Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 2009 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Foro Italico | |||||||||
Dates | 29 July 2009 (heats, semifinals) 30 July 2009 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 102 | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:54.10 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2009 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Swimming | ||
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 | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
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.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:54.23 | Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 |
Championship record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:54.98 | Melbourne, Australia | 29 March 2007 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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30 July | Final | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:54.10 | WR |
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 3 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:55.18 | |
1 | 2 | 4 | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:55.18 | ER |
3 | 2 | 5 | Leith Brodie | Australia | 1:56.75 | OC |
4 | 1 | 3 | James Goddard | United Kingdom | 1:57.12 | NR |
5 | 1 | 4 | Eric Shanteau | United States | 1:57.16 | |
6 | 1 | 5 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:57.35 | SA |
7 | 2 | 2 | Ken Takakuwa | Japan | 1:58.09 | |
8 | 2 | 6 | Gergő Kis | Hungary | 1:58.11 | |
9 | 1 | 6 | Gal Nevo | Israel | 1:58.25 | NR |
10 | 1 | 2 | Alessio Boggiatto | Italy | 1:58.33 | NR |
11 | 1 | 7 | Darian Townsend | South Africa | 1:58.50 | |
12 | 1 | 1 | Takuro Fujii | Japan | 1:59.21 | |
13 | 2 | 7 | Yannick Lebherz | Germany | 1:59.54 | |
14 | 2 | 8 | Joseph Roebuck | United Kingdom | 1:59.82 | |
15 | 2 | 1 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil | 2:00.25 | |
16 | 1 | 8 | Martin Liivamägi | Estonia | 2:01.24 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:54.10 | WR | |
5 | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:55.24 | ||
2 | Eric Shanteau | United States | 1:55.36 | ||
4 | 7 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:55.55 | SA |
5 | 3 | Leith Brodie | Australia | 1:56.69 | OC |
6 | 6 | James Goddard | United Kingdom | 1:57.93 | |
7 | 1 | Ken Takakuwa | Japan | 1:58.02 | |
8 | 8 | Gergő Kis | Hungary | 1:59.32 |
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