2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	11 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	43
Nations:	35
Win Value:	1:51.01
Gold:	Wang Shun
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Josh Prenot
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Hiromasa Fujimori
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 December 2018.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 11 December at 12:06.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4			1:53.18	Q
2	4	4			1:53.33	Q
3	4	0			1:53.44	Q
4	4	5			1:53.48	Q
5	3	3			1:53.53	Q
6	2	3			1:53.60	Q, NR
7	5	5			1:53.63	Q,
8	3	4			1:53.69	Q
9	4	6			1:54.13	Q, NR
10	3	5			1:54.34
	5	3
12	5	6			1:54.41
13	4	2			1:54.71
14	3	8			1:54.92
15	4	3			1:55.19
16	4	8			1:55.25
17	3	9			1:55.32
18	3	6			1:55.84
19	5	7			1:56.11
20	3	2			1:56.20
21	4	7			1:56.48
22	5	0			1:56.56
23	3	7			1:56.90
24	5	2			1:57.19
25	3	1			1:57.84
26	5	1			1:58.72
27	5	8			1:58.76
28	4	1			1:58.81
29	2	6			1:59.77
30	3	0			2:00.10
31	2	0			2:00.77
32	2	5			2:00.97
33	4	9			2:01.38
34	5	9			2:01.63
35	2	2			2:02.16
36	2	7			2:03.61
37	2	1			2:05.41
38	2	4			2:06.04
39	2	8			2:07.82
40	2	9			2:08.69
41	1	4			2:17.61
42	1	3			2:23.38
43	1	5			2:26.35

Final

The final was held on 11 December at 20:29.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:51.01	NR
	3			1:52.69
	6			1:52.73
4	1			1:52.78
5	5			1:53.05
6	5			1:53.38
7	7			1:53.96
8	8			1:54.01	NR

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 9 December 2018. 11 December 2018.
2. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000112010C0105EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Heats results
3. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000112010C0105EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Final results