Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Kazan 2015 - Victory Ceremony 200m freestyle M.JPG
Victory Ceremony
Dates3 August (heats and semifinals)
4 August (final)
Competitors80 from 69 nations
Winning time1:45.14
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  2013
2017  

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]

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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]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record Flag of Germany.svg  Paul Biedermann  (GER)1:42.00 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009
Competition recordFlag of Germany.svg  Paul Biedermann  (GER)1:42.00 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 3 August at 10:27. [4]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
184 Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:46.00Q
265 James Guy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:46.10Q
364 Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:46.20Q
474 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:46.39Q
586 Calum Jarvis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:46.61Q
661 Danila Izotov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:46.65Q
763 Conor Dwyer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:46.73Q
875 Sebastiaan Verschuren Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:46.88Q
972 Aleksandr Krasnykh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:46.91Q
1083 David McKeon Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:47.00Q
1185 Velimir Stjepanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1:47.10Q
1279 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:47.17Q
1376 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:47.18Q
1473 João de Lucca Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:47.47Q
1587 Myles Brown Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:47.48Q
1670 Federico Grabich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:47.73Q
1780 Marwan El-Kamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:47.87
1881 Yuki Kobori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:48.09
1956 Kacper Majchrzak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:48.12
2062 Filippo Magnini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:48.18
2153 Clemens Rapp Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:48.20
2277 Nicolas Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:48.23
2351 Anders Lie Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:48.27
2467 Jeremy Bagshaw Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:48.29
2566 Pieter Timmers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:48.43
2655 Alexandre Haldemann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1:48.49
2789 Cristian Quintero Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:48.55
2882 Matthew Stanley Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:48.67
2988 Felix Auböck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:48.75
3069 Grégory Mallet Flag of France.svg  France 1:48.77
3154 Kyle Stolk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:48.96
3252 Miguel Durán Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:49.05
3341 Henrik Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:49.09
3468 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:49.25
3560 Xu Qiheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:49.32
3659 Liran Konovalov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:49.56
3758 Ben Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 1:49.60
3843 Illia Teslenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:49.87
3946 Povilas Strazdas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:49.91
4071 Tsubasa Amai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:50.04
4132 Alexei Sancov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1:50.18
4242 Doğa Çelik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:50.38
4347 Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1:50.61
4449 Marcelo Acosta Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1:50.77
4531 Pavel Janeček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:50.95
4639 Khurshidjon Tursunov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1:50.98
4778 Matias Koski Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:51.00
4845 Christos Katrantzis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:51.01
4944 Yeo Kai Quan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:51.29
5036 Mateo de Angulo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:51.49
5148 Sim Wee Sheng Welson Sim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1:51.65
5223 Khader Baqlah Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 1:51.67
5334 Tomas Peribonio Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:51.78
5440 Jessie Lacuna Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1:51.85
5537 Ensar Hajder Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:51.96
5624 Aaron D'Souza Flag of India.svg  India 1:52.00
5726 Sean Gunn Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:52.05
5830 Pit Brandenburger Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:52.12
5933 Huang Yen-hsin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:52.43
6022 Mario Montoya Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1:52.92
6127 Irakli Revishvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1:53.68
6238 Yousef Al-Askari Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1:53.97
6350 Hoàng Quý Phước Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1:54.31
6435 Viktar Krasochka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1:54.36
6520 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:55.59
6625 Lorenzo Loria Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:56.36
6728 Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1:57.38
6821 Christian Selby Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 1:57.74
6914 Brandon Schuster Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1:57.93
7013 Klavio Meca Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1:58.32
7111 Sovijja Pou Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1:58.41
7215 Ahmed Gebrel Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 1:58.54
7329 Bakr Al-Dulaimi Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 1:58.55
7417 Ismael Kane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2:00.66
7516 Alexander Skinner Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2:01.01
7618 Andre van der Merwe Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 2:01.77
7712 Yacop Al-Khulaifi Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2:04.38
7810 Theo Chiabaut Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 2:04.59
7919 Eloi Imaniraguha Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 2:20.68
57 Clément Mignon Flag of France.svg  France DSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 3 August at 18.42. [5]

Semifinal 1

le Clos finished third in the first semi Kazan 2015 - Chad le Clos 200m freestyle semi.JPG
le Clos finished third in the first semi
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 James Guy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:45.43Q, NR
25 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:46.09Q
37 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:46.10Q
46 Sebastiaan Verschuren Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:46.43Q
58 Federico Grabich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:47.43 NR
62 David McKeon Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:47.60
73 Danila Izotov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:47.66
81 João de Lucca Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:48.23

Semifinal 2

Ryan Lochte wins the second semi Kazan 2015 - Ryan Lochte 200m freestyle semifinal.JPG
Ryan Lochte wins the second semi
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:45.36Q
24 Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:46.17Q
35 Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:46.20Q
42 Aleksandr Krasnykh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:46.45Q
56 Conor Dwyer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:46.64
67 Velimir Stjepanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1:46.85
78 Myles Brown Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:47.55
83 Calum Jarvis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:47.64

Final

Guy and Lochte after finish Kazan 2015 - Guy and Lochte after 200m freestyle final.JPG
Guy and Lochte after finish

The final was held on 4 August at 17:32. [6]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 James Guy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:45.14 NR
Silver medal icon.svg2 Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:45.20
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:45.38
44 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:45.83
51 Sebastiaan Verschuren Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:45.91
66 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:46.53
78 Aleksandr Krasnykh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:46.88
83 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:47.26

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