead in the final 25-meters of the race to upset the pool and take home gold with a time of 2:07.46. Balandin’s win marks the first ever swimming medal for Kazakhstan.
Also surging ahead in the final length of the race was the USA’s Josh Prenot who accelerated his stroke rate to that of one swimming the 50 or 100 breaststroke. Prenot got his hand to the wall just behind Dmitriy for silver and a time of 2:07.53.
Russia’s Anton Chupkov picked up the bronze medal with a final time of 2:07.70.
Great Britain’s Andrew Willis was the only returning Olympian from 2012 in this heat of the finals, improving upon his 2012 eighth place performance to finish fourth with a time of 2:07.78.
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