Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Venue World Aquatics Championships Arena
Location Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang, Singapore
Dates29 July (heats and semifinals)
30 July (final)
Competitors37 from 32 nations
Winning time1:51.87
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Luca Urlando  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Krzysztof Chmielewski  Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg   Harrison Turner  Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
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The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 29 to 30 July 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore. [1] [2]

Contents

Background

France’s Léon Marchand, the 2024 Olympic champion, and Hungary's Kristóf Milák, the world record holder, both withdrew from the event in the lead-up to the championships. [3] [4] The United States’ Luca Urlando, who had the fastest qualifying time among entrants, [5] [2] was in contention for gold after finishing 17th at the Olympics. [6] Canada’s Ilya Kharun, the Olympic bronze medalist, was seeded second out of the competing qualifiers. [6] [5] [2] Other podium threats included Poland’s Krzysztof Chmielewski, fourth at the Olympics with 1:53.90, and Japan’s Genki Terakado, ranked sixth worldwide in 2025 with 1:54.73. [6]

Qualification

Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 1:56.51. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 2:00.59. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events. [7] [8]

Top 10 fastest qualification times [note 1] [5] [9]
SwimmerCountryTimeCompetition
Luca Urlando Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:52.372025 TYR Pro Swim Series (Sacramento)
Ilya Kharun Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:52.80 2024 Summer Olympics
Carson Foster Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.70 2025 United States Championships
Krzysztof Chmielewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:53.90 2024 Summer Olympics
Genki Terakado Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:54.072024 Japanese Championships
Martin Espernberger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:54.17 2024 Summer Olympics
Alberto Razzetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:54.51 2024 Summer Olympics
Michal Chmielewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:54.64 2024 Summer Olympics
Federico Burdisso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:54.762025 Sette Colli Trophy
Harrison Turner Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:54.902025 Australian Trials

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. [10]

World record Flag of Hungary.svg  Kristóf Milák  (HUN)1:50.34 Budapest, Hungary21 June 2022
Competition recordFlag of Hungary.svg Kristóf Milák (HUN)1:50.34 Budapest, Hungary21 June 2022

Heats

The heats took place on 29 July at 10:47. [11] [12]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
144 Luca Urlando Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:52.71Q
245 Krzysztof Chmielewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:52.89Q, NR [13]
334 Ilya Kharun Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:53.74Q
442 Chen Juner Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:54.54Q
443 Alberto Razzetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:54.54Q
635 Genki Terakado Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:54.64Q
733 Michał Chmielewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:54.68Q
846 Harrison Turner Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:54.74Q
932 So Ogata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.37Q
1025 Martin Espernberger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:55.45Q
1147 Richárd Márton Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.51Q
1224 Carson Foster Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.68Q
1323 Federico Burdisso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:56.08Q
1437 Edward Mildred Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:56.17Q
1536 Kim Min-seop Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:56.34Q
1621 Lewis Clareburt Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:56.35Q
1722 Arbidel González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:56.48
1831 Denys Kesil Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:56.51
1926 Xu Fang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:56.99
2038 Jack Cassin Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:57.08
2140 Casper Puggaard Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:58.58
2230 Marius Toscan Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:58.60
2339 Erick Gordillo Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:59.23
2449 Sajan Prakash Flag of India.svg  India 1:59.33
2527 Petar Mitsin Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:59.37
2648 Samuel Kostal Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:59.42
2715 Raekwon Jibril Noel Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 1:59.89 NR [14]
2828 Héctor Ruvalcaba Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:01.66
2920 Ramil Valizada Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2:02.14
3016 Xavier Ventura Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2:02.86
3114 Belhassen Ben Miled Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2:03.17
3213 Isak Brisenfeldt Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 2:04.17
3311 Victor Ah Yong Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2:07.95
3429 Navaphat Wongcharoen Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:08.24
3512 Mohammad Al-Otaibi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2:11.76
3617 Mohamed Rihan Shiham Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 2:25.20 NR [15]
41 Apostolos Siskos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Disqualified

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 29 July at 20:30. [11] [16]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
124 Luca Urlando Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:52.84Q
214 Krzysztof Chmielewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:53.61Q
315 Chen Juner Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:54.02Q, NR [17]
417 Carson Foster Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.30Q
525 Ilya Kharun Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:54.43Q
623 Alberto Razzetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:54.47Q
721 Federico Burdisso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:54.87Q
816 Harrison Turner Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:54.94Q
912 Martin Espernberger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:55.18
1018 Lewis Clareburt Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:55.24
1113 Genki Terakado Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.30
1126 Michał Chmielewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.30
1222 So Ogata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.42
1427 Richárd Márton Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.80
1511 Edward Mildred Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:56.13
1628 Kim Min-seop Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:57.35

Final

The final took place on 30 July at 19:54. [11] [18]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Luca Urlando Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:51.87
Silver medal icon.svg5 Krzysztof Chmielewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:52.64 NR [19]
Bronze medal icon.svg8 Harrison Turner Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:54.17 NR [20]
42 Ilya Kharun Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:54.34
56 Carson Foster Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.62
67 Alberto Razzetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:54.85
73 Chen Juner Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:55.25
81 Federico Burdisso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:55.27

Notes

  1. ↑ Only including swimmers who were on the start list for this event

References

  1. ↑ "World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025". worldaquatics-singapore2025.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Tahiru Fentuo, Fentuo (17 June 2025). "Olympic swimming champion Kristof Milak withdraws from 2025 World Championships to focus on LA28". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Griffin, Sean (21 July 2025). "Leon Marchand Drops 200 Breast & 200 Fly From 2025 World Championships Schedule". SwimSwam. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Qualifying | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 Folsom, Madeline (15 July 2025). "2025 World Championships Previews: Marchand Looking to Hold Off Urlando and Kharun in 200 Fly". SwimSwam. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Standard Entry Times" (PDF). World Aquatics . Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Competition Regulations" (PDF). World Aquatics . pp. 13–14. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2025.
  13. ↑ Kaufman, Sophie (29 July 2025). "2025 Worlds, Euro Recap: Quadarella Swims First 1500 Free Best In 6 Years, Sets Euro Record". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  14. ↑ Baxley, Will (29 July 2025). "2025 Worlds, South America Day 3 Recap: Balduccini & Costa Advance To 200 Free Semifinal". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  15. ↑ Wild, Mark (3 August 2025). "2025 Worlds, Day 8 Africa Recap: Banner Season for Continent, Most Medals at Worlds Since 2009". SwimSwam. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2025.
  17. ↑ Race, Retta (3 August 2025). "2025 Worlds, Day 8 Asia Recap: 12-Yr-Old Yu Zidi Wrangles Up Another Fourth-Place Finish". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  18. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 30 July 2025.
  19. ↑ Kaufman, Sophie (30 July 2025). "2025 Worlds, Euro Recap Day 4: Schwarz and Märtens' 800 Free Medals Keep Germany Riding High". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  20. ↑ Folsom, Madeline (30 July 2025). "2025 Worlds, Day 4 Oceania Recap: O'Callaghan Wins Gold in 200 Free After Injury". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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