Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

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The heats for the men's 200 metre freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on the morning of 27 July and the final took place in the evening session of 28 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record		1:42.96	Beijing, China	align=right	12 August 2008
Championship record		1:43.86	Melbourne, Australia	align=right	27 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
27 July	Semifinal 2		Germany	1:43.65	CR
28 July	Final		Germany	1:42.00	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1			1:45.30	14	4
2			1:45.60	15	4
3			1:45.86	14	3	NR
4			1:45.88	15	3
5			1:46.25	13	8
6			1:46.30	14	6	NR
7			1:46.32	13	3
8			1:46.53	13	4
9			1:46.56	15	1
10			1:46.61	13	5
11			1:46.89	12	2
12			1:46.96	13	2
13			1:46.99	14	1
14			1:47.10	14	5
15			1:47.15	15	5
16			1:47.21	15	6
17			1:47.25	13	7
18			1:47.55	13	6
19			1:47.64	14	7
20			1:47.83	13	1
21			1:47.88	14	2
22			1:47.94	11	3	NR
23			1:48.17	12	7
24			1:48.18	7	0
25			1:48.24	12	8
26			1:48.25	15	7
27			1:48.30	15	9
28			1:48.51	10	2	NR
29			1:48.57	12	1	NR
30			1:48.62	14	8
31			1:48.63	15	8
32			1:48.69	12	9
33			1:48.73	15	0
34			1:48.75	14	9
35			1:48.81	6	2	NR
36			1:48.89	12	3
37			1:48.96	12	5
38			1:48.97	11	6
39			1:49.03	11	5
40			1:49.11	13	9
41			1:49.21	12	6
42			1:49.34	12	4
43			1:49.41	13	0
44			1:49.53	10	4
45			1:49.61	11	2	NR
46			1:49.74	11	4
47			1:50.03	12	0
48			1:50.08	10	6
48			1:50.08	14	0
50			1:50.48	10	8
51			1:50.52	9	8
52			1:50.69	11	9
53			1:50.79	9	6
53			1:50.79	10	5
55			1:50.88	10	1
56			1:50.98	10	0
57			1:51.09	9	3
58			1:51.18	11	8
59			1:51.21	8	3
60			1:51.24	11	1
61			1:51.30	10	9	NR
62			1:51.56	8	7
63			1:51.59	6	6	NR
64			1:51.62	11	0
65			1:51.77	9	5
66			1:51.88	9	2
67			1:52.01	11	7
68			1:52.37	9	9
69			1:52.50	8	0
70			1:52.87	8	5
71			1:52.99	8	2
72			1:53.32	6	3
73			1:53.62	7	1
74			1:53.76	7	5	NR
75			1:53.88	9	1
76			1:54.02	10	3
77			1:54.04	7	4
78			1:54.09	9	7
79			1:54.72	7	6
80			1:54.87	7	9
81			1:55.03	9	4
82			1:55.52	5	6
83			1:55.69	8	1
84			1:55.77	6	7
85			1:55.91	7	7
86			1:56.25	7	3
87			1:56.40	10	7
88			1:56.52	7	2
89			1:56.64	6	4
90			1:56.77	9	0
91			1:56.95	4	2
92			1:57.01	8	6
93			1:57.15	6	0	NR
94			1:57.48	1	0
95			1:57.51	6	8
96			1:57.94	8	9
97			1:58.03	5	8
98			1:58.27	4	1
99			1:58.62	5	7
100			1:58.74	5	3
101			1:58.86	8	8
102			1:59.37	6	5
103			1:59.57	5	4
104			1:59.61	4	3
105			1:59.71	4	0
106			1:59.80	4	4
107			1:59.88	6	9
108			1:59.94	5	1
109			2:00.03	5	2
110			2:00.19	5	0
111			2:01.30	4	8
112			2:01.41	6	1
113			2:01.84	3	5
114			2:02.23	4	7
115			2:02.45	3	4
116			2:02.87	4	9
117			2:03.43	3	2
118			2:03.65	4	6
119			2:03.93	3	9
120			2:04.06	3	7
121			2:05.47	3	0
122			2:06.44	3	1
123			2:06.47	3	8
124			2:06.72	2	4
125			2:06.77	3	6
126			2:06.92	5	9
127			2:07.73	3	3
128			2:08.55	2	0
129			2:09.44	5	5
130			2:09.87	2	6
131			2:11.39	2	7
132			2:11.56	2	8
133			2:12.13	2	1
134			2:12.17	2	3
135			2:13.02	2	2
136			2:13.15	2	5
137			2:17.04	1	3
138			2:17.22	1	4
139			2:18.63	1	6
140			2:22.16	1	5
141			2:32.84	1	2
—			DNS	1	7
—			DNS	1	8
—			DNS	7	8
—			DNS	15	2
—			DQ	4	5
—			DQ	8	4

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1			1:43.65	2	4	CR, ER
2			1:45.09	2	5	NR
3			1:45.23	1	4
4			1:45.31	2	6
5			1:45.45	1	3	NR
6			1:45.69	2	3
7			1:45.77	2	2
8			1:45.82	1	5	AF
9			1:46.13	1	1
10			1:46.44	2	7
11			1:46.46	2	8	NR
12			1:46.61	1	1
13			1:46.68	1	6
14			1:46.70	1	2
15			1:46.90	1	7
16			1:47.36	1	8

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Lane	Notes
			1:42.00	4
			1:43.22	3
			1:43.90	5	NR
4			1:45.24	2	NR
5			1:45.46	1
6			1:45.67	8	AF
7			1:46.05	7
8			1:46.33	6

External links

• Heats Results
• Semifinals Results
• Final Results