Swimming at the 2005 Maccabiah Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2005 Maccabiah Games took place on 11 July at the Wingate Institute. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

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Medalists

GamesGoldSilverBronze
200 m freestyle Flag of Israel.svg Shai Livnat
Israel (ISR)
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Goldblatt
United States (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Goldberg
United States (USA)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing Maccabiah record was as follows.

National record-----
Maccabiah recordFlag of the United States.svg  Daniel Kanner  (USA)1:52.25- [1]

The following new Maccabiah records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeMRNR
July 11Final Shai Livnat Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:50.39MR

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Bryan Goldberg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:52.89 ? ?Q
2 Shai Livnat Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:54.95 ? ?Q
3 Max Jaben Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.23 ? ?Q
4 Scott Goldblatt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.26 ? ?Q
5 Ofer Finkler Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:56.17 ? ?Q
6 Ofir Sorias Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:57.06 ? ?Q
7 Evan Rahaeuser Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.03 ? ?
8 David Harari Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.25 ? ?
9 Jose Eduardo Picazo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:01.88 ? ?Q
10 Barak Merdler Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:02.08 ? ?
11 Michael Freedman Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:02.31 ? ?
12 Matan Ratz Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:03.51 ? ?
13 Nir Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:04.45 ? ?
14 Ron Mitz Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:04.91 ? ?
15 Daniel Rifkin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:05.25 ? ?Q

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg ? Shai Livnat Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:50.39(MR)
Silver medal icon.svg ? Scott Goldblatt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50.77
Bronze medal icon.svg ? Bryan Goldberg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50.93
4 ? Max Jaben Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:51.71
5 ? Ofer Finkler Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:54.79
6 ? Ofir Sorias Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:58.61
7 ? Jose Eduardo Picazo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:01.89
8 ? Daniel Rifkin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:03.96

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References

  1. "Maccabiah 2005 Swimming Results" (PDF). Israel Swim Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2009.