2019 JAPAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, April 2nd – Monday, April 8th
- Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo, Japan
- LCM
- Qualifying Meet for 2019 World Championships
- Meet Site
- SwimSwam Preview
- Psych Sheets (in Japanese)
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap/Day 5 Recap
- Results
- Live Stream
Coming within half a second of his own 2:06.67 World Record in the men’s 200m breast tonight in Tokyo was Ippei Watanabe.
While competing on the penultimate night of the 2019 Japanese Swimming Championships, one of two qualifying meets for the nation to get on the World Championships roster, the 22-year-old Waseda University graduate crushed a mega winning tie of 2:07.02 to rock the 4th fastest 200m breast performance of all time.
Watanabe planned his finals swim masterfully, clocking 2:12.01 in the prelims followed by a quick 2:09.36 in last night’s semi-final. Tonight, however, Watanabe opened in a super-sized 1:00.79, a FINA B cut for Worlds in itself, and closed in 1:06.23 to finish in 2:07.02.
Below are the only performances faster than Watanabe’s tonight:
| #1 – 2:06.67 | Ippei Watanabe | JPN | 10th Tokyo Swimming Championships | 1/27/2017 | Tokyo |
| #2 – 2:06.80 | Anton Chupkov | RUS | 2018 European Champs | 8/6/2018 | Glasgow |
| #3 – 2:07.01 | Akihiro Yamaguchi | JPN | 9/15/2012 | Gifu Prefecture |
In terms of the current season rankings, Watanabe destroys his 2:08.16 from earlier this year and easily sits atop the throne as best in the world right now.
2018-2019 LCM MEN 200 BREAST
CHUPKOV
2.06.12 *WR
| 2 | Matthew WILSON | AUS | 2.06.67 | 07/25 |
| 3 | Ippei WATANABE | JPN | 2.06.73 | 07/26 |
| 4 | Zach Stubblety-Cook | AUS | 2.07.36 | 07/26 |
| 5 | James WILBY | GBR | 2.07.49 | 04/19 |
Small correction: faster performers, not “performances”. Chupkov has 2 swims under 2:07, one from Glasgow, one from Budapest
Good catch – updated!
Well not yet. Now its just the 2.06,96 replaced with 2.06,80, not added. (For me rn)