Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 3 August (heats and semifinals) 4 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 80 from 69 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:45.14 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2015 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
3 m | mixed | |
10 m | men | women |
10 m | mixed | |
High diving | ||
20 m | women | |
27 m | men | |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Team | ||
5 km | mixed | |
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 |
4×100 m | mixed | |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×100 m | mixed | |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Technical | mixed | |
Free | women | |
Free | mixed | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 4 August with the heats and the semifinals on the 3 August. [1]
British swimmer James Guy won the gold medal in a new National Record time of 1:45.14, holding off a strong charge from Asian Record holder Sun Yang (1:45.20). By winning, Guy continued his country's outstanding success in Kazan, and improved on his second place finish in the 400 meter freestyle. Meanwhile, World Record holder Paul Biedermann picked up the bronze medal in 1:45.38. After leading throughout the beginning of the race, American Ryan Lochte ended the 200m with a fourth-place finish (1:45.83). Dutchman Sebastiaan Verschuren picked up fifth (1:45.91), while South Africa's Chad le Clos added the middle distance freestyle event to his already large repertoire, finishing sixth in 1:46.53. Russia's Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:46.88) and Australian Cameron McEvoy (1:47.26) rounded out the championship field. [2] [3]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
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Competition record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
The heats were held on 3 August at 10:27. [4]
The semifinals were held on 3 August at 18.42. [5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | James Guy | Great Britain | 1:45.43 | Q, NR |
2 | 5 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 1:46.09 | Q |
3 | 7 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:46.10 | Q |
4 | 6 | Sebastiaan Verschuren | Netherlands | 1:46.43 | Q |
5 | 8 | Federico Grabich | Argentina | 1:47.43 | NR |
6 | 2 | David McKeon | Australia | 1:47.60 | |
7 | 3 | Danila Izotov | Russia | 1:47.66 | |
8 | 1 | João de Lucca | Brazil | 1:48.23 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:45.36 | Q |
2 | 4 | Sun Yang | China | 1:46.17 | Q |
3 | 5 | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:46.20 | Q |
4 | 2 | Aleksandr Krasnykh | Russia | 1:46.45 | Q |
5 | 6 | Conor Dwyer | United States | 1:46.64 | |
6 | 7 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:46.85 | |
7 | 8 | Myles Brown | South Africa | 1:47.55 | |
8 | 3 | Calum Jarvis | Great Britain | 1:47.64 |
The final was held on 4 August at 17:32. [6]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | James Guy | Great Britain | 1:45.14 | NR | |
2 | Sun Yang | China | 1:45.20 | ||
7 | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:45.38 | ||
4 | 4 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:45.83 | |
5 | 1 | Sebastiaan Verschuren | Netherlands | 1:45.91 | |
6 | 6 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:46.53 | |
7 | 8 | Aleksandr Krasnykh | Russia | 1:46.88 | |
8 | 3 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 1:47.26 |
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