Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) | ||||||||||
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Venue | Duna Arena | |||||||||
Location | Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||
Dates | 15 December | |||||||||
Competitors | 68 from 62 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:38.61 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) | |||
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Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4×50 m | mixed | ||
4×100 m | men | women | |
4×200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4×50 m | mixed | ||
4×100 m | men | women | mixed |
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2024 at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary. [1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 1:39.37 | Berlin, Germany | 15 November 2009 |
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Competition record | ![]() | 1:39.72 | Melbourne, Australia | 18 December 2022 |
The following records were established during this competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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13 December | Final* | Luke Hobson | ![]() | 1:38.91 | WR |
15 December | Final | Luke Hobson | ![]() | 1:38.61 | WR |
* Split from the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
The event field featured limited carryover from the 2022 Short Course World Championships. Lithuania’s Danas Rapšys, a five-time Short Course Worlds medalist, was the only swimmer from the Melbourne final entered in Budapest. Rapsys’s lifetime best stood at 1:40.85 from 2017; his season best was 1:42.00, recorded at the Incheon stop of the 2024 World Cup. Kieran Smith of the United States, who finished ninth in Melbourne, recorded a personal best of 1:41.04 while leading off the USA's 4×200 m freestyle relay and was expected to contend for a place in the final. [3]
Olympic bronze medalist Luke Hobson also entered the event, though he had limited short-course meters experience. He was the current American record holder in the 200-yard freestyle (1:28.81). Australia’s Edward Sommerville had the fastest qualifying time with a 1:40.64 from the 2024 Australian Short Course Championships, where Max Giuliani also swam a personal best of 1:41.39. Other notable entries included Lukas Märtens, Lucas Henveaux, Tatsuya Murasa, Antonio Djakovic, and Aleksandr Shchegolev. [3]
SwimSwam predicted Edward Sommerville would win, Luke Hobson would take second, and Max Giuliani would finish third. [3]
The heats were started at 9:21. [4]
The final was held at 18:40. [5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Luke Hobson | ![]() | 1:38.61 | WR |
![]() | 1 | Maximillian Giuliani | ![]() | 1:40.36 | OC |
![]() | 5 | Lucas Henveaux | ![]() | 1:41.13 | NR |
4 | 8 | Danas Rapšys | ![]() | 1:41.24 | |
5 | 6 | Kieran Smith | ![]() | 1:41.57 | |
6 | 7 | Rafael Miroslaw | ![]() | 1:41.71 | |
7 | 3 | Tomas Koski | ![]() | 1:42.47 | |
8 | 2 | Tatsuya Murasa | ![]() | 1:42.95 |