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Former long course 200 breaststroke world record holder Akihiro Yamaguchi of Japan nearly nailed a new Masters world record in his signature event in recent weeks.
On October 14th, the 31-year-old Yamaguchi, a retired swimmer, raced the men’s 200-meter short-course breaststroke, notching a stellar outing of 2:08.29.
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His outing fell just shy of the current World Masters Record of 2:08.12 American Brandon Fischer put on the books in 2023.
From his active days, Yamaguchi’s personal best remains at the 2:03.23 established over a decade ago in 2012.
Yamaguchi set a new LCM 200 breaststroke World Record of 2:07.01 seemingly out of nowhere as a junior in high school. Just 17 at the time, Yamaguchi had taken Junior Pan Pacific Championships gold in the 200m breast event in August 2012, clocking a time of 2:08.03 before crushing his lifetime best and new WR mark of 2:07.01 just a month later.
Since his eye-popping outing, Japan has seen multiple swimmers surpass his mark:
Top 5 Japanese Men’s LCM 200 Breaststroke Performers All-Time
Shoma Sato – 2:06.40, 2021 Ippei Watanabe – 2:06.67, 2017 Shin Ohashi – 2:06.91, 2025 Akihiro Yamaguchi – 2:07.01, 2012 Yamato Fukasawa – 2:07.07, 2024The current men’s long course 200 breaststroke world record is held by China’s Qin Haiyang , who set the monster 2:05.48 at the 2023 World Championships.
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