<page_title> List of Olympic records in swimming </page_title> <section_title> Men's records </section_title> <table> <cell> 200 m breaststroke <col_header> Event </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ippei Watanabe <col_header> Name </col_header> <col_header> César Cielo </col_header> <col_header> Eamon Sullivan </col_header> <col_header> Michael Phelps </col_header> <col_header> Sun Yang </col_header> <col_header> Sun Yang </col_header> <col_header> Ryan Murphy </col_header> <col_header> Tyler Clary </col_header> <col_header> Adam Peaty </col_header> </cell> <cell> 9 August 2016 <col_header> Date </col_header> <row_header> Ippei Watanabe </row_header> </cell> </table>
On 9 August 2016, Watanabe broke the Olympic record for the men's 200 metre breaststroke event.