Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 February 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 12 February at 10:21.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4			1:45.74	Q
2	5	3			1:45.89	Q
3	7	3			1:45.95	Q
4	6	5			1:46.09	Q
5	5	4			1:46.54	Q
6	6	1			1:46.69	Q
7	6	3			1:46.81	Q
8	7	5			1:46.84	Q
9	6	2			1:46.93	Q
10	5	5			1:46.97	Q
11	7	4			1:46.99	Q
12	7	7			1:47.13	Q
13	6	0			1:47.25	Q
14	7	1			1:47.28	Q
15	7	6			1:47.30	Q
16	5	6			1:47.37	Q
17	5	0			1:47.40
18	7	2			1:47.42
19	7	0			1:47.52
20	4	4			1:47.54
21	6	8			1:47.55
22	5	1			1:47.56
22	5	8			1:47.56
24	7	8			1:47.65
25	5	2			1:47.67
26	5	7			1:47.85
27	6	9			1:47.98
28	4	6			1:48.39
29	6	6			1:48.46
30	7	9			1:48.74
31	4	5			1:48.89
32	4	3			1:49.14
33	5	9			1:49.66
34	4	2			1:49.71
35	3	4			1:49.78
35	4	1			1:49.78
37	3	5			1:50.88
38	6	7			1:51.03
39	3	7			1:51.68
40	2	5			1:52.42
41	4	0			1:52.43
42	3	1			1:52.75
43	4	8			1:52.76
44	2	3			1:52.96
45	4	7			1:53.01
46	4	9			1:53.64
47	1	2			1:53.93
48	3	9			1:54.16
49	1	3			1:54.22
50	3	2			1:54.28
51	3	8			1:54.43
52	2	6			1:54.82
53	2	4			1:55.85
54	2	2			1:56.15
55	3	3			1:56.18
56	2	7			1:56.31
57	2	8			1:56.39	NR
58	1	7			1:57.85
59	2	0			1:58.02
60	3	6			1:58.07
61	2	1			1:58.24
62	3	0			1:58.79
63	2	9			1:59.66
64	1	4			2:02.60
65	1	5			2:04.13
66	1	6			2:06.32
67	1	1			2:07.82

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 12 February at 20:11.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5			1:44.96	Q
2	2	7			1:45.15	Q
3	2	4			1:45.21	Q
4	2	3			1:45.53	Q
5	1	3			1:45.90	Q
6	1	4			1:45.95	Q
7	1	1			1:46.06	Q
8	1	5			1:46.24	Q
9	2	6			1:46.37
10	1	6			1:46.53
11	2	2			1:46.75
12	1	7			1:46.92
13	1	8			1:47.11
14	2	1			1:47.33
15	1	2			1:47.38
16	2	8			1:48.03

Final

The final was held on 13 February at 19:02.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:44.75
	4			1:45.05
	6			1:45.26
4	3			1:45.33
5	7			1:45.84
6	8			1:45.86
7	2			1:46.20
8	1			1:46.87

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213133006/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101EE0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
3. Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
4. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 12 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213133007/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
5. Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 12 February 2024. 12 February 2024. 12 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240212185727/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
6. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213160919/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.