Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

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Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the 2009 FINA World Championships
Venue Foro Italico
Dates29 July 2009 (heats, semifinals)
30 July 2009 (final)
Competitors102
Winning time1:54.10 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2007
2011  

The heats for the Men's 200 metre Individual Medley race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 29 July and the final took place in the evening session of 30 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The order of swimming in the medley was butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle.

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Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)1:54.23 Beijing, China15 August 2008
Championship recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)1:54.98 Melbourne, Australia29 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
30 JulyFinal Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg United States1:54.10 WR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
194 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:56.34 ER
2104 Eric Shanteau Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.65
3107 Leith Brodie Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:57.66 OC
3113 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:57.66 SA
5114 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.94
695 James Goddard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:58.40
793 Gergő Kis Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:58.48
8117 Gal Nevo Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:58.55 NR
9115 Ken Takakuwa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:58.60
10116 Alessio Boggiatto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:58.81
11110 Yannick Lebherz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.94 NR
12105 Darian Townsend Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:58.96
13112 Henrique Rodrigues Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:59.21
14106 Takuro Fujii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:59.26
1598 Joseph Roebuck Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:59.65
1673 Martin Liivamägi Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:59.95 NR
17111 Diogo Carvalho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:00.05
18109 Tommaso D'Orsogna Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:00.31
1992 Vytautas Janušaitis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:00.32
20103 Bradley Ally Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2:00.44
21102 Fabien Horth Flag of France.svg  France 2:00.47
2287 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:00.56 NR
23119 Lukasz Wojt Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:00.72
24118 Alan Cabello Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:00.73
2591 Brenton Cabello Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:01.00
2696 Romanos Alyfantis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:01.06
2781 Liu Weijia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:01.11
28108 Miguel Molina Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2:01.19
2977 Martti Aljand Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:01.26
3097 Riaan Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:01.31
3184 Saša Imprić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:01.41
32100 Andrey Krylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:01.43
3382 Chris Christensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:01.62 NR
3490 Mateusz Matczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:01.65
3583 Jordan Hartney Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:01.69
3676 Carlos Almeida Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:01.78
3786 Taki Mrabet Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2:01.81
3861 Niksa Roki Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:01.86
3989 Dmitriy Gordiyenko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:02.20
4099 Gard Kvale Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:02.29
4188 Tomas Fucik Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:02.60
41101 Dinko Jukić Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:02.60
4375 Dominik Dur Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:03.59
4474 Sun Han Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:03.95
4562 Anders McIntyre Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:04.67
4671 Mehdi Hamama Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:04.86
4772 Raphaël Stacchiotti Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:05.51
4869 Pedro Pinotes Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 2:05.57
4958 Saeid Maleka Ashtiani Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 2:05.96 NR
5044 Branden Whitehurst Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Virgin Islands 2:06.05 NR
5179 Serkan Atasay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:06.27
5254 Rehan Poncha Flag of India.svg  India 2:06.29 NR
5370 Ezequiel Trujillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:06.30
5447 Mindaugas Margis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:06.99
5557 Hocine Haciane Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 2:07.46
5668 Benjamin Guzman Blanco Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2:07.50
5756 Raúl López Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:07.92
5863 Laurent Carnol Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:08.01
5967 Robert Walsh Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2:08.37
6053 Chien Jui-Ting Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:08.87
6142 Jean Luis Gomez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 2:09.08 NR
6251 Agnishwar Jayaprakash Flag of India.svg  India 2:09.11
6355 Dmitriy Shvetsov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2:09.80
6466 Radomyos Matjiur Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:09.91
6550 Giorgi Mtvralashvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2:10.12
6652 Diego Castillo Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2:10.37
6746 Berrada Morad Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:10.40
6835 Nicholas James Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:10.42
6936 Byron Briedenhann Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2:10.92
7065 Pan Kai-Wen Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:11.35
7140 Obaid Al-Jasmi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2:11.62 NR
7232 Ryan Nelthropp Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Virgin Islands 2:12.22
7343 Dmitrii Aleksandrov Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:12.57
7478 Yury Zaharov Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:12.76
7560 Pang Sheng Jun Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:13.96
7645 Rafael Alfaro Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2:13.99
7742 Colin Bensadon Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2:14.05
7848 Roy Barahona Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 2:14.18
7949 Eli Ebenezer Wong Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 2:14.96
8059 Marzouq Alsalem Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2:15.38
8139 Vincent Perry Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 2:16.89
8233 Diguan Pigot Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 2:18.08
8337 Gary Pineda Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:18.90
8427 Benjamin Gabbard Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 2:19.88
8522 Jean Marie Froget Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2:21.32
8626 Andres Castillo Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2:21.44
8724 Pablo Navarrete Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 2:21.45
8820 Paul Elaisa Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2:21.51
8931 Kareem Ennab Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 2:21.72
9028 Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2:25.76
9129 Anthony Clark Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 2:31.04
9221 Jon Pepaj Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 2:35.67
9314 Mohamed Mujahid Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 2:40.58
9413 Ching Maou Wei Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 2:55.40
9515 Hassan Mubah Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 2:57.09
-16 Glenn Victor Sutanto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia DNS
-34 Erik Rajohnson Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar DNS
-38 Endi Babi Flag of Albania.svg  Albania DNS
-30 Mubarak Al-Besher Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates DSQ
-64 Aleksey Derlyugov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan DSQ
-80 Vadym Lepskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine DSQ
-85 Denys Dubrov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine DSQ

Semifinals

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
123 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.18
124 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.18 ER
325 Leith Brodie Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:56.75 OC
413 James Goddard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:57.12 NR
514 Eric Shanteau Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.16
615 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:57.35 SA
722 Ken Takakuwa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:58.09
826 Gergő Kis Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:58.11
916 Gal Nevo Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:58.25 NR
1012 Alessio Boggiatto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:58.33 NR
1117 Darian Townsend Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:58.50
1211 Takuro Fujii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:59.21
1327 Yannick Lebherz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:59.54
1428 Joseph Roebuck Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:59.82
1521 Henrique Rodrigues Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:00.25
1618 Martin Liivamägi Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:01.24

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.10 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.24
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Eric Shanteau Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.36
47 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:55.55 SA
53 Leith Brodie Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:56.69 OC
66 James Goddard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:57.93
71 Ken Takakuwa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:58.02
88 Gergő Kis Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.32

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